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Format: CricInfo Version 2 
Sri Lanka in England, 1979Ireland v Sri Lankans
 Eglinton Cricket Club
 7,8,9 July 1979 (3-day match)
 
Result: Match drawn 
Toss:Umpires: G McGahey and J Peoples
 
Close of Play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Ireland 1st innings
MS Reith              c Jeganathan       b DLS de Silva         4
JF Short              c Wijesuriya       b Goonatilleke         0
BA O'Brien            c Jayasinghe       b Goonatilleke         9
IJ Anderson           c Jayasekera       b DLS de Silva       110
RI Johnston           c Jayasekera       b Goonatilleke        34
AV Smith              not out                                  11
*JD Monteith          not out                                   4
Extras                (lb 1, w 4, nb 9)                        14
Total                 (5 wickets declared, 61.1 overs)        186
DNB: SC Corlett, M Halliday, JWG Elder, +OD Colhoun.
FoW: 1-3, 2-14, 3-14, 4-163, 5-172.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Goonatilleke                14      5     32      3
DLS de Silva                19      9     28      2
Pasqual                      7.1    2     35      0
GRA de Silva                12      2     37      0
Jeganathan                   5      1     19      0
Wijesuriya                   4      0     21      0
Sri Lankans 1st innings
+RSA Jayasekera                          b Corlett             25
SA Jayasinghe         c Anderson         b Monteith            41
RS Madugalle          c Anderson         b Corlett              5
SP Pasqual            not out                                 101
S Jeganathan                             b Monteith             2
*LRD Mendis           c Monteith         b Corlett             82
RL Dias               c Corlett          b Monteith            18
DLS de Silva          not out                                   4
Extras                (b 2, lb 2, nb 6)                        10
Total                 (6 wickets declared, 79 overs)          288
DNB: RGCE Wijesuriya, GRA de Silva, FRMdeS Goonatilleke.
FoW: 1-58, 2-73, 3-75, 4-85, 5-237, 6-280.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Elder                        7      1     36      0
Corlett                     26      5    102      3
Johnston                     1      0      3      0
Monteith                    32      5     97      3
Halliday                    13      3     40      0
Ireland 2nd innings
MS Reith                                 b GRA de Silva        27
JF Short              lbw                b GRA de Silva        56
BA O'Brien            not out                                  45
IJ Anderson           not out                                  12
Extras                (b 8, lb 3, w 1, nb 3)                   15
Total                 (2 wickets, 51 overs)                   155
DNB: RI Johnston, AV Smith, *JD Monteith, SC Corlett, M Halliday,
     JWG Elder, +OD Colhoun.
FoW: 1-46, 2-117.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Goonatilleke                 5      3      3      0
DLS de Silva                14      1     42      0
Pasqual                      4      1     15      0
GRA de Silva                17      5     38      2
Jeganathan                   6      1     19      0
Wijesuriya                   4      0     20      0
Dias                         1      0      3      0
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