f32623	Kent v Sri Lankans
	Sri Lanka in British Isles 1979
Venue	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 30th June, 2nd, 3rd July 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	WL Budd, DJ Dennis
Close of play day 1	Sri Lankans (1) 9/0 (Tennekoon 4*, Jayasinghe 4*)
Close of play day 2	Sri Lankans (1) 375/6 (Madugalle 80*, de Silva 76*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Woolmer	c sub b de Silva	60
NR Taylor	c de Silva b Wijesuriya	110
CJC Rowe	c Jayasinghe b de Silva	2
CS Cowdrey	c Wijesuriya b Pasqual	44
NJ Kemp	b de Silva	10
+PR Downton	c Wijesuriya b de Silva	5
RW Hills	not out	5
*AGE Ealham	not out	12
GW Johnson	did not bat
GR Dilley	did not bat
KBS Jarvis	did not bat
Extras	(10 lb, 3 nb)	13
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 97 overs)	261
Fall of wickets:
1-88, 2-107, 3-194, 4-225, 5-241, 6-247

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Opatha	3	0	10	0	-	-
Gunatilleke	17	7	47	0	-	-
Pasqual	7	2	22	1	-	-
Wijesuriya	33	8	87	1	-	-
de Silva	37	11	82	4	-	-

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Sri Lankans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*APB Tennekoon	c Johnson b Hills	112
+SA Jayasinghe	c Cowdrey b Dilley	10
SRD Wettimuny	c Ealham b Woolmer	10
RL Dias	c Downton b Hills	45
LRD Mendis	b Dilley	3
RS Madugalle	b Kemp	88
SP Pasqual	b Jarvis	20
DS de Silva	c Rowe b Kemp	76
ARM Opatha	c and b Dilley	12
RGCE Wijesuriya	not out	3
FRMD Gunatilleke	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 6 nb, 4 w)	21
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 106.1 overs)	400
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-57, 3-185, 4-192, 5-192, 6-220, 7-379, 8-384, 9-400 (106.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jarvis	21	3	87	1	-	-
Dilley	19.1	2	55	3	-	-
Hills	13	2	38	2	-	-
Woolmer	6	1	22	1	-	-
Johnson	15	6	30	0	-	-
Kemp	22	2	102	2	-	-
Rowe	6	3	22	0	-	-
Cowdrey	4	1	23	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJC Rowe	run out	7
NR Taylor	c Jayasinghe b Gunatilleke	11
+PR Downton	lbw b Wijesuriya	16
GW Johnson	c Jayasinghe b Wijesuriya	10
NJ Kemp	c Jayasinghe b de Silva	2
RW Hills	run out	0
RA Woolmer	not out	101
CS Cowdrey	c Pasqual b Wijesuriya	16
GR Dilley	not out	14
*AGE Ealham	did not bat
KBS Jarvis	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 13 lb, 6 nb)	24
Total	(7 wickets, 84.3 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-25, 3-43, 4-46, 5-46, 6-97, 7-129

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gunatilleke	18	2	46	1	-	-
Pasqual	9	3	17	0	-	-
Wijesuriya	32	13	60	3	-	-
de Silva	24.3	10	47	1	-	-
Madugalle	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> NR Taylor made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RA Woolmer (1) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 31
--> NR Taylor (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> RL Dias (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 45
--> RS Madugalle (1) passed his previous highest score of 86 in First-Class matches
--> SP Pasqual (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> DS de Silva (1) passed his previous highest score of 39 in First-Class matches
--> CS Cowdrey (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> RGCE Wijesuriya made his debut in England in First-Class matches

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