f32635	Ireland v Sri Lankans
	Sri Lanka in British Isles 1979
Venue	Woodvale Road, Eglinton on 7th, 8th, 9th July 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Ireland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	G McGahey, J Peoples
Close of play day 1	Ireland (1) 135/3 (Anderson 83, Johnston 30)
Close of play day 2	Sri Lankans (1) 107/4 (Pasqual 20, Mendis 8)

Ireland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MS Reith	c Jeganathan b DLS de Silva	4	27	41	-	-
JF Short	c Wijesuriya b Gunatilleke	0	3	9	-	-
BA O'Brien	c Jayasinghe b Gunatilleke	9	24	28	1	-
IJ Anderson	c Jayasekera b DLS de Silva	110	163	184	20	-
RI Johnston	c Jayasekera b Gunatilleke	34	135	169	5	-
AV Smith	not out	11	20	27	2	-
*JD Monteith	not out	4	6	15	-	-
SC Corlett	did not bat
M Halliday	did not bat
JWG Elder	did not bat
+OD Colhoun	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 9 nb, 4 w)	14
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 61.1 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Short), 2-14 (O'Brien), 3-14 (Reith), 4-163 (Johnston), 5-172 (Anderson)

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gunatilleke	14	5	32	3	-	7
DLS de Silva	19	9	28	2	3	1
Pasqual	7.1	2	35	0	1	-
GRA de Silva	12	2	37	0	-	2
Jeganathan	5	1	19	0	-	-
Wijesuriya	4	0	21	0	-	-

Sri Lankans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+RSA Jayasekera	b Corlett	25	65	79	4	-
SA Jayasinghe	c Anderson b Monteith	41	39	51	8	-
RS Madugalle	c Anderson b Corlett	5	25	23	-	-
SP Pasqual	not out	101	186	195	11	-
S Jeganathan	b Monteith	2	10	12	-	-
*LRD Mendis	c Monteith b Corlett	82	118	132	9	1
RL Dias	c Corlett b Monteith	18	33	38	2	-
DLS de Silva	not out	4	7	6	-	-
RGCE Wijesuriya	did not bat
GRA de Silva	did not bat
FRMD Gunatilleke	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 6 nb)	10
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 79 overs)	288
Fall of wickets:
1-58 (Jayasinghe), 2-73 (Madugalle), 3-75 (Jayasekera), 4-85 (Jeganathan), 5-237 (Mendis), 6-280 (Dias)

Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elder	7	1	36	0	-	7
Corlett	26	5	102	3	-	-
Johnston	1	0	3	0	-	-
Monteith	32	5	97	3	-	2
Halliday	13	3	40	0	-	-

Ireland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Short	lbw b GRA de Silva	56	120	146	8	-
MS Reith	b GRA de Silva	27	51	64	3	-
BA O'Brien	not out	45	111	104	4	-
IJ Anderson	not out	12	29	27	-	-
RI Johnston	did not bat
AV Smith	did not bat
*JD Monteith	did not bat
SC Corlett	did not bat
M Halliday	did not bat
JWG Elder	did not bat
+OD Colhoun	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(2 wickets, 51 overs)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-46 (Reith), 2-117 (Short)

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gunatilleke	5	3	3	0	-	3
DLS de Silva	14	1	42	0	1	-
Pasqual	4	1	15	0	-	-
GRA de Silva	17	5	38	2	-	-
Jeganathan	6	1	19	0	-	-
Wijesuriya	4	0	20	0	-	-
Dias	1	0	3	0	-	-

Notes
--> RI Johnston made his debut in first-class matches
--> SP Pasqual (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in first-class matches
--> LRD Mendis (1) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 58
--> BA O'Brien (2) equalled his previous highest score of 45 in first-class matches