Ireland Vs Sri Lanka
2-Innings Match Played At Eglinton Londonderry, 07-Jul-1979, First Class
Match Drawn
Round 300
Toss won by Ireland
Umpires G McGahey - J Peoples
Home Side Ireland
Comment 300/1
7, 8 & 9 July .
Finale AV Smith
Close
Day 1 Ireland 1st innings 135-3 (IJ Anderson 83*, RI Johnston 30*)
Day 2 Sri Lanka 107-4 (SP Pasqual 20*, LRD Mendis 8*)
Match Report here
Ireland 1st Innings 186/5 Declared (Overs 61.1)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
MS Reith c S Jeganathan b DLS de Silva 4 41 27 0 0
JF Short c R Wijesooriya b TRM Gunatillake 0 9 3 0 0
BA O'Brien c ST Jayasinghe b TRM Gunatillake 9 28 24 1 0
IJ Anderson c R Jayasekhera b DLS de Silva 110 184 163 20 0
RI Johnston c R Jayasekhera b TRM Gunatillake 34 169 135 5 0
AV Smith not out   11 27 20 2 0
JD Monteith* not out   4 15 6 0 0
SC Corlett dnb            
M Halliday dnb            
JWG Elder dnb            
OD Colhoun+ dnb            
extras   (b0 lb1 w4 nb9) 14        
TOTAL   5 wickets for 186        
FOW
1-3(JF Short) 2-14(BA O'Brien) 3-14(MS Reith) 4-163(RI Johnston) 5-172(IJ Anderson)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
TRM Gunatillake 14 5 32 3 - 7
DLS de Silva 19 9 28 2 3 1
SP Pasqual 7.1 2 35 0 1 -
A de Silva 12 2 37 0 - 2
S Jeganathan 5 1 19 0 - -
R Wijesooriya 4 0 21 0 - -
Sri Lanka 1st Innings 288/6 Declared (Overs 79)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
R Jayasekhera+   b SC Corlett 25 78 65 4 0
ST Jayasinghe c IJ Anderson b JD Monteith 41 51 39 8 0
RS Madugalle c IJ Anderson b SC Corlett 5 23 25 0 0
SP Pasqual not out   101 195 186 11 0
S Jeganathan   b JD Monteith 2 12 10 0 0
BAW Mendis* c JD Monteith b SC Corlett 82 132 118 9 1
RL Dias c SC Corlett b JD Monteith 18 38 33 2 0
DLS de Silva not out   4 6 7 0 0
R Wijesooriya dnb            
A de Silva dnb            
TRM Gunatillake dnb            
extras   (b2 lb2 w0 nb6) 10        
TOTAL   6 wickets for 288        
FOW
1-58(ST Jayasinghe) 2-73(RS Madugalle) 3-75(R Jayasekhera) 4-85(S Jeganathan)
5-237(BAW Mendis) 6-280(RL Dias)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
JWG Elder 7 1 36 0 - 7
SC Corlett 26 5 102 3 - -
RI Johnston 1 0 3 0 - -
JD Monteith 32 5 97 3 - 2
M Halliday 13 3 40 0 - -
Ireland 2nd Innings 155/2 Closed (Overs 51)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
JF Short lbw b A de Silva 56 146 120 8 0
MS Reith   b A de Silva 27 64 51 3 0
BA O'Brien not out   45 104 111 4 0
IJ Anderson not out   12 27 29 0 0
RI Johnston dnb            
AV Smith dnb            
JD Monteith* dnb            
SC Corlett dnb            
M Halliday dnb            
JWG Elder dnb            
OD Colhoun+ dnb            
extras   (b8 lb3 w1 nb3) 15        
TOTAL   2 wickets for 155        
FOW
1-46(MS Reith) 2-117(JF Short)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
TRM Gunatillake 5 3 3 0 - 3
DLS de Silva 14 1 42 0 1 -
SP Pasqual 4 1 15 0 - -
A de Silva 17 5 38 2 - -
S Jeganathan 6 1 19 0 - -
R Wijesooriya 4 0 20 0 - -
RL Dias 1 0 3 0 - -
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