Duleep Mendis and de Silva's 139-run partnership is SL's highest for the 5th wicket in ODIs, breaking the record of 69 between Madugalle and Ranatunga

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Scorecard summary

Sri Lanka • 240/6(50 overs)

Aravinda de Silva

81* (87)

Kepler Wessels

2/61 (10)

Duleep Mendis

80 (79)

Geoff Lawson

1/32 (10)

Australia • 242/7(47.1 overs)

82 (97)

2/35 (10)

62* (70)

2/53 (8)

Match details

Sydney Cricket Ground
Toss	Australia, elected to field first
Series	Benson & Hedges World Series Cup
Season	1984/85
Player Of The Match	Kepler Wessels
Match number	ODI no. 294
Match days	daynight (50-over match)
Umpires	Steve Randell Tony Crafter
Points	Australia 2, Sri Lanka 0

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Australia v Sri Lanka 1984-85

At Sydney, January 23

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Australia Innings

Player Name		R	B
GM Wood	caught	0	2
SB Smith	caught	4	17
KC Wessels	caught	82	97
AR Border	stumped	57	67
DM Jones	not out	62	70
DC Boon	lbw	3	6
WB Phillips	bowled	19	20
SP O'Donnell	caught	2	7
GF Lawson	not out	0	0
Extras	(lb 10, w 3)
Total	242(7 wkts; 47.1 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
ALF de Mel	8	0	53	2	6.62
VB John	10	1	35	2	3.5
DS de Silva	10	0	62	1	6.2
SHU Karnain	10	0	38	1	3.8
RJ Ratnayake	8.1	0	37	1	4.53
RL Dias	1	0	7	0	7

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	0	Graeme Wood	Steve Smith
2nd	29	Kepler Wessels	Steve Smith
3rd	90	Allan Border	Kepler Wessels
4th	68	Kepler Wessels	Dean Jones
5th	8	Dean Jones	David Boon
6th	36	Wayne Phillips	Dean Jones
7th	7	Dean Jones	Simon O'Donnell
8th	4	Geoff Lawson	Dean Jones

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Benson & Hedges World Series Cup

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
WI	10	10	0	20	-
AUS	10	4	6	8	-
SL	10	1	9	2	-

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