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t1176 England v Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka in England 1991 (Only Test)

Venue Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 26th, 27th August 1991 (5-day match)

Balls per over 6

Toss England won the toss and decided to bat

Result England won by 137 runs

Umpires HD Bird, JH Hampshire

Close of play day 1 England (1) 229/6 (Stewart 76*, Russell 11*)

Close of play day 2 Sri Lanka (1) 75/2 (Hathurusingha 19*, de Silva 42*)

Close of play day 3 England (2) 100/1 (Gooch 60*, Stewart 7*)

Close of play day 4 Sri Lanka (2) 79/2 (Gurusinha 16*, de Silva 7*)

Man of the match RJ Ratnayake, AJ Stewart

England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GA Gooch	c and b Ramanayake	38	70	88	4	-
H Morris	lbw b Ratnayake	42	97	162	7	-
AJ Stewart	not out	113	240	308	14	-
RA Smith	c Tillakaratne b Ratnayake	4	8	8	1	-
MR Ramprakash	c Mahanama b Hathurusingha	0	5	5	-	-
IT Botham	c Mahanama b Ramanayake	22	33	43	4	-
CC Lewis	c de Silva b Anurasiri	11	25	36	1	1
+RC Russell	b Anurasiri	17	50	68	2	-
PAJ DeFreitas	b Ratnayake	1	33	33	-	-
DV Lawrence	c and b Ratnayake	3	19	25	-	-
PCR Tufnell	lbw b Ratnayake	0	4	7	-	-
Extras	(9 b, 8 lb, 14 nb)	31
Total	(all out, 398 minutes, 95 overs)	282
Fall of wickets: 1-70 (Gooch), 2-114 (Morris), 3-119 (Smith), 4-120 (Ramprakash), 5-160 (Botham), 6-183 (Lewis), 7-246 (Russell), 8-258 (DeFreitas), 9-276 (Lawrence), 10-282 (Tufnell, 95 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ratnayake	27	4	69	5	-	-
Ramanayake	24	5	75	2	-	-
Wijegunawardene	10	1	36	0	-	-
Hathurusingha	17	6	40	1	-	-
Anurasiri	17	4	45	2	-	-

Sri Lanka first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DSBP Kuruppu	b DeFreitas	5	11	13	1	-
UC Hathurusingha	c Tufnell b DeFreitas	66	201	284	7	-
AP Gurusinha	lbw b DeFreitas	4	8	15	1	-
*PA de Silva	c Lewis b DeFreitas	42	32	37	7	-
RS Mahanama	c Russell b Botham	2	11	12	-	-
ST Jayasuriya	c Smith b DeFreitas	11	7	13	2	-
+HP Tillakaratne	c Morris b Lawrence	20	52	75	3	-
RJ Ratnayake	b DeFreitas	52	55	72	7	-
CPH Ramanayake	lbw b DeFreitas	0	3	5	-	-
KIW Wijegunawardene	not out	6	27	39	-	-
SD Anurasiri	b Lawrence	1	4	11	-	-
Extras	(15 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 297 minutes, 68.1 overs)	224
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Kuruppu), 2-22 (Gurusinha), 3-75 (de Silva), 4-86 (Mahanama), 5-105 (Jayasuriya), 6-139 (Tillakaratne), 7-213 (Ratnayake), 8-213 (Ramanayake), 9-220 (Hathurusingha), 10-224 (Anurasiri, 68.1 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
DeFreitas	26	8	70	7	-	-
Lawrence	15.1	3	61	2	-	-
Lewis	10	5	29	0	-	-
Botham	10	3	26	1	-	-
Tufnell	7	2	23	0	-	-

England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GA Gooch	b Anurasiri	174	252	329	19	-
H Morris	c Mahanama b Anurasiri	23	71	105	1	-
AJ Stewart	c de Silva b Anurasiri	43	100	138	4	-
RA Smith	not out	63	90	111	5	-
+RC Russell	not out	12	11	26	1	-
MR Ramprakash	did not bat
IT Botham	did not bat
CC Lewis	did not bat
PAJ DeFreitas	did not bat
DV Lawrence	did not bat
PCR Tufnell	did not bat
Extras	(15 b, 23 lb, 10 nb, 1 w)	49
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 357 minutes, 85.1 overs)	364
Fall of wickets: 1-78 (Morris), 2-217 (Stewart), 3-322 (Gooch)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ratnayake	26	4	91	0	-	-
Ramanayake	20	2	86	0	-	-
Wijegunawardene	2	0	13	0	-	-
Jayasuriya	1	0	1	0	-	-
Anurasiri	36.1	8	135	3	-	-

Sri Lanka second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DSBP Kuruppu	lbw b Lewis	21	76	104	3	-
UC Hathurusingha	c Morris b Tufnell	25	77	111	2	-
AP Gurusinha	b Tufnell	34	74	101	6	-
*PA de Silva	c Russell b Lawrence	18	91	115	1	-
RS Mahanama	c Botham b Tufnell	15	49	67	1	-
ST Jayasuriya	c Russell b Lewis	66	70	114	8	-
+HP Tillakaratne	b Tufnell	16	60	63	-	-
RJ Ratnayake	c sub (IDK Salisbury) b Lawrence	17	34	34	3	-
CPH Ramanayake	not out	34	57	89	3	-
KIW Wijegunawardene	c Botham b DeFreitas	4	8	13	1	-
SD Anurasiri	lbw b Tufnell	16	29	41	2	-
Extras	(1 b, 16 lb, 2 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 435 minutes, 103.3 overs)	285
Fall of wickets: 1-50 (Kuruppu), 2-50 (Hathurusingha), 3-111 (Gurusinha), 4-119 (de Silva), 5-159 (Mahanama), 6-212 (Tillakaratne), 7-212 (Jayasuriya), 8-241 (Ratnayake), 9-253 (Wijegunawardene), 10-285 (Anurasiri, 103.3 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
DeFreitas	22	8	45	1	-	-
Lawrence	23	7	83	2	-	-
Botham	6	2	15	0	-	-
Lewis	18	4	31	2	-	-
Tufnell	34.3	14	94	5	-	-

Notes
--> AJ Stewart (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 91
--> AJ Stewart (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class Matches for the season when he reached 92
--> RC Russell (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 8
--> UC Hathurusingha (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 14
--> PA de Silva (1) passed 1500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 21
--> KIW Wijegunawardene made his debut in Test Matches
--> GA Gooch (2) passed 7000 runs in Test Matches when he reached 146
--> ST Jayasuriya (2) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 35
--> CPH Ramanayake (2) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 14
--> PAJ DeFreitas achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches when he dismissed CPH Ramanayake in the Sri Lanka first innings (previous best was 5-53)
--> PAJ DeFreitas reached 50 wickets in First-Class Matches for the season when he dismissed DSBP Kuruppu, his 1st wicket in the Sri Lanka first innings
--> CC Lewis reached 200 wickets in First-Class Matches when he dismissed DSBP Kuruppu, his 1st wicket in the Sri Lanka second innings

f39256 t1176	England v Sri Lanka
	Sri Lanka in England 1991 (Only Test)
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 26th, 27th August 1991 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by 137 runs
Umpires	HD Bird, JH Hampshire
Close of play day 1	England (1) 229/6 (Stewart 76, Russell 11)
Close of play day 2	Sri Lanka (1) 75/2 (Hathurusingha 19, de Silva 42)
Close of play day 3	England (2) 100/1 (Gooch 60, Stewart 7)
Close of play day 4	Sri Lanka (2) 79/2 (Gurusinha 16, de Silva 7)
Man of the match	RJ Ratnayake, AJ Stewart