England v Sri Lanka (1078)

a9765 o1078 wc153	England v Sri Lanka
	Wills World Cup 1995/96 (Quarter-Final)
Venue	Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad on 9th March 1996 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
Umpires	Mahboob Shah, ID Robinson
Third umpire	VK Ramaswamy
Referee	Nasim-ul-Ghani
Man of the Match	ST Jayasuriya

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England innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s RA Smith run out 25 41 78 3 - *MA Atherton c Kaluwitharana b Vaas 22 27 32 2 - GA Hick c Ranatunga b Muralitharan 8 21 27 - - GP Thorpe b Dharmasena 14 31 39 1 - PAJ DeFreitas lbw b Jayasuriya 67 64 89 5 2 AJ Stewart b Muralitharan 17 38 50 - - +RC Russell b Dharmasena 9 17 18 - - DA Reeve b Jayasuriya 35 34 37 2 - D Gough not out 26 26 34 5 - PJ Martin not out 0 1 1 - - RK Illingworth did not bat Extras (8 lb, 4 w) 12 Total (8 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) 235 Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Atherton), 2-58 (Hick), 3-66 (Smith), 4-94 (Thorpe), 5-145 (Stewart), 6-171 (Russell), 7-173 (DeFreitas), 8-235 (Reeve) Sri Lanka bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Wickramasinghe 7 0 43 0 1 - Vaas 8 1 29 1 1 - Muralitharan 10 1 37 2 1 - Dharmasena 10 0 30 2 - - Jayasuriya 9 0 46 2 - - de Silva 6 0 42 0 1 - Sri Lanka innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s ST Jayasuriya st Russell b Reeve 82 44 67 13 3 +RS Kaluwitharana b Illingworth 8 3 7 2 - AP Gurusinha run out 45 63 124 5 - PA de Silva c Smith b Hick 31 30 38 5 - *A Ranatunga lbw b Gough 25 17 14 5 - HP Tillakaratne not out 19 50 65 1 - RS Mahanama not out 22 38 55 2 - HDPK Dharmasena did not bat WPUJC Vaas did not bat M Muralitharan did not bat GP Wickramasinghe did not bat Extras (1 lb, 1 nb, 2 w) 4 Total (5 wickets, 40.4 overs) 236 Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Kaluwitharana), 2-113 (Jayasuriya), 3-165 (de Silva), 4-194 (Ranatunga), 5-198 (Gurusinha) England bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Martin 9 1 41 0 2 - Illingworth 10 1 72 1 - - Gough 10 1 36 1 - - DeFreitas 3.4 0 38 0 - - Reeve 4 1 14 1 - 1 Hick 4 0 34 1 - -

Notes
--> PAJ DeFreitas passed his previous highest ODIs score of 49
--> DA Reeve passed his previous highest ODIs score of 33
--> ST Jayasuriya 50 in 30 balls
--> A Ranatunga passed 5500 runs in ListA Matches when he reached 7