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Commonwealth XI in Ceylon, 1949/50
Ceylon v Commonwealth XI
P.Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo
25,26,27 February 1950 (3-day match)

Result: Commonwealth XI won by an innings and 51 runs

Toss:
Umpires:

Close of Play:

  • Day 1:
  • Day 2:
    Commonwealth XI 1st innings
    N Oldfield            run out                                  20
    JKC Holt                                  b Wijesinghe         58
    W Place               lbw                 b de Zoysa           96
    FMM Worrell                               b Jayasinghe         77
    WE Alley              c Coomaraswamy      b Jayasinghe         59
    CW Langdon            not out                                  25
    *+L Livingston        not out                                  15
    Extras                (b ?, lb ?, w ?, nb ?)                    5
    Total                 (5 wickets declared, 103 overs)         355
    
    DNB: GH Pope, GE Tribe, FAW Freer, HF Lambert.
    
    FoW: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Wijesinghe                  30     10     77      1
    Coomaraswamy                17      6     46      0
    de Saram                     9      1     39      0
    de Zoysa                    21      0     71      1
    Jayasinghe                  15      0     70      2
    Gunasekera                  10      0     43      0
    Sathasivam                   1      0      4      0
    
    Ceylon 1st innings
    M Makkin Salih        c Place             b Lambert             1
    FJ de Saram           c Alley             b Freer               0
    M Sathasivam                              b Freer              96
    Mahesha Rodrigo                           b Freer               0
    CI Gunasekera         c Alley             b Worrell             9
    *S Coomaraswamy       c Tribe             b Pope               11
    JEL Burton            c Place             b Worrell             9
    RB Wijesinghe         c Holt              b Lambert             7
    S Jayasinghe                          c & b Pope               17
    +B Navaratne          lbw                 b Pope                0
    LE de Zoysa           not out                                   0
    Extras                (b ?, lb ?, w ?, nb ?)                    3
    Total                 (all out, 52.3 overs)                   153
    
    FoW: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-153.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lambert                      9      2     33      2
    Freer                       11.3    2     44      3
    Pope                        14      4     28      3
    Worrell                      7      3     18      2
    Tribe                       11      2     27      0
    
    Ceylon 2nd innings (following on)
    M Makkin Salih        c Place             b Pope               10
    FJ de Saram                           c & b Pope               12
    M Sathasivam          c Pope              b Freer              22
    Mahesha Rodrigo       run out                                  32
    CI Gunasekera         c Lambert           b Freer               0
    *S Coomaraswamy       lbw                 b Pope               26
    JEL Burton            lbw                 b Freer               3
    RB Wijesinghe         st Livingston       b Tribe              23
    S Jayasinghe          st Livingston       b Tribe               0
    +B Navaratne          c Tribe             b Freer              11
    LE de Zoysa           not out                                   2
    Extras                (b ?, lb ?, w ?, nb ?)                   10
    Total                 (all out, 70 overs)                     151
    
    FoW: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-151.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lambert                      8      2     14      0
    Freer                       24      6     55      4
    Pope                        19      6     31      3
    Worrell                     11      6     17      0
    Tribe                        7      1     22      2
    Alley                        1      0      2      0
    


  • Ground Page: P.Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo

    Commonwealth XI Player Pages: N Oldfield, JKC Holt, W Place, FMM Worrell, WE Alley, CW Langdon, L Livingston, GH Pope, GE Tribe, FAW Freer, HF Lambert.

    Ceylon Player Pages: M Makkin Salih, FJ de Saram, M Sathasivam, Mahesha Rodrigo, CI Gunasekera, S Coomaraswamy, JEL Burton, RB Wijesinghe, S Jayasinghe, B Navaratne, LE de Zoysa.


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