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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
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282 & 364/3d
Sri Lanka FlagSri Lanka
(T:423) 224 & 285

England won by 137 runs

Player Of The Match
5/69 & 52
rumesh-ratnayake
Player Of The Match
113* & 43
alec-stewart
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
England • 282/10(95 overs)
1st INNINGS
Alec Stewart
113* (240)
Rumesh Ratnayake
5/69 (27)
Hugh Morris
42 (97)
Don Anurasiri
2/45 (17)
Sri Lanka • 224/10(68.1 overs)
1st INNINGS
Chandika Hathurusinghe
66 (201)
Phil DeFreitas
7/70 (26)
Rumesh Ratnayake
52 (55)
David Lawrence
2/61 (15.1)
England • 364/3(85.1 overs)
2nd INNINGS
Graham Gooch
174 (252)
Don Anurasiri
3/135 (36.1)
Robin Smith
63* (90)
Sanath Jayasuriya
0/1 (1)
Sri Lanka • 285/10(103.3 overs)
2nd INNINGS
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
Lord's, London
TossEngland, elected to bat first
Series
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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Sri Lanka Innings
Player NameRB
DSBP Kuruppu
lbw2176
UC Hathurusingha
caught2577
AP Gurusinha
bowled3474
PA de Silva
caught1891
RS Mahanama
caught1549
ST Jayasuriya
caught6670
HP Tillakaratne
bowled1660
RJ Ratnayake
caught1734
CPH Ramanayake
not out3457
KIW Wijegunawardene
caught48
SD Anurasiri
lbw1629
Extras(b 1, lb 16, nb 2)
Total285(10 wkts; 103.3 ovs)
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