Date-stamped : 14 May94 - 18:30
Sharjah Tourney: Game 2
Australia vs Sri Lanka
Played at Sharjah, 14th April, 1994

Sri Lanka's cricket side, missing five of their top players, were
shot out for a meagre 154 by Australia in the one-day Australasia
Cup international on Thursday.
Sri Lanka failed to negotiate the nagging Australian attack, han-
dicapped by the absence of their regular captain Arjuna Ranatunga
and four other players after a revolt over a  controversial  team
fitness test demanded by selectors.
Only vice-captain Hashan Tillakaratne offered  protracted  resis-
tance  in  a  95-ball  stay  at the crease, his 64 including four
fours to lend some respectability to the score.
The Sri Lankans started well before team captain Roshan  Mahanama
fell  leg  before  wicket  to  Paul Reiffel with the score on 30.
Asanka Gurusinha and and Sanath Jayasuriya were then quickly  run
out, plunging the side into a crisis from which it did not recov-
er.
Australia's bowlers all bowled a tidy length and  did  not  allow
the  subdued  Sri  Lankans  much  to hit, with Shane Warne taking
three for 29.  Steve Waugh and Reiffel chipped in with two  wick-
ets apiece.
(Summarized form Reuters)

<END> Contributed by Vicky (VIGNESWA@*umass.edu)