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ODI No. 201

1983 Cricket World Cup
1983 season
England vs Sri Lanka - 5th Match, Group A
Saturday June 11, 1983 (60-over match)
Venue : County Ground, Taunton
Toss : England won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : England won by 47 runs


England innings
(60 overs maximum)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Graeme Fowler b John
22 
59 
1 
0
37.29 
»
 Chris Tavare c de Alwis b Ranatunga
32 
61 
4 
0
52.46 
»
 David Gower b de Mel
130 
120 
12 
5
108.33 
»
 Allan Lamb b Ratnayake
53 
51 
4 
2
103.92 
»
 Mike Gatting run out
7 
8 
0 
0
87.50 
»
 Sir Ian Botham run out
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Ian Gould c Ranatunga b Ratnayake
35 
40 
2 
0
87.50 
»
 Graham Dilley b de Mel
29 
16 
5 
0
181.25 
»
 Vic Marks run out
5 
5 
0 
0
100.00 
»
 Paul Allott Not Out
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras LB 11, W 9
20
Total : (9 wickets in 60.0 overs)
333
 RR : 5.55

did not bat: Bob Willis

Fall of wickets : 1-49 (Fowler), 2-78 (Tavar�), 3-174 (Lamb), 4-193 (Gatting), 5-194 (Botham), 6-292 (Gould), 7-298 (Gower), 8-233 (Dilley), 9-333 (Marks)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Ashantha de Mel
12
3 
62 
2
5.17
0
0
»
 Vinothen John
12
0 
55 
1
4.58
0
0
»
 Rumesh Ratnayake
12
0 
66 
2
5.50
0
0
»
 Arjuna Ranatunga
12
0 
65 
1
5.42
0
0
»
 Somachandra de Silva
12
0 
65 
0
5.42
0
0

Sri Lanka Inning
(Target: 334 runs in 60 overs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Sidath Wettimuny lbw b Marks
33 
66 
3 
1
50.00 
»
 Brendon Kuruppu c Gatting b Dilley
4 
3 
1 
0
133.33 
»
 Roy Dias c Botham b Dilley
2 
15 
0 
0
13.33 
»
 Duleep Mendis c Willis b Marks
56 
64 
5 
1
87.50 
»
 Ranjan Madugalle c Tavare b Marks
12 
26 
1 
0
46.15 
»
 Arjuna Ranatunga c Lamb b Marks
34 
45 
4 
0
75.56 
»
 Somachandra de Silva st Gould b Marks
28 
37 
2 
0
75.68 
»
 Guy de Alwis Not Out
58 
51 
6 
1
113.73 
»
 Ashantha de Mel c Dilley b Allott
27 
26 
2 
0
103.85 
»
 Rumesh Ratnayake c Lamb b Dilley
15 
18 
1 
0
83.33 
»
 Vinothen John b Dilley
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras LB 12, W 2, N 3
17
Total : (all out in 58.0 overs)
286
 RR : 4.93

Fall of wickets : 1-11 (Kuruppu), 2-17 (Dias), 3-92 (Wettimuny), 4-108 (Madugalle), 5-117 (Mendis), 6-168 (Ranatunga), 7-192 (de Silva), 8-246 (de Mel), 9-281 (Ratnayake), 10-286 (John)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Bob Willis
11
3 
43 
0
3.91
0
0
»
 Graham Dilley
11
0 
45 
4
4.09
0
0
»
 Paul Allott
12
1 
82 
1
6.83
0
0
»
 Sir Ian Botham
12
0 
60 
0
5.00
0
0
»
 Vic Marks
12
3 
39 
5
3.25
0
0

Match details
Points: England 4, Sri Lanka 0
Man of the Match: DI Gower (England)
Umpires : MJ Kitchen and KE Palmer

Teams:
England Graeme Fowler, David Gower, Chris Tavare, Allan Lamb, Bob Willis (Capt.), Mike Gatting, Sir Ian Botham, Ian Gould (wk), Graham Dilley, Paul Allott, Vic Marks
Sri Lanka Ashantha de Mel, Brendon Kuruppu, Duleep Mendis (Capt.), Guy de Alwis (wk), Ranjan Madugalle, Roy Dias, Rumesh Ratnayake, Sidath Wettimuny, Somachandra de Silva, Vinothen John, Arjuna Ranatunga
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