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Sri Lanka v England, 1981/1982, 1st test
Colombo (PSS), 17/02/1982 - 21/02/1982

Toss: Sri Lanka
Umpires: HC Felsinger, KT Francis
Result: England won by 7 wickets

Sri Lanka
*B Warnapura          c Gower            b Willis                 2
S Wettimuny           c Taylor           b Botham                 6
RL Dias               c Cook             b Willis                 0
LRD Mendis            lbw                b Botham                17
RS Madugalle          c Gower            b Underwood             65
A Ranatunga                              b Underwood             54
DS de Silva           c Gower            b Underwood              3
ALF de Mel            c Fletcher         b Underwood             19
LW Kaluperuma         c Cook             b Underwood              1
+HM Goonatillake      not out                                    22
GRA de Silva          c Emburey          b Botham                12
Extras                b 2, lb 4, w 2, nb 9                       17
Total                 all out                                   218

Fall Of Wickets
1-9 (Warnapura)               2-11 (Dias)                   
3-29 (Wettimuny)              4-34 (Mendis)                 
5-133 (Ranatunga)             6-149 (de Silva)              
7-181 (de Mel)                8-183 (Kaluperuma)            
9-190 (Madugalle)             10-218 (de Silva)             

Bowling
Willis              19      7    46     2
Botham              12.5    1    28     3
Allott              13      4    44     0
Emburey             19      3    55     0
Underwood           18      6    28     5

England
GA Gooch              lbw                b de Mel                22
G Cook                c Kaluperuma       b de Mel                11
CJ Tavare                                b de Mel                 0
DI Gower              c Goonatillake     b de Silva              89
*KWR Fletcher         c Warnapura        b de Silva              45
IT Botham                                b de Mel                13
+RW Taylor            not out                                    31
JE Emburey            lbw                b de Silva               0
PJW Allott            c Kaluperuma       b de Silva               3
DL Underwood          c Mendis           b de Silva               0
RGD Willis            run out                                     0
Extras                b 0, lb 3, w 0, nb 6                        9
Total                 all out                                   223

Fall Of Wickets
1-34 (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
de Mel              17      2    70     4
Warnapura            3      1     9     0
de Silva            27.5   11    54     3
Kaluperuma           9      1    29     0
de Silva            30     12    52     2

Sri Lanka
*B Warnapura          c Gooch            b Emburey               38
S Wettimuny                              b Willis                 9
RL Dias               c Taylor           b Underwood             77
LRD Mendis            c Willis           b Emburey               27
RS Madugalle          c Cook             b Emburey                3
A Ranatunga           c Fletcher         b Emburey                2
DS de Silva           c Fletcher         b Underwood              1
ALF de Mel            c Gower            b Emburey                2
LW Kaluperuma         c Taylor           b Emburey                0
+HM Goonatillake      not out                                     2
GRA de Silva          c Willis           b Underwood              0
Extras                b 0, lb 6, w 0, nb 8                       14
Total                 all out                                   175

Fall Of Wickets
1-30 (Wettimuny)              2-113 (Warnapura)             
3-140 (Dias)                  4-167 (Madugalle)             
5-169 (Ranatunga)             6-170 (de Silva)              
7-172 (Mendis)                8-173 (Kaluperuma)            
9-174 (de Mel)                10-175 (de Silva)             

Bowling
Willis               9      3    24     1
Botham              12      1    37     0
Emburey             25      9    33     6
Underwood           37.5   15    67     3

England
GA Gooch                                 b de Silva              31
G Cook                lbw                b de Mel                 0
CJ Tavare             st Goonatillake    b de Silva              85
DI Gower              not out                                    42
*KWR Fletcher         not out                                     0
Extras                b 7, lb 5, w 0, nb 1                       13
Total                 for 3 wickets                             171

Fall Of Wickets
1-3 (Cook)                    2-84 (Gooch)                  
3-167 (Tavare)                

Bowling
de Mel              13.1    4    33     1
Warnapura            1      0     1     0
de Silva            15      5    38     0
Kaluperuma          12      3    40     0
de Silva            17      6    46     2