a2921	Sri Lanka v Australians
	Australia in Sri Lanka 1980/81
Venue	Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa on 2nd May 1981 (45-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to field
Result	Australians won by 1 run (Countback to score at equivalent last completed over of team 1)
Umpires	KT Francis, SG Ponnadurai
Reserve Umpire	PW Vidanagamage
Player of the Match	J Dyson

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Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
NDP Hettiarachchi	c and b Chappell	49
MD Wettimuny	lbw b Alderman	1
+HH Devapriya	c Alderman b Chappell	78	95		7	4	82.11
*LRD Mendis	not out	38
RL Dias	b Hogg	17
AN Ranasinghe	not out	19	8		4	-	237.50
Y Goonasekera	did not bat
JF Woutersz	did not bat
ALF de Mel	did not bat
RGCE Wijesuriya	did not bat
AK Guneratne	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 12 nb)	16
Total	(4 wickets, innings closed, 45 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-128, 3-153, 4-199

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Hogg	9	2	43	1	-	4	54.00	4.78
Alderman	9	2	36	1	-	-	54.00	4.00
Chappell	9	1	45	2	-	1	27.00	5.00
Lawson	9	1	37	0	-	-	-	4.11
Bright	9	0	41	0	-	-	-	4.56

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Australians innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
J Dyson	c Mendis b Wijesuriya	67
MF Kent	b Guneratne	1
*KJ Hughes	c Goonasekera b Guneratne	31
AR Border	c Devapriya b Ranasinghe	18
RJ Bright	b Guneratne	15
GN Yallop	st Devapriya b Wijesuriya	2
TM Chappell	b de Mel	5
+SJ Rixon	not out	2
GF Lawson	not out	4
RM Hogg	did not bat
TM Alderman	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 10 lb, 3 nb, 4 w)	19
Total	(7 wickets, 38 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-64, 3-86, 4-148, 5-150, 6-156, 7-158

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
de Mel	6	2	13	1	3	3	36.00	2.17
Guneratne	9	4	26	3	-	-	18.00	2.89
Wijesuriya	9	0	37	2	-	-	27.00	4.11
Woutersz	5	0	32	0	1	-	-	6.40
Ranasinghe	9	0	37	1	-	-	54.00	4.11

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Notes
--> When play was halted Australians needed to have scored 164 runs to win
--> MD Wettimuny made his debut in List A matches
--> HH Devapriya made his debut in List A matches
--> ALF de Mel made his debut in List A matches
--> AK Guneratne made his debut in List A matches
--> AN Ranasinghe passed his previous highest score of 14 in List A matches
--> RGCE Wijesuriya made his debut for Sri Lanka in List A matches
--> Y Goonasekera made his debut for Sri Lanka in List A matches
--> GN Yallop made his debut in Sri Lanka in List A matches
--> RJ Bright made his debut in Sri Lanka in List A matches
--> KJ Hughes made his debut in Sri Lanka in List A matches
--> SJ Rixon made his debut in Sri Lanka in List A matches
--> J Dyson made his debut in Sri Lanka in List A matches
--> RM Hogg made his debut in Sri Lanka in List A matches
--> AR Border made his debut in Sri Lanka in List A matches
--> GF Lawson made his debut in Sri Lanka in List A matches
--> TM Alderman made his debut in Sri Lanka in List A matches
--> TM Chappell made his debut in Sri Lanka in List A matches
--> MF Kent made his debut in Sri Lanka in List A matches

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