Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 1989–90

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

Australia	v	Sri Lanka
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

Australia	v	Sri Lanka
224 (72.4 overs) PR Sleep 47* (125) RJ Ratnayake 6/66 (19.4 overs)		216 (83.4 overs) RS Mahanama 85 (229) PR Sleep 3/26 (10 overs)
513/5d (125 overs) SR Waugh 134* (177) PA de Silva 2/65 (18 overs)		348 (141.4 overs) JR Ratnayeke 75 (187) MG Hughes 5/88 (31.4 overs)

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)