f33628	Leicestershire v Sri Lankans
	Sri Lanka in England 1981
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 11th, 12th, 13th July 1981 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	K Goodwin, JH Harris
Close of play day 1	Sri Lankans (1) 25/0 (Wettimuny 8*, Goonatilleke 3*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 34/2 (Butcher 6*, Boon 7*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Cobb	b de Silva	15
IP Butcher	c Dias b de Mel	14
TJ Boon	c Madugalle b de Mel	31
BF Davison	b de Silva	60
*RW Tolchard	not out	104
+MA Garnham	c Hettiarachchi b de Silva	13
DA Wenlock	run out	29
JP Agnew	not out	25
NGB Cook	did not bat
GJ Parsons	did not bat
LB Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 2 w)	12
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 93 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-55, 3-73, 4-166, 5-196, 6-249

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
de Mel	22	1	85	2	-	-
Ranasinghe	20	4	55	0	-	-
de Silva	31	6	88	3	-	-
Kaluperuma	18	2	45	0	-	-
Warnapura	2	0	18	0	-	-

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Sri Lankans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Wettimuny	c Garnham b Agnew	10
NDP Hettiarachchi	c Tolchard b Agnew	10
+HM Goonatilleke	c Cobb b Parsons	15
*B Warnapura	c Garnham b Agnew	0
RL Dias	c Agnew b Cook	127
LRD Mendis	b Taylor	27
RS Madugalle	c and b Cook	7
AN Ranasinghe	c Davison b Parsons	15
ALF de Mel	c and b Agnew	56
LWS Kaluperuma	not out	14
GRA de Silva	c Boon b Parsons	7
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb, 3 nb, 4 w)	16
Total	(all out, 67.5 overs)	304
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-36, 3-46, 4-52, 5-102, 6-111, 7-156, 8-265, 9-291, 10-304 (67.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Agnew	19	1	83	4	-	-
Parsons	14.5	3	84	3	-	-
Cook	16	6	29	2	-	-
Taylor	15	1	77	1	-	-
Wenlock	3	0	15	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Cobb	c Mendis b Ranasinghe	20
IP Butcher	lbw b Kaluperuma	42
NGB Cook	b de Mel	0
TJ Boon	c Kaluperuma b de Mel	10
BF Davison	c Wettimuny b de Silva	31
+MA Garnham	c Madugalle b de Mel	30
DA Wenlock	c Goonatilleke b Kaluperuma	62
GJ Parsons	c and b de Silva	7
*RW Tolchard	not out	9
JP Agnew	not out	5
LB Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 8 lb, 1 w)	16
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 84 overs)	232
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-24, 3-44, 4-106, 5-110, 6-183, 7-217, 8-221

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
de Mel	23	7	70	3	-	-
Ranasinghe	7	2	9	1	-	-
de Silva	19	7	49	2	-	-
Kaluperuma	28	6	69	2	-	-
Warnapura	7	3	19	0	-	-

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Sri Lankans second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*B Warnapura	c Boon b Cook	31
S Wettimuny	not out	95
RL Dias	not out	11
NDP Hettiarachchi	did not bat
+HM Goonatilleke	did not bat
LRD Mendis	did not bat
RS Madugalle	did not bat
AN Ranasinghe	did not bat
ALF de Mel	did not bat
LWS Kaluperuma	did not bat
GRA de Silva	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 2 w)	6
Total	(1 wicket, 34 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-92 (Warnapura)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Agnew	6	0	21	0	-	-
Parsons	6	3	19	0	-	-
Cook	11	0	46	1	-	-
Taylor	5	0	15	0	-	-
Wenlock	4	0	22	0	-	-
Tolchard	2	0	14	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DA Wenlock (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in First-Class matches
--> RL Dias (1) passed his previous highest score of 84 in First-Class matches
--> RL Dias (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> RL Dias (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> IP Butcher (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> DA Wenlock (2) passed his previous highest score of 29 in First-Class matches
--> S Wettimuny (2) passed his previous highest score of 89 in First-Class matches
--> NGB Cook reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sri Lankans first innings
--> ALF de Mel achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire second innings (previous best was 3-72)

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