Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 1989–90

International cricket tour

The Sri Lanka national cricket team toured Australia in the 1989-90 season and played 2 Test matches against Australia. Australia won the series 1-0 with one match drawn.

Test series summary

First Test

8–12 December 1989
(5-day match)
Scorecard
Cricinfo Scorecard

Australia	v	Sri Lanka
367 (95.3 overs) TM Moody 106 (179) GF Labrooy 5/133 (31.1 overs)		418 (166.3 overs) PA de Silva 167 (361) TM Alderman 3/81 (40 overs)
375/6 (123 overs) MA Taylor 164 (334) AP Gurusinha 2/31 (10 overs)

Match drawn
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
Umpires: AR Crafter and CD Timmins
Player of the match: PA de Silva (SL)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
D Ranatunga and AGD Wickremasinghe (both SL) made their Test debuts.

Second Test

16–20 December 1989
(5-day match)
Scorecard
Cricinfo scorecard

Australia	v	Sri Lanka
224 (72.4 overs) PR Sleep 47* (125) RJ Ratnayake 6/66 (19.4 overs)		216 (83.4 overs) RS Mahanama 85 (229) PR Sleep 3/26 (10 overs)
513/5d (125 overs) SR Waugh 134* (177) PA de Silva 2/65 (18 overs)		348 (141.4 overs) JR Ratnayeke 75 (187) MG Hughes 5/88 (31.4 overs)

Australia won by 173 runs
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Umpires: LJ King and SG Randell
Player of the match: PA de Silva (SL)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
HP Tillakaratne (SL) made his Test debut.

External sources

CricketArchive

References

Playfair Cricket Annual (annual)
Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual)

List of Warne–Muralitharan Trophy series

Non-Warne–Muralidaran Trophy Australia v Sri Lanka Test series
1982–83 1987–88 1989–90 1992 1995–96 1999 2003–04 2004

International cricket tours of Australia

Test and LOI tours
Afghanistan	2021–22
Bangladesh	2003 2008
England	1876–77 1878–79 1881–82 1882–83 1884–85 1886–87 1887–88 1891–92 1894–95 1897–98 1901–02 1903–04 1907–08 1911–12 1920–21 1924–25 1928–29 1932–33 1936–37 1946–47 1950–51 1954–55 1958–59 1962–63 1965–66 1970–71 1974–75 1977 1978–79 1979–80 1982–83 1986–87 1987–88 1990–91 1994–95 1998–99 2002–03 2006–07 2010–11 2013–14 2017–18 2021–22 2022–23
India	1947–48 1967–68 1977–78 1980–81 1985–86 1991–92 1999–2000 2003–04 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2015–16 2018–19 2020–21 2024–25
New Zealand	1973–74 1980–81 1982–83 1985–86 1987–88 1989–90 1993–94 1997–98 2001–02 2004–05 2008–09 2011–12 2015–16 2016–17 2019–20 2022–23
Pakistan	1964–65 1972–73 1976–77 1978–79 1981–82 1983–84 1989–90 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 1999–2000 2002 2004–05 2009–10 2016–17 2019–20 2023–24
South Africa	1910–11 1931–32 1952–53 1963–64 1971–72 (cancelled) 1993–94 1997–98 2000 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2012–13 2014–15 2016–17 2018–19 2022–23
Sri Lanka	1987–88 1989–90 1995–96 2004 2007–08 2010–11 2012–13 2016–17 2018–19 2019–20 2021–22
West Indies	1930–31 1951–52 1960–61 1968–69 1975–76 1979–80 1981–82 1984–85 1988–89 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 2000–01 2005–06 2009–10 2012–13 2015–16 2020–21 2022–23 2023–24
Zimbabwe	1994–95 2003–04 2022

Tournaments hosted
World Cup	1992 2015
T20 World Cup	2022
Tri-series	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2017–18
Other multi-team tournaments	1985 1987

Other tours
Afghanistan	2014–15
Australian Forces	1919–20 1945–46
English	1861–62 1863–64 1873–74 1902–03 1922–23 1929–30 1935–36 1979–80
England Lions	2012–13 2021
Fijian	1907–08
Ireland	2014–15
Multi-national	1971–72 2005–06
Nepal	2023–24
New Zealand	1898–99 1913–14 1925–26 1927–28 1937–38 1953–54 1961–62 1967–68 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1974–75
PNG	2014–15
Scotland	2014–15
Sri Lanka	1982–83
UAE	2014–15
World Series Cricket (West Indies & World XI)	1977-78 1978-79