misc18509	Minor Counties v Sri Lankans
	Prudential World Cup 1983 (Warm-up)
Venue	Church Road, Reading on 26th May 1983 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Sri Lankans won by 50 runs

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Sri Lankans innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
SRD Wettimuny	b Jones	11
ERNS Fernando	c Jones b Lewington	12
RL Dias	c Connor b Busby	16
*LRD Mendis	c and b Lewington	16
RS Madugalle	st Crossley b Burrow	42
A Ranatunga	c Crossley b Burrow	12
de Silva	c Busby b Burrow	0
MAR Samarasekera	not out	30
ALF de Mel	c Crossley b Jones	1
+RG de Alwis	c and b Jones	7
VB John	not out	2
Extras		15
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-22 (Wettimuny), 2-45 (Fernando), 3-45 (Dias), 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?

Minor Counties bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Jones	11	1	35	3	-	-	22.00	3.18
Busby	11	6	12	1	-	-	66.00	1.09
Lewington	11	1	25	2	-	-	33.00	2.27
Connor	9	2	27	0	-	-	-	3.00
Burrow	11	0	39	3	-	-	22.00	3.55
Garner	2	0	11	0	-	-	-	5.50

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Minor Counties innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
MD Nurton	b Ranatunga	11
MG Lickley	c de Alwis b John	3
PJ Garner	b John	0
DE Smith	c Mendis b Ranatunga	37
*JF Harvey	c Wettimuny b Samarasekera	14
S Burrow	c de Alwis b Samarasekera	5
+A Crossley	c Wettimuny b Samarasekera	0
PJ Lewington	hit wkt b Samarasekera	0
RN Busby	b John	2
CA Connor	not out	10
JH Jones	run out	1
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 15 nb, ? w)	31
Total	(all out, 48.4 overs)	114
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-114 (48.4 ov)

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
de Mel	8	3	9	0	-	-	-	1.12
John	8	3	13	3	-	-	16.00	1.62
de Silva	10.4	4	15	0	-	-	-	1.41
Ranatunga	11	3	16	2	-	-	33.00	1.45
Samarasekera	11	1	30	4	-	-	16.50	2.73

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The match was originally scheduled for 60 overs, but was reduced to 55 overs because of the late arrival of the Sri Lankan team.
In the contemporary press, the home side is consistently referred to as 'Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire' rather than as a representative Minor Counties side. Five of the side played for Berks, four for Oxon and two for Bucks.
It is not known whether DS or GN de Silva played in the Sri Lankan side

 

 

 

 

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