England v Sri Lanka (218)

a3709 o218 wc51	England v Sri Lanka
	Prudential World Cup 1983 (Group A)
Venue	Headingley, Leeds on 20th June 1983 (60-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to field
Result	England won by 9 wickets
Points	England 4; Sri Lanka 0
Umpires	B Leadbeater, R Palmer
Man of the Match	RGD Willis

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Sri Lanka innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s S Wettimuny lbw b Botham 22 49 3 - DSBP Kuruppu c Gatting b Willis 6 36 1 - A Ranatunga c Lamb b Botham 0 6 - - RL Dias c Gould b Cowans 7 24 1 - *LRD Mendis b Allott 10 38 - - RS Madugalle c Gould b Allott 0 16 - - DS de Silva c Gower b Marks 15 36 1 - +RG de Alwis c Marks b Cowans 19 20 2 1 ALF de Mel c Lamb b Marks 10 23 2 - RJ Ratnayake not out 20 32 1 1 VB John c Cowans b Allott 15 27 1 - Extras (5 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 3 w) 12 Total (all out, 50.4 overs) 136 Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Kuruppu), 2-30 (Ranatunga), 3-32 (Wettimuny), 4-40 (Dias), 5-43 (Madugalle), 6-54 (Mendis), 7-81 (de Silva), 8-97 (de Alwis), 9-103 (de Mel), 10-136 (John) England bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Willis 9 4 9 1 - - Cowans 12 3 31 2 - - Botham 9 4 12 2 - - Allott 10.4 0 41 3 - - Gatting 4 2 13 0 - - Marks 6 2 18 2 - - England innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s G Fowler not out 81 77 11 - CJ Tavaré c de Alwis b de Mel 19 48 1 1 DI Gower not out 27 24 3 - AJ Lamb did not bat MW Gatting did not bat IT Botham did not bat +IJ Gould did not bat VJ Marks did not bat PJW Allott did not bat *RGD Willis did not bat NG Cowans did not bat Extras (1 b, 3 lb, 3 nb, 3 w) 10 Total (1 wicket, 24.1 overs) 137 Fall of wickets: 1-68 (Tavaré) Sri Lanka bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls de Mel 10 1 33 1 - - Ratnayake 5 0 23 0 - - John 6 0 41 0 - - de Silva 3 0 29 0 - - Ranatunga 0.1 0 1 0 - -

Notes
--> RJ Ratnayake passed his previous highest ODIs score of 15
--> RJ Ratnayake equalled his previous highest ListA Matches score of 20
--> VB John passed his previous highest ListA Matches score of 12
--> VB John passed his previous highest ODIs score of 12
--> G Fowler passed his previous highest ODIs score of 78
--> PJW Allott achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODIs when he dismissed VB John in the Sri Lanka innings (previous best was 2-21)