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Test no. 921
England in Sri Lanka Test Match
Sri Lanka v England
1981/82 season

Played at P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo, on 17,18,20,21 February 1982 (5-day match)

Result England won by 7 wickets

Sri Lanka 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
captain B Warnapura c Gower b Willis 2 35 25 0 0 8.00
S Wettimuny c wicketkeeperTaylor b Botham 6 91 46 0 0 13.04
RL Dias c Cook b Willis 0 10 8 0 0 0.00
LRD Mendis lbw b Botham 17 56 28 2 0 60.71
RS Madugalle c Gower b Underwood 65 246 164 3 1 39.63
A Ranatunga b Underwood 54 140 96 7 0 56.25
DS de Silva c Gower b Underwood 3 25 16 0 0 18.75
ALF de Mel c Fletcher b Underwood 19 50 49 2 0 38.77
LWS Kaluperuma c Cook b Underwood 1 8 9 0 0 11.11
wicketkeeper HM Goonatilleke not out 22 45 35 3 0 62.85
GRA de Silva c Emburey b Botham 12 36 24 2 0 50.00
    Extras (b 2, lb 4, w 2, nb 9) 17
    Total (all out; 81.5 overs) 218 (2.66 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-9 (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 Econ
 RGD Willis 19 7 46 2 2.42
 IT Botham 12.5 1 28 3 2.18
 PJW Allott 13 4 44 0 3.38
 JE Emburey 19 3 55 0 2.89
 DL Underwood 18 6 28 5 1.55

England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
GA Gooch lbw b de Mel 22 56 31 5 0 70.96
G Cook c Kaluperuma b de Mel 11 40 24 2 0 45.83
CJ Tavare b de Mel 0 2 2 0 0 0.00
DI Gower c wicketkeeperGoonatilleke b DS de Silva 89 256 198 12 1 44.94
captain KWR Fletcher c Warnapura b GRA de Silva 45 112 99 3 0 45.45
IT Botham b de Mel 13 54 47 3 0 27.65
wicketkeeper RW Taylor not out 31 120 92 5 0 33.69
JE Emburey lbw b GRA de Silva 0 27 27 0 0 0.00
PJW Allott c Kaluperuma b DS de Silva 3 6 9 0 0 33.33
DL Underwood c Mendis b DS de Silva 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
RGD Willis run out 0 7 1 0 0 0.00
    Extras (lb 3, nb 6) 9
    Total (all out; 86.5 overs) 223 (2.56 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-34 (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 Econ
 ALF de Mel 17 2 70 4 4.11
 B Warnapura 3 1 9 0 3.00
 DS de Silva 27.5 11 54 3 1.94
 LWS Kaluperuma 9 1 29 0 3.22
 GRA de Silva 30 12 52 2 1.73

Sri Lanka 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
captain B Warnapura c Gooch b Emburey 38 185 155 5 0 24.51
S Wettimuny b Willis 9 65 32 1 0 28.12
RL Dias c wicketkeeperTaylor b Underwood 77 161 128 11 0 60.15
LRD Mendis c Willis b Emburey 27 127 93 2 1 29.03
RS Madugalle c Cook b Emburey 3 52 52 0 0 5.76
A Ranatunga c Fletcher b Emburey 2 9 4 0 0 50.00
DS de Silva c Fletcher b Underwood 1 11 12 0 0 8.33
ALF de Mel c Gower b Emburey 2 18 26 0 0 7.69
LWS Kaluperuma c wicketkeeperTaylor b Emburey 0 2 1 0 0 0.00
wicketkeeper HM Goonatilleke not out 2 11 7 0 0 28.57
GRA de Silva c Willis b Underwood 0 6 3 0 0 0.00
    Extras (lb 6, nb 8) 14
    Total (all out; 83.5 overs) 175 (2.08 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-30 (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 Econ
 RGD Willis 9 3 24 1 2.66
 IT Botham 12 1 37 0 3.08
 JE Emburey 25 9 33 6 1.32
 DL Underwood 37.5 15 67 3 1.77

England 2nd innings (target: 171 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
GA Gooch b GRA de Silva 31 109 74 5 0 41.89
G Cook lbw b de Mel 0 9 8 0 0 0.00
CJ Tavare st wicketkeeperGoonatilleke b GRA de Silva 85 220 186 12 0 45.69
DI Gower not out 42 125 79 6 0 53.16
captain KWR Fletcher not out 0 4 4 0 0 0.00
    Extras (b 7, lb 5, nb 1) 13
    Total (3 wickets; 58.1 overs) 171 (2.93 runs per over)

Did not bat IT Botham, wicketkeeperRW Taylor, JE Emburey, PJW Allott, DL Underwood, RGD Willis

Fall of wickets1-3 (Cook), 2-84 (Gooch), 3-167 (Tavare)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 ALF de Mel 13.1 4 33 1 2.50
 B Warnapura 1 0 1 0 1.00
 DS de Silva 15 5 38 0 2.53
 LWS Kaluperuma 12 3 40 0 3.33
 GRA de Silva 17 6 46 2 2.70

Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat first
Series England won the one-off match

Test debuts G Cook (England); ALF de Mel, DS de Silva, GRA de Silva, RL Dias, HM Goonatilleke, LWS Kaluperuma, RS Madugalle, LRD Mendis, A Ranatunga, B Warnapura and S Wettimuny (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match JE Emburey (England)

Umpires HC Felsinger and KT Francis

Close of play
17 Feb day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 183/8 (RS Madugalle 64*)
18 Feb day 2 - England 1st innings 186/5 (DI Gower 79*, RW Taylor 8*)
19 Feb rest day
20 Feb day 3 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 152/3 (LRD Mendis 16*, RS Madugalle 0*)
21 Feb day 4 - England 2nd innings 171/3 (58.1 ov) - end of match

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