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| Venue | P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo on 17th, 18th, 20th, 21st February 1982 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | England won by 7 wickets |
| Umpires | HC Felsinger, KT Francis |
| Close of play day 1 | Sri Lanka (1) 183/8 (Madugalle 64*) |
| Close of play day 2 | England (1) 186/5 (Gower 79*, Taylor 8*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Sri Lanka (2) 152/3 (Mendis 16*, Madugalle 0*) |
| Player of the Match | JE Emburey |
| Sri Lanka first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *B Warnapura | c Gower b Willis | 2 | 25 | 35 | - | - | |
| S Wettimuny | c Taylor b Botham | 6 | 46 | 91 | - | - | |
| RL Dias | c Cook b Willis | 0 | 8 | 10 | - | - | |
| LRD Mendis | lbw b Botham | 17 | 28 | 56 | 2 | - | |
| RS Madugalle | c Gower b Underwood | 65 | 164 | 246 | 3 | 1 | |
| A Ranatunga | b Underwood | 54 | 96 | 140 | 7 | - | |
| DS de Silva | c Gower b Underwood | 3 | 16 | 25 | - | - | |
| ALF de Mel | c Fletcher b Underwood | 19 | 49 | 50 | 2 | - | |
| LWS Kaluperuma | c Cook b Underwood | 1 | 9 | 8 | - | - | |
| +HM Goonatilleke | not out | 22 | 35 | 45 | 3 | - | |
| GRA de Silva | c Emburey b Botham | 12 | 24 | 36 | 2 | - | |
| Extras | (2 b, 4 lb, 9 nb, 2 w) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 81.5 overs) | 218 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9 (Warnapura, 6.4 ov), 2-11 (Dias, 8.5 ov), 3-29 (Wettimuny, 16.6 ov), 4-34 (Mendis, 18.5 ov), 5-133 (Ranatunga, 47.4 ov), 6-149 (DS de Silva, 53.3 ov), 7-181 (de Mel, 67.6 ov), 8-183 (Kaluperuma, 71.1 ov), 9-190 (Madugalle, 73.4 ov), 10-218 (GRA de Silva, 81.5 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Willis | 19 | 7 | 46 | 2 | - | 4 | |
| Botham | 12.5 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
| Allott | 13 | 4 | 44 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Emburey | 19 | 3 | 55 | 0 | - | - | |
| Underwood | 18 | 6 | 28 | 5 | - | - | |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GA Gooch | lbw b de Mel | 22 | 31 | 56 | 5 | - | |
| G Cook | c Kaluperuma b de Mel | 11 | 24 | 40 | 2 | - | |
| CJ Tavaré | b de Mel | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| DI Gower | c Goonatilleke b DS de Silva | 89 | 198 | 256 | 12 | 1 | |
| *KWR Fletcher | c Warnapura b GRA de Silva | 45 | 99 | 112 | 3 | - | |
| IT Botham | b de Mel | 13 | 47 | 54 | 3 | - | |
| +RW Taylor | not out | 31 | 92 | 120 | 5 | - | |
| JE Emburey | lbw b GRA de Silva | 0 | 27 | 27 | - | - | |
| PJW Allott | c Kaluperuma b DS de Silva | 3 | 9 | 6 | - | - | |
| DL Underwood | c Mendis b DS de Silva | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| RGD Willis | run out | 0 | 1 | 7 | - | - | |
| Extras | (3 lb, 6 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 86.5 overs) | 223 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-34 (Cook, 8.1 ov), 2-34 (Tavaré, 8.3 ov), 3-40 (Gooch, 10.1 ov), 4-120 (Fletcher, 39.4 ov), 5-151 (Botham, 56.2 ov), 6-200 (Gower, 74.3 ov), 7-207 (Emburey, 81.6 ov), 8-216 (Allott, 84.5 ov), 9-216 (Underwood, 84.6 ov), 10-223 (Willis, 86.5 ov) | |||||||
| Sri Lanka bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| de Mel | 17 | 2 | 70 | 4 | - | 10 | |
| 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 second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *B Warnapura | c Gooch b Emburey | 38 | 155 | 185 | 5 | - | |
| S Wettimuny | b Willis | 9 | 32 | 65 | 1 | - | |
| RL Dias | c Taylor b Underwood | 77 | 128 | 161 | 11 | - | |
| LRD Mendis | c Willis b Emburey | 27 | 93 | 127 | 2 | 1 | |
| RS Madugalle | c Cook b Emburey | 3 | 52 | 52 | - | - | |
| A Ranatunga | c Fletcher b Emburey | 2 | 4 | 9 | - | - | |
| DS de Silva | c Fletcher b Underwood | 1 | 12 | 11 | - | - | |
| ALF de Mel | c Gower b Emburey | 2 | 26 | 18 | - | - | |
| LWS Kaluperuma | c Taylor b Emburey | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| +HM Goonatilleke | not out | 2 | 7 | 11 | - | - | |
| GRA de Silva | c Willis b Underwood | 0 | 3 | 6 | - | - | |
| Extras | (6 lb, 8 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 83.5 overs) | 175 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-30 (Wettimuny, 12.4 ov), 2-113 (Warnapura, 44.5 ov), 3-140 (Dias, 55.1 ov), 4-167 (Madugalle, 72.3 ov), 5-169 (Ranatunga, 74.1 ov), 6-170 (DS de Silva, 77.1 ov), 7-172 (Mendis, 80.1 ov), 8-173 (Kaluperuma, 80.6 ov), 9-174 (de Mel, 82.5 ov), 10-175 (GRA de Silva, 83.5 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Willis | 9 | 3 | 24 | 1 | - | 5 | |
| Botham | 12 | 1 | 37 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Underwood | 37.5 | 15 | 67 | 3 | - | 4 | |
| Emburey | 25 | 9 | 33 | 6 | - | - | |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GA Gooch | b GRA de Silva | 31 | 74 | 109 | 5 | - | |
| G Cook | lbw b de Mel | 0 | 8 | 9 | - | - | |
| CJ Tavaré | st Goonatilleke b GRA de Silva | 85 | 186 | 220 | 12 | - | |
| DI Gower | not out | 42 | 79 | 125 | 6 | - | |
| *KWR Fletcher | not out | 0 | 4 | 4 | - | - | |
| IT Botham | did not bat | ||||||
| +RW Taylor | did not bat | ||||||
| JE Emburey | did not bat | ||||||
| PJW Allott | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Underwood | did not bat | ||||||
| RGD Willis | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 5 lb, 1 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 58.1 overs) | 171 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3 (Cook, 2.3 ov), 2-84 (Gooch, 27.4 ov), 3-167 (Tavaré, 57.2 ov) | |||||||
| Sri Lanka bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| de Mel | 13.1 | 4 | 33 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Warnapura | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| GRA de Silva | 17 | 6 | 46 | 2 | - | - | |
| DS de Silva | 15 | 5 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kaluperuma | 12 | 3 | 40 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> B Warnapura made his debut in Test matches
--> S Wettimuny made his debut in Test matches
--> RL Dias made his debut in Test matches
--> LRD Mendis made his debut in Test matches
--> RS Madugalle made his debut in Test matches
--> A Ranatunga made his debut in Test matches
--> DS de Silva made his debut in Test matches
--> ALF de Mel made his debut in Test matches
--> LWS Kaluperuma made his debut in Test matches
--> HM Goonatilleke made his debut in Test matches
--> GRA de Silva made his debut in Test matches
--> G Cook made his debut in Test matches
--> KWR Fletcher made his last appearance in Test matches
--> DL Underwood made his last appearance in Test matches
--> RS Madugalle (1) 50 in 105 balls, 170 minutes with 3 fours and 1 six
--> A Ranatunga (1) passed his previous highest score of 33 in First-Class matches
--> A Ranatunga (1) 50 in 81 balls, 122 minutes with 6 fours
--> GA Gooch (1) passed 2500 runs in Test matches when he reached 13
--> DI Gower (1) 50 in 136 balls, 172 minutes with 5 fours and 1 six
--> DI Gower (1) passed 2500 runs in Test matches when he reached 83
--> RL Dias (2) 50 in 66 balls, 92 minutes with 8 fours
--> CJ Tavaré (2) 50 in 122 balls, 141 minutes with 7 fours
--> CJ Tavaré (2) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 68
--> G Cook made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> A Ranatunga made his debut for Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> DL Underwood made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> KWR Fletcher made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> RGD Willis made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> RW Taylor made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> GA Gooch made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> IT Botham made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> IT Botham made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> DI Gower made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> JE Emburey made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> CJ Tavaré made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> CJ Tavaré made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> PJW Allott made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> ALF de Mel achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed IT Botham in the England first innings (previous best was 3-37)
--> JE Emburey achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed ALF de Mel in the Sri Lanka second innings (previous best was 5-124)
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