Date-stamped : 10 Jun95 - 18:23
Tour match: CEYLON v M.C.C.
Played at Colombo, 16-18 February 1962.

M.C.C. finished their four month  tour  of  India,  Pakistan  and
Ceylon with a comfortable victory on a pitch helping fast bowlers
throughout. The ball rose nastily from just short of a length and
batting  was never easy.  M.C.C. showed themselves to be far more
experienced in these conditions.

Lafir, who scored a bright 84 in two hours, and Gunasekera,  with
powerful  hitting,  saved  Ceylon  from disaster in the first in-
nings. A third-wicket stand of  129  by  Barrington and   Parfitt
place  M.C.C. on top, but after going ahead with six wickets left
they collapsed. Ceylon, 74 behind, broke down badly,  losing  six
wickets  before  clearing  the arrears and although Goonasena and
Fernando showed defiance M.C.C. needed only 71 to win. The  match
ended before lunch on the last day.

<END> Contributed by J.R.F.Evans (en92jrfe@exeter.ac.uk)