a2923	Sri Lanka v Australians
	Australia in Sri Lanka 1980/81
Venue	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo on 5th May 1981 (45-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field
Result	Australians won by 6 runs
Umpires	CEB Anthony, WAU Wickremasinghe
Reserve Umpire	MDDN Gooneratne
Player of the Match	GF Lawson

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Australians innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
+GM Wood	c Guneratne b Ranasinghe	12
MF Kent	b Kaluperuma	62
AR Border	b Kaluperuma	63	78		4	-	80.77
*KJ Hughes	c Mendis b Kaluperuma	11
DM Wellham	not out	42
TM Chappell	b Ratnayeke	16
J Dyson	c Wijesuriya b Ratnayeke	14
RJ Bright	not out	0
GR Beard	did not bat
GF Lawson	did not bat
RM Hogg	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 9 lb, 1 nb, 3 w)	22
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 201 minutes, 45 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-31 (Wood), 2-124 (Kent), 3-152 (Border), 4-159 (Hughes), 5-206 (Chappell), 6-238 (Dyson)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Ratnayeke	6	0	30	2	1	1	18.00	5.00
Guneratne	9	1	42	0	-	-	-	4.67
Ranasinghe	9	0	46	1	2	-	54.00	5.11
Wijesuriya	9	0	43	0	-	-	-	4.78
Kaluperuma	9	0	38	3	-	-	18.00	4.22
Warnapura	3	0	21	0	-	-	-	7.00

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Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*B Warnapura	c Kent b Hogg	0
NDP Hettiarachchi	b Bright	20
+HH Devapriya	b Lawson	2
RL Dias	b Lawson	44
LRD Mendis	b Bright	8
RS Madugalle	c Wellham b Hogg	55	55		4	1	100.00
AN Ranasinghe	b Lawson	61	65		8	1	93.85
LWS Kaluperuma	c Hogg b Chappell	17
JR Ratnayeke	b Chappell	5
RGCE Wijesuriya	not out	1
AK Guneratne	not out	2
Extras	(1 b, 9 lb, 7 nb, 4 w)	21
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 215 minutes, 45 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Warnapura), 2-16 (Devapriya), 3-47 (Hettiarachchi), 4-76 (Mendis), 5-102 (Dias), 6-198 (Ranasinghe), 7-217 (Madugalle), 8-224 (Kaluperuma), 9-230 (Ratnayeke)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Hogg	9	2	35	2	-	3	27.00	3.89
Lawson	9	2	37	3	1	-	18.00	4.11
Beard	9	0	43	0	2	4	-	4.78
Bright	9	0	46	2	-	-	27.00	5.11
Chappell	9	0	54	2	1	-	27.00	6.00

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Notes
--> AK Guneratne made his last appearance in List A matches
--> RS Madugalle passed his previous highest score of 20 in List A matches
--> AN Ranasinghe passed his previous highest score of 19 in List A matches
--> LWS Kaluperuma passed his previous highest score of 14 in List A matches

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