f35362 t994	England v Sri Lanka
	Sri Lanka in England 1984 (Only Test)
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 23rd, 24th, 25th, 27th, 28th August 1984 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	HD Bird, DGL Evans
Scorers	GGA Saulez (Sri Lanka), E Solomon (England)
Close of play day 1	Sri Lanka (1) 226/3 (Wettimuny 116*, Ranatunga 54*)
Close of play day 2	Sri Lanka (1) 434/4 (Wettimuny 187*, Mendis 100*)
Close of play day 3	England (1) 139/2 (Broad 69*, Gower 16*)
Close of play day 4	England (1) 370 all out
Player of the Match	S Wettimuny

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Sri Lanka first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Wettimuny	c Downton b Allott	190	471	642	21	-
+SAR Silva	lbw b Botham	8	11	17	1	-
RS Madugalle	b Ellison	5	24	35	1	-
RL Dias	c Lamb b Pocock	32	104	152	3	-
A Ranatunga	b Agnew	84	183	248	8	-
*LRD Mendis	c Fowler b Pocock	111	143	197	11	3
PA de Silva	c Downton b Agnew	16	27	29	3	-
ALF de Mel	not out	20	25	35	3	1
JR Ratnayeke	not out	5	18	25	-	-
DS de Silva	did not bat
VB John	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 8 lb, 8 nb, 2 w)	20
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 166 overs)	491
Fall of wickets:
1-17 (SAR Silva), 2-43 (Madugalle), 3-144 (Dias), 4-292 (Ranatunga), 5-442 (Wettimuny), 6-456 (Mendis), 7-464 (PA de Silva)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Agnew	32	3	123	2	-	8
Botham	29	6	114	1	1	-
Ellison	28	6	70	1	1	-
Pocock	41	17	75	2	-	-
Allott	36	7	89	1	-	-

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Fowler	c Madugalle b John	25	41	50	4	-
BC Broad	c SAR Silva b de Mel	86	242	341	8	-
CJ Tavaré	c Ranatunga b DS de Silva	14	95	138	1	-
*DI Gower	c SAR Silva b de Mel	55	151	196	5	-
AJ Lamb	c Dias b John	107	195	266	10	1
IT Botham	c sub (DM Vonhagt) b John	6	6	7	1	-
RM Ellison	c Ratnayeke b DS de Silva	41	79	112	7	-
+PR Downton	c Dias b de Mel	10	53	65	1	-
PJW Allott	b de Mel	0	1	1	-	-
PI Pocock	c SAR Silva b John	2	21	37	-	-
JP Agnew	not out	1	8	6	-	-
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb, 6 nb, 5 w)	23
Total	(all out, 147.1 overs)	370
Fall of wickets:
1-49 (Fowler), 2-105 (Tavaré), 3-190 (Broad), 4-210 (Gower), 5-218 (Botham), 6-305 (Ellison), 7-354 (Downton), 8-354 (Allott), 9-369 (Lamb), 10-370 (Pocock, 147.1 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
de Mel	37	10	110	4	1	2
John	39.1	12	98	4	1	4
Ratnayeke	22	5	50	0	2	-
DS de Silva	45	16	85	2	1	-
Ranatunga	1	1	0	0	-	-
Madugalle	3	0	4	0	-	-

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Sri Lanka second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Wettimuny	c Gower b Botham	13	21	22	2	-
+SAR Silva	not out	102	255	320	12	-
RS Madugalle	b Botham	3	9	8	-	-
RL Dias	lbw b Botham	38	79	112	5	-
A Ranatunga	lbw b Botham	0	6	7	-	-
PA de Silva	c Downton b Pocock	3	6	4	-	-
*LRD Mendis	c Fowler b Botham	94	97	123	9	3
ALF de Mel	c Ellison b Botham	14	8	12	3	-
JR Ratnayeke	not out	7	15	18	1	-
DS de Silva	did not bat
VB John	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 11 nb)	20
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 80 overs)	294
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (Wettimuny), 2-27 (Madugalle), 3-111 (Dias), 4-115 (Ranatunga), 5-118 (PA de Silva), 6-256 (Mendis), 7-276 (de Mel)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Agnew	11	3	54	0	-	11
Allott	1	0	2	0	-	-
Botham	27	6	90	6	-	-
Pocock	29	10	78	1	-	-
Ellison	7	0	36	0	-	-
Lamb	1	0	6	0	-	-
Tavaré	3	3	0	0	-	-
Fowler	1	0	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PA de Silva made his debut in Test matches
--> DS de Silva made his last appearance in Test matches
--> VB John made his last appearance in Test matches
--> S Wettimuny (1) 50 in 92 balls, 120 minutes
--> S Wettimuny (1) 100 in 175 balls, 217 minutes with 11 fours
--> S Wettimuny (1) 150 in 370 balls with 18 fours
--> S Wettimuny (1) passed his previous highest score of 157 in Test matches
--> S Wettimuny (1) passed his previous highest score of 157 in First-Class matches
--> A Ranatunga (1) 50 in 89 balls, 113 minutes
--> A Ranatunga (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 63
--> LRD Mendis (1) 50 in 52 balls, 64 minutes
--> LRD Mendis (1) 100 in 112 balls, 146 minutes with 16 fours
--> LRD Mendis (1) passed his previous highest score of 105 in Test matches
--> BC Broad (1) 50 in 126 balls, 183 minutes
--> BC Broad (1) passed his previous highest score of 55 in Test matches
--> DI Gower (1) 50 in 128 balls, 169 minutes
--> AJ Lamb (1) 50 in 108 balls, 150 minutes
--> AJ Lamb (1) 100 in 186 balls, 259 minutes with 10 fours and 1 six
--> AJ Lamb (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 69
--> RM Ellison (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in Test matches
--> PR Downton (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> SAR Silva (2) made his first century in Test matches
--> SAR Silva (2) 50 in 116 balls, 150 minutes
--> SAR Silva (2) passed his previous highest score of 91 in First-Class matches
--> SAR Silva (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> SAR Silva (2) 100 in 252 balls, 311 minutes with 12 fours
--> LRD Mendis (2) 50 in 64 balls, 88 minutes
--> LRD Mendis (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> ALF de Mel made his debut in England in Test matches
--> DS de Silva made his debut in England in Test matches
--> RL Dias made his debut in England in Test matches
--> RS Madugalle made his debut in England in Test matches
--> LRD Mendis made his debut in England in Test matches
--> A Ranatunga made his debut in England in Test matches
--> S Wettimuny made his debut in England in Test matches
--> JR Ratnayeke made his debut in England in Test matches
--> VB John made his debut in England in Test matches
--> SAR Silva made his debut in England in Test matches
--> PI Pocock reached 1500 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed LRD Mendis, his 2nd wicket in the Sri Lanka first innings

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