Prudential World Cup 1983

Group A: England vs Sri Lanka  |  England won by 9 wickets

Match Details
Toss England, who chose to field Tournament Prudential World Cup 1983
Umpires
B Leadbeater and R Palmer Match Date 20 Jun 1983
Match Referee Ground Headingley,
Player of Match Bob Willis (England)    

Sri Lanka Innings

 R M B 4s 6s SR
1 Sidath Wettimuny lbw Ian Botham 22 0 49 3 0 44.90
2 Brendon Kuruppu c Mike Gatting b Bob Willis 6 0 36 1 0 16.67
3 Arjuna Ranatunga c Allan Lamb b Ian Botham 0 0 6 0 0 0.00
4 Roy Dias c Ian Gould b Norman Cowans 7 0 24 1 0 29.17
5 Duleep Mendis * b Paul Allott 10 0 38 0 0 26.32
6 Ranjan Madugalle c Ian Gould b Paul Allott 0 0 16 0 0 0.00
7 Somachandra de Silva c David Gower b Vic Marks 15 0 36 1 0 41.67
8 Guy de Alwis † c Vic Marks b Norman Cowans 19 0 20 2 1 95.00
9 Ashantha de Mel c Allan Lamb b Vic Marks 10 0 23 2 0 43.48
10 Rumesh Ratnayake not out 20 0 32 1 1 62.50
11 Vinothen John c Norman Cowans b Paul Allott 15 0 27 1 0 55.56
Extra b 5, lb 2, w 3, nb 2 12
Total 10 wickets; 50.4 overs; 136 2.68 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-25 ( Brendon Kuruppu, 0.0 ) ;   2-30 ( Arjuna Ranatunga, 0.0 ) ;   3-32 ( Sidath Wettimuny, 0.0 ) ;   4-40 ( Roy Dias, 0.0 ) ;   5-43 ( Ranjan Madugalle, 0.0 ) ;   6-54 ( Duleep Mendis, 0.0 ) ;   7-81 ( Somachandra de Silva, 0.0 ) ;   8-97 ( Guy de Alwis, 0.0 ) ;   9-103 ( Ashantha de Mel, 0.0 ) ;   10-136 ( Vinothen John, 0.0 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Bob Willis * 9.0 4 9 1 0 0
Norman Cowans 12.0 3 31 2 0 0
Ian Botham 9.0 4 12 2 0 0
Paul Allott 10.4 0 41 3 0 0
Mike Gatting 4.0 2 13 0 0 0
Vic Marks 6.0 2 18 2 0 0

England Innings

 R M B 4s 6s SR
1 Graeme Fowler not out 81 0 77 11 0 105.19
2 Chris Tavar c Guy de Alwis b Ashantha de Mel 19 0 48 1 1 39.58
3 David Gower not out 27 0 24 3 0 112.50
4 Allan Lamb Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
5 Mike Gatting Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
6 Ian Botham Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
7 Ian Gould † Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
8 Vic Marks Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
9 Paul Allott Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
10 Bob Willis * Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
11 Norman Cowans Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
Extra b 1, lb 3, w 3, nb 3 10
Total 1 wickets; 24.1 overs; 137 5.67 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-68 ( Chris Tavar, 0.0 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Ashantha de Mel 10.0 1 33 1 0 0
Rumesh Ratnayake 5.0 0 23 0 0 0
Vinothen John 6.0 0 41 0 0 0
Somachandra de Silva 3.0 0 29 0 0 0
Arjuna Ranatunga 0.1 0 1 0 0 0