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Marylebone Cricket Club in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka 1972/73

Marylebone Cricket Club vs Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka v Marylebone Cricket Club  |  Marylebone Cricket Club won by 7 wickets

Match Details
Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat Series Marylebone Cricket Club In India, Pakistan And Sri Lanka 1972/73
Umpires
HC Felsinger and EC Seneviratne Match Date 16, 17, 18 Feb 1973
Match Referee Ground P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo , Colombo
Player of Match    

Sri Lanka 1st Innings

 R M B 4s 6s
1 Bandula Warnapura c Tony Greig b Geoff Arnold 0 0 0 0 0
2 Amitha de Costa c Graham Roope b Bob Cottam 12 0 0 0 0
3 Duleep Mendis c Roger Tolchard b Geoff Arnold 0 0 0 0 0
4 Anura Tennekoon c Graham Roope b Derek Underwood 11 0 0 0 0
5 Michael Tissera * b Pat Pocock 18 0 0 0 0
6 David Heyn c Roger Tolchard b Tony Greig 18 0 0 0 0
7 Russell Hamer † c Mike Denness b Tony Greig 1 0 0 0 0
8 Neil Chanmugam c Roger Tolchard b Tony Greig 11 0 0 0 0
9 Somachandra de Silva not out 13 0 0 0 0
10 Mevan Pieris c Roger Tolchard b Geoff Arnold 0 0 0 0 0
11 Dayananda Sahabandu run out 0 0 0 0 0
Extra nb 2 2
Total 10 wickets; 50.0 overs; 86 1.72 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-0 ;   2-0 ;   3-12 ;   4-42 ;   5-42 ;   6-49 ;   7-65 ;   8-77 ;   9-78 ;   10-86

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Geoff Arnold 11.0 6 7 3 0 0
Bob Cottam 11.0 3 27 1 0 0
Derek Underwood 8.0 3 15 1 0 0
Tony Greig 13.0 3 30 3 0 0
Pat Pocock 7.0 4 5 1 0 0

Marylebone Cricket Club 1st Innings

 R M B 4s 6s
1 Barry Wood c Russell Hamer b Mevan Pieris 12 0 0 0 0
2 Dennis Amiss run out 17 0 0 0 0
3 Graham Roope c Anura Tennekoon b Mevan Pieris 0 0 0 0 0
4 Mike Denness * c Anura Tennekoon b Somachandra de Silva 36 0 0 0 0
5 Jack Birkenshaw c Somachandra de Silva b Mevan Pieris 6 0 0 0 0
6 Tony Greig c Michael Tissera b Somachandra de Silva 61 0 0 0 0
7 Roger Tolchard † lbw Somachandra de Silva 6 0 0 0 0
8 Geoff Arnold b Neil Chanmugam 10 0 0 0 0
9 Pat Pocock lbw Somachandra de Silva 1 0 0 0 0
10 Derek Underwood not out 11 0 0 0 0
11 Bob Cottam c Duleep Mendis b Somachandra de Silva 0 0 0 0 0
Extra lb 1, nb 2 3
Total 10 wickets; 74.0 overs; 163 2.2 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-22 ;   2-22 ;   3-58 ;   4-71 ;   5-80 ;   6-106 ;   7-137 ;   8-138 ;   9-163 ;   10-163

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Mevan Pieris 15.0 6 33 3 0 0
Dayananda Sahabandu 16.0 5 42 0 0 0
Somachandra de Silva 25.0 10 40 5 0 0
Neil Chanmugam 14.0 4 34 1 0 0
Michael Tissera * 4.0 0 11 0 0 0

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings

 R M B 4s 6s
1 Bandula Warnapura b Derek Underwood 22 0 0 0 0
2 Amitha de Costa c Graham Roope b Geoff Arnold 0 0 0 0 0
3 Anura Tennekoon lbw Pat Pocock 47 0 0 0 0
4 Duleep Mendis lbw Derek Underwood 0 0 0 0 0
5 Michael Tissera * c Graham Roope b Jack Birkenshaw 15 0 0 0 0
6 David Heyn c Jack Birkenshaw b Pat Pocock 13 0 0 0 0
7 Somachandra de Silva b Bob Cottam 37 0 0 0 0
8 Russell Hamer † b Bob Cottam 20 0 0 0 0
9 Neil Chanmugam c Mike Denness b Derek Underwood 19 0 0 0 0
10 Mevan Pieris c Roger Tolchard b Tony Greig 23 0 0 0 0
11 Dayananda Sahabandu not out 0 0 0 0 0
Extra lb 3, nb 1 4
Total 10 wickets; 100.0 overs; 200 2 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-9 ;   2-37 ;   3-37 ;   4-77 ;   5-89 ;   6-118 ;   7-158 ;   8-165 ;   9-180 ;   10-200

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Geoff Arnold 14.0 4 26 1 0 0
Bob Cottam 13.0 5 22 2 0 0
Derek Underwood 22.0 12 32 3 0 0
Tony Greig 8.0 2 17 1 0 0
Pat Pocock 26.0 8 55 2 0 0
Jack Birkenshaw 17.0 3 44 1 0 0

Marylebone Cricket Club 2nd Innings

 R M B 4s 6s
1 Barry Wood c & b Mevan Pieris 10 0 0 0 0
2 Dennis Amiss not out 51 0 0 0 0
3 Graham Roope lbw Somachandra de Silva 0 0 0 0 0
4 Mike Denness * c Anura Tennekoon b Neil Chanmugam 25 0 0 0 0
5 Jack Birkenshaw not out 35 0 0 0 0
6 Tony Greig Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
7 Roger Tolchard † Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
8 Geoff Arnold Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
9 Pat Pocock Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
10 Derek Underwood Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
11 Bob Cottam Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
Extra b 4, lb 2 6
Total 3 wickets; 45.5 overs; 127 2.77 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-14 ;   2-15 ;   3-58

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Mevan Pieris 8.0 1 25 1 0 0
Dayananda Sahabandu 14.0 4 24 0 0 0
Somachandra de Silva 13.0 3 37 1 0 0
Neil Chanmugam 8.0 1 26 1 0 0
Michael Tissera * 1.5 0 8 0 0 0
Bandula Warnapura 1.0 0 1 0 0 0