misc11511	Ceylon Board XI v Marylebone Cricket Club
	Marylebone Cricket Club in Ceylon and Pakistan 1968/69
Venue	Colombo Oval, Colombo on 25th January 1969 (60-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Ceylon Board XI won the toss and decided to field
Result	Ceylon Board XI won on faster scoring rate (Run rate)
Umpires	AC Felsinger, AKG Perera

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Marylebone Cricket Club innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
JH Edrich	c Fernando b Razick	35
RM Prideaux	c and b Razick	36
KWR Fletcher	lbw b Razick	48
TW Graveney	b Kehelgamuwa	30
*MC Cowdrey	c Tennekoon b Ernest	38
BL D'Oliveira	c Fernando b Ernest	31
+APE Knott	not out	9
PI Pocock	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
IJ Jones	did not bat
RMH Cottam	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 60 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-73, 2-76, 3-125, 4-190, 5-224, 6-236 (60 ov)

Ceylon Board XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Kehelgamuwa	12	2	28	1	-	-	72.00	2.33
Sahabandu	12	4	35	0	-	-	-	2.92
Razick	12	1	47	3	-	-	24.00	3.92
Ernest	5	0	41	2	-	-	15.00	8.20
Crozier	12	3	33	0	-	-	-	2.75
Tissera	7	0	43	0	-	-	-	6.14

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Ceylon Board XI innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
BG Reid	b Pocock	57
ER Fernando	c Prideaux b Hobbs	58
APB Tennekoon	c Cottam b D'Oliveira	42
DHA Weerasinghe	c Jones b D'Oliveira	43
*MH Tissera	b D'Oliveira	3
GSMSA Razick	not out	15
AC Ernest	b Cottam	0
DMTB Kehelgamuwa	run out	0
FB Crozier	not out	0
+V Sivananthan	did not bat
D Sahabandu	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 9 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(7 wickets, 56 overs)	234
Fall of wickets:
1-121, 2-128, 3-194, 4-215, 5-218, 6-219, 7-223

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Jones	9	2	24	0	-	-	-	2.67
Cottam	12	5	45	1	-	-	72.00	3.75
D'Oliveira	12	3	35	3	-	-	24.00	2.92
Hobbs	11	0	69	1	-	-	66.00	6.27
Pocock	12	2	45	1	-	-	72.00	3.75

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Notes
--> When play was halted Ceylon Board XI needed to have scored 221 runs to win

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Game ended because it was too dark to see. Attendance of 7,000
The match was originally arranged as a 50 over match but at lunch the MCC captain suggested changing it to 60 overs

 

 

 

 

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