f32675	Sussex v Sri Lankans
	Sri Lanka in British Isles 1979
Venue	Cricket Field Road, Horsham on 25th, 26th, 27th July 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lankans won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	JG Langridge, D Shackleton
Close of play day 1	Sri Lankans (1) 22/0 (Wettimuny 4*, Tennekoon 14*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 104/2 (Barclay 23*, Head 2*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KC Wessels	c GRA de Silva b DS de Silva	28
JRT Barclay	b Opatha	6
GD Mendis	lbw b DS de Silva	28
Javed Miandad	c Madugalle b GRA de Silva	9
PWG Parker	c Pasqual b GRA de Silva	28
*PJ Graves	b GRA de Silva	41
CP Phillipson	lbw b DS de Silva	0
ACS Pigott	b DS de Silva	15
+TJ Head	not out	6
GG Arnold	lbw b DS de Silva	0
CE Waller	lbw b GRA de Silva	5
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 73.1 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-48, 3-71, 4-73, 5-145, 6-154, 7-158, 8-169, 9-169, 10-180 (73.1 ov)

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Opatha	11	4	27	1	-	-
Gunatilleke	5	1	15	0	-	-
GRA de Silva	30.1	13	67	4	-	-
DS de Silva	27	9	57	5	-	-

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Sri Lankans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SRD Wettimuny	c Barclay b Arnold	12
*APB Tennekoon	b Arnold	26
RL Dias	b Barclay	51
LRD Mendis	c Parker b Barclay	47
SP Pasqual	run out	0
RS Madugalle	c Head b Barclay	5
+SA Jayasinghe	c Parker b Barclay	13
DS de Silva	b Pigott	33
ARM Opatha	c Wessels b Barclay	1
FRMD Gunatilleke	not out	24
GRA de Silva	lbw b Barclay	16
Extras	(10 b, 3 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(all out, 77.4 overs)	248
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-54, 3-137, 4-141, 5-158, 6-169, 7-172, 8-173, 9-221, 10-248 (77.4 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pigott	12	2	41	1	-	-
Waller	33	9	80	0	-	-
Arnold	9	1	46	2	-	-
Barclay	23.4	6	61	6	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KC Wessels	st Jayasinghe b GRA de Silva	66
JRT Barclay	not out	102		337	8	-
GD Mendis	st Jayasinghe b DS de Silva	0
+TJ Head	b DS de Silva	5
Javed Miandad	c Wettimuny b DS de Silva	0
PWG Parker	lbw b GRA de Silva	33
*PJ Graves	lbw b DS de Silva	23
CP Phillipson	c and b DS de Silva	14
ACS Pigott	run out	10
GG Arnold	not out	12
CE Waller	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb, 2 nb, 4 w)	18
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 99 overs)	283
Fall of wickets:
1-91, 2-96, 3-113, 4-113, 5-163, 6-226, 7-250, 8-268

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Opatha	5	0	24	0	-	-
Gunatilleke	2	1	5	0	-	-
GRA de Silva	43	18	82	2	-	-
DS de Silva	43	9	131	5	-	-
Pasqual	1	0	11	0	-	-
Madugalle	5	0	12	0	-	-

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Sri Lankans second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SRD Wettimuny	c Barclay b Waller	40
*APB Tennekoon	b Waller	50
RL Dias	not out	12
LRD Mendis	not out	0
SP Pasqual	did not bat
RS Madugalle	did not bat
+SA Jayasinghe	did not bat
DS de Silva	did not bat
ARM Opatha	did not bat
FRMD Gunatilleke	did not bat
GRA de Silva	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(2 wickets, 35 overs)	106
Fall of wickets:
1-85, 2-106

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pigott	3	0	8	0	-	-
Waller	13	3	35	2	-	-
Arnold	4	2	4	0	-	-
Barclay	4	4	0	0	-	-
Javed Miandad	7	1	30	0	-	-
Parker	4	0	25	0	-	-

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Notes
--> APB Tennekoon made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> SP Pasqual made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> SA Jayasinghe made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> FRMD Gunatilleke made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JRT Barclay (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> JRT Barclay achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Sri Lankans first innings (previous best was 6-94)
--> DS de Silva reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Sussex second innings

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