f33675	Minor Counties v Sri Lankans
	Sri Lanka in England 1981
Venue	Church Road, Reading on 4th, 5th, 6th August 1981 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	RH Duckett, DB Harrison
Close of play day 1	Sri Lankans (1) 61/1 (Wettimuny 34*, Goonatilleke 2*)
Close of play day 2	Minor Counties (2) 96/2 (Lewis 53*, Bailey 20*)

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Minor Counties first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RV Lewis	c Dias b de Mel	47
JG Tolchard	retired hurt	2
PD Johnson	c de Mel b Kaluperuma	66
*D Bailey	lbw b Wettimuny	33
SG Plumb	c Goonatilleke b de Silva	10
S Greensword	c Goonasekera b de Silva	10
NT O'Brien	b Kaluperuma	14
+A Griffiths	c Mendis b de Silva	26
DJ Parsons	run out	1
DI Yeabsley	c and b Kaluperuma	3
TJ Taylor	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 9 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	22
Total	(all out, 80.4 overs)	234
Fall of wickets:
1-98, 2-152, 3-171, 4-176, 5-187, 6-200, 7-205, 8-228, 9-234 (80.4 ov)

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
de Mel	16	3	49	1	-	-
Ratnayeke	7	0	27	0	-	-
de Silva	27	10	46	3	-	-
Kaluperuma	23.4	1	83	3	-	-
Wettimuny	7	4	7	1	-	-

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Sri Lankans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Wettimuny	c Taylor b Bailey	91
NDP Hettiarachchi	c O'Brien b Greensword	23
+HM Goonatilleke	c Plumb b Yeabsley	10
RS Madugalle	lbw b O'Brien	8
RL Dias	c and b Bailey	44
*LRD Mendis	c sub b Bailey	3
Y Goonasekera	run out	63
ALF de Mel	b Taylor	0
LWS Kaluperuma	run out	40
JR Ratnayeke	not out	9
GRA de Silva	b Parsons	11
Extras	(6 b, 10 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 111.1 overs)	318
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-77, 3-116, 4-171, 5-177, 6-196, 7-214, 8-277, 9-302, 10-318 (111.1 ov)

Minor Counties bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Yeabsley	25	8	63	1	-	-
Parsons	13.1	2	53	1	-	-
Taylor	28	7	58	1	-	-
Greensword	13	6	25	1	-	-
Bailey	17	0	67	3	-	-
O'Brien	10	3	23	1	-	-
Plumb	5	0	13	0	-	-

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Minor Counties second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RV Lewis	not out	53
SG Plumb	c de Mel b Kaluperuma	19
PD Johnson	lbw b Kaluperuma	0
*D Bailey	not out	20
JG Tolchard	did not bat
S Greensword	did not bat
NT O'Brien	did not bat
+A Griffiths	did not bat
DJ Parsons	did not bat
DI Yeabsley	did not bat
TJ Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(2 wickets, 32 overs)	96
Fall of wickets:
1-68, 2-68

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
de Mel	4	0	24	0	-	-
Ratnayeke	5	2	18	0	-	-
de Silva	11	5	12	0	-	-
Kaluperuma	9	1	24	2	-	-
Wettimuny	2	1	9	0	-	-
Goonasekera	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> A Griffiths made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DJ Parsons made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RV Lewis made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JG Tolchard made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> PD Johnson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> D Bailey made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> NT O'Brien made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> A Griffiths made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> DJ Parsons made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> DI Yeabsley made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> NT O'Brien (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in First-Class matches
--> GRA de Silva reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Minor Counties first innings
--> D Bailey achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Sri Lankans first innings (previous best was 0-34)
--> JG Tolchard retired hurt in the Minor Counties first innings having scored 2 (team had lost 0 wickets)

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