England v Sri Lanka (472)

a5465 o472 wc78	England v Sri Lanka
	Reliance World Cup 1987/88 (Group B)
Venue	Nehru Stadium, Pune on 30th October 1987 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by 8 wickets
Points	England 4; Sri Lanka 0
Umpires	DM Archer, Khizer Hayat
Man of the Match	GA Gooch

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Sri Lanka innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s RS Mahanama c Emburey b DeFreitas 14 28 1 - JR Ratnayeke lbw b Small 7 11 1 - +AP Gurusinha run out 34 63 3 - RL Dias st Downton b Hemmings 80 105 6 3 *LRD Mendis b DeFreitas 7 26 - - RS Madugalle c sub (PW Jarvis) b Hemmings 22 38 - 1 PA de Silva not out 23 18 2 - ALF de Mel c Lamb b Hemmings 0 2 - - S Jeganathan not out 20 15 2 1 VB John did not bat SD Anurasiri did not bat Extras (3 lb, 5 nb, 3 w) 11 Total (7 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) 218 Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Ratnayeke), 2-25 (Mahanama), 3-113 (Gurusinha), 4-125 (Mendis), 5-170 (Dias), 6-177 (Madugalle), 7-180 (de Mel) England bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls DeFreitas 10 2 46 2 - - Small 10 1 33 1 - - Foster 10 0 37 0 - - Emburey 10 1 42 0 - - Hemmings 10 0 57 3 - - England innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s GA Gooch c and b Jeganathan 61 79 7 - RT Robinson b Jeganathan 55 75 7 - CWJ Athey not out 40 55 - - *MW Gatting not out 46 40 4 - AJ Lamb did not bat +PR Downton did not bat JE Emburey did not bat PAJ DeFreitas did not bat NA Foster did not bat GC Small did not bat EE Hemmings did not bat Extras (1 b, 13 lb, 3 w) 17 Total (2 wickets, 41.2 overs) 219 Fall of wickets: 1-123 (Robinson), 2-132 (Gooch) Sri Lanka bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Ratnayeke 8 1 37 0 - - John 6 2 19 0 - - de Mel 4.2 0 34 0 - - Jeganathan 10 0 45 2 - - Anurasiri 10 0 45 0 - - de Silva 3 0 25 0 - -

Notes
--> RL Dias passed 1500 runs in ODIs when he reached 7
--> PAJ DeFreitas reached 100 wickets in ListA Matches when he dismissed LRD Mendis, his 2nd wicket in the Sri Lanka innings