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England vs Sri Lanka, Only Test at London, Aug 23 1984 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

Only Test, Lord's, August 23 - 28, 1984, Sri Lanka tour of England

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Sri Lanka

491/7d & 294/7d

England

370

Match drawn

Player Of The Match

Sidath Wettimuny

, SL

190

Sri Lanka 1st Innings

England 1st Innings

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings

Match Flow

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Sri Lanka 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sidath Wettimuny	c †Downton b Allott	190	471	642	21	0	40.33
Amal Silva †	lbw b Botham	8	11	17	1	0	72.72
Ranjan Madugalle	b Ellison	5	24	35	1	0	20.83
Roy Dias	c Lamb b Pocock	32	104	152	3	0	30.76
Arjuna Ranatunga	b Agnew	84	183	248	8	0	45.90
Duleep Mendis (c)	c Fowler b Pocock	111	143	197	11	3	77.62
Aravinda de Silva	c †Downton b Agnew	16	27	29	3	0	59.25
Ashantha de Mel	not out	20	25	35	3	1	80.00
Ravi Ratnayeke	not out	5	18	25	0	0	27.77
Extras	(b 2, lb 8, nb 8, w 2)	20
Total	166 Ov (RR: 2.95)	491/7d
Did not bat: Somachandra De Silva, Vinothen John
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Amal Silva), 2-43 (Ranjan Madugalle), 3-144 (Roy Dias), 4-292 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-442 (Sidath Wettimuny), 6-456 (Duleep Mendis), 7-464 (Aravinda de Silva)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Jonathan Agnew	32	3	123	2	3.84	-	-	-
Ian Botham	29	6	114	1	3.93	-	-	-
Richard Ellison	28	6	70	1	2.50	-	-	-
Pat Pocock	41	17	75	2	1.82	-	-	-
Paul Allott	36	7	89	1	2.47	-	-	-

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Fowler	c Madugalle b John	25	41	50	4	0	60.97
Chris Broad	c †Silva b de Mel	86	242	341	8	0	35.53
Chris Tavaré	c Ranatunga b DS de Silva	14	95	138	1	0	14.73
David Gower (c)	c †Silva b de Mel	55	151	196	5	0	36.42
Allan Lamb	c Dias b John	107	195	266	10	1	54.87
Ian Botham	c sub (DM Vonhagt) b John	6	6	7	1	0	100.00
Richard Ellison	c Ratnayeke b DS de Silva	41	79	112	7	0	51.89
Paul Downton †	c Dias b de Mel	10	53	65	1	0	18.86
Paul Allott	b de Mel	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Pat Pocock	c †Silva b John	2	21	37	0	0	9.52
Jonathan Agnew	not out	1	8	6	0	0	12.50
Extras	(b 5, lb 7, nb 6, w 5)	23
Total	147.1 Ov (RR: 2.51)	370
Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Graeme Fowler), 2-105 (Chris Tavaré), 3-190 (Chris Broad), 4-210 (David Gower), 5-218 (Ian Botham), 6-305 (Richard Ellison), 7-354 (Paul Downton), 8-354 (Paul Allott), 9-369 (Allan Lamb), 10-370 (Pat Pocock)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ashantha de Mel	37	10	110	4	2.97	-	-	-
Vinothen John	39.1	12	98	4	2.50	-	-	-
Ravi Ratnayeke	22	5	50	0	2.27	-	-	-
Somachandra De Silva	45	16	85	2	1.88	-	-	-
Arjuna Ranatunga	1	1	0	0	0.00	-	-	-
Ranjan Madugalle	3	0	4	0	1.33	-	-	-

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sidath Wettimuny	c Gower b Botham	13	21	22	2	0	61.90
Amal Silva †	not out	102	255	320	12	0	40.00
Ranjan Madugalle	b Botham	3	9	8	0	0	33.33
Roy Dias	lbw b Botham	38	79	112	5	0	48.10
Arjuna Ranatunga	lbw b Botham	0	6	7	0	0	0.00
Aravinda de Silva	c †Downton b Pocock	3	6	4	0	0	50.00
Duleep Mendis (c)	c Fowler b Botham	94	97	123	9	3	96.90
Ashantha de Mel	c Ellison b Botham	14	8	12	3	0	175.00
Ravi Ratnayeke	not out	7	15	18	1	0	46.66
Extras	(b 5, lb 4, nb 11)	20
Total	80 Ov (RR: 3.67)	294/7d
Did not bat: Somachandra De Silva, Vinothen John
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Sidath Wettimuny), 2-27 (Ranjan Madugalle), 3-111 (Roy Dias), 4-115 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-118 (Aravinda de Silva), 6-256 (Duleep Mendis), 7-276 (Ashantha de Mel)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Jonathan Agnew	11	3	54	0	4.90	-	-	-
Ian Botham	27	6	90	6	3.33	-	-	-
Richard Ellison	7	0	36	0	5.14	-	-	-
Pat Pocock	29	10	78	1	2.68	-	-	-
Paul Allott	1	0	2	0	2.00	-	-	-
Allan Lamb	1	0	6	0	6.00	-	-	-
Chris Tavaré	3	3	0	0	0.00	-	-	-
Graeme Fowler	1	0	8	0	8.00	-	-	-

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Thu, 23 Aug - day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 226/3 (Sidath Wettimuny 116*, Arjuna Ranatunga 54*)

Fri, 24 Aug - day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 434/4 (Sidath Wettimuny 187*, Duleep Mendis 100*)

Sat, 25 Aug - day 3 - England 1st innings 139/2 (Chris Broad 69*, David Gower 16*)

Sun, 26 Aug - rest day

Mon, 27 Aug - day 4 - England 1st innings 370

Tue, 28 Aug - day 5 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 294/7d (80 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

SL 1st innings
Wettimuny: 190 runs, 471 balls, 636 min., 21 fours
Mendis: The first SL captain to score 100+ while in office Fastest of the 8 SL centuries scored until then (144 min.)

Match Details

Lord's, London
Toss	England, elected to field first
Series	Sri Lanka tour of England
Season	1984
Player Of The Match	Sidath Wettimuny
Match number	Test no. 994
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Aravinda de Silva
Umpires	David Evans Dickie Bird

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Sri Lanka Innings

Player Name		R	B
S Wettimuny	caught	13	21
SAR Silva	not out	102	255
RS Madugalle	bowled	3	9
RL Dias	lbw	38	79
A Ranatunga	lbw	0	6
PA de Silva	caught	3	6
LRD Mendis	caught	94	97
ALF de Mel	caught	14	8
JR Ratnayeke	not out	7	15
Extras	(b 5, lb 4, nb 11)
Total	294(7 wkts; 80 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JP Agnew	11	3	54	0	4.9
IT Botham	27	6	90	6	3.33
RM Ellison	7	0	36	0	5.14
PI Pocock	29	10	78	1	2.68
PJW Allott	1	0	2	0	2
AJ Lamb	1	0	6	0	6
CJ Tavare	3	3	0	0	0
G Fowler	1	0	8	0	8

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	19	Sidath Wettimuny	Amal Silva
2nd	8	Ranjan Madugalle	Amal Silva
3rd	84	Roy Dias	Amal Silva
4th	4	Arjuna Ranatunga	Amal Silva
5th	3	Amal Silva	Aravinda de Silva
6th	138	Duleep Mendis	Amal Silva
7th	20	Ashantha de Mel	Amal Silva
8th	18	Ravi Ratnayeke	Amal Silva

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