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England 'A' in Sri Lanka, 1997/98, 1st Unofficial Test
Sri Lanka 'A' v England 'A'
Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala
30 January, 1, 2, 3 February 1998

Result: Match drawn

Toss: England 'A'
Umpires: SDS Dissanayake and G Pushparajah

Close of play:

  • Day 1: England 'A' 202/4 (Ealham 30*, Hollioake 2*, 94 overs)
  • Day 2: England 'A' 385, Sri Lanka 'A' 105/2 (Atapattu 45*, Jayawardene 25*, 27 overs)
  • Day 3: Sri Lanka 'A' 341/8 (Villaverayan 36*, Hettiarachi 9*)
    England 'A' 1st innings
    SP James              c de Silva         b Samaraweera         23
    *NV Knight            c Atapattu         b Samaraweera         85
    DL Maddy                                 b Chandana            50
    MA Ealham                            c & b Samaraweera         87
    A Flintoff            c de Silva         b Hettiarachi          4
    BC Hollioake          c Chandana         b Hettiarachi         67
    AF Giles                                 b Hettiarachi         10
    +CMW Read             lbw                b Perera              17
    J Ormond              c de Silva         b Perera              27
    DA Cosker             not out                                   0
    PM Hutchison                             b Perera               0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 8, nb 3)                        15
    Total                 (all out, 156.5 overs)                  385
    
    FoW: 1-48, 2-142, 3-179, 4-189, 5-321, 6-335, 7-337, 8-374,
         9-385, 10-385.
    
    Bowling                 O       M       R       W
    Villaverayan           14       2      70       0
    Perera                 14.5     4      35       3
    Samaraweera            45      10     106       3
    Hettiarachi            40      11      73       3
    Chandana               38      13      76       1
    Jayawardene             5       1      13       0
    
    Sri Lanka 'A' 1st innings
    RP Arnold             c Hollioake        b Hutchison            9
    *MS Atapattu          c Flintoff         b Ormond              52
    S Ranatunga           c James            b Ormond              10
    M Jayawardene         c Cosker           b Hutchison          110
    MN Nawaz                                 b Cosker              31
    *SKL de Silva         c Giles            b Ealham              38
    UDU Chandana          c Read             b Hutchison            6
    T Samaraweera         lbw                b Ealham               1
    M Villaverayan        not out                                  50
    D Hettiarachi                            b Cosker              10
    S Perera              not out                                  10
    Extras                (b 7, lb 17, w 1, nb 16)                 41
    Total                 (9 wickets decl, 128 overs)             368
    
    FoW: 1-14, 2-43, 3-126, 4-183, 5-254, 6-280, 7-289, 8-296, 9-354.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Hollioake                   24      5     59      0
    Hutchison                   17      6     43      3
    Ormond                      16      2     67      2
    Giles                       39     12     73      0
    Cosker                      17      1     52      2
    Ealham                      15      4     50      2
    
    England 'A' 2nd innings
    SP James              c Nawaz            b Samaraweera         16
    *NV Knight            c &                b Chandana            45
    DL Maddy              c de Silva         b Chandana            56
    MA Ealham             not out                                  25
    A Flintoff            not out                                   0
    Extras                (lb 5, nb 7)                             12
    Total                 (3 wickets, 67 overs)                   154
    
    FoW: 1-36, 2-97, 3-154.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Villaverayan                 7      2     19      0
    Perera                       9      1     21      0
    Samaraweera                 18      2     44      1
    Hettiarachi                 11      3     25      0
    Chandana                    17      5     33      2
    Jayawardene                  5      0      7      0
    

    • No play on Jan 31 (national day of mourning for bomb victims).




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