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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 921 (921/1)
Sri Lanka v England, 1981/82, Only Test
P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo
17,18,20,21 February 1982 (5-day match)

Result: England won by 7 wickets
England wins the one-off Test

Toss: Sri Lanka
Umpires: HC Felsinger and KT Francis
Test Debuts: ALF de Mel, DS de Silva, GRA de Silva, RL Dias, HM Goonatilleke, LWS Kaluperuma, RS Madugalle, LRD Mendis, A Ranatunga, B Warnapura, S Wettimuny (SL); G Cook (Eng).
Man of the Match: JE Emburey

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Sri Lanka 183/8 (Madugalle 64*)
  • Day 2: Sri Lanka 218, England 186/5 (Gower 79*, Taylor 8*)
  • Day 3: England 223, Sri Lanka 152/3 (Mendis 16*, Madugalle 0*)
    Sri Lanka 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    *B Warnapura          c Gower            b Willis               2  35  25  0 0
    S Wettimuny           c Taylor           b Botham               6  91  46  0 0
    RL Dias               c Cook             b Willis               0  10   8  0 0
    LRD Mendis            lbw                b Botham              17  56  28  2 0
    RS Madugalle          c Gower            b Underwood           65 246 164  3 1
    A Ranatunga                              b Underwood           54 140  96  7 0
    DS de Silva           c Gower            b Underwood            3  25  16  0 0
    ALF de Mel            c Fletcher         b Underwood           19  50  49  2 0
    LWS Kaluperuma        c Cook             b Underwood            1   8   9  0 0
    +HM Goonatilleke      not out                                  22  45  35  3 0
    GRA de Silva          c Emburey          b Botham              12  36  24  2 0
    Extras                (b 2, lb 4, w 2, nb 9)                   17
    Total                 (all out, 81.5 overs)                   218
    
    FoW: 1-9 (Warnapura), 2-11 (Dias), 3-29 (Wettimuny),
         4-34 (Mendis), 5-133 (Ranatunga), 6-149 (DS de Silva),
         7-181 (de Mel), 8-183 (Kaluperuma), 9-190 (Madugalle),
         10-218 (GRA de Silva).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Willis                      19      7     46      2
    Botham                      12.5    1     28      3
    Allott                      13      4     44      0
    Emburey                     19      3     55      0
    Underwood                   18      6     28      5
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    GA Gooch              lbw                b de Mel              22  56  31  5 0
    G Cook                c Kaluperuma       b de Mel              11  40  24  2 0
    CJ Tavare                                b de Mel               0   2   2  0 0
    DI Gower              c Goonatilleke     b DS de Silva         89 256 198 12 1
    *KWR Fletcher         c Warnapura        b GRA de Silva        45 112  99  3 0
    IT Botham                                b de Mel              13  54  47  3 0
    +RW Taylor            not out                                  31 120  92  5 0
    JE Emburey            lbw                b GRA de Silva         0  27  27  0 0
    PJW Allott            c Kaluperuma       b DS de Silva          3   6   9  0 0
    DL Underwood          c Mendis           b DS de Silva          0   1   1  0 0
    RGD Willis            run out                                   0   7   1  0 0
    Extras                (lb 3, nb 6)                              9
    Total                 (all out, 86.5 overs)                   223
    
    FoW: 1-34 (Cook), 2-34 (Tavare), 3-40 (Gooch), 4-120 (Fletcher),
         5-151 (Botham), 6-200 (Gower), 7-207 (Emburey),
         8-216 (Allott), 9-216 (Underwood), 10-223 (Willis).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    de Mel                      17      2     70      4
    Warnapura                    3      1      9      0
    DS de Silva                 27.5   11     54      3
    Kaluperuma                   9      1     29      0
    GRA de Silva                30     12     52      2
    
    Sri Lanka 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    *B Warnapura          c Gooch            b Emburey             38 185 155  5 0
    S Wettimuny                              b Willis               9  65  32  1 0
    RL Dias               c Taylor           b Underwood           77 161 128 11 0
    LRD Mendis            c Willis           b Emburey             27 127  93  2 1
    RS Madugalle          c Cook             b Emburey              3  52  52  0 0
    A Ranatunga           c Fletcher         b Emburey              2   9   4  0 0
    DS de Silva           c Fletcher         b Underwood            1  11  12  0 0
    ALF de Mel            c Gower            b Emburey              2  18  26  0 0
    LWS Kaluperuma        c Taylor           b Emburey              0   2   1  0 0
    +HM Goonatilleke      not out                                   2  11   7  0 0
    GRA de Silva          c Willis           b Underwood            0   6   3  0 0
    Extras                (lb 6, nb 8)                             14
    Total                 (all out, 83.5 overs)                   175
    
    FoW: 1-30 (Wettimuny), 2-113 (Warnapura), 3-140 (Dias),
         4-167 (Madugalle), 5-169 (Ranatunga), 6-170 (DS de Silva),
         7-172 (Mendis), 8-173 (Kaluperuma), 9-174 (de Mel),
         10-175 (GRA de Silva).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Willis                       9      3     24      1
    Botham                      12      1     37      0
    Emburey                     25      9     33      6
    Underwood                   37.5   15     67      3
    
    England 2nd innings (target: 171 runs)                          R   M   B  4 6
    GA Gooch                                 b GRA de Silva        31 109  74  5 0
    G Cook                lbw                b de Mel               0   9   8  0 0
    CJ Tavare             st Goonatilleke    b GRA de Silva        85 220 186 12 0
    DI Gower              not out                                  42 125  79  6 0
    *KWR Fletcher         not out                                   0   4   4  0 0
    Extras                (b 7, lb 5, nb 1)                        13
    Total                 (3 wickets, 58.1 overs)                 171
    
    DNB: IT Botham, +RW Taylor, JE Emburey, PJW Allott, DL Underwood,
         RGD Willis.
    
    FoW: 1-3 (Cook), 2-84 (Gooch), 3-167 (Tavare).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    de Mel                      13.1    4     33      1
    Warnapura                    1      0      1      0
    DS de Silva                 15      5     38      0
    Kaluperuma                  12      3     40      0
    GRA de Silva                17      6     46      2
    


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    Team Pages: Sri Lanka, England.

    Ground Page: P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo

    Sri Lanka Player Pages: B Warnapura, S Wettimuny, RL Dias, LRD Mendis, RS Madugalle, A Ranatunga, DS de Silva, ALF de Mel, LWS Kaluperuma, HM Goonatilleke, GRA de Silva.

    England Player Pages: GA Gooch, G Cook, CJ Tavare, DI Gower, KWR Fletcher, IT Botham, RW Taylor, JE Emburey, PJW Allott, DL Underwood, RGD Willis.

    Match Officials' Pages: HC Felsinger, KT Francis.

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