Sri Lanka 'A' in England, 1999
Worcestershire v Sri Lanka 'A'
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
10,11,12,13 August 1999 (4-day match)

Result: Match drawn

Toss: Worcestershire
Umpires: A Clarkson and K Shuttleworth

Close of Play
Day 1: no play
Day 2: Worcestershire 237/7d
Day 3: Sri Lanka 'A' 243/9d, Worcestershire 48/2 (Wilson 20*, Solanki 20*, 14.5 overs)

Worcestershire 1st Innings
*WPC Weston           c Wickramasinghe   b Pushpakumara         5
EJ Wilson             c Dilshan          b Pushpakumara         0
PR Pollard                               b Pushpakumara        22
VS Solanki            c Boteju           b Herath              50
NE Batson             c Dilshan          b Herath              72
DA Leatherdale        st Dilshan         b Arnold              52
GR Haynes             not out                                   9
+DJ Pipe              c Dilshan          b Herath               5
CG Liptrot            not out                                   4
Extras                (b 2, lb 6, w 1, nb 9)                   18
Total                 (7 wickets dec, 77 overs)               237

DNB: MJ Rawnsley, A Sheriyar.

FoW: 1-1, 2-12, 3-62, 4-88, 5-213, 6-213, 7-219.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Pushpakumara                22      4     81      3
Villavarayan                15      3     53      0
Herath                      24      8     59      3
Boteju                       2      0      6      0
Wickramasinghe               7      1     17      0
Arnold                       7      2     13      1

Sri Lanka 'A' 1st Innings
RP Arnold             c Weston           b Liptrot             68
+TM Dilshan           c Batson           b Sheriyar            41
S Kalavitigoda        run out (Leatherdale)                    15
*MN Nawaz             lbw                b Liptrot             21
LPC Silva             c Wilson           b Solanki             19
SI de Saram                              b Solanki              9
JWHD Boteju                              b Sheriyar            30
PP Wickramasinghe     not out                                  14
MS Villavarayan       lbw                b Solanki             10
HMRKB Herath          lbw                b Solanki              0
Extras                (b 5, lb 11)                             16
Total                 (9 wickets dec, 77.5 overs)             243

DNB: KR Pushpakumara.

FoW: 1-73, 2-106, 3-141, 4-150, 5-167, 6-186, 7-224, 8-243, 9-243.


Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Sheriyar                    20      4     51      2
Liptrot                     14      2     55      2
Leatherdale                  4      1     19      0
Haynes                      11      4     27      0
Rawnsley                    15      5     34      0
Solanki                     13.5    4     41      4

Worcestershire 2nd innings
*WPC Weston           lbw                b Pushpakumara         0
EJ Wilson             run out                                  22
PR Pollard            c Kalavitigoda     b Villavarayan         7
VS Solanki            run out                                  49
GR Haynes             not out                                  60
DA Leatherdale                           b Boteju               0
+DJ Pipe              lbw                b Herath              16
CG Liptrot            lbw                b Herath               6
MJ Rawnsley           run out                                  21
NE Batson             not out                                  16
Extras                (b 9, lb 10, w 2, nb 4)                  25
Total                 (8 wickets dec, 88 overs)               222

DNB: A Sheriyar.

FoW: 1-0, 2-16, 3-55, 4-93, 5-106, 6-135, 7-147, 8-195.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Pushpakumara                12      0     44      1
Villavarayan                 6      1     34      1
Herath                      23      8     40      2
Boteju                      15      3     37      1
Arnold                      21      6     36      0
Wickramasinghe              11      6     12      0

Sri Lanka 'A' 2nd Innings (target: 217 runs)
RP Arnold             not out                                  28
+TM Dilshan           not out                                  51
Extras                (b 4, w 1)                                5
Total                 (0 wickets, 15 overs)                    84

DNB: JWHD Boteju, PP Wickramasinghe, MS Villavarayan, HMRKB Herath,
     KR Pushpakumara, S Kalavitigoda, *MN Nawaz, LPC Silva,
     SI de Saram.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Sheriyar                     8      1     34      0
Leatherdale                  4      0     31      0
Solanki                      3      0     15      0

• No play on Day 1 as the Sri Lanka kit and luggage was lost on the flight from Europe, and did not arrive in time for play to start

• Start of play on Day 2 was delayed 45 minutes to 11:45 am due to the total eclipse of the sun in southwest England

Tour Index

Team Pages: Worcestershire,

Ground Page: County Ground, New Road, Worcester

Worcestershire Player Pages: WPC Weston, EJ Wilson, PR Pollard, VS Solanki, NE Batson, DA Leatherdale, GR Haynes, DJ Pipe, CG Liptrot, MJ Rawnsley, A Sheriyar.

Sri Lanka 'A' Player Pages: RP Arnold, TM Dilshan, S Kalavitigoda, MN Nawaz, LPC Silva, SI de Saram, JWHD Boteju, PP Wickramasinghe, MS Villavarayan, HMRKB Herath, KR Pushpakumara.

Match Officials' Pages: A Clarkson, K Shuttleworth.