England v Sri Lanka (202)

a3680 o202 wc35	England v Sri Lanka
	Prudential World Cup 1983 (Group A)
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 11th June 1983 (60-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by 47 runs
Points	England 4; Sri Lanka 0
Umpires	MJ Kitchen, KE Palmer
Man of the Match	DI Gower

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England innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s G Fowler b John 22 59 1 - CJ Tavaré c de Alwis b Ranatunga 32 61 4 - DI Gower b de Mel 130 120 12 5 AJ Lamb b Ratnayake 53 51 4 2 MW Gatting run out 7 8 - - IT Botham run out 0 1 - - +IJ Gould c Ranatunga b Ratnayake 35 40 2 - GR Dilley b de Mel 29 16 5 - VJ Marks run out 5 5 - - PJW Allott not out 0 0 - - *RGD Willis did not bat Extras (11 lb, 9 w) 20 Total (9 wickets, innings closed, 60 overs) 333 Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Fowler), 2-78 (Tavaré), 3-174 (Lamb), 4-193 (Gatting), 5-194 (Botham), 6-292 (Gould), 7-298 (Gower), 8-333 (Dilley), 9-333 (Marks) Sri Lanka bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls de Mel 12 3 62 2 - - John 12 0 55 1 - - Ratnayake 12 0 66 2 - - Ranatunga 12 0 65 1 - - de Silva 12 0 65 0 - - Sri Lanka innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s S Wettimuny lbw b Marks 33 66 3 1 DSBP Kuruppu c Gatting b Dilley 4 3 1 - RL Dias c Botham b Dilley 2 15 - - *LRD Mendis c Willis b Marks 56 64 5 1 RS Madugalle c Tavaré b Marks 12 26 1 - A Ranatunga c Lamb b Marks 34 45 4 - DS de Silva st Gould b Marks 28 37 2 - +RG de Alwis not out 58 51 6 1 ALF de Mel c Dilley b Allott 27 26 2 - RJ Ratnayake c Lamb b Dilley 15 18 1 - VB John b Dilley 0 1 - - Extras (12 lb, 3 nb, 2 w) 17 Total (all out, 58 overs) 286 Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Kuruppu), 2-17 (Dias), 3-92 (Wettimuny), 4-108 (Madugalle), 5-117 (Mendis), 6-168 (Ranatunga), 7-192 (de Silva), 8-246 (de Mel), 9-281 (Ratnayake), 10-286 (John) England bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Willis 11 3 43 0 - - Dilley 11 0 45 4 - - Allott 12 1 82 1 - - Botham 12 0 60 0 - - Marks 12 3 39 5 - -

Notes
--> S Wettimuny passed 500 runs in ODIs when he reached 1
--> RJ Ratnayake equalled his previous highest ODIs score of 15
--> VJ Marks achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ListA Matches when he dismissed A Ranatunga in the Sri Lanka innings (previous best was 3-13)
--> VJ Marks achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODIs when he dismissed A Ranatunga in the Sri Lanka innings (previous best was 3-30)
--> GR Dilley achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODIs when he dismissed RJ Ratnayake in the Sri Lanka innings (previous best was 2-30)