a2331	Sri Lanka v West Indians
	West Indies in India and Sri Lanka 1978/79
Venue	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo on 25th February 1979 (45-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	West Indians won the toss and decided to field
Result	West Indians won by 6 wickets

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Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
SRD Wettimuny	retired hurt	28
+SA Jayasinghe	hit wkt b Phillip	7
*APB Tennekoon	b Phillip	16
RL Dias	b Marshall	9
LRD Mendis	c Parry b Holder	5
AN Ranasinghe	c Gomes b Marshall	0
ARM Opatha	c Greenidge b Marshall	0
LWS Kaluperuma	not out	7
FRMD Gunatilleke	c Kallicharran b Holder	0
DLS de Silva	hit wkt b Marshall	0
GRA de Silva	c Greenidge b Holder	1
Extras		11
Total	(all out, 27.1 overs)	88
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Jayasinghe), 2-48 (Tennekoon), 3-71 (Dias), 4-76 (Mendis), 5-76 (Ranasinghe), 6-77 (Opatha), 7-77 (Gunatilleke), 8-84 (DLS de Silva), 9-88 (GRA de Silva, 27.1 ov)

West Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Clarke	6	2	10	0	-	-	-	1.67
Phillip	9	1	30	2	-	-	27.00	3.33
Marshall	9	1	27	4	-	-	13.50	3.00
Holder	3.1	0	8	3	-	-	6.33	2.53

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West Indians innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
AE Greenidge	st Jayasinghe b GRA de Silva	36
SFAF Bacchus	b Gunatilleke	16
HA Gomes	c Dias b DLS de Silva	4
S Shivnarine	b DLS de Silva	17
DR Parry	not out	9
+JR Lyon	not out	4
*AI Kallicharran	did not bat
MD Marshall	did not bat
N Phillip	did not bat
ST Clarke	did not bat
VA Holder	did not bat
Extras		4
Total	(4 wickets, 23.5 overs)	90
Fall of wickets:
1-29 (Bacchus), 2-46 (Gomes), 3-77 (Shivnarine), 4-78 (Greenidge)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Opatha	4	1	14	0	-	-	-	3.50
Gunatilleke	4	1	30	1	-	-	24.00	7.50
DLS de Silva	8	1	25	2	-	-	24.00	3.12
GRA de Silva	7.5	2	17	1	-	-	47.00	2.17

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Notes
--> Sri Lanka innings batting adds 4 runs under
--> Bowling in the Sri Lanka innings adds 2 runs under
--> AE Greenidge passed his previous highest score of 25 in List A matches
--> SA Jayasinghe made his debut for Sri Lanka in List A matches
--> DLS de Silva made his debut for Sri Lanka in List A matches
--> FRMD Gunatilleke made his debut for Sri Lanka in List A matches
--> MD Marshall achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches when he dismissed RL Dias in the Sri Lanka innings (previous best was 0-12)
--> SRD Wettimuny retired hurt in the Sri Lanka innings having scored 28 (team had lost 2 wickets)

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West Indians carried on batting after winning reaching 140/4 (Parry 41*, Lyon 19*).