West Indians in Sri Lanka, 1978/79
Sri Lanka Board President's XI v West Indians
The Esplanade, Galle
20 February 1979 (45-over match)

Result: West Indians won by 113 runs

Toss:
Umpires:

West Indians innings (45 overs maximum)                         R
AT Greenidge          lbw                b de Silva             7
AB Williams           lbw                b de Silva            12
SFAF Bacchus          not out                                  90
HS Chang              c Jayasekera       b de Silva             0
*AI Kallicharran      st Jayasekera      b Jeganathan         101
S Shivnarine                             b Ranasinghe          19
N Phillip             c Mendis           b de Silva             6
ST Clarke             c Abeynayake       b de Silva             2
DR Parry              not out                                   0
Extras                (b ?, lb ?, w ?, nb ?)                   19
Total                 (7 wickets, 45 overs)                   256

DNB: +JR Lyon, VA Holder.

FoW: 1-19, 2-30, 3-30, 4-208, 5-244, 6-254, 7-254.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
de Silva                     9      1     49      5
Martinesz                    6      0     14      0
Ranasinghe                   7      0     36      1
Warnapura                    9      1     31      0
Abeynayake                   6      0     50      0
Jeganathan                   8      1     57      1

Sri Lanka Board President's XI innings (target: 257 in 45 overs)R
*B Warnapura          hit wicket         b Clarke               6
S Asgerally                              b Clarke               7
+RSA Jayasekera       lbw                b Holder              27
Y Goonesekera                            b Greenidge           28
LRD Mendis            c Lyon             b Shivnarine          39
JA Seneviratne        c Lyon             b Shivnarine           0
AN Ranasinghe         lbw                b Holder               1
S Jeganathan                             b Holder               0
RG Abeynayake         not out                                  20
DLS de Silva          not out                                   8
Extras                (b ?, lb ?, w ?, nb ?)                    7
Total                 (8 wickets, 45 overs)                   143

DNB: R Martinesz.

FoW: 1-13, 2-13, 3-65, 4-84, 5-85, 6-86, 7-86, 8-124.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Clarke                       9      1     24      2
Phillip                      9      0     29      0
Greenidge                    9      2     27      1
Parry                        1      0      6      0
Holder                       9      2     24      3
Shivnarine                   8      1     26      2

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