Old Edwardians Cricket Club

Old Edwardians v Sri Lanka Tour match - Sri Lankan warm-up for World Cup 1979 Memorial Ground, Streetsbrook Road, 17 May 1979 Result: Sri Lanka won by 116 runs. Umpires: Colin Lewis and ???. Scorers: Mrs JL Pope (OECC) and S Jeganathan (SL). Sri Lanka Mins Balls 4s 6s SRdeS Wettimuny c Mitra b Packham 48 123 99 4 - *APB Tennekoon c Jones b Grant 0 9 9 - - RS Madugalle run out 45 91 76 6 - RL Dias c Jones b Knee 11 28 36 - - DS de Silva run out 10 27 19 - 1 SP Pasqual hit wicket b Knee 39 99 45 1 2 ARM Opatha not out 37 88 31 4 1 +RSA Jayasekera not out 3 7 5 - - DLS de Silva RCGE Wijesuriya GRA de Silva Extras (lb 2, w 1) 3 Total (6 wickets decl.; 53 ov.) 196 Fall: 1-1 (2); 2-85 (3); 3-102 (1); 4-104 (4); 5-127 (5); 6-179 (6). Bowling: Grant 8 4 25 1 Taylor 12 1 46 0 Lobb 12 0 34 0 Packham 12 2 34 1 Knee 9 0 54 2 Old Edwardians Mins Balls 4s 6s JA Kemp c Madugalle b Opatha 4 18 15 - - SM Partridge run out 16 83 51 - - *JG Winspear c Pasqual b Wijesuriya 30 93 88 2 - A Mitra c Jayasekera b Pasqual 0 5 5 - - DJ Glover b GRA de Silva 2 31 24 - - +FW Jones b Wijesuriya 3 10 9 - - PLC Knee c Wijesuriya b GRA de Silva 6 28 31 - - AR Packham c Dias b GRA de Silva 8 21 22 1 - DB Taylor c Madugalle b GRA de Silva 2 14 13 - - BA Lobb c GRAdeSilva b Wijesuriya 1 13 12 - - TJ Grant not out 0 3 5 - - Extras (b 3, lb 2, nb 3) 8 Total (all out; 45.1 overs) 80 Fall: 1-1 (1); 2-47 (2); 3-50 (4); 4-57 (3); 5-61 (6); 6-74 (8); 7-75 (5); 8-78 (7); 9-80 (9); 10-80 (10). Bowling: Opatha 6 1 16 1 DLS de Silva 6 2 8 0 DS de Silva 9 4 10 0 Pasqual 7 2 12 1 Wijesuriya 9.1 4 13 3 GRA de Silva 8 3 13 4 For further information on the first-class and Test careers of the players see the following CricInfo pages: OECC players Lobb Mitra Sri Lanka players Tennekoon DLS de Silva DS de Silva GRA de Silva Dias Jayasekera Jeganathan Madugalle Opatha Pasqual Wettimuny Wijesuriya
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