f34506	New South Wales v Sri Lankans
	Sri Lanka in Australia and New Zealand 1982/83
Venue	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 10th, 11th, 12th February 1983 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lankans won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	RA Emerson, RG Harris
Scorers	EW Cosgrove, DK Sherwood
Close of play day 1	Sri Lankans (1) 14/2 (de Alwis 4*, Dias 0*)
Close of play day 2	Sri Lankans (1) 170/7 (de Silva 40*, Jeganathan 0*)

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New South Wales first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RB McCosker	b de Mel	8	20	21	1	-
J Dyson	b Jeganathan	52	104	151	3	1
IC Davis	c de Mel b John	14	20	38	2	-
DM Wellham	c and b Jeganathan	35	70	81	4	-
PM Toohey	c de Mel b de Silva	58	94	97	8	-
TM Chappell	not out	40	116	148	3	-
GRJ Matthews	not out	26	59	60	-	-
MJ Bennett	did not bat
+SJ Rixon	did not bat
LS Pascoe	did not bat
MR Whitney	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 16 nb)	20
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 300 minutes, 77 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (McCosker), 2-51 (Davis), 3-120 (Wellham), 4-127 (Dyson), 5-205 (Toohey)

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
de Mel	12	1	49	1	-	4
John	14	1	41	1	-	7
Ratnayeke	6	1	12	0	-	5
de Silva	22	3	70	1	-	-
Jeganathan	22	5	58	2	-	-
MD Wettimuny	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Sri Lankans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Wettimuny	c Rixon b Whitney	9	20	26	-	-
MD Wettimuny	c Bennett b Whitney	0	7	14	-	-
+RG de Alwis	c and b Pascoe	42	63	100	4	-
RL Dias	c Matthews b Pascoe	15	16	22	1	-
*LRD Mendis	b Chappell	15	29	45	2	-
RS Madugalle	c Rixon b Bennett	35	71	87	4	-
DS de Silva	c Dyson b Bennett	65	128	152	6	-
JR Ratnayeke	c McCosker b Matthews	5	34	37	1	-
S Jeganathan	c McCosker b Pascoe	10	30	41	-	-
ALF de Mel	not out	0	0	2	-	-
VB John	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 10 nb)	11
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 269 minutes, 64.3 overs)	207
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (MD Wettimuny), 2-14 (S Wettimuny), 3-48 (Dias), 4-82 (Mendis), 5-89 (de Alwis), 6-146 (Madugalle), 7-167 (Ratnayeke), 8-207 (Jeganathan), 9-207 (de Silva, 64.3 ov)

New South Wales bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pascoe	19	1	66	3	-	10
Whitney	15	0	54	2	-	-
Chappell	10	3	20	1	-	-
Bennett	14.3	3	42	2	-	-
Matthews	6	1	14	1	-	-

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New South Wales second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RB McCosker	not out	45	99	140	3	-
MJ Bennett	c de Alwis b Ratnayeke	24	50	77	1	-
TM Chappell	c and b Ratnayeke	2	16	14	-	-
+SJ Rixon	c de Silva b John	14	30	32	2	-
PM Toohey	not out	2	22	14	-	-
J Dyson	did not bat
IC Davis	did not bat
DM Wellham	did not bat
GRJ Matthews	did not bat
LS Pascoe	did not bat
MR Whitney	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 14 nb, 2 w)	17
Total	(3 wickets, 140 minutes, 34 overs)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-66 (Bennett), 2-74 (Chappell), 3-101 (Rixon)

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
de Mel	6	0	24	0	-	4
John	12	2	27	1	2	2
Jeganathan	10	3	16	0	-	-
Ratnayeke	6	1	20	2	-	8

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: New South Wales (1) 99/2 (Dyson 35*, Wellham 25*)
--> Day 1 Tea: New South Wales (1) 205/5 (Chappell 21*)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Sri Lankans (1) ?/4 (de Alwis ?*, Madugalle ?*)
--> Day 2 Tea: Sri Lankans (1) ?/4 (de Alwis ?*, Madugalle ?*)
--> Day 3 Lunch: New South Wales (2) 24/0 (McCosker 11*, Bennett 10*)
--> Day 3 Tea: New South Wales (2) 104/3 (McCosker 45*, Toohey 2*)
--> IC Davis made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RB McCosker (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> J Dyson (1) 50 in 100 balls, 147 minutes
--> PM Toohey (1) 50 in 87 balls, 93 minutes
--> RG de Alwis (1) passed his previous highest score of 40 in First-Class matches
--> RL Dias (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> RS Madugalle (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> DS de Silva (1) 50 in 106 balls, 124 minutes
--> ALF de Mel made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> DS de Silva made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> RL Dias made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> RS Madugalle made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> LRD Mendis made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> S Wettimuny made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> JR Ratnayeke made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> RG de Alwis made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> S Jeganathan made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> VB John made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> MD Wettimuny made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches

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12th men: R.G.Holland (New South Wales) & R.G.C.E.Wijesuriya (Sri Lankans).
Debut: nil.
The first 1st class match played by a Sri Lankan team in Australia.