f33530	Sri Lanka v Australia
	Australia in Sri Lanka 1980/81
Venue	P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo on 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th May 1981 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	CEB Anthony, KT Francis
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 103/5 (Yallop 17*, Beard 4*)
Close of play day 2	Sri Lanka (1) 150/6 (Dias 63*)
Close of play day 3	Australia (2) 125/5 (Dyson 52*, Beard ?*)
Man of the Match	GRA de Silva

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Wood	c Goonatilleke b Kaluperuma	28
J Dyson	c Kaluperuma b de Silva	22
MF Kent	c and b de Silva	6
*KJ Hughes	b de Silva	0
AR Border	b de Silva	19
GN Yallop	st Goonatilleke b de Silva	25
GR Beard	st Goonatilleke b Kaluperuma	4
+SJ Rixon	c Kaluperuma b de Silva	4
RJ Bright	run out	1
GF Lawson	not out	2
RM Hogg	b Kaluperuma	1
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 66.1 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-45 (Dyson), 2-56 (Kent), 3-56 (Hughes), 4-70 (Wood), 5-97 (Border), 6-114 (Beard), 7-114 (Yallop), 8-121 (Rixon), 9-123 (Bright), 10-124 (Hogg, 66.1 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Guneratne	6	1	16	0	-	-
de Mel	6	2	19	0	-	2
de Silva	27	13	36	6	-	1
Kaluperuma	24.1	11	35	3	-	-
Ranasinghe	3	1	6	0	1	-

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Sri Lanka first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*B Warnapura	b Lawson	8
S Wettimuny	c Dyson b Beard	14
RL Dias	c Rixon b Lawson	64
LRD Mendis	c Hughes b Beard	10
RS Madugalle	c Rixon b Hogg	25
AN Ranasinghe	c Rixon b Beard	8
LWS Kaluperuma	b Beard	11
ALF de Mel	b Lawson	19
+HM Goonatilleke	b Lawson	0
GRA de Silva	st Rixon b Beard	4
AK Guneratne	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 8 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 54.4 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-21 (Warnapura), 2-28 (Wettimuny), 3-46 (Mendis), 4-120 (Madugalle), 5-131 (Ranasinghe), 6-150 (Kaluperuma), 7-162 (Dias), 8-162 (Goonatilleke), 9-171 (de Silva), 10-177 (de Mel, 54.4 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hogg	8	0	33	1	-	6
Lawson	10.4	3	14	4	-	-
Bright	12	2	34	0	-	1
Beard	19	3	69	5	-	1
Border	3	0	4	0	-	-
Yallop	2	0	9	0	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Wood	c Kaluperuma b de Silva	26
J Dyson	c Goonatilleke b Ranasinghe	68
MF Kent	b Kaluperuma	4
*KJ Hughes	b Kaluperuma	15
AR Border	c Warnapura b Kaluperuma	0
GN Yallop	lbw b Kaluperuma	13
GR Beard	lbw b Kaluperuma	9
+SJ Rixon	c de Mel b Ranasinghe	14
RJ Bright	b de Silva	0
GF Lawson	not out	9
RM Hogg	c Mendis b de Silva	6
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb, 4 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 85.1 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-53 (Wood), 2-64 (Kent), 3-93 (Hughes), 4-95 (Border), 5-121 (Yallop), 6-131 (Beard), 7-162 (Rixon), 8-162 (Dyson), 9-162 (Bright), 10-178 (Hogg, 85.1 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Guneratne	2	0	17	0	-	-
de Mel	1	0	2	0	-	1
de Silva	40.1	17	64	3	-	3
Kaluperuma	33	11	74	5	-	-
Ranasinghe	9	7	7	2	-	-

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Notes
--> AK Guneratne made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AK Guneratne made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> J Dyson (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> MF Kent made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> ALF de Mel made his debut for Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> RS Madugalle made his debut for Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> GN Yallop made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> RJ Bright made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> KJ Hughes made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> SJ Rixon made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> J Dyson made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> GM Wood made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> RM Hogg made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> AR Border made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> GR Beard made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> GF Lawson made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> MF Kent made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> ALF de Mel made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> RS Madugalle made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches

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Sri Lanka openers went to the wicket for their second innings but successfully appealed against the light before a ball was bowled

 

 

 

 

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