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| Australia innings (48.5 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MA Taylor | c & b Ratnayeke | 11 | 22 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 44.00 | |
| GR Marsh | c PA de Silva b Ranatunga | 38 | 102 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 46.34 | |
| DC Boon | c Jayasuriya b Ratnayake | 11 | 29 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 57.89 | |
| DM Jones | not out | 85 | 144 | 89 | 4 | 1 | 95.50 | |
| AR Border* | c Samarasekera b Ranatunga | 11 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 73.33 | |
| SR Waugh | c †Tillakaratne b Ranatunga | 5 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 71.42 | |
| SP O'Donnell | not out | 57 | 67 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 95.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 6, w 2, nb 2) | 10 | ||||||
| Total | (5 wickets; 48.5 overs) | 228 | (4.66 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat IA Healy†, PL Taylor, MG Hughes, GD Campbell |
| Fall of wickets 1-17 (MA Taylor), 2-42 (Boon), 3-88 (Marsh), 4-106 (Border), 5-120 (Waugh) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GF Labrooy | 9 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 4.44 | |||
| JR Ratnayeke | 9 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 5.22 | |||
| RJ Ratnayake | 9.5 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 4.37 | |||
| A Ranatunga | 10 | 2 | 41 | 3 | 4.10 | |||
| EAR de Silva | 10 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 4.20 | |||
| AP Gurusinha | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Sri Lanka innings (target: 229 runs from 48.5 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| RS Mahanama | c Border b Waugh | 36 | 94 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 53.73 | |
| MAR Samarasekera | c Hughes b O'Donnell | 30 | 67 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| A Ranatunga* | c †Healy b O'Donnell | 55 | 111 | 70 | 3 | 0 | 78.57 | |
| PA de Silva | c Border b PL Taylor | 9 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.00 | |
| ST Jayasuriya | c Campbell b Hughes | 3 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| AP Gurusinha | c O'Donnell b PL Taylor | 22 | 42 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 55.00 | |
| HP Tillakaratne† | c †Healy b O'Donnell | 11 | 37 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 47.82 | |
| JR Ratnayeke | run out | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| EAR de Silva | not out | 13 | 29 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 76.47 | |
| GF Labrooy | b O'Donnell | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 300.00 | |
| RJ Ratnayake | c †Healy b Hughes | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 6, w 4, nb 3) | 13 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 47.2 overs) | 198 | (4.18 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| MG Hughes | 9.2 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 4.39 | |||
| GD Campbell | 10 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 3.60 | |||
| SP O'Donnell | 9 | 1 | 36 | 4 | 4.00 | |||
| SR Waugh | 6 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 4.33 | |||
| PL Taylor | 10 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 3.60 | |||
| AR Border | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5.66 |
| Match details |
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Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to field Points Australia 2, Sri Lanka 0 |
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ODI debuts
GD Campbell and
MA Taylor
(Australia);
ST Jayasuriya
(Sri Lanka) Player of the match SP O'Donnell (Australia) |
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Umpires
LJ King and CD Timmins |
| Match notes |
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