1992 World Test Championship - Sri Lanka v England - 5th Round - Match Summary

Sri Lanka v England - 1992 World Test Championship - 5th Round - Kandy

Lead by a magnificent 277 by captain Graham Gooch, England easily accounted for Sri Lanka in their 5th Round match in Kandy.
Sri Lanka batted first, and despite 84 to Gurusinha, could only post 226 in their first innings.
England replied strongly, with Gooch dominating the scoring throughout his innings until he was last out.
Lead by Hathurasinghe with 130, and Kaluwitharana with 80, Sri Lanka batted better second time round but could only set England 63 for victory.
England polished off the runs without loss to complete an emphatic 10 wicket victory.

Pitch: 65

Toss: Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka 226 all out (80.3 overs)
(A.P.Gurusinha 84, A.Ranatunga 42; P.A.J.DeFreitas 2-21, D.A.Reeve 2-37, D.R.Pringle 2-42, P.C.R.Tufnell 3-85)

England 472 all out (139.1 overs)
(G.A.Gooch 277, R.A.Smith 47, A.J.Lamb 26, D.A.Reeve 57, D.R.Pringle 21; C.P.H.Ramanayake 2-80, U.C.Hathurasingha 2-47, S.D.Anurasiri 3-144)

Sri Lanka 309 all out (100.3 overs)
(U.C.Hathurasinghe 130, A.Ranatunga 39, R.S.Kaluwitharana 80; P.A.J.DeFreitas 3-54, D.A.Reeve 3-59, P.C.R.Tufnell 3-93)

England 64/0 (20.2)
(G.A.Gooch 28*, A.J.Stewart 34*)

England won by 10 wickets.

Man of the Match: G.A.Gooch

Match Points: England 24 (Bat 4, Bowl 4) Sri Lanka 3 (Bat 1, Bowl 2)