f35382	DB Close's XI v Sri Lankans
	Sri Lanka in England 1984
Venue	North Marine Road, Scarborough on 2nd, 3rd, 4th September 1984 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	J Birkenshaw, B Leadbeater
Close of play day 1	DB Close's XI (1) 308/5d
Close of play day 2	Sri Lankans (1) 216/4 (Madugalle 87*, Ranatunga 73*)

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DB Close's XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DL Haynes	c Kuruppu b de Mel	111
G Fowler	b de Mel	61
MD Moxon	c and b Anurasiri	18
M Amarnath	c SAR Silva b de Mel	15
Wasim Raja	not out	48
Mushtaq Mohammad	c SAR Silva b Ratnayeke	22
*DB Close	not out	15
+DL Bairstow	did not bat
RA Harper	did not bat
A Sidebottom	did not bat
M Watkinson	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 9 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 92 overs)	308
Fall of wickets:
1-132, 2-184, 3-216, 4-223, 5-278

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
de Mel	26	4	76	3	-	-
Samaranayake	7	1	37	0	-	-
Ratnayeke	31	7	101	1	-	-
Anurasiri	25	8	65	1	-	-
Madugalle	3	0	11	0	-	-

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Sri Lankans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Wettimuny	lbw b Amarnath	19
SAR Silva	lbw b Moxon	20
+DSBP Kuruppu	b Moxon	4
RS Madugalle	not out	87
PA de Silva	c Haynes b Moxon	0
A Ranatunga	not out	73
*RL Dias	did not bat
ALF de Mel	did not bat
JR Ratnayeke	did not bat
SD Anurasiri	did not bat
ADA Samaranayake	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 8 nb)	13
Total	(4 wickets, 53.1 overs)	216
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-50, 3-55, 4-59

DB Close's XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sidebottom	9	2	27	0	-	-
Watkinson	10	2	27	0	-	-
Moxon	6	0	26	3	-	-
Amarnath	9	1	50	1	-	-
Harper	12	3	44	0	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	6	1	27	0	-	-
Close	1.1	0	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> MD Moxon achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Sri Lankans first innings (previous best was 1-9)

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