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England v Sri Lanka, 1984, 1st test
Lord's, 23/08/1984 - 28/08/1984

Toss: England
Umpires: HD Bird, DGL Evans
Result: Match Drawn

Sri Lanka
S Wettimuny           c Downton          b Allott               190
+SAR Silva            lbw                b Botham                 8
RS Madugalle                             b Ellison                5
RL Dias               c Lamb             b Pocock                32
A Ranatunga                              b Agnew                 84
*LRD Mendis           c Fowler           b Pocock               111
PA de Silva           c Downton          b Agnew                 16
ALF de Mel            not out                                    20
JR Ratnayeke          not out                                     5
Extras                b 2, lb 8, w 2, nb 8                       20
Total                 for 7 wickets                             491

Fall Of Wickets
1-17 (Silva)                  2-43 (Madugalle)              
3-144 (Dias)                  4-292 (Ranatunga)             
5-442 (Wettimuny)             6-456 (Mendis)                
7-464 (de Silva)              

Bowling
Agnew               32      3   123     2
Botham              29      6   114     1
Ellison             28      6    70     1
Pocock              41     17    75     2
Allott              36      7    89     1

England
G Fowler              c Madugalle        b John                  25
BC Broad              c Silva            b de Mel                86
CJ Tavare             c Ranatunga        b de Silva              14
*DI Gower             c Silva            b de Mel                55
AJ Lamb               c Dias             b John                 107
IT Botham             c                  b John                   6
RM Ellison            c Ratnayeke        b de Silva              41
+PR Downton           c Dias             b de Mel                10
PJW Allott                               b de Mel                 0
PI Pocock             c Silva            b John                   2
JP Agnew              not out                                     1
Extras                b 5, lb 7, w 5, nb 6                       23
Total                 all out                                   370

Fall Of Wickets
1-49 (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
de Mel              37     10   110     4
John                39.1   12    98     4
Ratnayeke           22      5    50     0
de Silva            45     16    85     2
Ranatunga            1      1     0     0
Madugalle            3      0     4     0

Sri Lanka
S Wettimuny           c Gower            b Botham                13
+SAR Silva            not out                                   102
RS Madugalle                             b Botham                 3
RL Dias               lbw                b Botham                38
A Ranatunga           lbw                b Botham                 0
PA de Silva           c Downton          b Pocock                 3
*LRD Mendis           c Fowler           b Botham                94
ALF de Mel            c Ellison          b Botham                14
JR Ratnayeke          not out                                     7
Extras                b 5, lb 4, w 0, nb 11                      20
Total                 for 7 wickets                             294

Fall Of Wickets
1-19 (Wettimuny)              2-27 (Madugalle)              
3-111 (Dias)                  4-115 (Ranatunga)             
5-118 (de Silva)              6-256 (Mendis)                
7-276 (de Mel)                

Bowling
Agnew               11      3    54     0
Botham              27      6    90     6
Ellison              7      0    36     0
Pocock              29     10    78     1
Allott               1      0     2     0
Lamb                 1      0     6     0
Tavare               3      3     0     0
Fowler               1      0     8     0