Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 1989–90
International cricket tour
The Sri Lanka national cricket team toured Australia in the 1989-90 season and played 2 Test matches against Australia. Australia won the series 1-0 with one match drawn.
Test series summary
First Test
8–12 December 1989 (5-day match) Scorecard Cricinfo Scorecard |
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367 (95.3 overs) TM Moody 106 (179) GF Labrooy 5/133 (31.1 overs) | 418 (166.3 overs) PA de Silva 167 (361) TM Alderman 3/81 (40 overs) | |
375/6 (123 overs) MA Taylor 164 (334) AP Gurusinha 2/31 (10 overs) |
Match drawn Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane Umpires: AR Crafter and CD Timmins Player of the match: PA de Silva (SL) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- D Ranatunga and AGD Wickremasinghe (both SL) made their Test debuts.
Second Test
16–20 December 1989 (5-day match) Scorecard Cricinfo scorecard |
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Australia won by 173 runs Bellerive Oval, Hobart Umpires: LJ King and SG Randell Player of the match: PA de Silva (SL) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- HP Tillakaratne (SL) made his Test debut.
External sources
- CricketArchive
References
- Playfair Cricket Annual (annual)
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual)
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