f29527	Sri Lanka v Marylebone Cricket Club
	Marylebone Cricket Club in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka 1972/73
Venue	Colombo Oval, Colombo on 16th, 17th, 18th February 1973 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Marylebone Cricket Club won by 7 wickets
Umpires	HC Felsinger, EC Seneviratne
Close of play day 1	Marylebone Cricket Club (1) 80/4 (Denness 36*, Greig 7*)
Close of play day 2	Sri Lanka (2) 155/6 (de Silva 36*, Hamer 18*)

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Sri Lanka first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Warnapura	c Greig b Arnold	0
KMA de Costa	c Roope b Cottam	12
LRD Mendis	c Tolchard b Arnold	0
APB Tennekoon	c Roope b Underwood	11
*MH Tissera	b Pocock	18
PD Heyn	c Tolchard b Greig	18
+RPP Hamer	c Denness b Greig	1
DN Chanmugam	c Tolchard b Greig	11
DS de Silva	not out	13
HSM Pieris	c Tolchard b Arnold	0
D Sahabandu	run out	0
Extras	(2 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 50 overs)	86
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-12, 4-42, 5-42, 6-49, 7-65, 8-77, 9-78, 10-86 (50 ov)

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	11	6	7	3	-	-
Cottam	11	3	27	1	-	-
Underwood	8	3	15	1	-	-
Greig	13	3	30	3	-	-
Pocock	7	4	5	1	-	-

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Marylebone Cricket Club first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	c Hamer b Pieris	12
DL Amiss	run out	17
GRJ Roope	c Tennekoon b Pieris	0
*MH Denness	c Tennekoon b de Silva	36
J Birkenshaw	c de Silva b Pieris	6
AW Greig	c Tissera b de Silva	61
+RW Tolchard	lbw b de Silva	6
GG Arnold	b Chanmugam	10
PI Pocock	lbw b de Silva	1
DL Underwood	not out	11
RMH Cottam	c Mendis b de Silva	0
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 74 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-22, 3-58, 4-71, 5-80, 6-106, 7-137, 8-138, 9-163, 10-163 (74 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pieris	15	6	33	3	-	-
Sahabandu	16	5	42	0	-	-
de Silva	25	10	40	5	-	-
Chanmugam	14	4	34	1	-	-
Tissera	4	0	11	0	-	-

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Sri Lanka second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Warnapura	b Underwood	22
KMA de Costa	c Roope b Arnold	0
APB Tennekoon	lbw b Pocock	47
LRD Mendis	lbw b Underwood	0
*MH Tissera	c Roope b Birkenshaw	15
PD Heyn	c Birkenshaw b Pocock	13
DS de Silva	b Cottam	37
+RPP Hamer	b Cottam	20
DN Chanmugam	c Denness b Underwood	19
HSM Pieris	c Tolchard b Greig	23
D Sahabandu	not out	0
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 100 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-37, 3-37, 4-77, 5-89, 6-118, 7-158, 8-165, 9-180, 10-200 (100 ov)

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	14	4	26	1	-	-
Cottam	13	5	22	2	-	-
Underwood	22	12	32	3	-	-
Greig	8	2	17	1	-	-
Pocock	26	8	55	2	-	-
Birkenshaw	17	3	44	1	-	-

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Marylebone Cricket Club second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	c and b Pieris	10
DL Amiss	not out	51
GRJ Roope	lbw b de Silva	0
*MH Denness	c Tennekoon b Chanmugam	25
J Birkenshaw	not out	35
AW Greig	did not bat
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
GG Arnold	did not bat
PI Pocock	did not bat
DL Underwood	did not bat
RMH Cottam	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(3 wickets, 45.5 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-15, 3-58

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pieris	8	1	25	1	-	-
Sahabandu	14	4	24	0	-	-
de Silva	13	3	37	1	-	-
Chanmugam	8	1	26	1	-	-
Tissera	1.5	0	8	0	-	-
Warnapura	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> KMA de Costa made his debut in First-Class matches
--> KMA de Costa did not score for 65 minutes when 0 in the Sri Lanka first innings
--> DN Chanmugam (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> DS de Silva (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> B Warnapura (2) passed his previous highest score of 18 in First-Class matches
--> DS de Silva (2) passed his previous highest score of 13 in First-Class matches
--> DL Amiss (2) passed 14500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> J Birkenshaw (2) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> DN Chanmugam made his debut for Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> D Sahabandu made his debut for Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> RMH Cottam made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> AW Greig made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> B Wood made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> J Birkenshaw made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> DS de Silva achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Marylebone Cricket Club first innings (previous best was 2-30)
--> DS de Silva achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Marylebone Cricket Club first innings

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