- Test no. 994 | 1984 season
- Played at Lord's, London
- 23,24,25,27,28 August 1984 (5-day match)
| Sri Lanka 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| S Wettimuny | c †Downton b Allott | 190 | 642 | 471 | 21 | 0 | 40.33 | |
| SAR Silva† | lbw b Botham | 8 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 72.72 | |
| RS Madugalle | b Ellison | 5 | 35 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 20.83 | |
| RL Dias | c Lamb b Pocock | 32 | 152 | 104 | 3 | 0 | 30.76 | |
| A Ranatunga | b Agnew | 84 | 248 | 183 | 8 | 0 | 45.90 | |
| LRD Mendis* | c Fowler b Pocock | 111 | 197 | 143 | 11 | 3 | 77.62 | |
| PA de Silva | c †Downton b Agnew | 16 | 29 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 59.25 | |
| ALF de Mel | not out | 20 | 35 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 80.00 | |
| JR Ratnayeke | not out | 5 | 25 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 27.77 | |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 8, w 2, nb 8) | 20 | ||||||
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| Total | (7 wickets dec; 166 overs) | 491 | (2.95 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat DS de Silva, VB John |
| Fall of wickets1-17 (Silva), 2-43 (Madugalle), 3-144 (Dias), 4-292 (Ranatunga), 5-442 (Wettimuny), 6-456 (Mendis), 7-464 (PA de Silva) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JP Agnew | 32 | 3 | 123 | 2 | 3.84 | |||
| IT Botham | 29 | 6 | 114 | 1 | 3.93 | |||
| RM Ellison | 28 | 6 | 70 | 1 | 2.50 | |||
| PI Pocock | 41 | 17 | 75 | 2 | 1.82 | |||
| PJW Allott | 36 | 7 | 89 | 1 | 2.47 |
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| G Fowler | c Madugalle b John | 25 | 50 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 60.97 | |
| BC Broad | c †Silva b de Mel | 86 | 341 | 242 | 8 | 0 | 35.53 | |
| CJ Tavare | c Ranatunga b DS de Silva | 14 | 138 | 95 | 1 | 0 | 14.73 | |
| DI Gower* | c †Silva b de Mel | 55 | 196 | 151 | 5 | 0 | 36.42 | |
| AJ Lamb | c Dias b John | 107 | 266 | 195 | 10 | 1 | 54.87 | |
| IT Botham | c sub (DM Vonhagt) b John | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| RM Ellison | c Ratnayeke b DS de Silva | 41 | 112 | 79 | 7 | 0 | 51.89 | |
| PR Downton† | c Dias b de Mel | 10 | 65 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 18.86 | |
| PJW Allott | b de Mel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| PI Pocock | c †Silva b John | 2 | 37 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 9.52 | |
| JP Agnew | not out | 1 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 | |
| Extras | (b 5, lb 7, w 5, nb 6) | 23 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 147.1 overs) | 370 | (2.51 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-49 (Fowler), 2-105 (Tavare), 3-190 (Broad), 4-210 (Gower), 5-218 (Botham), 6-305 (Ellison), 7-354 (Downton), 8-354 (Allott), 9-369 (Lamb), 10-370 (Pocock) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| ALF de Mel | 37 | 10 | 110 | 4 | 2.97 | |||
| VB John | 39.1 | 12 | 98 | 4 | 2.50 | |||
| JR Ratnayeke | 22 | 5 | 50 | 0 | 2.27 | |||
| DS de Silva | 45 | 16 | 85 | 2 | 1.88 | |||
| A Ranatunga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| RS Madugalle | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.33 |
| Sri Lanka 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| S Wettimuny | c Gower b Botham | 13 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 61.90 | |
| SAR Silva† | not out | 102 | 320 | 255 | 12 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| RS Madugalle | b Botham | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| RL Dias | lbw b Botham | 38 | 112 | 79 | 5 | 0 | 48.10 | |
| A Ranatunga | lbw b Botham | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| PA de Silva | c †Downton b Pocock | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| LRD Mendis* | c Fowler b Botham | 94 | 123 | 97 | 9 | 3 | 96.90 | |
| ALF de Mel | c Ellison b Botham | 14 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 175.00 | |
| JR Ratnayeke | not out | 7 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 46.66 | |
| Extras | (b 5, lb 4, nb 11) | 20 | ||||||
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| Total | (7 wickets dec; 80 overs) | 294 | (3.67 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat DS de Silva, VB John |
| Fall of wickets1-19 (Wettimuny), 2-27 (Madugalle), 3-111 (Dias), 4-115 (Ranatunga), 5-118 (PA de Silva), 6-256 (Mendis), 7-276 (de Mel) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JP Agnew | 11 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 4.90 | |||
| IT Botham | 27 | 6 | 90 | 6 | 3.33 | |||
| RM Ellison | 7 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 5.14 | |||
| PI Pocock | 29 | 10 | 78 | 1 | 2.68 | |||
| PJW Allott | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | |||
| AJ Lamb | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6.00 | |||
| CJ Tavare | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| G Fowler | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8.00 |
| Match details |
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Toss England, who chose to field Series One-off match drawn |
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Test debut
PA de Silva
(Sri Lanka) Player of the match S Wettimuny (Sri Lanka) |
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Umpires
HD Bird and DGL Evans |
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Close of play 23 Aug day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 226/3 (S Wettimuny 116*, A Ranatunga 54*) 24 Aug day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 434/4 (S Wettimuny 187*, LRD Mendis 100*) 25 Aug day 3 - England 1st innings 139/2 (BC Broad 69*, DI Gower 16*) 26 Aug rest day 27 Aug day 4 - England 1st innings 370 28 Aug day 5 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 294/7d (80 ov) - end of match |
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Aug 28, 1984 
Sidath Wettimuny celebrates his hundred against England © Getty Images |
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