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Australia tour of Sri Lanka, 1982/83 / Scorecard

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Australia in Sri Lanka Test Match

Sri Lanka v Australia

Australia won by an innings and 38 runs

Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
KC Wessels c Dias b de Silva 141 250 188 21 0 75.00
GM Wood c Ratnayake b Ranatunga 4 54 22 0 0 18.18
GN Yallop lbw b de Mel 98 303 238 14 0 41.17
GS Chappell* lbw b de Mel 66 163 103 7 0 64.07
DW Hookes not out 143 201 152 17 2 94.07
AR Border not out 47 145 88 2 0 53.40
Extras (lb 11, w 1, nb 3) 15
Total (4 wickets dec; 131 overs) 514 (3.92 runs per over)
Did not bat RD Woolley†, TG Hogan, B Yardley, DK Lillee, RM Hogg
Fall of wickets 1-43 (Wood), 2-213 (Wessels), 3-290 (Yallop), 4-359 (Chappell)
Bowling O M R W Econ
ALF de Mel 23 3 113 2 4.91
RJ Ratnayake 28 4 108 0 3.85
A Ranatunga 19 2 72 1 3.78
DS de Silva 44 7 122 1 2.77
RPW Guneratne 17 1 84 0 4.94
Sri Lanka 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
S Wettimuny c †Woolley b Lillee 0 2 3 0 0 0.00
ERNS Fernando c †Woolley b Hogg 0 16 12 0 0 0.00
RL Dias c Border b Lillee 4 3 4 1 0 100.00
LRD Mendis* c Hookes b Yardley 74 151 92 12 0 80.43
RS Madugalle c & b Yardley 9 48 33 0 0 27.27
A Ranatunga c Lillee b Yardley 90 174 120 16 0 75.00
DS de Silva c Hogan b Yardley 26 71 55 3 0 47.27
ALF de Mel c Hookes b Hogan 29 75 69 3 0 42.02
RG de Alwis† c Border b Yardley 3 30 18 0 0 16.66
RJ Ratnayake c †Woolley b Border 14 53 45 2 0 31.11
RPW Guneratne not out 0 6 0 0 0 -
Extras (b 4, lb 5, w 1, nb 12) 22
Total (all out; 72.5 overs) 271 (3.72 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-1 (Wettimuny), 2-5 (Dias), 3-9 (Fernando), 4-46 (Madugalle), 5-142 (Mendis), 6-220 (de Silva), 7-224 (Ranatunga), 8-247 (de Alwis), 9-270 (de Mel), 10-271 (Ratnayake)
Bowling O M R W Econ
DK Lillee 19 3 67 2 3.52
RM Hogg 12 4 31 1 2.58
GS Chappell 1 0 2 0 2.00
B Yardley 25 7 88 5 3.52
TG Hogan 11 1 50 1 4.54
AR Border 4.5 0 11 1 2.27
Sri Lanka 2nd innings (following on) R M B 4s 6s SR
S Wettimuny b Hogan 96 180 145 13 0 66.20
ERNS Fernando c †Woolley b Lillee 3 12 10 0 0 30.00
RL Dias b Hogan 10 52 37 1 0 27.02
RJ Ratnayake run out 30 71 67 5 0 44.77
LRD Mendis* c Border b Yardley 6 30 21 0 0 28.57
RS Madugalle b Yardley 0 5 2 0 0 0.00
A Ranatunga b Hogan 32 72 64 2 1 50.00
DS de Silva c †Woolley b Hogan 5 13 13 1 0 38.46
ALF de Mel c Yallop b Hogan 0 7 6 0 0 0.00
RG de Alwis† run out 9 19 9 1 0 100.00
RPW Guneratne not out 0 24 19 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 6, lb 7, nb 1) 14
Total (all out; 65.2 overs) 205 (3.13 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-17 (Fernando), 2-59 (Dias), 3-120 (Ratnayake), 4-151 (Mendis), 5-155 (Madugalle), 6-155 (Wettimuny), 7-162 (de Silva), 8-164 (de Mel), 9-191 (de Alwis), 10-205 (Ranatunga)
Bowling O M R W Econ
DK Lillee 11 3 40 1 3.63
RM Hogg 3 2 7 0 2.33
B Yardley 26 6 78 2 3.00
TG Hogan 25.2 6 66 5 2.60
Match details
Toss Australia, who chose to bat
Series Australia won the one-off match
Test debuts TG Hogan and RD Woolley (Australia); RPW Guneratne (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match KC Wessels (Australia)
Umpires CEB Anthony and HC Felsinger
Close of play
Fri, 22 Apr - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 258/2 (GN Yallop 91*, GS Chappell 19*)
Sat, 23 Apr - day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 65/4 (LRD Mendis 34*, A Ranatunga 6*)
Sun, 24 Apr - day 3 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 71/2 (S Wettimuny 45*, RJ Ratnayake 4*)
Mon, 25 Apr - rest day
Tue, 26 Apr - day 4 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 205 (65.2 ov) - end of match
Match notes
  • General
  • Aus 1st innings
  • Hookes scored more than 100 runs in a session. (between lunch and tea on the Day 2)
 
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Series Results
Sri Lanka v Australia at Kandy - Apr 22-26, 1983
Australia won by an innings and 38 runs
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