England vs Sri Lanka (Scorecard)

England beat Sri Lanka by 47 runs in the Group A match of 1983 World Cup at County Ground in Taunton. David Gower won the man of the match award for his brilliant century.

11th June 1983, England vs Sri Lanka, Match Scorecard

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⇒ Toss : England won the toss and elected to bat first
⇒ Umpires : MJ Kitchen and KE Palmer
⇒ Match Result : England won by 47 runs
⇒ Man of the Match : David Gower

England Batting

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⇒ Graeme Fowler b John 22
⇒ Chris Tavare c de Alwis b Ranatunga 32
⇒ David Gower b de Mel 130
⇒ Allan Lamb b Ratnayake 53
⇒ Mike Gatting run out 7
⇒ Ian Botham run out 0
⇒ Ian Gould (WK) c Ranatunga b Ratnayake 35
⇒ Graham Dilley b de Mel 29
⇒ Vic Marks run out 5
⇒ Paul Allott not out 0
⇒ Bob Willis (C)

Extras : 20 (Wides: 9 No Balls: 0 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 11)

Total : 333/9 (Overs: 60.0)

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

Sri Lanka Bowling

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⇒ de Mel 12-3-62-2
⇒ John 12-0-55-1
⇒ Ratnayake 12-0-66-2
⇒ Ranatunga 12-0-65-1
⇒ de Silva 12-0-65-0

Sri Lanka Batting

⇒ Sidath Wettimuny lbw b Marks 33
⇒ Brendon Kuruppu c Gatting b Dilley 4
⇒ Roy Dias c Botham b Dilley 2
⇒ Duleep Mendis (C) c Willis b Marks 56
⇒ Ranjan Madugulle c Tavaré b Marks 12
⇒ Arjuna Ranatunga c Lamb b Marks 34
⇒ Somachandra de Silva st Gould b Marks 28
⇒ Guy de Alwis (WK) not out 58
⇒ Ashantha de Mel c Dilley b Allott 27
⇒ Rumesh Ratnayake c Lamb b Dilley 15
⇒ Vinothen John b Dilley 0

Extras : 17 (Wides : 2 No Balls: 3 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 12)

Total : 286 all out (Overs : 58.0)

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)

England Bowling

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⇒ Bob Willis 11-3-43-0
⇒ Dilley 11-0-45-4
⇒ Allott 12-1-82-1
⇒ Ian Botham 12-0-60-0
⇒ Marks 12-3-39-5