f33979 t921	Sri Lanka v England
	England in India and Sri Lanka 1981/82 (Only Test)
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*)
Man of the Match	JE Emburey

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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	-	-

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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	-	-

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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	-	-

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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	-	-

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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
--> RS Madugalle (1) 50 in 105 balls, 170 minutes with 3 fours and 1 six
--> A Ranatunga made his debut in Test matches
--> 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
--> 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
--> GA Gooch (1) passed 2500 runs in Test matches when he reached 13
--> G Cook made his debut in Test matches
--> 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 67 balls, 92 minutes with 8 fours
--> CJ Tavaré (2) 50 in 122 balls, 151 minutes with 7 fours
--> 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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