a6512 o630	Australia v Sri Lanka
	Austral-Asia Cup 1989/90 (Semi-Final)
Venue	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah on 2nd May 1990 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 114 runs
Umpires	BL Aldridge, Khizer Hayat
Player of the Match	SP O'Donnell

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Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
MA Taylor	st Kuruppu b Madurasinghe	27	30	38	3	-	90.00
GR Marsh	c Kuruppu b Ratnayeke	68	104	152	3	1	65.38
DM Jones	not out	117	123	190	7	1	95.12
SP O'Donnell	b Ramanayake	74	29	47	4	6	255.17
DC Boon	not out	30	18	28	1	1	166.67
*AR Border	did not bat
SR Waugh	did not bat
+IA Healy	did not bat
PL Taylor	did not bat
CG Rackemann	did not bat
TM Alderman	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb, 5 w)	16
Total	(3 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	332
Fall of wickets:
1-35 (MA Taylor), 2-172 (Marsh), 3-278 (O'Donnell)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Ratnayeke	10	0	70	1	-	-	60.00	7.00
Ratnayake	10	0	55	0	-	-	-	5.50
Madurasinghe	10	0	32	1	-	-	60.00	3.20
Ramanayake	10	0	82	1	-	-	60.00	8.20
EAR de Silva	5	0	34	0	-	-	-	6.80
Gurusinha	5	0	48	0	-	-	-	9.60

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Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
+DSBP Kuruppu	c Marsh b Alderman	14	21	30	1	-	66.67
MAR Samarasekera	lbw b Alderman	25	26	40	4	-	96.15
HP Tillakaratne	st Healy b Border	76	109	144	5	-	69.72
PA de Silva	c Marsh b PL Taylor	19	21	29	2	-	90.48
*A Ranatunga	c Rackemann b Waugh	26	32	37	1	-	81.25
JR Ratnayeke	run out	4	20	16	-	-	20.00
RJ Ratnayake	c Border b PL Taylor	8	8	8	-	1	100.00
EAR de Silva	c Healy b Border	9	6	16	-	1	150.00
CPH Ramanayake	c Waugh b O'Donnell	19	28	31	-	1	67.86
MAWR Madurasinghe	not out	8	8	9	2	-	100.00
AP Gurusinha	absent hurt
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 3 w)	10
Total	(all out, 45.4 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-25 (Kuruppu), 2-43 (Samarasekera), 3-77 (PA de Silva), 4-124 (Ranatunga), 5-135 (Ratnayeke), 6-150 (Ratnayake), 7-174 (EAR de Silva), 8-208 (Tillakaratne), 9-218 (Ramanayake)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Alderman	7	0	35	2	-	-	21.00	5.00
Rackemann	10	0	51	0	-	-	-	5.10
O'Donnell	5.4	0	19	1	-	-	34.00	3.35
PL Taylor	10	1	28	2	-	-	30.00	2.80
Waugh	7	0	36	1	-	-	42.00	5.14
Border	6	0	42	2	-	-	18.00	7.00

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Notes
--> DSBP Kuruppu made his last appearance in ODI matches
--> JR Ratnayeke made his last appearance in List A matches
--> JR Ratnayeke made his last appearance in ODI matches
--> MA Taylor passed 1000 runs in List A matches when he reached 25
--> GR Marsh 50 in 90 balls with 2 fours and 1 six
--> DM Jones 50 in 58 balls with 4 fours and 1 six
--> DM Jones 100 in 109 balls with 6 fours and 1 six
--> SP O'Donnell 50 in 18 balls with 2 fours and 5 sixes
--> SP O'Donnell equalled his previous highest score of 74 in ODI matches
--> SP O'Donnell equalled his previous highest score of 74 in List A matches
--> SP O'Donnell passed 1000 runs in ODI matches when he reached 54
--> HP Tillakaratne 50 in 78 balls with 3 fours
--> HP Tillakaratne passed his previous highest score of 71 in List A matches
--> HP Tillakaratne passed his previous highest score of 71 in ODI matches
--> CPH Ramanayake passed his previous highest score of 11 in ODI matches

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