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Wed, 17 Feb - Sun, 21 Feb 1982 - 00:00 – Only Test • P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo
England won by 7 wickets
Sri Lanka
266/10 (20.00) & 175/10 (83.5)
England
566/1 (20.00) & 171/3 (58.1)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Sri Lanka innigs
266/10 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Bandula Warnapura (c)
c Gower b Willis
2
25
35
0
0
8.00
In 1982
Career
Sidath Wettimuny
c †Taylor b Botham
6
46
91
0
0
13.04
In 1982
Career
Roy Dias
c Cook b Willis
0
8
10
0
0
0.00
In 1982
Career
Duleep Mendis
lbw b Botham
17
28
56
2
0
60.71
In 1982
Career
Ranjan Madugalle
c Gower b Underwood
65
164
246
3
1
39.63
In 1982
Career
Arjuna Ranatunga
b Underwood
54
96
140
7
0
56.25
In 1982
Career
Somachandra De Silva
c Gower b Underwood
3
16
25
0
0
18.75
In 1982
Career
Ashantha de Mel
c Fletcher b Underwood
19
49
50
2
0
38.77
In 1982
Career
Lalith Kaluperuma
c Cook b Underwood
1
9
8
0
0
11.11
In 1982
Career
Mahes Goonatilleke (WK)
not out
22
35
45
3
0
62.85
In 1982
Career
Ajit de Silva
c Emburey b Botham
12
24
36
2
0
50.00
In 1982
Career
Extras
(b 2, lb 4, nb 9, w 2)
17
Total
218 81.5 Ov (RR: 2.66)
4142
9500
0
361
19
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Bob Willis
19.00
7
46
2
2.42
0
0
0
In 1982
Career
Ian Botham
12.50
1
28
3
2.18
0
0
0
In 1982
Career
Paul Allott
13.00
4
44
0
3.38
0
0
0
In 1982
Career
John Emburey
19.00
3
55
0
2.89
0
0
0
In 1982
Career
Derek Underwood
18.00
6
28
5
1.55
0
0
0
In 1982
Career
England innigs
566/1 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Graham Gooch
lbw b de Mel
22
31
56
5
0
70.96
In 1982
Career
Geoff Cook
c Kaluperuma b de Mel
11
24
40
2
0
45.83
In 1982
Career
Chris Tavaré
b de Mel
0
2
2
0
0
0.00
In 1982
Career
David Gower
c †Goonatilleke b DS de Silva
89
198
256
12
1
44.94
In 1982
Career
Keith Fletcher (c)
c Warnapura b GRA de Silva
45
99
112
3
0
45.45
In 1982
Career
Ian Botham
b de Mel
13
47
54
3
0
27.65
In 1982
Career
Bob Taylor (WK)
not out
31
92
120
5
0
33.69
In 1982
Career
John Emburey
lbw b GRA de Silva
0
27
27
0
0
0.00
In 1982
Career
Paul Allott
c Kaluperuma b DS de Silva
3
9
6
0
0
33.33
In 1982
Career
Derek Underwood
c Mendis b DS de Silva
0
1
1
0
0
0.00
In 1982
Career
Bob Willis
run out
0
1
7
0
0
0.00
In 1982
Career
Extras
(lb 3, nb 6)
9
Total
223 86.5 Ov (RR: 2.56)
4237
10089
0
570
19
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Ashantha de Mel
17.00
2
70
4
4.11
0
0
0
In 1982
Career
Bandula Warnapura
3.00
1
9
0
3.00
0
0
0
In 1982
Career
Somachandra De Silva
27.50
11
54
3
1.94
0
0
0
In 1982
Career
Lalith Kaluperuma
9.00
1
29
0
3.22
0
0
0
In 1982
Career
Ajit de Silva
30.00
12
52
2
1.73
0
0
0
In 1982
Career
Sri Lanka innigs
175/10 (83.5)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Bandula Warnapura (c)
c Gooch b Emburey
38
155
185
5
0
24.51
In 1982
Career
Sidath Wettimuny
b Willis
9
32
65
1
0
28.12
In 1982
Career
Roy Dias
c †Taylor b Underwood
77
128
161
11
0
60.15
In 1982
Career
Duleep Mendis
c Willis b Emburey
27
93
127
2
1
29.03
In 1982
Career
Ranjan Madugalle
c Cook b Emburey
3
52
52
0
0
5.76
In 1982
Career
Arjuna Ranatunga
c Fletcher b Emburey
2
4
9
0
0
50.00
In 1982
Career
Somachandra De Silva
c Fletcher b Underwood
1
12
11
0
0
8.33
In 1982
Career
Ashantha de Mel
c Gower b Emburey
2
26
18
0
0
7.69
In 1982
Career
Lalith Kaluperuma
c †Taylor b Emburey
0
1
2
0
0
0.00
In 1982
Career
Mahes Goonatilleke (WK)
not out
2
7
11
0
0
28.57
In 1982
Career
Ajit de Silva
c Willis b Underwood
0
3
6
0
0
0.00
In 1982
Career
Extras
(lb 6, nb 8)
14
Total
175 83.5 Ov (RR: 2.08)
3325
9747
0
361
19
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Bob Willis
9.00
3
24
1
2.66
0
0
0
In 1982
Career
Ian Botham
12.00
1
37
0
3.08
0
0
0
In 1982
Career
John Emburey
25.00
9
33
6
1.32
0
0
0
In 1982
Career
Derek Underwood
37.50
15
67
3
1.77
0
0
0
In 1982
Career
England innigs
171/3 (58.1)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Graham Gooch
b GRA de Silva
31
74
109
5
0
41.89
In 1982
Career
Geoff Cook
lbw b de Mel
0
8
9
0
0
0.00
In 1982
Career
Chris Tavaré
st †Goonatilleke b GRA de Silva
85
186
220
12
0
45.69
In 1982
Career
David Gower
not out
42
79
125
6
0
53.16
In 1982
Career
Keith Fletcher (c)
not out
0
4
4
0
0
0.00
In 1982
Career
Extras
(b 7, lb 5, nb 1)
13
Total
171/3 58.1 Ov (RR: 2.93)
3249
6669
0
437
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Ashantha de Mel
13.10
4
33
1
2.50
0
0
0
In 1982
Career
Bandula Warnapura
1.00
0
1
0
1.00
0
0
0
In 1982
Career
Somachandra De Silva
15.00
5
38
0
2.53
0
0
0
In 1982
Career
Lalith Kaluperuma
12.00
3
40
0
3.33
0
0
0
In 1982
Career
Ajit de Silva
17.00
6
46
2
2.70
0
0
0
In 1982
Career
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