Story International Cricket - My History

[Slowcoach]

The next series I will report on is a Sri Lankan ODI Tri-Series featuring host nation Sri Lanka along with South Africa and New Zealand, here is the schedule.
This tournament has been added to the schedule to give the 3 teams involved something to do while they wait for other teams to finish their commitments elsewhere.
All South African players on this tour apart from KC Wessels will be making their ODI debuts in this tournament.


Sri Lanka ODI Tri-Series - in Sri Lanka - 1991/2 - Series Schedule

Sri Lanka v South Africa - at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Sri Lanka v New Zealand - at Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
New Zealand v South Africa - at Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa
Sri Lanka v South Africa - at P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo
Sri Lanka v New Zealand - at Khetterama Stadium, Colombo
New Zealand v South Africa - at Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy

FINAL - TBA - at Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo

 

[Slowcoach]

Sri Lanka Squad - for Sri Lanka Tri-Series ODIs - in Sri Lanka - 1991/2

R.S.Mahanama
U.C.Hathurusingha RMF
M.A.R.Samarasekera RM
A.P.Gurusinha RM
P.A.de Silva (c) OB
A.Ranatunga RM
S.T.Jayasuriya SLA
M.S.Atapattu
H.P.Tillakaratne (wk)
A.M.de Silva (wk)
R.S.Kalpage OB
M.A.W.R.Madurasinghe OB
G.F.Labrooy RFM
R.J.Ratnayake RFM
C.P.H.Ramanayake RFM
G.P.Wickramasinghe RFM
K.I.W.Wijegunawardena RFM
S.D.Anurasiri SLA
K.P.J.Warnaweera OB

 

[Slowcoach]

New Zealand Squad - for Sri Lanka ODI Tri-Series - in Sri Lanka - 1991/2

J.G.Wright
B.A.Young
R.T.Latham RM
A.H.Jones
M.D.Crowe (c) RM
M.J.Greatbatch
K.R.Rutherford
S.A.Thomson OB
C.L.Cairns RFM
C.Z.Harris RM
G.E.Bradburn OB
I.D.S.Smith (wk)
T.E.Blain (wk)
D.N.Patel OB
G.R.Larsen RM
M.W.Priest SLA
C.Pringle RFM
D.K.Morrison RFM
W.Watson RFM

 

[Slowcoach]

South Africa Squad - for Sri Lanka ODI Tri-Series - in Sri Lanka - 1991/2

S.J.Cook (c)
A.C.Hudson
M.W.Rushmere
K.C.Wessels
P.N.Kirsten OB
D.J.Cullinan
W.J.Cronje RM
J.N.Rhodes
A.P.Kuiper RM
B.M.McMillan RFM
D.J.Richardson (wk)
C.R.Matthews RFM
O.Henry SLA
R.P.Snell RFM
P.S.de Villiers RFM
M.W.Pringle RFM
C.E.Eksteen SLA
A.A.Donald RF
T.Bosch RF

 

[Slowcoach]

Sri Lanka v South Africa - Sri Lanka Tri-Series ODI - at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo - 1991/2

Injuries: R.P.Snell - Thigh Strain (miss 1 match)

Debuts: South Africa - All bar K.C.Wessels, Sri Lanka - G.P.Wickramasinghe

Peter Kirsten played well for South Africa to top score with 64 as they posted 211/8 off 50 overs after being inserted in Humid conditions aiding Swing on a pitch that was Good For Batting.
It was the Sri Lankan spinners who did most to restrict the South African scoring after the opening bowlers disappointed in conditions which should have aided them.
The Sri Lankan openers added 65 in quick time but a collapse against the seamers left their side 89/5 and in some trouble.
Sri Lanka keeper batsman Hashan Tillakaratne and Number 7 Marvan Atapattu then scored unbeaten half centuries in an unbroken partnership of 125* to take their side to victory with 3 overs to spare.
Allan Donald and Meyrick Pringle had bowled well for South Africa but lacked support as the other bowlers leaked runs.

Sri Lanka Vs South Africa

1-Innings Match Played At Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, 01-Sep-1991, One Day International

Sri Lanka Win by 5 wkts

Toss won by	South Africa
Home Side	Sri Lanka
Player of Match	MS Atapattu
Comment	Pitch 2 Weather 4

South Africa 1st Innings 211/9 Closed (Overs 50)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
SJ Cook*	lbw	b UC Hathurusingha	18	28	24	2	0
AC Hudson	c RS Mahanama	b UC Hathurusingha	28	54	32	5	0
KC Wessels	lbw	b SD Anurasiri	30	62	50	2	0
PN Kirsten	c PA de Silva	b SD Anurasiri	67	86	64	6	0
JN Rhodes	c HP Tillakaratne	b SD Anurasiri	14	23	20	2	0
AP Kuiper	c HP Tillakaratne	b RS Kalpage	15	29	37	0	1
DJ Richardson+		b PA de Silva	7	27	23	1	0
O Henry		b RS Kalpage	8	17	19	0	0
MW Pringle		b PA de Silva	6	21	13	1	0
AA Donald	not out		14	19	21	2	0
T Bosch	not out		0	1	1	0	0
extras		(b0 lb0 w4 nb0)	4
TOTAL		9 wickets for	211

FOW
1-38(SJ Cook) 2-61(AC Hudson) 3-115(KC Wessels) 4-149(JN Rhodes) 5-174(PN Kirsten)
6-174(AP Kuiper) 7-190(O Henry) 8-190(DJ Richardson) 9-211(MW Pringle)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
GF Labrooy	6	0	35	0
GP Wickramasinghe	6	0	29	0
UC Hathurusingha	8	0	34	2
SD Anurasiri	10	1	44	3
RS Kalpage	10	2	25	2
AP Gurusinha	2	0	11	0
ST Jayasuriya	2	0	15	0
PA de Silva	6	2	18	2

Sri Lanka 1st Innings 214/5 Closed (Overs 47)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
RS Mahanama	c KC Wessels	b MW Pringle	28	66	41	1	1
UC Hathurusingha		b AA Donald	39	58	37	7	0
AP Gurusinha		b AA Donald	4	26	14	1	0
PA de Silva*	lbw	b MW Pringle	10	11	10	0	0
ST Jayasuriya	c AA Donald	b T Bosch	5	21	9	1	0
HP Tillakaratne+	not out		61	120	91	4	0
MS Atapattu	not out		65	105	82	6	0
RS Kalpage	dnb
GF Labrooy	dnb
GP Wickramasinghe	dnb
SD Anurasiri	dnb
extras		(b0 lb0 w1 nb1)	2
TOTAL		5 wickets for	214

FOW
1-65(UC Hathurusingha) 2-67(RS Mahanama) 3-81(PA de Silva) 4-81(AP Gurusinha)
5-89(ST Jayasuriya)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
AA Donald	10	3	27	2
T Bosch	10	0	58	1
MW Pringle	10	1	43	2
AP Kuiper	6	0	30	0
O Henry	8	0	42	0
PN Kirsten	3	0	14	0

Marvan Atapattu top scored for Sri Lanka with an unbeaten 65*