| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| GR Marsh | b Labrooy | 53 | 116 | 148 | 5 | - | |
| DC Boon | b Ratnayeke | 64 | 113 | 170 | 6 | - | |
| DM Jones | lbw b Labrooy | 102 | 174 | 251 | 13 | - | |
| *AR Border | b Ratnayeke | 88 | 147 | 151 | 7 | - | |
| MRJ Veletta | c de Alwis b Ratnayeke | 21 | 57 | 72 | 3 | - | |
| SR Waugh | c Labrooy b Amalean | 20 | 54 | 71 | 2 | - | |
| +GC Dyer | c Ramanayake b Amalean | 38 | 84 | 134 | 3 | - | |
| PL Taylor | c Amalean b Ratnayeke | 18 | 38 | 44 | 2 | - | |
| AIC Dodemaide | not out | 16 | 39 | 49 | 1 | - | |
| CJ McDermott | c de Alwis b Amalean | 4 | 5 | 17 | - | - | |
| MG Hughes | b Amalean | 8 | 7 | 9 | 2 | - | |
| Extras | (12 lb, 6 nb, 5 w) | 23 |
| Total | (all out, 567 minutes, 137.2 overs) | 455 |
| Fall of wickets: |
| 1-120 (Marsh), 2-133 (Boon), 3-289 (Border), 4-346 (Veletta), 5-346 (Jones), 6-380 (Waugh), 7-418 (Taylor), 8-434 (Dyer), 9-443 (McDermott), 10-455 (Hughes, 137.2 ov) |
| Sri Lanka first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| RS Mahanama | c Dyer b Dodemaide | 41 | 134 | 185 | 3 | - | |
| DSBP Kuruppu | c Marsh b McDermott | 19 | 55 | 88 | 2 | - | |
| SMS Kaluperuma | lbw b McDermott | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| PA de Silva | lbw b Waugh | 6 | 21 | 29 | 1 | - | |
| A Ranatunga | c and b Waugh | 55 | 169 | 225 | 5 | - | |
| *RS Madugalle | c Border b Dodemaide | 6 | 9 | 11 | 1 | - | |
| JR Ratnayeke | c Marsh b McDermott | 24 | 39 | 61 | 5 | - | |
| +RG de Alwis | c Dyer b Waugh | 0 | 5 | 4 | - | - | |
| CPH Ramanayake | c Dyer b Waugh | 9 | 55 | 69 | - | - | |
| GF Labrooy | c Dyer b Dodemaide | 4 | 14 | 23 | 1 | - | |
| KN Amalean | not out | 7 | 11 | 11 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 6 lb, 14 nb, 2 w) | 23 |
| Total | (all out, 383 minutes, 82.3 overs) | 194 |
| Fall of wickets: |
| 1-51 (Kuruppu), 2-51 (Kaluperuma), 3-60 (de Silva), 4-93 (Mahanama), 5-107 (Madugalle), 6-147 (Ratnayeke), 7-148 (de Alwis), 8-181 (Ramanayake), 9-182 (Ranatunga), 10-194 (Labrooy, 82.3 ov) |
| Sri Lanka second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| RS Mahanama | run out (Boon) | 28 | 43 | 53 | 5 | - | |
| DSBP Kuruppu | c Dyer b Dodemaide | 3 | 50 | 74 | - | - | |
| SMS Kaluperuma | c and b Hughes | 6 | 23 | 27 | 1 | - | |
| PA de Silva | lbw b Dodemaide | 7 | 37 | 49 | 1 | - | |
| A Ranatunga | lbw b Dodemaide | 45 | 65 | 92 | 6 | - | |
| *RS Madugalle | c Waugh b Hughes | 7 | 31 | 33 | - | - | |
| JR Ratnayeke | c Dyer b Dodemaide | 38 | 41 | 63 | 5 | - | |
| +RG de Alwis | c Waugh b Hughes | 8 | 13 | 19 | 1 | - | |
| CPH Ramanayake | c Veletta b Hughes | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | - | |
| GF Labrooy | b Hughes | 4 | 9 | 19 | 1 | - | |
| KN Amalean | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| Extras | (6 lb, 1 nb) | 7 |
| Total | (all out, 225 minutes, 52.1 overs) | 153 |
| Fall of wickets: |
| 1-36 (Mahanama), 2-42 (Kuruppu), 3-42 (Kaluperuma), 4-66 (de Silva), 5-83 (Madugalle), 6-111 (Ranatunga), 7-130 (de Alwis), 8-131 (Ramanayake), 9-153 (Labrooy), 10-153 (Ratnayeke, 52.1 ov) |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
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GR Marsh (1) 50 in 106 balls, 133 minutes
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DC Boon (1) 50 in 91 balls, 132 minutes
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DM Jones (1) 50 in 87 balls, 120 minutes
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DM Jones (1) 100 in 148 balls, 218 minutes
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AR Border (1) 50 in 86 balls, 93 minutes
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RS Mahanama (1) equalled his previous highest score of 41 in Test matches
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A Ranatunga (1) 50 in 150 balls, 198 minutes
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CPH Ramanayake made his debut in Test matches
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RS Madugalle (2) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 1
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KN Amalean achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches when he dismissed
MG Hughes in the Australia first innings (previous best was 3-51)
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KN Amalean achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed
MG Hughes in the Australia first innings (previous best was 3-59)
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JR Ratnayeke reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed
DC Boon, his 1st wicket in the Australia first innings
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MG Hughes achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed
CPH Ramanayake in the Sri Lanka second innings (previous best was 3-40)
12th men: P.R.Sleep (Australia) & H.P.Tillakaratne (Sri Lanka).
1st day: Lunch: A(1) 0/98 Marsh 46*, Boon 44*; Tea: A(1) 2/209 Jones 39*, Border 39*; Stumps: A(1) 3/333 Jones 100*, Veletta 10*, extras 18.
2nd day: Lunch: A(1) 6/389 Dyer 30*, Taylor 2*; Tea: S(1) 0/19 Mahanama 9*, Kuruppa 7*; Stumps: S(1) 3/85 Mahanama 37*, Ranatunga 11*, extras 12.
3rd day: Lunch: S(1) 7/149 Ranatunga 38*, Ramanayake 0*; Tea: S(2) 0/21 Mahanama 19*, Kuruppu 1*; Stumps: S(2) 4/78 Ranatunga 24*, Madugalle 5*, extras 5.
Attendance: 3911, 3416, 3030, 250 - total 10607.
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