P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo
Toss	Sri Lanka, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of Sri Lanka
Season	1981/82
Player Of The Match	John Emburey
Match number	Test no. 921
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Geoff Cook Arjuna Ranatunga Ashantha de Mel Bandula Warnapura Somachandra De Silva Ajit de Silva Mahes Goonatilleke Duleep Mendis Lalith Kaluperuma Roy Dias Ranjan Madugalle Sidath Wettimuny
Umpires	Herbi Felsinger K.T.Francis

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SRI LANKA v ENGLAND 1981-82

Toss: Sri Lanka

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England Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
GA Gooch	bowled	31	74
G Cook	lbw	0	8
CJ Tavare	stumped	85	186
DI Gower	not out	42	79
KWR Fletcher	not out	0	4
Extras	(b 7, lb 5, nb 1)
Total	171(3 wkts; 58.1 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
ALF de Mel	13.1	4	33	1	2.5
B Warnapura	1	0	1	0	1
DS de Silva	15	5	38	0	2.53
LWS Kaluperuma	12	3	40	0	3.33
GRA de Silva	17	6	46	2	2.7

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	3	Graham Gooch	Geoff Cook
2nd	81	Graham Gooch	Chris Tavaré
3rd	83	David Gower	Chris Tavaré
4th	4	Keith Fletcher	David Gower

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