f32649	Worcestershire v Sri Lankans
	Sri Lanka in British Isles 1979
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 11th, 12th, 13th July 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	WL Budd, D Shackleton
Close of play day 1	Sri Lankans (1) 21/1 (Tennekoon 10*, Jayasekera 8*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 48/2 (Patel 18*, Curtis 3*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BJR Jones	c Wijesuriya b Opatha	2
MJ Weston	run out	43
DN Patel	run out	40
TS Curtis	c Wettimuny b Jeganathan	15
BL D'Oliveira	c Warnapura b DLS de Silva	112
+DJ Humphries	c Pasqual b Jeganathan	68
CN Boyns	not out	24
*EJO Hemsley	did not bat
Younis Ahmed	did not bat
VA Holder	did not bat
AP Pridgeon	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 98 overs)	317
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-51, 3-87, 4-138, 5-257, 6-317 (98 ov)

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Opatha	9	1	52	1	-	-
DLS de Silva	9	2	25	1	-	-
Wijesuriya	18	5	40	0	-	-
DS de Silva	31	8	98	0	-	-
Jeganathan	31	11	89	2	-	-

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Sri Lankans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SRD Wettimuny	c Humphries b Holder	0
*APB Tennekoon	lbw b Pridgeon	26
+RSA Jayasekera	c Hemsley b Younis Ahmed	37
RL Dias	lbw b Boyns	27
B Warnapura	lbw b Patel	68
SP Pasqual	b Younis Ahmed	14
DS de Silva	c Younis Ahmed b Holder	37
S Jeganathan	b Holder	3
ARM Opatha	c Curtis b D'Oliveira	24
RGCE Wijesuriya	not out	3
DLS de Silva	c Jones b D'Oliveira	0
Extras	(9 b, 10 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	25
Total	(all out, 82 overs)	264
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-39, 3-96, 4-104, 5-134, 6-206, 7-222, 8-250, 9-264, 10-264 (82 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	24	4	67	3	-	-
Pridgeon	15	4	51	1	-	-
Boyns	18	3	50	1	-	-
Younis Ahmed	14	4	30	2	-	-
Patel	7	0	26	1	-	-
D'Oliveira	4	1	15	2	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BJR Jones	c Jayasekera b Opatha	8
MJ Weston	lbw b DLS de Silva	16
DN Patel	not out	118
TS Curtis	c and b DS de Silva	27
BL D'Oliveira	b Opatha	36
+DJ Humphries	c Tennekoon b Wijesuriya	11
CN Boyns	not out	3
*EJO Hemsley	did not bat
Younis Ahmed	did not bat
VA Holder	did not bat
AP Pridgeon	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 71 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-41, 3-123, 4-207, 5-223

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Opatha	20	3	59	2	-	-
DLS de Silva	12	1	40	1	-	-
Wijesuriya	15	3	52	1	-	-
DS de Silva	14	2	40	1	-	-
Jeganathan	10	5	28	0	-	-

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Sri Lankans second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SRD Wettimuny	b Holder	2
*APB Tennekoon	not out	77
+RSA Jayasekera	not out	79
RL Dias	did not bat
B Warnapura	did not bat
SP Pasqual	did not bat
DS de Silva	did not bat
S Jeganathan	did not bat
ARM Opatha	did not bat
RGCE Wijesuriya	did not bat
DLS de Silva	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 2 w)	8
Total	(1 wicket, 45 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Wettimuny)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	6	0	12	1	-	-
Pridgeon	7	1	16	0	-	-
Boyns	4	1	14	0	-	-
Younis Ahmed	5	0	15	0	-	-
Patel	13	2	63	0	-	-
D'Oliveira	9	1	36	0	-	-
Curtis	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MJ Weston made his debut in First-Class matches
--> TS Curtis made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CN Boyns made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> DLS de Silva made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RSA Jayasekera (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in First-Class matches
--> DN Patel (2) passed his previous highest score of 107 in First-Class matches
--> RSA Jayasekera (2) passed his previous highest score of 37 in First-Class matches
--> BL D'Oliveira reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sri Lankans first innings

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