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West Indians in Sri Lanka, 1978/79
Sri Lanka v West Indians
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
25 February 1979 (45-over match)

Result: West Indians won by 6 wickets

Toss: West Indians
Umpires:

Sri Lanka innings (45 overs maximum)                            R
SRD Wettimuny         retired hurt                             28
+SA Jayasinghe        hit wicket         b Phillip              7
*APB Tennekoon                           b Phillip             16
RL Dias                                  b Marshall             9
LRD Mendis            c Parry            b Holder               5
AN Ranasinghe         c Gomes            b Marshall             0
ARM Opatha            c Greenidge        b Marshall             0
LWS Kaluperuma        not out                                   7
FRMD Gunatilleke      c Kallicharran     b Holder               0
DLS de Silva          hit wicket         b Marshall             0
GRA de Silva          c Greenidge        b Holder               1
Extras                (b ?, lb ?, w ?, nb ?)                   11
Total                 (all out, 27.1 overs)                    88

FoW: 1-10, 2-48, 3-71, 4-76, 5-76, 6-77, 7-77, 8-84, 9-88.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Clarke                       6      2     10      0
Phillip                      9      1     30      2
Marshall                     9      1     27      4
Holder                       3.1    0      8      3

West Indians innings (target: 89 runs in 45 overs)              R
AT Greenidge          st Jayasinghe      b GRA de Silva        36
SFAF Bacchus                             b Gunatilleke         16
HA Gomes              c Dias             b DLS de Silva         4
S Shivnarine                             b DLS de Silva        17
DR Parry              not out                                   9
+JR Lyon              not out                                   4
Extras                (b ?, lb ?, w ?, nb ?)                    4
Total                 (4 wickets, 23.5 overs)                  90

DNB: *AI Kallicharran, MD Marshall, N Phillip, ST Clarke,
     VA Holder.

FoW: 1-29, 2-46, 3-77, 4-78.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Opatha                       4      1     14      0
Gunatilleke                  4      1     30      1
DLS de Silva                 8      1     25      2
GRA de Silva                 7.5    2     17      1

  • In Sri Lanka innings batting add 4 runs short, and bowling adds 2 runs short
  • West Indians carried on batting after winning reaching 140/4 (Parry 41*, Lyon 19*)




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