- ODI no. 25 | 1975 season
- Played at Kennington Oval, London (neutral venue)
- 11 June 1975 (60-over match)
| Australia innings (60 overs maximum) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| RB McCosker | b de Silva | 73 | 111 | 2 | 0 | 65.76 | ||
| A Turner | c Mendis b de Silva | 101 | 113 | 9 | 1 | 89.38 | ||
| IM Chappell* | b Kaluperuma | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 57.14 | ||
| GS Chappell | c Opatha b Pieris | 50 | 50 | 5 | 1 | 100.00 | ||
| KD Walters | c Tennekoon b Pieris | 59 | 66 | 5 | 0 | 89.39 | ||
| JR Thomson | not out | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 128.57 | ||
| RW Marsh† | not out | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 128.57 | ||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 20, w 1, nb 1) | 23 | ||||||
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| Total | (5 wickets; 60 overs) | 328 | (5.46 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat R Edwards, MHN Walker, DK Lillee, AA Mallett |
| Fall of wickets1-182 (Turner), 2-187 (McCosker), 3-191 (IM Chappell), 4-308 (Walters), 5-308 (GS Chappell) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| ARM Opatha | 9 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 3.55 | |||
| HSM Pieris | 11 | 0 | 68 | 2 | 6.18 | |||
| B Warnapura | 9 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 4.44 | |||
| AN Ranasinghe | 7 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 7.85 | |||
| DS de Silva | 12 | 3 | 60 | 2 | 5.00 | |||
| LWS Kaluperuma | 12 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 4.16 |
| Sri Lanka innings (target: 329 runs from 60 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| SRD Wettimuny | retired hurt | 53 | 102 | 7 | 0 | 51.96 | ||
| ER Fernando† | b Thomson | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 122.22 | ||
| B Warnapura | st †Marsh b Mallett | 31 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 79.48 | ||
| LRD Mendis | retired hurt | 32 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 71.11 | ||
| APB Tennekoon* | b IM Chappell | 48 | 71 | 6 | 0 | 67.60 | ||
| MH Tissera | c Turner b IM Chappell | 52 | 72 | 7 | 0 | 72.22 | ||
| AN Ranasinghe | not out | 14 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 77.77 | ||
| HSM Pieris | not out | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Extras | (b 6, lb 8, w 8, nb 2) | 24 | ||||||
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| Total | (4 wickets; 60 overs) | 276 | (4.60 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat ARM Opatha, DS de Silva, LWS Kaluperuma |
| Fall of wickets1-30 (Fernando), 2-84 (Warnapura), 2-150* (Mendis, retired not out), 2-164* (Wettimuny, retired not out), 3-246 (Tennekoon), 4-268 (Tissera) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DK Lillee | 10 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 4.20 | |||
| JR Thomson | 12 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 1.83 | |||
| AA Mallett | 12 | 0 | 72 | 1 | 6.00 | |||
| KD Walters | 6 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 5.50 | |||
| MHN Walker | 12 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 3.66 | |||
| GS Chappell | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 6.25 | |||
| IM Chappell | 4 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 3.50 |
| Match details |
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Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to field Points Australia 4, Sri Lanka 0 |
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ODI debut
SRD Wettimuny
(Sri Lanka) Player of the match A Turner (Australia) |
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Umpires
WL Budd and AE Fagg |
| Match notes |
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Match Coverage
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Jun 11, 1975 
Demonstrators hold up the game by lying on the pitch © Getty Images |
Jun 11, 1975 
Rick McCosker cuts the ball for a boundary © Getty Images |
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