f35339	Kent v Sri Lankans
	Sri Lanka in England 1984
Venue	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 11th, 12th, 13th August 1984 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lankans won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	J Birkenshaw, R Palmer
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 20/0 (Taylor 5*, Hinks 11*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 120/2 (Benson 61*, Aslett 38*)

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Sri Lankans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Wettimuny	c Aslett b Hinks	14
DM Vonhagt	hit wkt b Penn	12
RL Dias	c Taylor b Masters	31
PA de Silva	c GR Cowdrey b Potter	59
*LRD Mendis	b GR Cowdrey	20
A Ranatunga	c Penn b Masters	118
+DSBP Kuruppu	c and b Johnson	25
DS de Silva	not out	37
MM Yusuf	did not bat
VB John	did not bat
ADA Samaranayake	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 10 lb, 11 nb, 1 w)	24
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 92.5 overs)	340
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-54, 3-72, 4-98, 5-176, 6-228, 7-340 (92.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Penn	18	4	51	1	-	-
Masters	19.5	1	88	2	-	-
Hinks	9	1	27	1	-	-
GR Cowdrey	7	0	22	1	-	-
Johnson	19	4	47	1	-	-
Potter	12	2	45	1	-	-
Aslett	4	0	20	0	-	-
Taylor	4	1	16	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NR Taylor	lbw b John	17
SG Hinks	c Samaranayake b John	36
MR Benson	c Kuruppu b DS de Silva	24
DG Aslett	st Kuruppu b DS de Silva	6
*CS Cowdrey	b John	16
L Potter	c Samaranayake b DS de Silva	15
GW Johnson	b John	12
GR Cowdrey	c Vonhagt b DS de Silva	7
C Penn	c Kuruppu b DS de Silva	13
+SNV Waterton	lbw b John	6
KD Masters	not out	0
Extras	(11 b, 7 lb, 10 nb, 2 w)	30
Total	(all out, 71.4 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-63, 3-75, 4-113, 5-121, 6-146, 7-146, 8-157, 9-180, 10-182 (71.4 ov)

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
John	24.4	10	50	5	-	-
Samaranayake	8	3	22	0	-	-
DS de Silva	25	10	39	5	-	-
Ranatunga	8	1	28	0	-	-
Yusuf	6	2	13	0	-	-

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Kent second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NR Taylor	lbw b Samaranayake	14
SG Hinks	c Kuruppu b Samaranayake	4
MR Benson	b Samaranayake	65
DG Aslett	not out	221		415	23	1
*CS Cowdrey	b Samaranayake	16
L Potter	lbw b Ranatunga	27
GW Johnson	not out	52
GR Cowdrey	did not bat
C Penn	did not bat
+SNV Waterton	did not bat
KD Masters	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 12 lb, 8 nb)	21
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 120 overs)	420
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-29, 3-141, 4-180, 5-281

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
John	23	4	54	0	-	-
Samaranayake	33	3	142	4	-	-
DS de Silva	30	3	100	0	-	-
Ranatunga	7	0	28	1	-	-
Yusuf	23	3	66	0	-	-
Dias	4	2	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GR Cowdrey made his debut in First-Class matches
--> A Ranatunga (1) passed his previous highest score of 90 in First-Class matches
--> A Ranatunga (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> DG Aslett (2) passed his previous highest score of 168 in First-Class matches
--> DG Aslett (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 79
--> DG Aslett (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 160
--> DSBP Kuruppu made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> ADA Samaranayake achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Kent second innings (previous best was 1-52)

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