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ODI No. 1077

1996 Cricket World Cup
1995-96 season
England vs Sri Lanka - 1st Quarter-final
Saturday March 09, 1996 (50-over match)

Sri Lanka reached into semi-final

Venue : Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Toss : England won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 9.2 overs remaining)


England innings
(50 overs maximum)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Robin Smith run out
25 
41 
3 
0
60.98 
»
 Mike Atherton c Kaluwitharana b Vaas
22 
27 
2 
0
81.48 
»
 Graeme Hick c Ranatunga b Muralitharan
8 
21 
0 
0
38.10 
»
 Graham Thorpe b Dharmasena
14 
31 
1 
0
45.16 
»
 Phil DeFreitas lbw b ST Jayasuriya
67 
64 
5 
2
104.69 
»
 Alec Stewart b Muralitharan
17 
38 
0 
0
44.74 
»
 Jack Russell b Dharmasena
9 
17 
0 
0
52.94 
»
 Dermot Reeve b ST Jayasuriya
35 
34 
2 
0
102.94 
»
 Darren Gough Not Out
26 
26 
5 
0
100.00 
»
 Peter Martin Not Out
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras LB 8, W 4
12
Total : (8 wickets in 50.0 overs)
235
 RR : 4.70

did not bat: Richard Illingworth

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)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Pramodya Wickramasinghe
7
0 
43 
0
6.14
0
1
»
 Chaminda Vaas
8
1 
29 
1
3.63
0
1
»
 Muttiah Muralitharan
10
1 
37 
2
3.70
0
1
»
 Kumar Dharmasena
10
0 
30 
2
3.00
0
0
»
 Sanath Jayasuriya
9
0 
46 
2
5.11
0
0
»
 Aravinda de Silva
6
0 
42 
0
7.00
0
1

Sri Lanka innings
(Target: 236 runs in 50 overs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Sanath Jayasuriya st Russell b Reeve
82 
44 
13 
3
186.36 
»
 Romesh Kaluwitharana b Illingworth
8 
3 
2 
0
266.67 
»
 Asanka Gurusinha run out
45 
63 
5 
0
71.43 
»
 Aravinda de Silva c Smith b Hick
31 
30 
5 
0
103.33 
»
 Arjuna Ranatunga lbw b Gough
25 
17 
5 
0
147.06 
»
 Hashan Tillakaratne Not Out
19 
50 
1 
0
38.00 
»
 Roshan Mahanama Not Out
22 
38 
2 
0
57.89 
Extras LB 1, W 2, N 1
4
Total : (5 wickets in 40.4 overs)
236
 RR : 5.80

did not bat: Chaminda Vaas, Kumar Dharmasena, Muttiah Muralitharan, Pramodya Wickramasinghe

Fall of wickets : 1-12 (Kaluwitharana), 2-113 (Jayasuriya), 3-165 (de Silva), 4-194 (Ranatunga), 5-198 (Gurusinha)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Peter Martin
9
1 
41 
0
4.56
0
2
»
 Richard Illingworth
10
1 
72 
1
7.20
0
0
»
 Darren Gough
10
1 
36 
1
3.60
0
0
»
 Phil DeFreitas
3
 .4
0 
38 
0
10.36
0
0
»
 Dermot Reeve
4
1 
14 
1
3.50
1
0
»
 Graeme Hick
4
0 
34 
1
8.50
0
0

Match details
Man of the Match: ST Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)
Umpires : Mahboob Shah (Pakistan) and ID Robinson (Zimbabwe)
Third Umpire: VK Ramaswamy (India)
Referee : Nasim-ul-Ghani (Pakistan)

Teams:
England Robin Smith, Mike Atherton (Capt.), Graeme Hick, Graham Thorpe, Phil DeFreitas, Alec Stewart, Jack Russell (wk), Dermot Reeve, Darren Gough, Peter Martin, Richard Illingworth
Sri Lanka Sanath Jayasuriya, Romesh Kaluwitharana (wk), Chaminda Vaas, Aravinda de Silva, Hashan Tillakaratne, Roshan Mahanama, Kumar Dharmasena, Arjuna Ranatunga (Capt.), Asanka Gurusinha, Muttiah Muralitharan, Pramodya Wickramasinghe
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