New South Wales v Sri Lankans at Sydney, 10-12 Feb 1983

Sri Lanka in Australia, 1982/83
New South Wales v Sri Lankans
Sydney Cricket Ground
10,11,12 February 1983 (3-day match)

Result: Match drawn

Toss:
Umpires: RA Emerson and RG Harris

Close of play:

Day 1: New South Wales 253/5d, Sri Lankans 15/2 (? ?*, ? ?*) Day 2: Sri Lankans 170/7 (? ?*, ? ?*) New South Wales 1st innings *RB McCosker b de Mel 8 J Dyson b Jeganathan 52 IC Davis c de Mel b John 14 DM Wellham c & b Jeganathan 35 PM Toohey c de Mel b de Silva 58 TM Chappell not out 40 GRJ Matthews not out 26 Extras (b 2, lb 2, nb 16) 20 Total (5 wickets decl, 77 overs) 253 DNB: MJ Bennett, +SJ Rixon, LS Pascoe, MR Whitney. FoW: 1-19, 2-51, 3-120, 4-127, 5-205. Bowling O M R W de Mel 12 1 49 1 John 14 1 41 1 Ratnayeke 6 1 12 0 de Silva 22 3 70 1 Jeganathan 22 5 58 2 MD Wettimuny 1 0 3 0 Sri Lankans 1st innings S Wettimuny c Rixon b Whitney 9 MD Wettimuny c Bennett b Whitney 0 +RG de Alwis c & b Pascoe 42 RL Dias c Matthews b Pascoe 15 *LRD Mendis b Chappell 15 RS Madugalle c Rixon b Bennett 35 DS de Silva c Dyson b Bennett 65 JR Ratnayeke c McCosker b Matthews 5 S Jeganathan c McCosker b Pascoe 10 ALF de Mel not out 0 Extras (lb 1, nb 10) 11 Total (9 wickets decl, 64.3 overs) 207 DNB: VB John. FoW: 1-9, 2-14, 3-48, 4-82, 5-89, 6-146, 7-167, 8-207, 9-207. Bowling O M R W Pascoe 19 1 66 3 Whitney 15 0 54 2 Chappell 10 3 20 1 Bennett 14.3 2 42 2 Matthews 6 1 14 1 New South Wales 2nd innings *RB McCosker not out 45 MJ Bennett c de Alwis b Ratnayeke 24 TM Chappell c & b Ratnayeke 2 +SJ Rixon c de Silva b John 14 PM Toohey not out 2 Extras (lb 1, w 2, nb 14) 17 Total (3 wickets, 34 overs) 104 DNB: IC Davis, J Dyson, GRJ Matthews, LS Pascoe, DM Wellham, MR Whitney. FoW: 1-66, 2-74, 3-101. Bowling O M R W de Mel 6 0 24 0 John 12 2 27 1 Ratnayeke 6 1 20 2 Jeganathan 10 3 16 0 This was the first first-class match played by a Sri Lankan team in Australia.