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1975 Cricket World Cup
1975 season
Australia vs Sri Lanka - 7th Match, Group B
Wednesday June 11, 1975 (60-over match)
Venue : Kennington Oval, London
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field first
Result : Australia won by 52 runs


Australia innings
(60 overs maximum)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Rick McCosker b de Silva
73 
111 
2 
0
65.77 
»
 Alan Turner c Mendis b de Silva
101 
113 
9 
1
89.38 
»
 Ian Chappell b Kaluperuma
4 
7 
1 
0
57.14 
»
 Greg Chappell c Opatha b Pieris
50 
50 
5 
1
100.00 
»
 Doug Walters c Tennekoon b Pieris
59 
66 
5 
0
89.39 
»
 Jeff Thomson Not Out
9 
7 
0 
0
128.57 
»
 Rod Marsh Not Out
9 
7 
0 
0
128.57 
Extras B 1, LB 20, W 1, N 1
23
Total : (5 wickets in 60.0 overs)
328
 RR : 5.47

did not bat: Ross Edwards, Max Walker, Dennis Lillee, Ashley Mallett

Fall of wickets : 1-182 (Turner), 2-187 (McCosker), 3-191 (IM Chappell), 4-308 (Walters), 5-308 (GS Chappell)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Tony Opatha
9
0 
32 
0
3.56
0
0
»
 Mevan Pieris
11
0 
68 
2
6.18
0
0
»
 Bandula Warnapura
9
0 
40 
0
4.44
0
0
»
 Anura Ranasinghe
7
0 
55 
0
7.86
0
0
»
 Ajit de Silva
12
3 
60 
2
5.00
0
0
»
 Lalith Kaluperuma
12
0 
50 
1
4.17
0
0

Sri Lanka innings
(Target: 329 runs in 60 overs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Sunil Wettimuny retire hurt
53 
102 
7 
0
51.96 
»
 Ranjit Fernando b Thomson
22 
18 
4 
0
122.22 
»
 Bandula Warnapura st RW Marsh b Mallett
31 
39 
5 
0
79.49 
»
 Duleep Mendis retire hurt
32 
45 
5 
0
71.11 
»
 Anura Tennekoon b IM Chappell
48 
71 
6 
0
67.61 
»
 Michael Tissera c Turner b IM Chappell
52 
72 
7 
0
72.22 
»
 Anura Ranasinghe Not Out
14 
18 
3 
0
77.78 
»
 Mevan Pieris Not Out
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 6, LB 8, W 8, N 2
24
Total : (4 wickets in 60.0 overs)
276
 RR : 4.60

did not bat: Tony Opatha, Somachandra de Silva, Lalith Kaluperuma

Fall of wickets : 1-30 (Fernando), 2-84 (Warnapura), 2-150* (Mendis, retired not out), 2-164* (Wettimuny, retired not out), 3-246 (Tennekoon), 4-268 (Tissera)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Dennis Lillee
10
0 
42 
0
4.20
0
0
»
 Jeff Thomson
12
5 
22 
1
1.83
0
0
»
 Ashley Mallett
12
0 
72 
1
6.00
0
0
»
 Doug Walters
6
1 
33 
0
5.50
0
0
»
 Max Walker
12
1 
44 
0
3.67
0
0
»
 Greg Chappell
4
0 
25 
0
6.25
0
0
»
 Ian Chappell
4
0 
14 
2
3.50
0
0

Match details
Points: Australia 4, Sri Lanka 0
Debuts: SRD Wettimuny (Sri Lanka)
Man of the Match: A Turner (Australia)
Umpires : WL Budd and AE Fagg

Teams:
Australia Rick McCosker, Alan Turner, Greg Chappell, Ian Chappell (Capt.), Doug Walters, Jeff Thomson, Rod Marsh (wk), Ross Edwards, Max Walker, Dennis Lillee, Ashley Mallett
Sri Lanka Sunil Wettimuny, Ranjit Fernando (wk), Bandula Warnapura, Duleep Mendis, Anura Tennekoon (Capt.), Michael Tissera, Anura Ranasinghe, Mevan Pieris, Tony Opatha, Somachandra de Silva, Lalith Kaluperuma
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