f39489	Sussex v Sri Lankans
	Sri Lanka in England 1991
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 17th, 18th, 19th August 1991 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lankans won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	MJ Harris, KJ Lyons
Scorers	LV Chandler (Sussex), GGA Saulez (Sri Lankans)
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 330/9 (Salisbury 9*, Jones 9*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 53/1 (Greenfield 34*, Smith 15*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NJ Lenham	c Gurusinha b Ramanayake	61
DM Smith	lbw b Ramanayake	8
K Greenfield	c Kuruppu b Wijegunawardene	7
*AP Wells	c Tillakaratne b Wijegunawardene	0
MP Speight	lbw b Hathurusingha	33
CM Wells	c Tillakaratne b Hathurusingha	0
JA North	c Tillakaratne b Wijegunawardene	41
+P Moores	c Tillakaratne b Wijegunawardene	102		203	10	-
ACS Pigott	c Muralitharan b Ramanayake	29
IDK Salisbury	not out	9
AN Jones	not out	9
Extras	(3 b, 12 lb, 11 nb, 5 w)	31
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 105 overs)	330
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-31, 3-31, 4-86, 5-98, 6-127, 7-202, 8-305, 9-313

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ramanayake	22	4	83	3	1	3
Wijegunawardene	24	3	111	4	-	3
Gurusinha	2	0	11	0	2	-
Hathurusingha	12	4	18	2	2	-
Muralitharan	19	4	43	0	-	4
Anurasiri	23	3	45	0	-	2
Jayasuriya	3	1	4	0	-	-

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Sri Lankans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DSBP Kuruppu	lbw b North	6
UC Hathurusingha	run out	18
*AP Gurusinha	c Moores b Jones	29
+HP Tillakaratne	lbw b Salisbury	30
RS Mahanama	c Moores b North	24
ST Jayasuriya	not out	100	105	127	10	4
MS Atapattu	not out	52
CPH Ramanayake	did not bat
KIW Wijegunawardene	did not bat
SD Anurasiri	did not bat
M Muralitharan	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 8 nb, 2 w)	21
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 75.3 overs)	280
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-45, 3-75, 4-122, 5-140

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	11	4	30	1	-	-
Pigott	16	5	61	0	-	-
North	15.3	5	43	2	-	-
CM Wells	14	2	46	0	-	-
Salisbury	19	3	89	1	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NJ Lenham	lbw b Ramanayake	2
K Greenfield	run out	104		215	12	1
DM Smith	not out	100		229	9	1
*AP Wells	not out	7
MP Speight	did not bat
CM Wells	did not bat
JA North	did not bat
+P Moores	did not bat
ACS Pigott	did not bat
IDK Salisbury	did not bat
AN Jones	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 7 nb)	11
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 70.1 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-196

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ramanayake	14	2	34	1	-	-
Wijegunawardene	8	3	24	0	-	-
Hathurusingha	1	0	3	0	-	-
Muralitharan	20.1	2	69	0	-	-
Anurasiri	25	5	87	0	-	-
Jayasuriya	2	1	3	0	-	-

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Sri Lankans second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DSBP Kuruppu	lbw b North	59
UC Hathurusingha	b North	31
*AP Gurusinha	c CM Wells b North	1
RS Mahanama	lbw b Jones	65	70		8	-
MS Atapattu	c Moores b North	2
+HP Tillakaratne	not out	80
ST Jayasuriya	lbw b Pigott	10
KIW Wijegunawardene	st Moores b Jones	0
CPH Ramanayake	run out	2
SD Anurasiri	not out	0
M Muralitharan	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(8 wickets, 53.5 overs)	255
Fall of wickets:
1-81, 2-92, 3-97, 4-109, 5-228, 6-249, 7-252, 8-254

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	9	1	50	2	-	-
Pigott	12.5	1	48	1	-	-
North	12	1	47	4	-	-
Salisbury	14	1	75	0	-	-
Greenfield	6	0	30	0	-	-

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Notes
--> ST Jayasuriya (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 82
--> DM Smith (2) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 74
--> KIW Wijegunawardene reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> JA North achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Sri Lankans second innings (previous best was 3-54)
--> AN Jones reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Sri Lankans second innings

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