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Format: CricInfo Version 2 
Sri Lanka in England, 1979Worcestershire 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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