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f35315 Western Australia v Sri Lankans

Sri Lanka in Australia 1984/85

Venue Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth on 31st December 1984, 1st, 2nd January 1985 (4-day match)

Balls per over 6

Toss Sri Lankans won the toss and decided to field

Result Sri Lankans won by 7 wickets

Umpires WM Powell, DG Weser

Scorers CA Bull, AJ Nicholls

Close of play day 1 Sri Lankans (1) 22/0 (Wettimuny 6*, SAR Silva 16*)

Close of play day 2 Sri Lankans (2) 67/2 (Dias 27*, Ratnayeke 8*)

Western Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GR Marsh	c SAR Silva b de Mel	8	19	20	2	-
SC Clements	c Dias b Ratnayeke	60	105	144	10	1
MW McPhee	c de Mel b Ranatunga	19	56	86	2	-
RB Gartrell	c Wettimuny b de Mel	21	35	65	-	-
P Gonnella	c Dias b de Mel	22	34	44	4	-
DD Smith	c Kuruppu b Ratnayeke	0	7	18	-	-
+TJ Zoehrer	not out	69	92	108	9	-
*WM Clark	run out	25	38	64	5	-
GEW Bush	not out	1	23	37	-	-
BA Reid	did not bat
EG Spalding	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 9 nb)	20
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 300 minutes, 66 overs)	245
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Marsh), 2-80 (McPhee), 3-109 (Clements), 4-135 (Gartrell), 5-141 (Gonnella), 6-143 (Smith), 7-206 (Clark)

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
de Mel	19	3	66	3	-	4
John	19	2	60	0	-	1
Ratnayeke	15	1	66	2	-	2
Ratnayake	1	0	9	0	-	1
Ranatunga	8.3	2	20	1	-	1
Wettimuny	3.3	0	13	0	-	-

Sri Lankans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Wettimuny	c Zoehrer b Spalding	6	35	55	1	-
SAR Silva	c Zoehrer b Clark	41	88	121	4	-
+DSBP Kuruppu	c Zoehrer b Smith	21	35	50	1	-
RL Dias	b Smith	3	22	26	-	-
*LRD Mendis	run out	67	54	69	14	-
PA de Silva	c Smith b Spalding	40	38	50	8	-
JR Ratnayeke	run out	4	6	10	1	-
ALF de Mel	c Gonnella b Bush	0	6	9	-	-
RJ Ratnayake	not out	18	18	28	-	-
VB John	not out	10	24	24	-	-
A Ranatunga	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 3 nb)	7
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 229 minutes, 54 overs)	217
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Wettimuny), 2-71 (Kuruppu), 3-77 (SAR Silva), 4-87 (Dias), 5-185 (de Silva), 6-185 (Mendis), 7-189 (Ratnayeke), 8-191 (de Mel)

Western Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spalding	15	3	59	2	-	-
Clark	11	5	34	1	-	-
Reid	10	1	40	0	-	2
Smith	6	1	29	2	-	1
Bush	11	1	43	1	-	-
Gonnella	1	0	8	0	-	-

Western Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GR Marsh	b John	13	13	14	2	-
SC Clements	c John b Ratnayeke	19	33	46	2	-
MW McPhee	b John	6	8	8	1	-
RB Gartrell	c Kuruppu b John	3	16	27	-	-
P Gonnella	c sub (DM Vonhagt) b John	10	16	20	2	-
DD Smith	c Kuruppu b John	2	19	23	-	-
+TJ Zoehrer	lbw b Ratnayeke	0	5	12	-	-
*WM Clark	b Ratnayeke	1	23	29	-	-
GEW Bush	c sub (DM Vonhagt) b de Mel	21	37	49	2	-
BA Reid	not out	0	8	27	-	-
EG Spalding	lbw b de Mel	0	2	1	-	-
Extras	(2 lb, 2 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 136 minutes, 29.3 overs)	79
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Marsh), 2-25 (McPhee), 3-41 (Clements), 4-42 (Gartrell), 5-53 (Gonnella), 6-54 (Smith), 7-54 (Zoehrer), 8-59 (Clark), 9-79 (Bush), 10-79 (Spalding, 29.3 ov)

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
de Mel	6.3	0	24	2	-	-
John	11	2	28	5	-	-
Ratnayeke	12	4	25	3	-	2

Sri Lankans second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Wettimuny	c Zoehrer b Spalding	13	19	32	2	-
SAR Silva	c Zoehrer b Spalding	11	19	20	2	-
RL Dias	c Zoehrer b Reid	54	65	77	9	-
JR Ratnayeke	not out	18	53	74	3	-
+DSBP Kuruppu	not out	1	5	7	-	-
*LRD Mendis	did not bat
PA de Silva	did not bat
ALF de Mel	did not bat
RJ Ratnayake	did not bat
VB John	did not bat
A Ranatunga	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(3 wickets, 108 minutes, 26.1 overs)	108
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (SAR Silva), 2-35 (Wettimuny), 3-98 (Dias)

Western Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spalding	5	0	42	2	-	-
Reid	12.1	3	33	1	1	3
Bush	9	3	26	0	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> SC Clements (1) 50 in 82 balls, 121 minutes
--> P Gonnella made his debut in First-Class Matches
--> DD Smith made his debut in First-Class Matches
--> TJ Zoehrer (1) 50 in 75 balls, 89 minutes
--> GEW Bush made his debut in First-Class Matches
--> BA Reid made his debut in First-Class Matches
--> EG Spalding made his debut in First-Class Matches
--> LRD Mendis (1) 50 in 36 balls, 48 minutes
--> RL Dias (2) 50 in 61 balls, 74 minutes
--> RL Dias (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 19

12th men: G.J.Ireland (Western Australia) & D.M.von Hagt (Sri Lankans)
Debuts: Western Australia - G.E.W.Bush, P.Gonnella, B.A.Reid, E.G.Spalding
1st day: Lunch: W(1) 2/88 Clemants 48*, Gartrell 4*; Tea: W(1) 6/188 Zoehrer 19*, Clark 21*; Stumps: SL(1) 0/22 Wettimuny 6*, Silva 16*, extras 0.
2nd day: Lunch: SL(1) 4/154 Mendis 48*, de Silva 28*; Tea: W(2) 4/42 Gonnella 1*; Stumps: SL(2) 2/67 Dias 27*, Ratnayeke 8*, extras 8.

f35315	Western Australia v Sri Lankans
	Sri Lanka in Australia 1984/85
Venue	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth on 31st December 1984, 1st, 2nd January 1985 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lankans won the toss and decided to field
Result	Sri Lankans won by 7 wickets
Umpires	WM Powell, DG Weser
Scorers	CA Bull, AJ Nicholls
Close of play day 1	Sri Lankans (1) 22/0 (Wettimuny 6, SAR Silva 16)
Close of play day 2	Sri Lankans (2) 67/2 (Dias 27, Ratnayeke 8)