Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 1988
International cricket tour
The Sri Lanka cricket team toured England in the 1988 season to play a one-match Test series against England. England won the series 1-0.
Test series summary
25 – 30 August 1988 (5–day match) Scorecard |
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194 (65.5 overs) JR Ratnayeke 59* (112) NA Foster 3/51 (21 overs) | 429 (134.2 overs) RC Russell 94 (202) GF Labrooy 4/119 (40 overs) | |
331 (109.3 overs) A Ranatunga 78 (179) PJ Newport 4/87 (26.3 overs) | 100/3 (34.4 overs) GA Gooch 36 (70) MAR Samarasekera 2/38 (10 overs) |
England won by 7 wickets Lord's, London Umpires: DJ Constant and JW Holder Player of the match: PJ Newport (ENG) and JR Ratnayeke (SL) |
- England won the toss and elected to field.
- 28 August was taken as a rest day.
- KJ Barnett, DV Lawrence, PJ Newport and RC Russell (all ENG), and MAWR Madurasinghe and MAR Samarasekera made their Test debuts.
One Day Internationals (ODIs)
England won the Texaco Trophy 1-0.
Only ODI
4 September 1988 Scorecard |
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England won by 5 wickets The Oval, London Umpires: JW Holder and KE Palmer Player of the match: KJ Barnett (ENG) |
- England won the toss and elected to field.
- KJ Barnett and RA Smith (both ENG) and MAWR Madurasinghe (SL) made their ODI debuts.
External sources
- CricketArchive – tour itineraries
Annual reviews
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County seasons
- Derbyshire
- Essex
- Glamorgan
- Gloucestershire
- Hampshire
- Kent
- Lancashire
- Leicestershire
- Middlesex
- Northamptonshire
- Nottinghamshire
- Somerset
- Surrey
- Sussex
- Warwickshire
- Worcestershire
- Yorkshire
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