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