a9764 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
TV umpire	VK Ramaswamy
Referee	Nasim-ul-Ghani
Player of the Match	ST Jayasuriya

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England innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
RA Smith	run out	25	41	78	3	-	60.98
*MA Atherton	c Kaluwitharana b Vaas	22	27	32	2	-	81.48
GA Hick	c Ranatunga b Muralitharan	8	21	27	-	-	38.10
GP Thorpe	b Dharmasena	14	31	39	1	-	45.16
PAJ DeFreitas	lbw b Jayasuriya	67	64	89	5	2	104.69
AJ Stewart	b Muralitharan	17	38	50	-	-	44.74
+RC Russell	b Dharmasena	9	17	18	-	-	52.94
DA Reeve	b Jayasuriya	35	34	37	2	-	102.94
D Gough	not out	26	26	34	5	-	100.00
PJ Martin	not out	0	1	1	-	-	0.00
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	S-Rate	Econ
Wickramasinghe	7	0	43	0	1	-	-	6.14
Vaas	8	1	29	1	1	-	48.00	3.62
Muralitharan	10	1	37	2	1	-	30.00	3.70
Dharmasena	10	0	30	2	-	-	30.00	3.00
Jayasuriya	9	0	46	2	-	-	27.00	5.11
de Silva	6	0	42	0	1	-	-	7.00

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Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
ST Jayasuriya	st Russell b Reeve	82	44	67	13	3	186.36
+RS Kaluwitharana	b Illingworth	8	3	7	2	-	266.67
AP Gurusinha	run out	45	63	124	5	-	71.43
PA de Silva	c Smith b Hick	31	30	38	5	-	103.33
*A Ranatunga	lbw b Gough	25	17	14	5	-	147.06
HP Tillakaratne	not out	19	50	65	1	-	38.00
RS Mahanama	not out	22	38	55	2	-	57.89
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	S-Rate	Econ
Martin	9	1	41	0	2	-	-	4.56
Illingworth	10	1	72	1	-	-	60.00	7.20
Gough	10	1	36	1	-	-	60.00	3.60
DeFreitas	3.4	0	38	0	-	-	-	10.36
Reeve	4	1	14	1	-	1	24.00	3.50
Hick	4	0	34	1	-	-	24.00	8.50

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Notes
--> RA Smith made his last appearance in ODI matches
--> RA Smith made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> MA Atherton made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> PAJ DeFreitas made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> RC Russell made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> DA Reeve made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> DA Reeve made his last appearance in ODI matches
--> PJ Martin made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> RK Illingworth made his last appearance in ODI matches
--> RK Illingworth made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> PAJ DeFreitas passed his previous highest score of 23 in World Cup matches
--> PAJ DeFreitas passed his previous highest score of 49 in ODI matches
--> PAJ DeFreitas 50 in 46 balls, 57 minutes with 3 fours and 2 sixes
--> DA Reeve passed his previous highest score of 25 in World Cup matches
--> DA Reeve passed his previous highest score of 33 in ODI matches
--> D Gough passed his previous highest score of 15 in World Cup matches
--> ST Jayasuriya 50 in 30 balls, 47 minutes with 10 fours
--> ST Jayasuriya passed his previous highest score of 79 in World Cup matches
--> A Ranatunga passed 5500 runs in List A matches when he reached 7
--> HP Tillakaratne made his debut in Pakistan in World Cup matches
--> ST Jayasuriya made his debut in Pakistan in World Cup matches
--> GP Wickramasinghe made his debut in Pakistan in World Cup matches
--> RS Kaluwitharana made his debut in Pakistan in World Cup matches
--> M Muralitharan made his debut in Pakistan in World Cup matches
--> HDPK Dharmasena made his debut in Pakistan in World Cup matches
--> WPUJC Vaas made his debut in Pakistan in World Cup matches

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Jayasuriya bowled by a no-ball from Reeve on 82.

 

 

 

 

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