The 1988–89 Sri Lankan cricket season marked the beginning of domestic first-class cricket in the country.
Honours Lakspray Trophy – Nondescripts Cricket Club & Sinhalese Sports Club shared title Brown's Trophy – Sinhalese Sports Club Most runs – DSBP Kuruppu 339 @ 113.00 (HS 126) Most wickets – SD Anurasiri 24 @ 13.12 (BB 8–53)
Test series Sri Lanka played no home Test matches this season.
External sources CricInfo – brief history of Sri Lankan cricket CricketArchive – Tournaments in Sri Lanka
Further reading Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1990