a4269 o283	Australia v Sri Lanka
	Benson and Hedges World Series Cup 1984/85
Venue	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 8th January 1985 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 6 wickets
Points	Australia 2; Sri Lanka 0
Umpires	RA French, PJ McConnell
Player of the Match	AR Border

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Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
S Wettimuny	c Phillips b Rackemann	20	64	78	2	-	31.25
+SAR Silva	c Bennett b Hogg	68	109	164	7	-	62.39
DSBP Kuruppu	c Wood b Bennett	22	31	35	2	-	70.97
RL Dias	c Border b O'Donnell	60	60	87	2	-	100.00
*LRD Mendis	b Hogg	16	11	10	3	-	145.45
PA de Silva	b Hogg	17	15	17	1	-	113.33
ALF de Mel	b Hogg	0	1	1	-	-	0.00
JR Ratnayeke	not out	8	10	11	-	-	80.00
RJ Ratnayake	not out	4	2	5	1	-	200.00
DS de Silva	did not bat
VB John	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 13 w)	24
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 49 overs)	239
Fall of wickets:
1-66 (Wettimuny), 2-104 (Kuruppu), 3-160 (SAR Silva), 4-181 (Dias), 5-214 (Mendis), 6-214 (de Mel), 7-229 (PA de Silva)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Hogg	10	0	47	4	-	-	15.00	4.70
O'Donnell	9	2	39	1	-	-	54.00	4.33
McDermott	10	1	49	0	-	-	-	4.90
Bennett	10	1	44	1	-	-	60.00	4.40
Rackemann	10	0	50	1	-	-	60.00	5.00

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Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
AMJ Hilditch	run out	23	58	77	-	-	39.66
GM Wood	retired hurt	52	75	103	5	-	69.33
KC Wessels	c SAR Silva b Ratnayeke	1	6	3	-	-	16.67
*AR Border	not out	79	82	122	7	-	96.34
DC Boon	c sub (SHU Karnain) b de Mel	44	57	63	3	-	77.19
+WB Phillips	c SAR Silva b de Mel	3	2	2	-	-	150.00
SP O'Donnell	not out	20	18	32	1	-	111.11
MJ Bennett	did not bat
CJ McDermott	did not bat
RM Hogg	did not bat
CG Rackemann	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 6 nb, 4 w)	18
Total	(4 wickets, 46.2 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-68 (Hilditch), 2-70 (Wessels), 3-171 (Boon), 4-176 (Phillips)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
de Mel	9.3	0	59	2	-	-	28.50	6.21
John	9	1	40	0	-	-	-	4.44
Ratnayake	8.5	0	32	0	-	-	-	3.62
Ratnayeke	9	0	69	1	-	-	54.00	7.67
DS de Silva	10	1	32	0	-	-	-	3.20

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Notes
--> The match was reduced to 49 overs per side
--> SAR Silva passed his previous highest score of 21 in ODI matches
--> SAR Silva passed his previous highest score of 29 in List A matches
--> ALF de Mel made his debut in Australia in ODI matches
--> DS de Silva made his debut in Australia in ODI matches
--> RL Dias made his debut in Australia in ODI matches
--> LRD Mendis made his debut in Australia in ODI matches
--> S Wettimuny made his debut in Australia in ODI matches
--> JR Ratnayeke made his debut in Australia in ODI matches
--> VB John made his debut in Australia in ODI matches
--> RJ Ratnayake made his debut in Australia in ODI matches
--> SAR Silva made his debut in Australia in ODI matches
--> PA de Silva made his debut in Australia in ODI matches
--> DSBP Kuruppu made his debut in Australia in ODI matches
--> GM Wood retired hurt in the Australia innings having scored 52 (team score 96/2)

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