a3006	Middlesex v Sri Lankans
	Sri Lanka in England 1981
Venue	Woodside, Watford on 25th June 1981 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Sri Lankans won by 2 runs
Umpires	BJ Meyer, PSG Stevens

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Sri Lankans innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*B Warnapura	c Downton b Cowans	11
+HH Devapriya	c Edmonds b Cowans	24
RL Dias	b Merry	14
LRD Mendis	b Selvey	64
AN Ranasinghe	b Lyon	17
Y Goonasekera	st Downton b Lyon	1
RS Madugalle	lbw b Merry	48
DS de Silva	c Cowans b Selvey	15
ALF de Mel	not out	5
LWS Kaluperuma	b Merry	2
GRA de Silva	b Selvey	0
Extras	(5 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 49.2 overs)	211
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-51, 3-51, 4-74, 5-80, 6-161, 7-200, 8-204, 9-208, 10-211 (49.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Selvey	9.2	0	47	3	-	-	18.67	5.04
Merry	10	1	39	3	-	-	20.00	3.90
Cowans	10	0	66	2	-	-	30.00	6.60
Edmonds	10	5	11	0	-	-	-	1.10
Lyon	10	1	38	2	-	-	30.00	3.80

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Middlesex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*JM Brearley	b de Mel	0
GD Barlow	lbw b Ranasinghe	7
CT Radley	st Devapriya b GRA de Silva	41
RO Butcher	c Madugalle b GRA de Silva	43
KP Tomlins	run out	58
PH Edmonds	lbw b DS de Silva	28
+PR Downton	c Dias b DS de Silva	7
MWW Selvey	c Kaluperuma b DS de Silva	8
NG Cowans	not out	0
WG Merry	b DS de Silva	0
AW Lyon	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 1 lb, 5 w)	17
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-15, 3-94, 4-107, 5-191, 6-193, 7-209, 8-209, 9-209 (50 ov)

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
de Mel	10	1	34	1	-	-	60.00	3.40
Ranasinghe	9	0	31	1	-	-	54.00	3.44
DS de Silva	9	1	28	4	-	-	13.50	3.11
Warnapura	2	0	12	0	-	-	-	6.00
GRA de Silva	10	1	45	2	-	-	30.00	4.50
Kaluperuma	10	0	42	0	-	-	-	4.20

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Notes
--> KP Tomlins passed his previous highest score of 21 in List A matches
--> AW Lyon made his debut for Middlesex in List A matches
--> ALF de Mel made his debut in England in List A matches
--> NG Cowans made his debut in England in List A matches
--> Y Goonasekera made his debut in England in List A matches
--> HH Devapriya made his debut in England in List A matches
--> DS de Silva achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches in the Middlesex innings (previous best was 3-29)

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