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| Venue | Kennington Oval, Kennington on 4th September 1988 (55-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | England won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | England won by 5 wickets |
| Umpires | JW Holder, KE Palmer |
| Player of the Match | KJ Barnett |
| Sri Lanka innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| +DSBP Kuruppu | lbw b Gooch | 38 | 66 | 92 | 5 | - | 57.58 |
| MAR Samarasekera | b Small | 10 | 29 | 32 | 1 | - | 34.48 |
| PA de Silva | b Gooch | 16 | 28 | 36 | - | - | 57.14 |
| A Ranatunga | run out | 37 | 62 | 72 | 3 | - | 59.68 |
| LRD Mendis | b Small | 60 | 65 | 88 | 6 | 1 | 92.31 |
| *RS Madugalle | c Foster b Pringle | 17 | 26 | 31 | - | - | 65.38 |
| JR Ratnayeke | c Pringle b Small | 19 | 19 | 33 | 3 | - | 100.00 |
| HP Tillakaratne | not out | 15 | 27 | 42 | - | - | 55.56 |
| GF Labrooy | not out | 10 | 11 | 11 | - | - | 90.91 |
| MAWR Madurasinghe | did not bat | ||||||
| SD Anurasiri | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 10 lb, 1 nb, 8 w) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs) | 242 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21 (Samarasekera), 2-54 (de Silva), 3-75 (Kuruppu), 4-144 (Ranatunga), 5-190 (Madugalle), 6-193 (Mendis), 7-224 (Ratnayeke) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Foster | 11 | 0 | 47 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.27 |
| Small | 11 | 1 | 44 | 3 | - | - | 22.00 | 4.00 |
| Gooch | 11 | 1 | 35 | 2 | - | - | 33.00 | 3.18 |
| Pringle | 11 | 0 | 46 | 1 | - | - | 66.00 | 4.18 |
| Marks | 11 | 0 | 59 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.36 |
| England innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| *GA Gooch | c de Silva b Labrooy | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | - | 70.00 |
| RT Robinson | lbw b Ratnayeke | 13 | 33 | 44 | - | - | 39.39 |
| KJ Barnett | run out | 84 | 146 | 179 | - | - | 57.53 |
| AJ Lamb | c sub (BEA Rajadurai) b Labrooy | 66 | 70 | 86 | 3 | 1 | 94.29 |
| RA Smith | c Kuruppu b Labrooy | 9 | 13 | 17 | 1 | - | 69.23 |
| RJ Bailey | not out | 43 | 34 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 126.47 |
| DR Pringle | not out | 19 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 172.73 |
| +RC Russell | did not bat | ||||||
| VJ Marks | did not bat | ||||||
| NA Foster | did not bat | ||||||
| GC Small | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 nb, 3 w) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 52.4 overs) | 245 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9 (Gooch), 2-22 (Robinson), 3-140 (Lamb), 4-154 (Smith), 5-213 (Barnett) | |||||||
| Sri Lanka bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Ratnayeke | 9.4 | 3 | 37 | 1 | - | - | 58.00 | 3.83 |
| Labrooy | 10 | 0 | 40 | 3 | - | - | 20.00 | 4.00 |
| Samarasekera | 11 | 0 | 52 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.73 |
| Ranatunga | 11 | 0 | 42 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.82 |
| Anurasiri | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.17 |
| de Silva | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - | - | 9.50 |
| Madurasinghe | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | - | - | - | 8.00 |