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40 years after the game, Sri Lankan Cricket Historian Nick Brookes chats to Duleep Mendis & Sidath Wettimuny about Sri Lanka's tour of England in 1984 and the first test Sri Lanka played at Lords's.
Both players scored centuries and got themselves on the honours board with Duleep captaining the side.
They discuss their thoughts and feeling going into the game and how they felt on the pitch on the historic occasion
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Both players scored centuries and got themselves on the honours board with Duleep captaining the side.
They discuss their thoughts and feeling going into the game and how they felt on the pitch on the historic occasion
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