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England vs Sri Lanka, Only Test at London, Aug 22 1991 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

Only Test, Lord's, August 22 - 27, 1991, Sri Lanka tour of England

England

282 & 364/3d

Sri Lanka

(T:423) 224 & 285

England won by 137 runs

Player Of The Match

Rumesh Ratnayake

, SL

5/69 & 52

Player Of The Match

Alec Stewart

, ENG

113* & 43

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England 1st Innings

Sri Lanka 1st Innings

England 2nd Innings

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings

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England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graham Gooch (c)	c & b Ramanayake	38	70	88	4	0	54.28
Hugh Morris	lbw b Ratnayake	42	97	162	7	0	43.29
Alec Stewart	not out	113	240	308	14	0	47.08
Robin Smith	c †Tillakaratne b Ratnayake	4	8	8	1	0	50.00
Mark Ramprakash	c Mahanama b Hathurusingha	0	5	5	0	0	0.00
Ian Botham	c Mahanama b Ramanayake	22	33	43	4	0	66.66
Chris Lewis	c de Silva b Anurasiri	11	25	36	1	1	44.00
Jack Russell †	b Anurasiri	17	50	68	2	0	34.00
Phil DeFreitas	b Ratnayake	1	33	33	0	0	3.03
David Lawrence	c & b Ratnayake	3	19	25	0	0	15.78
Phil Tufnell	lbw b Ratnayake	0	4	7	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 9, lb 8, nb 14)	31
Total	95 Ov (RR: 2.96)	282
Fall of wickets: 1-70 (Graham Gooch), 2-114 (Hugh Morris), 3-119 (Robin Smith), 4-120 (Mark Ramprakash), 5-160 (Ian Botham), 6-183 (Chris Lewis), 7-246 (Jack Russell), 8-258 (Phil DeFreitas), 9-276 (David Lawrence), 10-282 (Phil Tufnell)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Rumesh Ratnayake	27	4	69	5	2.55	-	-	-
Champaka Ramanayake	24	5	75	2	3.12	-	-	-
Kapila Wijegunawardene	10	1	36	0	3.60	-	-	-
Chandika Hathurusinghe	17	6	40	1	2.35	-	-	-
Don Anurasiri	17	4	45	2	2.64	-	-	-

Sri Lanka 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Brendon Kuruppu	b DeFreitas	5	11	13	1	0	45.45
Chandika Hathurusinghe	c Tufnell b DeFreitas	66	201	284	7	0	32.83
Asanka Gurusinha	lbw b DeFreitas	4	8	15	1	0	50.00
Aravinda de Silva (c)	c Lewis b DeFreitas	42	32	37	7	0	131.25
Roshan Mahanama	c †Russell b Botham	2	11	12	0	0	18.18
Sanath Jayasuriya	c Smith b DeFreitas	11	7	13	2	0	157.14
Hashan Tillakaratne †	c Morris b Lawrence	20	52	75	3	0	38.46
Rumesh Ratnayake	b DeFreitas	52	55	72	7	0	94.54
Champaka Ramanayake	lbw b DeFreitas	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
Kapila Wijegunawardene	not out	6	27	39	0	0	22.22
Don Anurasiri	b Lawrence	1	4	11	0	0	25.00
Extras	(lb 15)	15
Total	68.1 Ov (RR: 3.28)	224
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Brendon Kuruppu), 2-22 (Asanka Gurusinha), 3-75 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-86 (Roshan Mahanama), 5-105 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 6-139 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 7-213 (Rumesh Ratnayake), 8-213 (Champaka Ramanayake), 9-220 (Chandika Hathurusinghe), 10-224 (Don Anurasiri)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Phil DeFreitas	26	8	70	7	2.69	-	-	-
David Lawrence	15.1	3	61	2	4.02	-	-	-
Chris Lewis	10	5	29	0	2.90	-	-	-
Ian Botham	10	3	26	1	2.60	-	-	-
Phil Tufnell	7	2	23	0	3.28	-	-	-

England 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graham Gooch (c)	b Anurasiri	174	252	329	19	0	69.04
Hugh Morris	c Mahanama b Anurasiri	23	71	105	1	0	32.39
Alec Stewart	c de Silva b Anurasiri	43	100	138	4	0	43.00
Robin Smith	not out	63	90	111	5	0	70.00
Jack Russell †	not out	12	11	26	1	0	109.09
Extras	(b 15, lb 23, nb 10, w 1)	49
Total	85.1 Ov (RR: 4.27)	364/3d
Did not bat: Mark Ramprakash, Ian Botham, Chris Lewis, Phil DeFreitas, David Lawrence, Phil Tufnell
Fall of wickets: 1-78 (Hugh Morris), 2-217 (Alec Stewart), 3-322 (Graham Gooch)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Champaka Ramanayake	20	2	86	0	4.30	-	-	-
Rumesh Ratnayake	26	4	91	0	3.50	-	-	-
Kapila Wijegunawardene	2	0	13	0	6.50	-	-	-
Sanath Jayasuriya	1	0	1	0	1.00	-	-	-
Don Anurasiri	36.1	8	135	3	3.73	-	-	-

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings (T: 423 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Brendon Kuruppu	lbw b Lewis	21	76	104	3	0	27.63
Chandika Hathurusinghe	c Morris b Tufnell	25	77	111	2	0	32.46
Asanka Gurusinha	b Tufnell	34	74	101	6	0	45.94
Aravinda de Silva (c)	c †Russell b Lawrence	18	91	115	1	0	19.78
Roshan Mahanama	c Botham b Tufnell	15	49	67	1	0	30.61
Sanath Jayasuriya	c †Russell b Lewis	66	70	114	8	0	94.28
Hashan Tillakaratne †	b Tufnell	16	60	63	0	0	26.66
Rumesh Ratnayake	c sub b Lawrence	17	34	34	3	0	50.00
Champaka Ramanayake	not out	34	57	89	3	0	59.64
Kapila Wijegunawardene	c Botham b DeFreitas	4	8	13	1	0	50.00
Don Anurasiri	lbw b Tufnell	16	29	41	2	0	55.17
Extras	(b 1, lb 16, nb 2)	19
Total	103.3 Ov (RR: 2.75)	285
Fall of wickets: 1-50 (Brendon Kuruppu), 2-50 (Chandika Hathurusinghe), 3-111 (Asanka Gurusinha), 4-119 (Aravinda de Silva), 5-159 (Roshan Mahanama), 6-212 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 7-212 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 8-241 (Rumesh Ratnayake), 9-253 (Kapila Wijegunawardene), 10-285 (Don Anurasiri)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Phil DeFreitas	22	8	45	1	2.04	-	-	-
David Lawrence	23	7	83	2	3.60	-	-	-
Chris Lewis	18	4	31	2	1.72	-	-	-
Ian Botham	6	2	15	0	2.50	-	-	-
Phil Tufnell	34.3	14	94	5	2.72	-	-	-

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Thu, 22 Aug - day 1 - England 1st innings 229/6 (Alec Stewart 76*, Jack Russell 11*)

Fri, 23 Aug - day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 75/2 (Chandika Hathurusinghe 19*, Aravinda de Silva 42*)

Sat, 24 Aug - day 3 - England 2nd innings 100/1 (Graham Gooch 60*, Alec Stewart 7*)

Sun, 25 Aug - rest day

Mon, 26 Aug - day 4 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 79/2 (Asanka Gurusinha 16*, Aravinda de Silva 7*)

Tue, 27 Aug - day 5 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 285 (103.3 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Lord's, London
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	Sri Lanka tour of England
Season	1991
Player Of The Match	Rumesh Ratnayake Alec Stewart
Match number	Test no. 1176
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Kapila Wijegunawardene
Umpires	Dickie Bird John Hampshire

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Sri Lanka Innings

Player Name		R	B
DSBP Kuruppu	lbw	21	76
UC Hathurusingha	caught	25	77
AP Gurusinha	bowled	34	74
PA de Silva	caught	18	91
RS Mahanama	caught	15	49
ST Jayasuriya	caught	66	70
HP Tillakaratne	bowled	16	60
RJ Ratnayake	caught	17	34
CPH Ramanayake	not out	34	57
KIW Wijegunawardene	caught	4	8
SD Anurasiri	lbw	16	29
Extras	(b 1, lb 16, nb 2)
Total	285(10 wkts; 103.3 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
PAJ DeFreitas	22	8	45	1	2.04
DV Lawrence	23	7	83	2	3.6
CC Lewis	18	4	31	2	1.72
IT Botham	6	2	15	0	2.5
PCR Tufnell	34.3	14	94	5	2.72

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	50	Brendon Kuruppu	Chandika Hathurusinghe
2nd	0	Asanka Gurusinha	Chandika Hathurusinghe
3rd	61	Aravinda de Silva	Asanka Gurusinha
4th	8	Aravinda de Silva	Roshan Mahanama
5th	40	Roshan Mahanama	Sanath Jayasuriya
6th	53	Hashan Tillakaratne	Sanath Jayasuriya
7th	0	Rumesh Ratnayake	Sanath Jayasuriya
8th	29	Rumesh Ratnayake	Champaka Ramanayake
9th	12	Champaka Ramanayake	Kapila Wijegunawardene
10th	32	Don Anurasiri	Champaka Ramanayake

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