England v Sri Lanka (1443)

a11899 o1443 wc159	England v Sri Lanka
	ICC World Cup 1999 (Group A)
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 14th May 1999 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to field
Result	England won by 8 wickets
Points	England 2; Sri Lanka 0
Umpires	RE Koertzen, S Venkataraghavan
TV umpire	DL Orchard
Referee	CW Smith
Man of the Match	AJ Stewart

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Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
ST Jayasuriya	c Hick b Mullally	29	52	73	4	-	55.77
RS Mahanama	c Hick b Mullally	16	30	47	2	-	53.33
MS Atapattu	c Thorpe b Austin	3	9	9	-	-	33.33
HP Tillakaratne	c Stewart b Ealham	0	12	26	-	-	0.00
PA de Silva	c Thorpe b Mullally	0	6	13	-	-	0.00
*A Ranatunga	c Hussain b Ealham	32	42	71	1	1	76.19
+RS Kaluwitharana	c Stewart b Mullally	57	66	73	7	-	86.36
WPUJC Vaas	not out	12	27	59	-	-	44.44
KEA Upashantha	c Thorpe b Hollioake	11	25	25	1	-	44.00
GP Wickramasinghe	c Stewart b Austin	11	18	15	1	-	61.11
M Muralitharan	b Gough	12	8	6	2	-	150.00
Extras	(9 lb, 3 nb, 9 w)	21
Total	(all out, 48.4 overs)	204
Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Mahanama, 10.6 ov), 2-50 (Atapattu, 13.2 ov), 3-63 (Jayasuriya, 16.5 ov), 4-63 (Tillakaratne, 17.1 ov), 5-65 (de Silva, 18.5 ov), 6-149 (Ranatunga, 33.6 ov), 7-155 (Kaluwitharana, 36.5 ov), 8-174 (Upashantha, 43.5 ov), 9-190 (Wickramasinghe, 47.2 ov), 10-204 (Muralitharan, 48.4 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Gough	8.4	0	50	1	1	2	52.00	5.77
Austin	9	1	25	2	5	-	27.00	2.78
Mullally	10	1	37	4	1	1	15.00	3.70
Ealham	10	0	31	2	-	-	30.00	3.10
Flintoff	2	0	12	0	-	-	-	6.00
Hick	3	0	19	0	1	-	-	6.33
Hollioake	6	0	21	1	-	-	36.00	3.50

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England innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
N Hussain	st Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan	14	33	69	1	-	42.42
*+AJ Stewart	c Kaluwitharana b Vaas	88	146	182	6	-	60.27
GA Hick	not out	73	88	135	2	2	82.95
GP Thorpe	not out	13	15	23	1	-	86.67
NH Fairbrother	did not bat
A Flintoff	did not bat
AJ Hollioake	did not bat
MA Ealham	did not bat
ID Austin	did not bat
D Gough	did not bat
AD Mullally	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 1 nb, 12 w)	19
Total	(2 wickets, 46.5 overs)	207
Fall of wickets: 1-50 (Hussain, 14.5 ov), 2-175 (Stewart, 41.3 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Vaas	10	2	27	1	-	-	60.00	2.70
Wickramasinghe	10	0	41	0	-	-	-	4.10
Upashantha	8	0	38	0	8	1	-	4.75
Muralitharan	10	0	33	1	2	-	60.00	3.30
Jayasuriya	7.5	0	55	0	2	-	-	7.02
de Silva	1	0	7	0	-	-	-	7.00

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Notes
--> RS Kaluwitharana 50 in 52 balls with 7 fours
--> AJ Stewart 50 in 85 balls with 4 fours
--> GA Hick 50 in 63 balls with 1 four and 1 six