Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 1988

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

Sri Lanka	v	England
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

Sri Lanka 242/7 (55 overs)	v	England 245/5 (52.4 overs)
LRD Mendis 60 (65) GC Small 3/44 (11 overs)		KJ Barnett 84 (146) GF Labrooy 3/40 (10 overs)

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

• Playfair Cricket Annual 1989
• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1989