Sri Lanka v England (145)

a3206 o145	Sri Lanka v England
	England in Sri Lanka 1981/82 (1st ODI)
Venue	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo on 13th February 1982 (45-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field
Result	England won by 5 runs
Umpires	CEB Anthony, HC Felsinger
Man of the Match	IT Botham

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England innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s GA Gooch b GRA de Silva 64 107 90 8 - G Cook c GRA de Silva b Kaluperuma 28 52 70 2 - DI Gower run out 15 23 35 2 - IT Botham b de Mel 60 51 69 7 2 *KWR Fletcher b DS de Silva 12 12 19 2 - MW Gatting c Mendis b de Mel 3 6 16 - - +CJ Richards b GRA de Silva 3 5 6 - - JE Emburey lbw b de Mel 0 4 5 - - PJW Allott run out 0 1 3 - - DL Underwood b de Mel 4 5 10 - - RGD Willis not out 2 7 8 - - Extras (6 b, 2 lb, 10 nb, 2 w) 20 Total (all out, 44.4 overs) 211 Fall of wickets: 1-55 (Cook), 2-83 (Gower), 3-152 (Gooch), 4-191 (Botham), 5-197 (Gatting), 6-202 (Richards), 7-205 (Emburey), 8-205 (Allott), 9-205 (Fletcher), 10-211 (Underwood) Sri Lanka bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls de Mel 8.4 1 34 4 - - Ranasinghe 8 2 20 0 - - Kaluperuma 7 0 35 1 - - DS de Silva 9 0 31 1 - - GRA de Silva 9 0 56 2 - - Wettimuny 3 0 15 0 - - Sri Lanka innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s *B Warnapura c Gower b Allott 10 25 39 1 - S Wettimuny c Richards b Allott 46 80 129 3 - +RSA Jayasekera c Gooch b Willis 17 42 47 1 - RL Dias c and b Underwood 4 15 22 - - LRD Mendis c Gower b Underwood 2 12 23 - - RS Madugalle b Willis 22 21 49 3 - AN Ranasinghe c Cook b Botham 51 41 70 3 1 DS de Silva b Botham 8 14 16 - - ALF de Mel not out 13 17 28 - - LWS Kaluperuma not out 14 14 11 1 - GRA de Silva did not bat Extras (5 b, 10 lb, 2 nb, 2 w) 19 Total (8 wickets, innings closed, 45 overs) 206 Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Warnapura), 2-75 (Jayasekera), 3-84 (Dias), 4-92 (Mendis), 5-92 (Wettimuny), 6-160 (Madugalle), 7-175 (DS de Silva), 8-187 (Ranasinghe) England bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Willis 9 1 32 2 - - Botham 9 0 45 2 - - Emburey 5 0 18 0 - - Allott 9 0 40 2 - - Gooch 6 1 18 0 - - Underwood 7 0 34 2 - -

Notes
--> GA Gooch passed 5500 runs in ListA Matches when he reached 49
--> IT Botham equalled his previous highest ODIs score of 60
--> PJW Allott made his debut in ODIs
--> S Wettimuny made his debut in ODIs
--> RSA Jayasekera made his debut in ODIs
--> AN Ranasinghe passed his previous highest ODIs score of 14
--> ALF de Mel made his debut in ODIs
--> LWS Kaluperuma passed his previous highest ODIs score of 13
--> ALF de Mel achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ListA Matches when he dismissed MW Gatting in the England innings (previous best was 1-13)