misc12176	League Cricket Conference v Sri Lankans
	Sri Lanka in England 1988
Venue	Townfield Lane, Oxton on 20th, 21st July 1988 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lankans won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	MJ Leddy, FG Maddison
Close of play day 1	Sri Lankans (1) 138/3 (de Silva 37*, Ranatunga 0*)

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League Cricket Conference first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*J Foster	b Rajadurai	28
MRJ Veletta	lbw b Ranatunga	29
MJ Ingham	c Ranatunga b Rajadurai	4
SC Gordon	c Tillakaratne b Rajadurai	27
C Smith	c Tillakaratne b Samarasekera	1
DJ Walker	c Mahanama b Ranatunga	0
DW Cottee	b Ahangama	16
EA Moseley	lbw b Ratnayeke	24
+J Macauley	not out	2
CD Matthews	not out	6
P Hall	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 60 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-60, 3-74, 4-75, 5-78, 6-107, 7-119, 8-141

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ratnayeke	13	3	32	1	-	-
Ahangama	13	4	37	1	-	-
Rajadurai	17	4	43	3	-	-
Samarasekera	11	5	16	1	-	-
Ranatunga	5	1	11	2	-	-
Madurasinghe	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Sri Lankans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RS Mahanama	lbw b Moseley	0
+SAR Silva	c Hall b Cottee	24
MAR Samarasekera	c Veletta b Hall	74
PA de Silva	not out	37
*A Ranatunga	not out	0
JR Ratnayeke	did not bat
FS Ahangama	did not bat
LRD Mendis	did not bat
HP Tillakaratne	did not bat
BEA Rajadurai	did not bat
MAWR Madurasinghe	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 50 overs)	138
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Mahanama), 2-85 (SAR Silva), 3-119 (Samarasekera)

League Cricket Conference bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moseley	11	1	35	1	-	-
Matthews	9	4	23	0	-	-
Cottee	14	2	37	1	-	-
Hall	16	5	40	1	-	-

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League Cricket Conference second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*J Foster	c SAR Silva b Ahangama	11
MRJ Veletta	c Rajadurai b Madurasinghe	22
SC Gordon	c SAR Silva b Rajadurai	43
MJ Ingham	not out	34
CD Matthews	c Ahangama b Madurasinghe	4
DJ Walker	not out	1
C Smith	did not bat
DW Cottee	did not bat
EA Moseley	did not bat
+J Macauley	did not bat
P Hall	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 30 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-56, 3-95, 4-103

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ratnayeke	7	1	29	0	-	-
Ahangama	9	2	29	1	-	-
Madurasinghe	10	2	37	2	-	-
Rajadurai	4	1	22	1	-	-

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On the second day, play did not start until 2.30pm. Rain again fell before the Sri Lankans could start their second innings, needing 130 runs in 65 minutes.

 

 

 

 

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