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SL: Sri Lankan First Class Season 1969-70 : Statistics




SL: Domestic First Class Season 1969-70 Statistics

(i) SARAVANAMUTTU TROPHY 1969-70

The domestic tournament, which was not first-class, was the
Saravanamuttu Trophy. It was contested in the final by Sinhalese
Sports Club and Burgher Recreation Club. The standard of the pitch
was the reason for a ruling from the M.C.C.

Leading runmaker:       M.H.Tissera (765 runs)
Leading wicket-taker:   D.Sahabandu (66 wkts)
Leading wicket-keeper:  R.Fernando (Nondescripts) (41 dismissals)

(ii) FIRST CLASS MATCHES IN SRI LANKA 1969-70

Four first class matches were played in Sri Lanka in 1969-70.

Highest individual scores:

112     A.Jones                 M.C.C. v Ceylon (Colombo)
 92     P.D.Heyn                Ceylon XI v Madras (Colombo)
 89     A.G.Satwender Singh     Madras v Ceylon XI (Colombo)
 70     W.M.Lawry               Australians v Ceylon (Colombo)
 64     M.Dalvi                 Madras v Jaffna XI (Jaffna)
 62     B.Francis               Jaffna XI v Madras (Jaffna)
 55     C.Balakrishnan          Ceylon v Australians (Colombo)
 55     A.G.Satwender Singh     Madras v Jaffna XI (Jaffna)
 53*    M.H.Tissera             Ceylon v Australians (Colombo)
 52     G.D.McKenzie            Australians v Ceylon (Colombo)
 51     S.B.L.Seneviratne       Ceylon XI v Madras (Colombo)
 51     R.Ramesh                Madras v Jaffna XI (Jaffna)
 50*    H.S.M.Peiris            Ceylon XI v Madras (Colombo)
 50     S.Wettimuny             Ceylon XI v Madras (Colombo)
 50     H.S.M.Peiris            Ceylon XI v Madras (Colombo)
 49     K.D.Walters             Australians v Ceylon (Colombo)
 48     K.W.R.Fletcher          M.C.C. v Ceylon (Colombo)
 46     A.R.Lewis               M.C.C. v Ceylon (Colombo)
 40     B.G.Reid                Ceylon v M.C.C. (Colombo)

Best bowling:

8-36    D.Wilson                M.C.C. v Ceylon (Colombo)
7-104   S.Venkataraghavan       Madras v Ceylon XI (Colombo)
6-35    D.Wilson                M.C.C. v Ceylon (Colombo)
5-47    N.Chanmugam             Ceylon v Australians (Colombo)
5-48    S.Venkataraghavan       Madras v Jaffna XI (Jaffna)
5-55    H.S.M.Peiris            Ceylon XI v Madras (Colombo)
5-86    D.Sahabandu             Ceylon v M.C.C. (Colombo)
4-19    T.B.Kehelgamuwa         Ceylon v M.C.C. (Colombo)
4-57    S.Shandkumar            Ceylon XI v Madras (Colombo)

 Contributed by J.R.F.Evans (en92jrfe@exeter.ac.uk)        



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