Sri Lankan national cricket team in Australia in the 1989/90 season

The tour of the Sri Lankan national cricket team to Australia in the season 1989/90 took place from 8 to 20 December 1989. The international cricket tour was part of the 1989/90 international cricket season and included two tests . Australia won the series 1–0.

prehistory

Australia previously played a Test against New Zealand and Sri Lanka a six-nation tournament in India. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1987/88 season in Australia .

Stages

Brisbane Hobart

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
The gabba	Brisbane	42,000	1st test
Bellerive oval	Hobart	20,000	2nd test

Squad lists

The following squads were named by the teams.

test
Australia	Sri Lanka
Terry Alderman David Boon Allan Border Greg Campbell Ian Healy Merv Hughes Dean Jones Geoff Lawson Tom Moody Carl Rackemann Peter Sleep Mark Taylor Steve Waugh	Asanka Gurusinha Graeme Labrooy Roshan Mahanama Champaka Ramanayake Arjuna Ranatunga Dammika Ranatunga Rumesh Ratnayake Rumesh Ratnayeke Athula Samarasekera Hashan Tilla caratne Gamini Wickremasinghe Aravinda de Silva Asoka de Silva

Testing

First test in Brisbane

December 8-12 scorecard	Brisbane	Australia 367 (95.3) & 375-6 (123)	-	Sri Lanka 418 (166.3)
		draw

Second test in Hobart

December 16-20 scorecard	Hobart	Australia 224 (72.4) & 513-5d (125)	-	Sri Lanka 216 (83.4) & 348 (141.4)
		Australia wins with 173 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo