Sri Lanka v England - 1992 World Test Championship - 5th Round - England 1st Innings

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

England lost a couple of early wickets, but Smith steadied things with 47 in partnership with Gooch.
Gooch was simply magnificent, powering to a hundred that seemed inevitable from the time he reached 20.
With Reeve making 57 in a 5th wicket partnership of 147, England were taken into the lead.
Gooch powered on to a brilliant 277, dwarfing the efforts of his team mates in an outstanding innings.
When he was last out at 472, England had a first innings lead of 246, and Sri Lanka an uphill struggle ahead of them.
With the score 372/6 at the 100 over mark, England had gained a maximum 4 batting points, and Sri Lanka 2 bowling points.

England 1st Innings 472/10 All Out (Overs 139.1)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
GA Gooch*	c AP Gurusinha	b PA de Silva	277	512	433	22	2
AJ Stewart	lbw	b UC Hathurasingha	8	35	25	1	0
GA Hick	c PA de Silva	b GP Wickremasinghe	10	37	30	0	0
RA Smith		b SD Anurasiri	47	94	84	3	0
AJ Lamb	lbw	b UC Hathurasingha	26	45	43	2	1
DA Reeve	c RS Kaluwitharana	b CPH Ramanayake	57	136	105	3	0
CC Lewis	c SD Anurasiri	b CPH Ramanayake	4	18	10	0	0
RC Russell+	c RS Kaluwitharana	b AP Gurusinha	0	5	3	0	0
DR Pringle		b SD Anurasiri	21	45	42	1	0
PAJ DeFreitas		b SD Anurasiri	4	40	38	0	0
PCR Tufnell	not out		1	45	37	0	0
extras		(b0 lb2 w6 nb9)	17
TOTAL		10 wickets for	472

FOW
1-22(AJ Stewart) 2-44(GA Hick) 3-156(RA Smith) 4-210(AJ Lamb) 5-357(DA Reeve)
6-372(CC Lewis) 7-380(RC Russell) 8-428(DR Pringle) 9-447(PAJ DeFreitas)
10-472(GA Gooch)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
CPH Ramanayake	19	2	80	2
GP Wickremasinghe	16	3	71	1
UC Hathurasingha	22	7	47	2
AP Gurusinha	17	3	47	1
SD Anurasiri	45	9	144	3
MAWR Madurasinghe	11	1	51	0
PA de Silva	7.1	1	20	1
A Ranatunga	2	0	10	0

Graham Gooch powered his way to a magnificent 277 as England made 472 against Sri Lanka