a3054	Essex v Sri Lankans
	Sri Lanka in England 1981
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 25th July 1981 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lankans won the toss and decided to field
Result	Sri Lankans won by 4 wickets
Umpires	R Julian, DR Shepherd

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GA Gooch	c Mendis b Kaluperuma	59
C Gladwin	b de Mel	3
AW Lilley	b Ranasinghe	28
R Herbert	c Madugalle b Ranasinghe	4
KR Pont	b de Silva	9
DR Pringle	b Wijesuriya	9
N Phillip	c Madugalle b Ranasinghe	33
BR Hardie	not out	29
+DE East	lbw b Wijesuriya	2
NA Foster	st Devapriya b Ranasinghe	3
*RE East	not out	8
Extras	(6 b, 7 lb, 13 w)	26
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	213
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-52, 3-63, 4-104, 5-136, 6-137, 7-184, 8-192, 9-199

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
de Mel	8	1	27	1	-	-	48.00	3.38
Ranasinghe	10	2	50	4	-	-	15.00	5.00
Warnapura	3	0	15	0	-	-	-	5.00
de Silva	10	2	31	1	-	-	60.00	3.10
Kaluperuma	10	1	29	1	-	-	60.00	2.90
Wijesuriya	9	0	35	2	-	-	27.00	3.89

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Sri Lankans innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*B Warnapura	c Gooch b RE East	35
S Wettimuny	c and b Herbert	64
+HH Devapriya	c RE East b Herbert	2
RL Dias	c DE East b Herbert	34
LRD Mendis	c Pringle b RE East	27
RS Madugalle	not out	21
AN Ranasinghe	c Gooch b Foster	22
ALF de Mel	not out	1
LWS Kaluperuma	did not bat
RGCE Wijesuriya	did not bat
GRA de Silva	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 3 w)	8
Total	(6 wickets, 47.4 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-76, 2-78, 3-138, 4-139, 5-178, 6-211

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Phillip	5	0	25	0	-	-	-	5.00
Foster	8	2	29	1	-	-	48.00	3.62
Pringle	8.4	1	52	0	-	-	-	6.00
Pont	6	0	31	0	-	-	-	5.17
RE East	10	0	38	2	-	-	30.00	3.80
Herbert	10	1	31	3	-	-	20.00	3.10

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Notes
--> C Gladwin made his debut in List A matches
--> NA Foster made his debut in List A matches
--> S Wettimuny passed his previous highest score of 46 in List A matches
--> S Wettimuny made his debut in England in List A matches
--> RGCE Wijesuriya made his debut in England in List A matches
--> AN Ranasinghe achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches in the Essex innings (previous best was 1-31)
--> R Herbert achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches in the Sri Lankans innings (previous best was 1-24)

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