Sri Lanka in England, 1981
Middlesex v Sri Lankans
Watford Town Cricket Club Ground, Woodside, Garston, Watford
25 June 1981 (50-over match)

Result: Sri Lankans won by 2 runs

Toss:
Umpires: BJ Meyer and PSG Stevens

Sri Lankans innings (50 overs maximum)
*B Warnapura          c Downton           b Cowans             11
+HH Devapriya         c Edmonds           b Cowans             24
RL Dias                                   b Merry              14
LRD Mendis                                b Selvey             64
AN Ranasinghe                             b Lyons              17
Y Gunasekera          st Downton          b Lyons               1
RS Madugalle          lbw                 b Merry              48
DS de Silva           c Cowans            b Selvey             15
ALF de Mel            not out                                   5
LWS Kaluperuma                            b Merry               2
GRA de Silva                              b Selvey              0
Extras                (lb 5, w 1, nb 4)                        10
Total                 (all out, 49.2 overs)                   211

FoW: 1-17, 2-51, 3-51, 4-74, 5-80,
     6-161, 7-200, 8-204, 9-208, 10-211.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Selvey                       9.2    0     47      3
Merry                       10      1     39      3
Cowans                      10      0     66      2
Edmonds                     10      5     11      0
Lyons                       10      1     38      2

Middlesex innings (target: 212 runs in 50 overs)
*JM Brearley                              b de Mel              0
GD Barlow             lbw                 b Ranasinghe          7
CT Radley             st Devapriya        b GRA de Silva       41
RO Butcher            c Madugalle         b GRA de Silva       43
KP Tomlins            run out                                  58
PH Edmonds            lbw                 b DS de Silva        28
+PR Downton           c Dias              b DS de Silva         7
MWW Selvey            c Kaluperuma        b DS de Silva         8
NG Cowans             not out                                   0
WG Merry                                  b DS de Silva         0
Extras                (b 11, lb 1, w 5)                        17
Total                 (9 wickets, 50 overs)                   209

DNB: AW Lyons.

FoW: 1-0, 2-15, 3-94, 4-107, 5-191,
     6-193, 7-209, 8-209, 9-209.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
de Mel                      10      1     34      1
Ranasinghe                   9      0     31      1
DS de Silva                  9      1     28      4
Warnapura                    2      0     12      0
GRA de Silva                10      1     45      2
Kaluperuma                  10      0     42      0

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