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England vs Sri Lanka, Only Test at London, Aug 22 1991 - Match Result

RESULT
Only Test, Lord's, August 22 - 27, 1991, Sri Lanka tour of England
England FlagEngland
282 & 364/3d
Sri Lanka FlagSri Lanka
(T:423) 224 & 285

England won by 137 runs

rumesh-ratnayake
Player Of The Match
Rumesh Ratnayake
, SL
5/69 & 52
alec-stewart
Player Of The Match
Alec Stewart
, ENG
113* & 43
Summary
Scorecard
News
5

Ratnayake has taken the most five-wicket hauls (5) in Tests for SL, going past Ratnayeke's record

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Scorecard summary
England1st Inn
282/10(95 overs)
Alec Stewart
*113 (240)
Rumesh Ratnayake
5/69 (27)
Hugh Morris
42 (97)
Don Anurasiri
2/45 (17)
Sri Lanka1st Inn
224/10(68.1 overs)
Chandika Hathurusinghe
66 (201)
Phil DeFreitas
7/70 (26)
Rumesh Ratnayake
52 (55)
David Lawrence
2/61 (15.1)
England2nd Inn
364/3(85.1 overs)
Graham Gooch
174 (252)
Don Anurasiri
3/135 (36.1)
Robin Smith
*63 (90)
Sanath Jayasuriya
0/1 (1)
Sri Lanka2nd Inn
285/10(103.3 overs)
Sanath Jayasuriya
66 (70)
Phil Tufnell
5/94 (34.3)
Champaka Ramanayake
*34 (57)
Chris Lewis
2/31 (18)
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Match details
GroundLord's, London
TossEngland, elected to bat first
Series
Sri Lanka tour of England
Season1991
Player Of The Match
Sri Lanka
Rumesh Ratnayake
England
Alec Stewart
Match numberTest no. 1176
Match daysday (5-day match)
Test debut
Kapila Wijegunawardene
Kapila Wijegunawardene
Umpires
England
Dickie Bird
England
John Hampshire
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