Wills World Cup 1995/96
Quarter-Final: England vs Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
| Toss | England, who chose to bat | Tournament | Wills World Cup 1995/96 |
| Umpires
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Mahboob Shah and ID Robinson | Match Date | 09 Mar 1996 |
| Match Referee | Nasim-Ul-Ghani | Ground | National Stadium, Faisalabad, Faisalabad |
| TV Umpire | VK Ramaswamy | ||
| Player of Match | Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) |
England Innings |
R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robin Smith | run out | 25 | 78 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 60.98 |
| 2 | Mike Atherton * | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Chaminda Vaas | 22 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 81.48 |
| 3 | Graeme Hick | c Arjuna Ranatunga b Muttiah Muralitharan | 8 | 27 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 38.10 |
| 4 | Graham Thorpe | b Kumar Dharmasena | 14 | 39 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 45.16 |
| 5 | Phil DeFreitas | lbw Sanath Jayasuriya | 67 | 89 | 64 | 5 | 2 | 104.69 |
| 6 | Alec Stewart | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 17 | 50 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 44.74 |
| 7 | Jack Russell † | b Kumar Dharmasena | 9 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 52.94 |
| 8 | Dermot Reeve | b Sanath Jayasuriya | 35 | 37 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 102.94 |
| 9 | Darren Gough | not out | 26 | 34 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 100.00 |
| 10 | Peter Martin | not out | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 11 | Richard Illingworth | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extra | lb 8, w 4 | 12 | ||||||
| Total | 8 wickets; 50.0 overs; | 235 | 4.7 runs per over | |||||
Fall of wickets 1-31 ( Mike Atherton, 0.0 ) ; 2-58 ( Graeme Hick, 0.0 ) ; 3-66 ( Robin Smith, 0.0 ) ; 4-94 ( Graham Thorpe, 0.0 ) ; 5-145 ( Alec Stewart, 0.0 ) ; 6-171 ( Jack Russell, 0.0 ) ; 7-173 ( Phil DeFreitas, 0.0 ) ; 8-235 ( Dermot Reeve, 0.0 )
Bowling |
Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Wides | No balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 7.0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chaminda Vaas | 8.0 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10.0 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10.0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 9.0 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Aravinda de Silva | 6.0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Sri Lanka Innings |
R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanath Jayasuriya | st Jack Russell b Dermot Reeve | 82 | 67 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 186.36 |
| 2 | Romesh Kaluwitharana † | b Richard Illingworth | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 266.67 |
| 3 | Asanka Gurusinha | run out | 45 | 124 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 71.43 |
| 4 | Aravinda de Silva | c Robin Smith b Graeme Hick | 31 | 38 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 103.33 |
| 5 | Arjuna Ranatunga * | lbw Darren Gough | 25 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 147.06 |
| 6 | Hashan Tillakaratne | not out | 19 | 65 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 38.00 |
| 7 | Roshan Mahanama | not out | 22 | 55 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 57.89 |
| 8 | Kumar Dharmasena | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Chaminda Vaas | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Muttiah Muralitharan | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Pramodya Wickramasinghe | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extra | lb 1, w 2, nb 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Total | 5 wickets; 40.4 overs; | 236 | 5.8 runs per over | |||||
Fall of wickets 1-12 ( Romesh Kaluwitharana, 0.0 ) ; 2-113 ( Sanath Jayasuriya, 0.0 ) ; 3-165 ( Aravinda de Silva, 0.0 ) ; 4-194 ( Arjuna Ranatunga, 0.0 ) ; 5-198 ( Asanka Gurusinha, 0.0 )
Bowling |
Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Wides | No balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Martin | 9.0 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Richard Illingworth | 10.0 | 1 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Gough | 10.0 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil DeFreitas | 3.4 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dermot Reeve | 4.0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Graeme Hick | 4.0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
