England beat Sri Lanka England won by 7 wickets - England vs Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka tour of England, Only Test Lord's, London August 25 - 30, 1988 Match Summary, Report

Ratnayeke and Labrooy's 64-run partnership is SL's highest for the 10th wicket in Tests, breaking the record of 60 between Vinothen John and Jayantha Amerasinghe

Ranatunga has broken the record for most catches (11) in Tests for SL, going past Wettimuny's 10

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Scorecard summary

Sri Lanka • 194/10(65.5 overs)

1st INNINGS

59* (112)

3/51 (21)

46 (58)

3/77 (21)

England • 429/10(143.2 overs)

1st INNINGS

94 (202)

4/119 (40)

75 (193)

2/86 (27.2)

Sri Lanka • 331/10(109.3 overs)

2nd INNINGS

78 (179)

4/87 (26.3)

57 (110)

2/98 (33)

England • 100/3(34.4 overs)

2nd INNINGS

36 (70)

2/38 (10)

34* (109)

1/14 (8.4)

Match details

Lord's, London
Toss	England, elected to field first
Series	Sri Lanka tour of England
Season	1988
Player Of The Match	Ravi Ratnayeke Phil Newport
Match number	Test no. 1103
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	David Lawrence Kim Barnett Phil Newport Jack Russell Athula Samarasekera Ranjith Madurasinghe
Umpires	David Constant John Holder

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England Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
GA Gooch	caught	36	70
RT Robinson	not out	34	109
KJ Barnett	caught	0	2
AJ Lamb	caught	8	15
RA Smith	not out	8	17
Extras	(lb 8, nb 4, w 2)
Total	100(3 wkts; 34.4 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
JR Ratnayeke	7	1	16	0	2.28
GF Labrooy	9	0	24	0	2.66
MAR Samarasekera	10	0	38	2	3.8
A Ranatunga	8.4	4	14	1	1.61

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	73	Graham Gooch	Tim Robinson
2nd	0	Tim Robinson	Kim Barnett
3rd	9	Allan Lamb	Tim Robinson
4th	18	Tim Robinson	Robin Smith

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