f33616	Worcestershire v Sri Lankans
	Sri Lanka in England 1981
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 1st, 2nd, 3rd July 1981 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	WE Alley, J van Geloven
Close of play day 1	Sri Lankans (1) 11/0 (Hettiarachchi 5*, Wettimuny 3*)
Close of play day 2	Sri Lankans (1) 350 all out

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GM Turner	c Dias b de Silva	45
MS Scott	st Goonatilleke b de Silva	41
MJ Weston	c Hettiarachchi b de Silva	9
SP Henderson	b Kaluperuma	37
DN Patel	c Mendis b de Silva	47
TS Curtis	c and b de Silva	8
J Birkenshaw	c Ratnayeke b Ranasinghe	34
WRK Thomas	c Goonatilleke b Ranasinghe	44
JD Inchmore	b Ranasinghe	1
+PB Fisher	not out	19
J Cumbes	c Mendis b de Silva	10
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 97.5 overs)	301
Fall of wickets:
1-66, 2-95, 3-95, 4-180, 5-184, 6-207, 7-233, 8-238, 9-284, 10-301 (97.5 ov)

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ratnayeke	14	2	57	0	-	-
Ranasinghe	13	5	41	3	-	-
Warnapura	4	0	22	0	-	-
de Silva	39.5	13	100	6	-	-
Kaluperuma	27	7	75	1	-	-

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Sri Lankans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NDP Hettiarachchi	run out	16
S Wettimuny	lbw b Patel	89
*B Warnapura	c Turner b Patel	42
LRD Mendis	c Weston b Cumbes	66
RL Dias	c Fisher b Inchmore	36
Y Goonasekera	b Patel	23
AN Ranasinghe	c Turner b Birkenshaw	34
DS de Silva	c Turner b Patel	9
LWS Kaluperuma	lbw b Patel	0
+HM Goonatilleke	run out	2
JR Ratnayeke	not out	4
Extras	(1 b, 13 lb, 12 nb, 3 w)	29
Total	(all out, 115.5 overs)	350
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-153, 3-193, 4-273, 5-274, 6-335, 7-335, 8-336, 9-346, 10-350 (115.5 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Inchmore	20	4	57	1	-	-
Cumbes	19	4	53	1	-	-
Thomas	17	4	54	0	-	-
Patel	28.5	6	76	5	-	-
Weston	5	1	14	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	26	4	67	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GM Turner	c and b Ranasinghe	13
MS Scott	lbw b de Silva	73
MJ Weston	lbw b Ratnayeke	22
SP Henderson	b Ratnayeke	3
DN Patel	c sub b Ratnayeke	72
TS Curtis	c Goonatilleke b de Silva	5
WRK Thomas	not out	13
+PB Fisher	not out	7
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
JD Inchmore	did not bat
J Cumbes	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 14 lb)	17
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 63 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-80, 3-86, 4-188, 5-196, 6-208

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ratnayeke	19	4	83	3	-	-
Ranasinghe	20	1	71	1	-	-
de Silva	24	9	54	2	-	-

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Notes
--> WRK Thomas made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WRK Thomas made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> S Wettimuny (1) passed his previous highest score of 57 in First-Class matches
--> MS Scott (2) passed his previous highest score of 68 in First-Class matches
--> DN Patel (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 65
--> LWS Kaluperuma reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings

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