- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras31 (b 9, lb 8, nb 14)TOTAL282 all out (95 Overs, RR: 2.96)Fall of wickets: 1-70 (GA Gooch), 2-114 (H Morris), 3-119 (RA Smith), 4-120 (MR Ramprakash), 5-160 (IT Botham), 6-183 (CC Lewis), 7-246 (RC Russell), 8-258 (PAJ DeFreitas), 9-276 (DV Lawrence), 10-282 (PCR Tufnell)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB RJ Ratnayake 27 4 69 5 2.55 0 0 CPH Ramanayake 24 5 75 2 3.12 0 0 KIW Wijegunawardene 10 1 36 0 3.60 0 0 UC Hathurusingha 17 6 40 1 2.35 0 0 SD Anurasiri 17 4 45 2 2.64 0 0
22/08Result
Only Test, Sri Lanka tour of England at London, Aug 22-27 1991
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224 & 285 (103.3 ov)
Players of the Match
22/08Result
Only Test, Sri Lanka tour of England at London, Aug 22-27 1991
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282 & 364/3d -
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224 & 285 (103.3 ov)
Players of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras15 (lb 15)TOTAL224 all out (68.1 Overs, RR: 3.28)Fall of wickets: 1-12 (DSBP Kuruppu), 2-22 (AP Gurusinha), 3-75 (PA de Silva), 4-86 (RS Mahanama), 5-105 (ST Jayasuriya), 6-139 (HP Tillakaratne), 7-213 (RJ Ratnayake), 8-213 (CPH Ramanayake), 9-220 (UC Hathurusingha), 10-224 (SD Anurasiri)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB PAJ DeFreitas 26 8 70 7 2.69 0 0 DV Lawrence 15.1 3 61 2 4.02 0 0 CC Lewis 10 5 29 0 2.90 0 0 IT Botham 10 3 26 1 2.60 0 0 PCR Tufnell 7 2 23 0 3.28 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras49 (b 15, lb 23, nb 10, w 1)TOTAL364/3d (85.1 Overs, RR: 4.27)Fall of wickets: 1-78 (H Morris), 2-217 (AJ Stewart), 3-322 (GA Gooch)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB CPH Ramanayake 20 2 86 0 4.30 0 0 RJ Ratnayake 26 4 91 0 3.50 0 0 KIW Wijegunawardene 2 0 13 0 6.50 0 0 ST Jayasuriya 1 0 1 0 1.00 0 0 SD Anurasiri 36.1 8 135 3 3.73 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras19 (b 1, lb 16, nb 2)TOTAL285 all out (103.3 Overs, RR: 2.75)Fall of wickets: 1-50 (DSBP Kuruppu), 2-50 (UC Hathurusingha), 3-111 (AP Gurusinha), 4-119 (PA de Silva), 5-159 (RS Mahanama), 6-212 (HP Tillakaratne), 7-212 (ST Jayasuriya), 8-241 (RJ Ratnayake), 9-253 (KIW Wijegunawardene), 10-285 (SD Anurasiri)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB PAJ DeFreitas 22 8 45 1 2.04 0 0 DV Lawrence 23 7 83 2 3.60 0 0 CC Lewis 18 4 31 2 1.72 0 0 IT Botham 6 2 15 0 2.50 0 0 PCR Tufnell 34.3 14 94 5 2.72 0 0
Match Details
Toss
England , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
England won the one-off match
Match number
Season
Match days
22,23,24,26,27 August 1991 (5-day match)
Test debut
Umpires
Close of Play
- Thu, 22 Aug - day 1 - England 1st innings 229/6 (AJ Stewart 76*, RC Russell 11*)
- Fri, 23 Aug - day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 75/2 (UC Hathurusingha 19*, PA de Silva 42*)
- Sat, 24 Aug - day 3 - England 2nd innings 100/1 (GA Gooch 60*, AJ Stewart 7*)
- Sun, 25 Aug - rest day
- Mon, 26 Aug - day 4 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 79/2 (AP Gurusinha 16*, PA de Silva 7*)
- Tue, 27 Aug - day 5 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 285 (103.3 ov) - end of match