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Format: CricInfo Version 2

Sri Lanka in England, 1979
Worcestershire v Sri Lankans
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
11,12,13 July 1979 (3-day match)

Result: Match drawn

Toss:
Umpires: WL Budd and D Shackleton

Close of Play:

  • Day 1:
  • Day 2:
    Worcestershire 1st innings
    BJR Jones             c Wijesuriya       b Opatha               2
    MJ Weston             run out                                  43
    DN Patel              run out                                  40
    TS Curtis             c Wettimuny        b Jeganathan          15
    BL D'Oliveira         c Warnapura        b DLS de Silva       112
    +DJ Humphries         c Pasqual          b Jeganathan          68
    CN Boyns              not out                                  24
    Extras                (b 2, lb 7, w 1, nb 3)                   13
    Total                 (6 wickets declared, 98 overs)          317
    
    DNB: *EJO Hemsley, Younis Ahmed, VA Holder, AP Pridgeon.
    
    FoW: 1-4, 2-51, 3-87, 4-138, 5-257, 6-317.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Opatha                       9      1     52      1
    DLS de Silva                 9      2     25      1
    Wijesuriya                  18      5     40      0
    DS de Silva                 31      8     98      0
    Jeganathan                  31     11     89      2
    
    Sri Lankans 1st innings
    SRdeS Wettimuny       c Humphries        b Holder               0
    *APB Tennekoon        lbw                b Pridgeon            26
    +RSA Jayasekera       c Hemsley          b Younis Ahmed        37
    RL Dias               lbw                b Boyns               27
    B Warnapura           lbw                b Patel               68
    SP Pasqual                               b Younis Ahmed        14
    DS de Silva           c Younis Ahmed     b Holder              37
    S Jeganathan                             b Holder               3
    ARM Opatha            c Curtis           b D'Oliveira          24
    RGCE Wijesuriya       not out                                   3
    DLS de Silva          c Jones            b D'Oliveira           0
    Extras                (b 9, lb 10, w 1, nb 5)                  25
    Total                 (all out, 82 overs)                     264
    
    FoW: 1-1, 2-39, 3-96, 4-104, 5-134,
         6-206, 7-222, 8-250, 9-264, 10-264.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Holder                      24      4     67      3
    Pridgeon                    15      4     51      1
    Boyns                       18      3     50      1
    Younis Ahmed                14      4     30      2
    Patel                        7      0     26      1
    D'Oliveira                   4      1     15      2
    
    Worcestershire 2nd innings
    BJR Jones             c Jayasekera       b Opatha               8
    MJ Weston             lbw                b DLS de Silva        16
    DN Patel              not out                                 118
    TS Curtis                            c & b DS de Silva         27
    BL D'Oliveira                            b Opatha              36
    +DJ Humphries         c Tennekoon        b Wijesuriya          11
    CN Boyns              not out                                   3
    Extras                (lb 6, w 1)                               7
    Total                 (5 wickets declared, 71 overs)          226
    
    DNB: *EJO Hemsley, Younis Ahmed, VA Holder, AP Pridgeon.
    
    FoW: 1-16, 2-41, 3-123, 4-207, 5-223.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Opatha                      20      3     59      2
    DLS de Silva                12      1     40      1
    Wijesuriya                  15      3     52      1
    DS de Silva                 14      2     40      1
    Jeganathan                  10      5     28      0
    
    Sri Lankans 2nd innings (target: 280 runs)
    SRdeS Wettimuny                          b Holder               2
    *APB Tennekoon        not out                                  77
    +RSA Jayasekera       not out                                  79
    Extras                (lb 6, w 2)                               8
    Total                 (1 wicket, 45 overs)                    166
    
    DNB: RL Dias, B Warnapura, SP Pasqual, DS de Silva, S Jeganathan,
         ARM Opatha, RGCE Wijesuriya, DLS de Silva.
    
    FoW: 1-2.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Holder                       6      0     12      1
    Pridgeon                     7      1     16      0
    Boyns                        4      1     14      0
    Younis Ahmed                 5      0     15      0
    Patel                       13      2     63      0
    D'Oliveira                   9      1     36      0
    Curtis                       1      0      2      0
    


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