f33637	Lancashire v Sri Lankans
	Sri Lanka in England 1981
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 15th, 16th, 17th July 1981 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lankans won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	JH Harris, B Leadbeater
Close of play day 1	Sri Lankans (1) 48/0 (Warnapura 17*, Wettimuny 24*)
Close of play day 2	Sri Lankans (1) 184/3 (Warnapura 75*, Mendis 9*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Kennedy	c Hettiarachchi b Wijesuriya	48
G Fowler	c Fernando b de Silva	33
KA Hayes	c Mendis b de Silva	11
DP Hughes	c Fernando b de Silva	18
SJ O'Shaughnessy	c Hettiarachchi b de Silva	38
J Abrahams	c Hettiarachchi b de Silva	14
*D Lloyd	b Wijesuriya	4
NV Radford	b de Silva	8
+CJ Scott	b de Silva	0
GJ Speak	not out	0
TJ Taylor	b Wijesuriya	2
Extras	(3 lb, 4 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 73 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-81, 2-91, 3-99, 4-127, 5-166, 6-171, 7-181, 8-181, 9-181, 10-183 (73 ov)

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
de Mel	7	0	32	0	-	-
Fernando	7	1	21	0	-	-
Warnapura	5	1	17	0	-	-
de Silva	28	13	55	7	-	-
Wijesuriya	26	7	51	3	-	-

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Sri Lankans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*B Warnapura	not out	75
S Wettimuny	lbw b Radford	46
NDP Hettiarachchi	lbw b Abrahams	27
RL Dias	c Fowler b Hughes	15
LRD Mendis	not out	9
RS Madugalle	did not bat
DS de Silva	did not bat
ALF de Mel	did not bat
+HM Goonatilleke	did not bat
RGCE Wijesuriya	did not bat
PLJ Fernando	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 4 nb)	12
Total	(3 wickets, 60 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-77, 2-142, 3-171

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Speak	10	1	32	0	-	-
Radford	12	1	47	1	-	-
Taylor	14	6	25	0	-	-
Abrahams	15	3	46	1	-	-
Hughes	9	3	22	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> GJ Speak made his debut in First-Class matches
--> TJ Taylor made his debut for Lancashire in First-Class matches

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