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1987 Cricket World Cup
1987-88 season
England vs Sri Lanka - 22nd Match, Group B
Friday October 30, 1987 (50-over match)
Venue : Nehru Stadium, Pune
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : England won by 8 wickets (with 8.4 overs remaining)


Sri Lanka innings
(50 overs maximum)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Roshan Mahanama c Emburey b DeFreitas
14 
28 
1 
0
50.00 
»
 Ravi Ratnayeke lbw b Small
7 
11 
1 
0
63.64 
»
 Asanka Gurusinha run out
34 
63 
3 
0
53.97 
»
 Roy Dias st Downton b Hemmings
80 
105 
6 
3
76.19 
»
 Duleep Mendis b DeFreitas
7 
26 
0 
0
26.92 
»
 Ranjan Madugalle c Small b Hemmings
22 
38 
0 
1
57.89 
»
 Aravinda de Silva Not Out
23 
18 
2 
0
127.78 
»
 Ashantha de Mel c Lamb b Hemmings
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Sridharan Jeganathan Not Out
20 
15 
2 
1
133.33 
Extras LB 3, W 3, N 5
11
Total : (7 wickets in 50.0 overs)
218
 RR : 4.36

did not bat: Vinothen John, Don Anurasiri

Fall of wickets : 1-23 (Ratnayeke), 2-25 (Mahanama), 3-113 (Gurusinha), 4-125 (Mendis), 5-170 (Dias), 6-177 (Madugalle), 7-180 (de Mel)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Phil DeFreitas
10
2 
46 
2
4.60
0
0
»
 Gladstone Small
10
1 
33 
1
3.30
0
0
»
 Neil Foster
10
0 
37 
0
3.70
0
0
»
 John Emburey
10
1 
42 
0
4.20
0
0
»
 Eddie Hemmings
10
0 
57 
3
5.70
0
0

England innings
(Target: 219 runs in 50 overs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Graham Gooch c & b Jeganathan
61 
79 
7 
0
77.22 
»
 Tim Robinson b Jeganathan
55 
75 
7 
0
73.33 
»
 Bill Athey Not Out
40 
55 
0 
0
72.73 
»
 Mike Gatting Not Out
46 
40 
4 
0
115.00 
Extras B 1, LB 13, W 3
17
Total : (2 wickets in 41.2 overs)
219
 RR : 5.30

did not bat: Allan Lamb, Paul Downton, John Emburey, Phil DeFreitas, Neil Foster, Gladstone Small, Eddie Hemmings

Fall of wickets : 1-123 (Robinson), 2-132 (Gooch)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Ravi Ratnayeke
8
1 
37 
0
4.63
0
0
»
 Vinothen John
6
2 
19 
0
3.17
0
0
»
 Ashantha de Mel
4
 .2
0 
34 
0
7.85
0
0
»
 Sridharan Jeganathan
10
0 
45 
2
4.50
0
0
»
 Don Anurasiri
10
0 
45 
0
4.50
0
0
»
 Aravinda de Silva
3
0 
25 
0
8.33
0
0

Match details
Points: England 4, Sri Lanka 0
Man of the Match: GA Gooch (England)
Umpires : DM Archer (West Indies) and Khizer Hayat (Pakistan)

Teams:
England Graham Gooch, Tim Robinson, Bill Athey, Mike Gatting (Capt.), Allan Lamb, Paul Downton (wk), John Emburey, Phil DeFreitas, Neil Foster, Gladstone Small, Eddie Hemmings
Sri Lanka Roshan Mahanama, Ravi Ratnayeke, Asanka Gurusinha (wk), Roy Dias, Duleep Mendis (Capt.), Ranjan Madugalle, Aravinda de Silva, Ashantha de Mel, Vinothen John, Don Anurasiri, Sridharan Jeganathan
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