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547-8d & 164
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256 & 471
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Overs: 51.1 RR: 3.21 vs spin: 3.46
vs seam: 2.75
Overs: 132.0 RR: 3.57 vs spin: 3.61
vs seam: 3.27
Mon 17/08/92 Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (SSC), 1st Test, Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 16 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 256 (84.0; RR: 3.05)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MA Taylor lbw b Wickramasinghe 42 107 3 0 39.25
TM Moody lbw b Ramanayake 1 9 0 0 11.11
DC Boon c Ramanayake b Hathurusingha 32 80 3 0 40.00
DM Jones lbw b Hathurusingha 10 8 1 0 125.00
ME Waugh c Kaluwitharana b Hathurusingha 5 20 0 0 25.00
AR Border b Hathurusingha 3 15 0 0 20.00
GRJ Matthews lbw b Ramanayake 6 6 1 0 100.00
IA Healy not out 66 141 8 0 46.81
CJ McDermott c Ranatunga b Ramanayake 22 28 3 1 78.57
SK Warne c & b Anurasiri 24 59 3 0 40.68
MR Whitney c & b Wickramasinghe 13 57 1 0 22.81
Extras (0b, 10lb, 3w, 19nb) 32  
TOTAL 256 all out (84.0 overs; RR: 3.05)

Fall of wickets

8-1 (TM Moody 0.0 ov), 84-2 (DC Boon 0.0 ov), 94-3 (MA Taylor 0.0 ov), 96-4 (DM Jones 0.0 ov), 109-5 (AR Border 0.0 ov), 118-6 (ME Waugh 0.0 ov), 124-7 (GRJ Matthews 0.0 ov), 162-8 (CJ McDermott 0.0 ov), 207-9 (SK Warne 0.0 ov), 256-10 (MR Whitney 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
CPH Ramanayake 20.0 4 51 3 2.55 0 0
GP Wickramasinghe 18.0 4 69 2 3.83 0 0
UC Hathurusingha 22.0 5 66 4 3.00 0 0
MAWR Madurasinghe 10.0 1 21 0 2.10 0 0
AP Gurusinha 2.0 0 17 0 8.50 0 0
SD Anurasiri 12.0 2 22 1 1.83 0 0

Sri Lanka - 1st Inns 547-8 (170.0; RR: 3.22)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RS Mahanama c Healy b Waugh 78 152 13 0 51.32
UC Hathurusingha c Taylor b Waugh 18 62 2 0 29.03
AP Gurusinha c Jones b Whitney 137 399 18 0 34.34
PA de Silva lbw b Matthews 6 9 1 0 66.67
A Ranatunga c Warne b Matthews 127 192 15 3 66.15
MS Atapattu b Matthews 0 1 0 0 0.00
RS Kaluwitharana not out 132 158 26 0 83.54
CPH Ramanayake c Healy b McDermott 0 25 0 0 0.00
GP Wickramasinghe c Matthews b McDermott 21 19 3 0 110.53
MAWR Madurasinghe not out 5 15 1 0 33.33
SD Anurasiri  
Extras (2b, 7lb, 1w, 13nb) 23  
TOTAL 547-8 (170.0 overs; RR: 3.22)

Fall of wickets

36-1 (UC Hathurusingha 0.0 ov), 128-2 (RS Mahanama 0.0 ov), 137-3 (PA de Silva 0.0 ov), 367-4 (A Ranatunga 0.0 ov), 367-5 (MS Atapattu 0.0 ov), 463-6 (AP Gurusinha 0.0 ov), 472-7 (CPH Ramanayake 0.0 ov), 503-8 (GP Wickramasinghe 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
CJ McDermott 40.0 9 125 2 3.13 0 0
MR Whitney 32.0 10 84 1 2.63 0 0
TM Moody 17.0 3 44 0 2.59 0 0
ME Waugh 17.0 3 77 2 4.53 0 0
SK Warne 22.0 2 107 0 4.86 0 0
GRJ Matthews 38.0 11 93 3 2.45 0 0
AR Border 4.0 1 8 0 2.00 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 471 (132.0; RR: 3.57)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
TM Moody b Ramanayake 13 56 0 0 23.21
MA Taylor c Gurusinha b Anurasiri 43 113 5 0 38.05
DC Boon c Ranatunga b Anurasiri 68 149 10 0 45.64
DM Jones run out 57 82 9 0 69.51
ME Waugh c Kaluwitharana b Wickramasinghe 56 79 4 0 70.89
AR Border c Gurusinha b Anurasiri 15 42 1 0 35.71
GRJ Matthews c Kaluwitharana b Ramanayake 64 129 9 0 49.61
IA Healy lbw b Hathurusingha 12 21 1 0 57.14
CJ McDermott lbw b Ramanayake 40 48 5 0 83.33
SK Warne b Anurasiri 35 82 5 0 42.68
MR Whitney not out 10 37 1 0 27.03
Extras (0b, 23lb, 1w, 34nb) 58  
TOTAL 471 all out (132.0 overs; RR: 3.57)

Fall of wickets

41-1 (TM Moody 0.0 ov), 107-2 (MA Taylor 0.0 ov), 195-3 (DC Boon 0.0 ov), 233-4 (DM Jones 0.0 ov), 269-5 (AR Border 0.0 ov), 319-6 (ME Waugh 0.0 ov), 361-7 (IA Healy 0.0 ov), 417-8 (CJ McDermott 0.0 ov), 431-9 (GRJ Matthews 0.0 ov), 471-10 (SK Warne 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
CPH Ramanayake 37.0 10 113 3 3.05 0 0
GP Wickramasinghe 19.0 0 79 1 4.16 0 0
UC Hathurusingha 27.0 7 79 1 2.93 0 0
SD Anurasiri 35.0 3 127 4 3.63 0 0
MAWR Madurasinghe 14.0 1 50 0 3.57 0 0

Sri Lanka - 2nd Inns 164 (51.1; RR: 3.21)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RS Mahanama c Boon b Matthews 39 73 7 0 53.42
UC Hathurusingha run out 36 63 4 0 57.14
AP Gurusinha not out 31 88 4 0 35.23
PA de Silva c Border b McDermott 37 32 7 0 115.63
A Ranatunga c Border b McDermott 0 2 0 0 0.00
MS Atapattu b Matthews 1 2 0 0 50.00
RS Kaluwitharana b Matthews 4 5 1 0 80.00
CPH Ramanayake lbw b Matthews 6 16 1 0 37.50
GP Wickramasinghe c Waugh b Warne 2 5 0 0 40.00
SD Anurasiri c Waugh b Warne 1 11 0 0 9.09
MAWR Madurasinghe c Matthews b Warne 0 2 0 0 0.00
Extras (2b, 3lb, 0w, 2nb) 7  
TOTAL 164 all out (51.1 overs; RR: 3.21)

Fall of wickets

76-1 (RS Mahanama 0.0 ov), 79-2 (UC Hathurusingha 0.0 ov), 127-3 (PA de Silva 0.0 ov), 132-4 (A Ranatunga 0.0 ov), 133-5 (MS Atapattu 0.0 ov), 137-6 (RS Kaluwitharana 0.0 ov), 147-7 (CPH Ramanayake 0.0 ov), 150-8 (GP Wickramasinghe 0.0 ov), 156-9 (SD Anurasiri 0.0 ov), 164-10 (MAWR Madurasinghe 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
CJ McDermott 14.0 4 43 2 3.07 0 0
MR Whitney 5.0 2 13 0 2.60 0 0
TM Moody 5.0 0 10 0 2.00 0 0
GRJ Matthews 20.0 2 76 4 3.80 0 0
ME Waugh 2.0 0 6 0 3.00 0 0
SK Warne 5.1 3 11 3 2.20 0 0

Match Info

Match

Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (SSC), 1st Test

Date

Monday August 17, 1992

Toss

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field

Time

5:30am UTC

Venue

Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo

Umpires

TM Samarasinghe, KT Francis

Sri Lanka Team

Playing XI

A Ranatunga, PA de Silva, AP Gurusinha, SD Anurasiri, RS Mahanama, CPH Ramanayake, MAWR Madurasinghe, MS Atapattu, UC Hathurusingha, GP Wickramasinghe, RS Kaluwitharana

Australia Team

Playing XI

AR Border, MR Whitney, GRJ Matthews, DM Jones, DC Boon, CJ McDermott, IA Healy, MA Taylor, TM Moody, ME Waugh, SK Warne