f30797	Central Zone v Sri Lankans
	Sri Lanka in India 1975/76
Venue	Modi Stadium, Kanpur on 31st October, 1st, 2nd November 1975 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Central Zone won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	B Ganguli, S Kishen
Close of play day 1	Sri Lankans (1) 15/0 (Wettimuny 10*, de Costa 1*)
Close of play day 2	Central Zone (2) 90/2 (Chopra 22*, Hanumant Singh 33*)

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Central Zone first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+MI Ansari	b DS de Silva	18
V Chopra	c Kaluperuma b GRA de Silva	17
PH Sharma	c Kaluperuma b DS de Silva	84			12	1
*Hanumant Singh	b GRA de Silva	20
AP Deshpande	st Hamer b DS de Silva	3
S Saxena	lbw b DS de Silva	4
S Hyder Ali	lbw b Opatha	23
Haseen Ahmed	c Hamer b DS de Silva	5
S Gulrez Ali	st Hamer b DS de Silva	5
KR Gattani	not out	5
AM Ogiral	lbw b DS de Silva	0
Extras		13
Total	(all out, 87.5 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-36, 3-73, 4-81, 5-87, 6-158, 7-179, 8-192, 9-195, 10-197 (87.5 ov)

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Opatha	11	3	34	1	-	-
Heyn	6	3	17	0	-	-
DS de Silva	29.5	8	64	7	-	-
GRA de Silva	21	10	28	2	-	-
Kaluperuma	19	9	37	0	-	-
Ranasinghe	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Sri Lankans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SRD Wettimuny	c Hyder Ali b Gulrez Ali	21
KMA de Costa	c Haseen Ahmed b Ogiral	15
RL Dias	c Haseen Ahmed b Hyder Ali	57
*PD Heyn	c Hanumant Singh b Hyder Ali	25
LRD Mendis	c Ansari b Sharma	3
AN Ranasinghe	not out	25
+RPP Hamer	b Ogiral	20
DS de Silva	b Sharma	1
ARM Opatha	c Saxena b Ogiral	1
LWS Kaluperuma	b Sharma	4
GRA de Silva	lbw b Sharma	2
Extras		1
Total	(all out, 72.1 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-48, 3-103, 4-118, 5-136, 6-156, 7-157, 8-160, 9-164, 10-175 (72.1 ov)

Central Zone bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gattani	6	1	13	0	-	-
Gulrez Ali	10	4	14	1	-	-
Hyder Ali	18	4	56	2	-	-
Deshpande	3	1	9	0	-	-
Ogiral	16	5	43	3	-	-
Sharma	18.1	5	35	4	-	-
Haseen Ahmed	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Central Zone second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
V Chopra	c Heyn b DS de Silva	38
PH Sharma	b Opatha	0
S Saxena	b DS de Silva	29
*Hanumant Singh	c Hamer b Opatha	64
AP Deshpande	c de Costa b DS de Silva	3
S Hyder Ali	c and b Opatha	25
S Gulrez Ali	lbw b Opatha	16
KR Gattani	not out	9
Haseen Ahmed	c Kaluperuma b DS de Silva	1
+MI Ansari	not out	16
AM Ogiral	did not bat
Extras		19
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 80 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-41, 3-115, 4-130, 5-152, 6-185, 7-194, 8-197

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Opatha	18	4	50	4	-	-
Heyn	1	0	12	0	-	-
Ranasinghe	2	0	4	0	-	-
GRA de Silva	27	11	47	0	-	-
DS de Silva	27	8	73	4	-	-
Kaluperuma	5	1	15	0	-	-

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Sri Lankans second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SRD Wettimuny	lbw b Gattani	21
KMA de Costa	lbw b Hyder Ali	29
RL Dias	c Chopra b Ogiral	32
LRD Mendis	b Haseen Ahmed	36
*PD Heyn	c Hanumant Singh b Haseen Ahmed	4
AN Ranasinghe	not out	7
+RPP Hamer	lbw b Haseen Ahmed	0
DS de Silva	not out	4
ARM Opatha	did not bat
LWS Kaluperuma	did not bat
GRA de Silva	did not bat
Extras		3
Total	(6 wickets, 48 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-73, 3-105, 4-122, 5-131, 6-131

Central Zone bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gattani	6	0	21	1	-	-
Gulrez Ali	8	1	28	0	-	-
Hyder Ali	12	4	25	1	-	-
Sharma	9	5	17	0	-	-
Ogiral	6	0	31	1	-	-
Haseen Ahmed	6	4	7	3	-	-
Hanumant Singh	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> KMA de Costa (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> RL Dias (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in First-Class matches
--> KMA de Costa (2) passed his previous highest score of 15 in First-Class matches
--> LRD Mendis (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 31
--> ARM Opatha made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> KMA de Costa made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> DS de Silva achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Central Zone first innings (previous best was 6-65)
--> GRA de Silva reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Central Zone first innings
--> ARM Opatha reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Central Zone second innings

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