- Test no. 921 | 1981/82 season
- Played at P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo
- 17,18,20,21 February 1982 (5-day match)
| Sri Lanka 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| B Warnapura* | c Gower b Willis | 2 | 35 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 8.00 | |
| S Wettimuny | c †Taylor b Botham | 6 | 91 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 13.04 | |
| RL Dias | c Cook b Willis | 0 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| LRD Mendis | lbw b Botham | 17 | 56 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 60.71 | |
| RS Madugalle | c Gower b Underwood | 65 | 246 | 164 | 3 | 1 | 39.63 | |
| A Ranatunga | b Underwood | 54 | 140 | 96 | 7 | 0 | 56.25 | |
| DS de Silva | c Gower b Underwood | 3 | 25 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 18.75 | |
| ALF de Mel | c Fletcher b Underwood | 19 | 50 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 38.77 | |
| LWS Kaluperuma | c Cook b Underwood | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 | |
| HM Goonatilleke† | not out | 22 | 45 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 62.85 | |
| GRA de Silva | c Emburey b Botham | 12 | 36 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 4, w 2, nb 9) | 17 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 81.5 overs) | 218 | (2.66 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-9 (Warnapura), 2-11 (Dias), 3-29 (Wettimuny), 4-34 (Mendis), 5-133 (Ranatunga), 6-149 (DS de Silva), 7-181 (de Mel), 8-183 (Kaluperuma), 9-190 (Madugalle), 10-218 (GRA de Silva) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RGD Willis | 19 | 7 | 46 | 2 | 2.42 | |||
| IT Botham | 12.5 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 2.18 | |||
| PJW Allott | 13 | 4 | 44 | 0 | 3.38 | |||
| JE Emburey | 19 | 3 | 55 | 0 | 2.89 | |||
| DL Underwood | 18 | 6 | 28 | 5 | 1.55 |
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GA Gooch | lbw b de Mel | 22 | 56 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 70.96 | |
| G Cook | c Kaluperuma b de Mel | 11 | 40 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 45.83 | |
| CJ Tavare | b de Mel | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| DI Gower | c †Goonatilleke b DS de Silva | 89 | 256 | 198 | 12 | 1 | 44.94 | |
| KWR Fletcher* | c Warnapura b GRA de Silva | 45 | 112 | 99 | 3 | 0 | 45.45 | |
| IT Botham | b de Mel | 13 | 54 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 27.65 | |
| RW Taylor† | not out | 31 | 120 | 92 | 5 | 0 | 33.69 | |
| JE Emburey | lbw b GRA de Silva | 0 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| PJW Allott | c Kaluperuma b DS de Silva | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| DL Underwood | c Mendis b DS de Silva | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| RGD Willis | run out | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 3, nb 6) | 9 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 86.5 overs) | 223 | (2.56 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-34 (Cook), 2-34 (Tavare), 3-40 (Gooch), 4-120 (Fletcher), 5-151 (Botham), 6-200 (Gower), 7-207 (Emburey), 8-216 (Allott), 9-216 (Underwood), 10-223 (Willis) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| ALF de Mel | 17 | 2 | 70 | 4 | 4.11 | |||
| B Warnapura | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3.00 | |||
| DS de Silva | 27.5 | 11 | 54 | 3 | 1.94 | |||
| LWS Kaluperuma | 9 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 3.22 | |||
| GRA de Silva | 30 | 12 | 52 | 2 | 1.73 |
| Sri Lanka 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| B Warnapura* | c Gooch b Emburey | 38 | 185 | 155 | 5 | 0 | 24.51 | |
| S Wettimuny | b Willis | 9 | 65 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 28.12 | |
| RL Dias | c †Taylor b Underwood | 77 | 161 | 128 | 11 | 0 | 60.15 | |
| LRD Mendis | c Willis b Emburey | 27 | 127 | 93 | 2 | 1 | 29.03 | |
| RS Madugalle | c Cook b Emburey | 3 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 5.76 | |
| A Ranatunga | c Fletcher b Emburey | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| DS de Silva | c Fletcher b Underwood | 1 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8.33 | |
| ALF de Mel | c Gower b Emburey | 2 | 18 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 7.69 | |
| LWS Kaluperuma | c †Taylor b Emburey | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| HM Goonatilleke† | not out | 2 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |
| GRA de Silva | c Willis b Underwood | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 6, nb 8) | 14 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 83.5 overs) | 175 | (2.08 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-30 (Wettimuny), 2-113 (Warnapura), 3-140 (Dias), 4-167 (Madugalle), 5-169 (Ranatunga), 6-170 (DS de Silva), 7-172 (Mendis), 8-173 (Kaluperuma), 9-174 (de Mel), 10-175 (GRA de Silva) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RGD Willis | 9 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 2.66 | |||
| IT Botham | 12 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 3.08 | |||
| JE Emburey | 25 | 9 | 33 | 6 | 1.32 | |||
| DL Underwood | 37.5 | 15 | 67 | 3 | 1.77 |
| England 2nd innings (target: 171 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GA Gooch | b GRA de Silva | 31 | 109 | 74 | 5 | 0 | 41.89 | |
| G Cook | lbw b de Mel | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| CJ Tavare | st †Goonatilleke b GRA de Silva | 85 | 220 | 186 | 12 | 0 | 45.69 | |
| DI Gower | not out | 42 | 125 | 79 | 6 | 0 | 53.16 | |
| KWR Fletcher* | not out | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 7, lb 5, nb 1) | 13 | ||||||
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| Total | (3 wickets; 58.1 overs) | 171 | (2.93 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat IT Botham, RW Taylor†, JE Emburey, PJW Allott, DL Underwood, RGD Willis |
| Fall of wickets1-3 (Cook), 2-84 (Gooch), 3-167 (Tavare) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| ALF de Mel | 13.1 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 2.50 | |||
| B Warnapura | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | |||
| DS de Silva | 15 | 5 | 38 | 0 | 2.53 | |||
| LWS Kaluperuma | 12 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 3.33 | |||
| GRA de Silva | 17 | 6 | 46 | 2 | 2.70 |
| Match details |
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Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat Series England won the one-off match |
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Test debuts
G Cook
(England);
ALF de Mel,
DS de Silva,
GRA de Silva,
RL Dias,
HM Goonatilleke,
LWS Kaluperuma,
RS Madugalle,
LRD Mendis,
A Ranatunga,
B Warnapura and
S Wettimuny
(Sri Lanka) Player of the match JE Emburey (England) |
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Umpires
HC Felsinger and KT Francis |
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Close of play 17 Feb day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 183/8 (RS Madugalle 64*) 18 Feb day 2 - England 1st innings 186/5 (DI Gower 79*, RW Taylor 8*) 19 Feb rest day 20 Feb day 3 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 152/3 (LRD Mendis 16*, RS Madugalle 0*) 21 Feb day 4 - England 2nd innings 171/3 (58.1 ov) - end of match |
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Match Coverage
Photos
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May 16, 1986 
Colombo's Saravanamuttu Stadium which hosted Sri Lanka's first Test against England in 1982 © The Cricketer International |
Feb 17, 1982 
Bandula Warnapura faces the first ball from Bob Willis © Wisden Cricket Monthly |
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