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England v Sri Lanka @ Lord's, London
23, 24, 25, 27, 28 August 1984 (five-day match)
Toss: England (field)
Umpires: HD Bird, DGL Evans
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sidath Wettimuny | c Paul Downton b Paul Allott | 190 | 0 | 642 | 21 | - |
| +2. Amal Silva | lbw b Ian Botham | 8 | 11 | 17 | 1 | - |
| 3. Ranjan Madugalle | b Richard Ellison | 5 | 0 | 35 | 1 | - |
| 4. Roy Dias | c Allan Lamb b Pat Pocock | 32 | 0 | 152 | 3 | - |
| 5. Arjuna Ranatunga | b Jonathan Agnew | 84 | 183 | 248 | 8 | - |
| *6. Duleep Mendis | c Graeme Fowler b Pat Pocock | 111 | 0 | 197 | 11 | 3 |
| 7. Aravinda de Silva | c Paul Downton b Jonathan Agnew | 16 | 27 | 29 | 3 | - |
| 8. Ashantha de Mel | not out | 20 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 1 |
| 9. Ravi Ratnayeke | not out | 5 | 18 | 25 | - | - |
| 10. Somachandra de Silva | ||||||
| 11. Vinothen John |
| FOW | 1-17 (Amal Silva), 2-43 (Ranjan Madugalle), 3-144 (Roy Dias), 4-292 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-442 (Sidath Wettimuny), 6-456 (Duleep Mendis), 7-464 (Aravinda de Silva). |
| Extras | 2b, 8lb, 2w, 8nb, 0pen) 20 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 166 ovs) 491 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Jonathan Agnew | 32 | 3 | 123 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Botham | 29 | 6 | 114 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Richard Ellison | 28 | 6 | 70 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Pat Pocock | 41 | 17 | 75 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Allott | 36 | 7 | 89 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Graeme Fowler | c Ranjan Madugalle b Vinothen John | 25 | 41 | 50 | 4 | - |
| 2. Chris Broad | c Amal Silva b Ashantha de Mel | 86 | 242 | 341 | 8 | - |
| 3. Chris Tavare | c Arjuna Ranatunga b Somachandra de Silva | 14 | 95 | 138 | 1 | - |
| *4. David Gower | c Amal Silva b Ashantha de Mel | 55 | 151 | 196 | 5 | - |
| 5. Allan Lamb | c Roy Dias b Vinothen John | 107 | 195 | 266 | 10 | 1 |
| 6. Ian Botham | c sub b Vinothen John | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | - |
| 7. Richard Ellison | c Ravi Ratnayeke b Somachandra de Silva | 41 | 79 | 112 | 7 | - |
| +8. Paul Downton | c Roy Dias b Ashantha de Mel | 10 | 53 | 65 | 1 | - |
| 9. Paul Allott | b Ashantha de Mel | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 10. Pat Pocock | c Amal Silva b Vinothen John | 2 | 0 | 37 | - | - |
| 11. Jonathan Agnew | not out | 1 | 8 | 6 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-49 (Graeme Fowler), 2-105 (Chris Tavare), 3-190 (Chris Broad), 4-210 (David Gower), 5-218 (Ian Botham), 6-305 (Richard Ellison), 7-354 (Paul Downton), 8-354 (Paul Allott), 9-369 (Allan Lamb), 370 (Pat Pocock). |
| Extras | 5b, 7lb, 5w, 6nb, 0pen) 23 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 147.1 ovs) 370 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ashantha de Mel | 37 | 10 | 110 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Vinothen John | 39.1 | 12 | 98 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 22 | 5 | 50 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Somachandra de Silva | 45 | 16 | 85 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ranjan Madugalle | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sidath Wettimuny | c David Gower b Ian Botham | 13 | 0 | 22 | 2 | - |
| +2. Amal Silva | not out | 102 | 255 | 320 | 12 | - |
| 3. Ranjan Madugalle | b Ian Botham | 3 | 0 | 8 | - | - |
| 4. Roy Dias | lbw b Ian Botham | 38 | 0 | 112 | 5 | - |
| 5. Arjuna Ranatunga | lbw b Ian Botham | 0 | 6 | 7 | - | - |
| 6. Aravinda de Silva | c Paul Downton b Pat Pocock | 3 | 6 | 4 | - | - |
| *7. Duleep Mendis | c Graeme Fowler b Ian Botham | 94 | 0 | 123 | 9 | 3 |
| 8. Ashantha de Mel | c Richard Ellison b Ian Botham | 14 | 0 | 12 | 3 | - |
| 9. Ravi Ratnayeke | not out | 7 | 15 | 18 | 1 | - |
| 10. Somachandra de Silva | ||||||
| 11. Vinothen John |
| FOW | 1-19 (Sidath Wettimuny), 2-27 (Ranjan Madugalle), 3-111 (Roy Dias), 4-115 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-118 (Aravinda de Silva), 6-256 (Duleep Mendis), 7-276 (Ashantha de Mel). |
| Extras | 5b, 4lb, 0w, 11nb, 0pen) 20 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 80 ovs) 294 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Jonathan Agnew | 11 | 3 | 54 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Botham | 27 | 6 | 90 | 6 | (0w,0nb) |
| Richard Ellison | 7 | 0 | 36 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Pat Pocock | 29 | 10 | 78 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Allott | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Allan Lamb | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Tavare | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graeme Fowler | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Graeme Fowler, Chris Broad, Chris Tavare, David Gower, Allan Lamb, Ian Botham, Richard Ellison, Paul Downton, Paul Allott, Pat Pocock, Jonathan Agnew