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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
Most 50s
David Gower
2
Chris Tavaré
2
Roy Dias
2
Ranjan Madugalle
2
Arjuna Ranatunga
2
Best Average
Derek Underwood
11.875000
John Emburey
14.666666
Ashantha de Mel
20.600000
Sir Ian Botham
21.666666
Bob Willis
23.333333
Most Wickets
Derek Underwood
8
John Emburey
6
Ashantha de Mel
5
Ajit de Silva
4
Somachandra De Silva
3
Most Runs Conceed
Ashantha de Mel
103
Ajit de Silva
98
Derek Underwood
95
Somachandra De Silva
92
John Emburey
88
Best Bowling Fig
John Emburey
6
Derek Underwood
5
Ashantha de Mel
4
Somachandra De Silva
3
Sir Ian Botham
3
Best Economy
Derek Underwood
1.711711
John Emburey
2.000000
Ajit de Silva
2.085106
Somachandra De Silva
2.164705
Bandula Warnapura
2.500000
Best Strike Rate
Mahes Goonatilleke
0.571428
Roy Dias
0.566176
Arjuna Ranatunga
0.560000
Graham Gooch
0.504761
David Gower
0.472924
Most Fours
David Gower
18
Chris Tavaré
12
Roy Dias
11
Graham Gooch
10
Arjuna Ranatunga
7
Highest Score
David Gower
89
Chris Tavaré
85
Roy Dias
77
Ranjan Madugalle
65
Arjuna Ranatunga
54
Best Averages
David Gower
131.000000
Keith Fletcher
45.000000
Chris Tavaré
42.500000
Roy Dias
38.500000
Ranjan Madugalle
34.000000
Most Runs
David Gower
131
Chris Tavaré
85
Roy Dias
77
Ranjan Madugalle
68
Arjuna Ranatunga
56
Most Wickets
Bob Willis
3
Sir Ian Botham
3
Most Runs Conceed
Bob Willis
70
Lalith Kaluperuma
69
Best Bowling Fig
Ajit de Silva
2
Bob Willis
2
Most Not Outs
Keith Fletcher
2
David Gower
2
Mahes Goonatilleke
2
Bob Taylor
1
Best Economy
Bob Willis
2.500000
Sir Ian Botham
2.653061
Lalith Kaluperuma
3.285714
Best Strike Rate
Ashantha de Mel
36.12
Derek Underwood
41.625
John Emburey
44
Sir Ian Botham
49
Bob Willis
56
Ajit de Silva
70.5
Somachandra De Silva
85
Best Strike Rate
Chris Tavaré
0.452127
Ajit de Silva
0.444444
Best Averages
Arjuna Ranatunga
28.000000
Graham Gooch
26.500000
Worst Bowling Fig
Ashantha de Mel
70
Derek Underwood
67
John Emburey
55
Best Average
Ajit de Silva
24.500000
Somachandra De Silva
30.666666
Most Runs
Graham Gooch
53
Keith Fletcher
45
Most Ducks
Chris Tavaré
2
Geoff Cook
2
Ajit de Silva
2
Roy Dias
2
Lalith Kaluperuma
2
Derek Underwood
1
Bob Willis
1
Highest Score
Keith Fletcher
45
Bandula Warnapura
38
Most sixes
David Gower
1
Ranjan Madugalle
1
Duleep Mendis
1
Most Fours
Bandula Warnapura
5
Bob Taylor
5
Duleep Mendis
4
Most Balls Faced
David Gower
277
Ranjan Madugalle
216
Chris Tavaré
188
Bandula Warnapura
180
Roy Dias
136
Duleep Mendis
121
Graham Gooch
105
Worst Bowling Fig
Somachandra De Silva
54
Ajit de Silva
52
Bob Willis
46
Paul Allott
44