f32465	Sri Lanka v West Indians
	West Indies in India and Sri Lanka 1978/79
Venue	P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo on 22nd, 23rd, 24th February 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	AC Felsinger, HC Felsinger
Reserve Umpire	SG Ponnadurai
Close of play day 1	Sri Lanka (1) 257/6 (Ranasinghe 21*, DS de Silva 2*)
Close of play day 2	West Indians (1) 271/4 (Gomes 117*, Kallicharran 34*)

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Sri Lanka first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SRD Wettimuny	b Jumadeen	84
NDP Hettiarachchi	c Lyon b Marshall	20
*APB Tennekoon	c Lyon b Jumadeen	63
LRD Mendis	c Greenidge b Clarke	34
RL Dias	run out	0
+ER Fernando	c Kallicharran b Clarke	22
AN Ranasinghe	c Lyon b Marshall	26
DS de Silva	c Greenidge b Marshall	3
ARM Opatha	c Lyon b Marshall	0
LWS Kaluperuma	not out	0
GRA de Silva	c Bacchus b Greenidge	1
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 5 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 101.4 overs)	266
Fall of wickets:
1-63 (Hettiarachchi), 2-156 (Wettimuny), 3-183 (Tennekoon), 4-183 (Dias), 5-231 (Mendis), 6-241 (Fernando), 7-263 (Ranasinghe), 8-263 (Opatha), 9-265 (DS de Silva), 10-266 (GRA de Silva, 101.4 ov)

West Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clarke	20	4	65	2	-	-
Phillip	5	2	20	0	-	-
Parry	16	2	57	0	-	-
Marshall	21	10	32	4	-	-
Gomes	2	0	6	0	-	-
Jumadeen	22	6	36	2	-	-
Kallicharran	9	1	26	0	-	-
Shivnarine	2	0	5	0	-	-
Greenidge	4.4	2	6	1	-	-

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West Indians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Greenidge	c Ranasinghe b GRA de Silva	26
SFAF Bacchus	c sub b Kaluperuma	56
HA Gomes	not out	173
S Shivnarine	c Kaluperuma b DS de Silva	6
DR Parry	c Mendis b GRA de Silva	31
*AI Kallicharran	c Ranasinghe b GRA de Silva	49
N Phillip	c Kaluperuma b GRA de Silva	29
ST Clarke	c sub b Kaluperuma	14
MD Marshall	run out	9
RR Jumadeen	not out	3
+JR Lyon	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb)	6
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 124.4 overs)	402
Fall of wickets:
1-47 (Greenidge), 2-115 (Bacchus), 3-128 (Shivnarine), 4-206 (Parry), 5-313 (Kallicharran), 6-365 (Phillip), 7-388 (Clarke), 8-398 (Marshall)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Opatha	32	6	88	0	-	-
Ranasinghe	11	1	28	0	-	-
GRA de Silva	41.4	11	127	4	-	-
DS de Silva	23	5	83	1	-	-
Kaluperuma	17	4	70	2	-	-

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Sri Lanka second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SRD Wettimuny	c Shivnarine b Clarke	11
NDP Hettiarachchi	c Lyon b Clarke	5
*APB Tennekoon	c sub b Clarke	2
RL Dias	not out	44
LRD Mendis	b Clarke	15
AN Ranasinghe	retired hurt	0
+ER Fernando	run out	49
DS de Silva	not out	0
ARM Opatha	did not bat
LWS Kaluperuma	did not bat
GRA de Silva	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 nb)	6
Total	(5 wickets, 49 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-17, 3-22, 4-41, 5-130

West Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clarke	12	4	18	4	-	-
Parry	8	0	40	0	-	-
Marshall	9	3	26	0	-	-
Jumadeen	8	2	18	0	-	-
Kallicharran	5	0	11	0	-	-
Shivnarine	5	0	9	0	-	-
Bacchus	2	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> ER Fernando made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AN Ranasinghe (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> HA Gomes (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 77
--> N Phillip made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> S Shivnarine made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> JR Lyon made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> AN Ranasinghe retired hurt in the Sri Lanka second innings having scored 0 (team had lost 4 wickets)

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S Ponnadurai stood as umpire when AC Felsinger had to go to hospital after being hit by the ball when a drive from Fernando off Shivnarine was deflected onto his mouth

 

 

 

 

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