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ODI No. 217

1983 Cricket World Cup
1983 season
England vs Sri Lanka - 21st Match, Group A
Monday June 20, 1983 (60-over match)
Venue : Headingley, Leeds
Toss : England won the toss and elected to field first
Result : England won by 9 wickets (with 35.5 overs remaining)


Sri Lanka innings
(60 overs maximum)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Sidath Wettimuny lbw b Botham
22 
49 
3 
0
44.90 
»
 Brendon Kuruppu c Gatting b Willis
6 
36 
1 
0
16.67 
»
 Arjuna Ranatunga c Lamb b Botham
0 
6 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Roy Dias c Gould b Cowans
7 
24 
1 
0
29.17 
»
 Duleep Mendis b Allott
10 
38 
0 
0
26.32 
»
 Ranjan Madugalle c Gould b Allott
0 
16 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Somachandra de Silva c Gower b Marks
15 
36 
1 
0
41.67 
»
 Guy de Alwis c Marks b Cowans
19 
20 
2 
1
95.00 
»
 Ashantha de Mel c Lamb b Marks
10 
23 
2 
0
43.48 
»
 Rumesh Ratnayake Not Out
20 
32 
1 
1
62.50 
»
 Vinothen John c Cowans b Allott
15 
27 
1 
0
55.56 
Extras B 5, LB 2, W 3, N 2
12
Total : (all out in 50.4 overs)
136
 RR : 2.68

Fall of wickets : 1-25 (Kuruppu), 2-30 (Ranatunga), 3-32 (Wettimuny), 4-40 (Dias), 5-43 (Madugalle), 6-54 (Mendis), 7-81 (de Silva), 8-97 (de Alwis), 9-103 (de Mel), 10-136 (John)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Bob Willis
9
4 
9 
1
1.00
0
0
»
 Norman Cowans
12
3 
31 
2
2.58
0
0
»
 Sir Ian Botham
9
4 
12 
2
1.33
0
0
»
 Paul Allott
10
 .4
0 
41 
3
3.84
0
0
»
 Mike Gatting
4
2 
13 
0
3.25
0
0
»
 Vic Marks
6
2 
18 
2
3.00
0
0

England innings
(Target: 137 runs in 60 overs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Graeme Fowler Not Out
81 
77 
11 
0
105.19 
»
 Chris Tavare c de Alwis b de Mel
19 
48 
1 
1
39.58 
»
 David Gower Not Out
27 
24 
3 
0
112.50 
Extras B 1, LB 3, W 3, N 3
10
Total : (1 wickets in 24.1 overs)
137
 RR : 5.67

did not bat: Allan Lamb, Mike Gatting, Sir Ian Botham, Ian Gould, Vic Marks, Paul Allott, Bob Willis, Norman Cowans

Fall of wickets : 1-68 (Tavar�)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Ashantha de Mel
10
1 
33 
1
3.30
0
0
»
 Rumesh Ratnayake
5
0 
23 
0
4.60
0
0
»
 Vinothen John
6
0 
41 
0
6.83
0
0
»
 Somachandra de Silva
3
0 
29 
0
9.67
0
0
»
 Arjuna Ranatunga
0
 .1
0 
1 
0
6.00
0
0

Match details
Points: England 4, Sri Lanka 0
Man of the Match: RGD Willis (England)
Umpires : B Leadbeater and R Palmer

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