Wills World Cup 1995/96

Quarter-Final: England vs Sri Lanka  |  Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets

Match Details
Toss England, who chose to bat Tournament Wills World Cup 1995/96
Umpires
Mahboob Shah and ID Robinson Match Date 09 Mar 1996
Match Referee Nasim-Ul-Ghani Ground National Stadium, Faisalabad, Faisalabad
TV Umpire VK Ramaswamy    
Player of Match Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)    

England Innings

 R M B 4s 6s SR
1 Robin Smith run out 25 78 41 3 0 60.98
2 Mike Atherton * c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Chaminda Vaas 22 32 27 2 0 81.48
3 Graeme Hick c Arjuna Ranatunga b Muttiah Muralitharan 8 27 21 0 0 38.10
4 Graham Thorpe b Kumar Dharmasena 14 39 31 1 0 45.16
5 Phil DeFreitas lbw Sanath Jayasuriya 67 89 64 5 2 104.69
6 Alec Stewart b Muttiah Muralitharan 17 50 38 0 0 44.74
7 Jack Russell † b Kumar Dharmasena 9 18 17 0 0 52.94
8 Dermot Reeve b Sanath Jayasuriya 35 37 34 2 0 102.94
9 Darren Gough not out 26 34 26 5 0 100.00
10 Peter Martin not out 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
11 Richard Illingworth Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
Extra lb 8, w 4 12
Total 8 wickets; 50.0 overs; 235 4.7 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-31 ( Mike Atherton, 0.0 ) ;   2-58 ( Graeme Hick, 0.0 ) ;   3-66 ( Robin Smith, 0.0 ) ;   4-94 ( Graham Thorpe, 0.0 ) ;   5-145 ( Alec Stewart, 0.0 ) ;   6-171 ( Jack Russell, 0.0 ) ;   7-173 ( Phil DeFreitas, 0.0 ) ;   8-235 ( Dermot Reeve, 0.0 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Pramodya Wickramasinghe 7.0 0 43 0 1 0
Chaminda Vaas 8.0 1 29 1 1 0
Muttiah Muralitharan 10.0 1 37 2 1 0
Kumar Dharmasena 10.0 0 30 2 0 0
Sanath Jayasuriya 9.0 0 46 2 0 0
Aravinda de Silva 6.0 0 42 0 1 0

Sri Lanka Innings

 R M B 4s 6s SR
1 Sanath Jayasuriya st Jack Russell b Dermot Reeve 82 67 44 13 3 186.36
2 Romesh Kaluwitharana † b Richard Illingworth 8 7 3 2 0 266.67
3 Asanka Gurusinha run out 45 124 63 5 0 71.43
4 Aravinda de Silva c Robin Smith b Graeme Hick 31 38 30 5 0 103.33
5 Arjuna Ranatunga * lbw Darren Gough 25 14 17 5 0 147.06
6 Hashan Tillakaratne not out 19 65 50 1 0 38.00
7 Roshan Mahanama not out 22 55 38 2 0 57.89
8 Kumar Dharmasena Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
9 Chaminda Vaas Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
10 Muttiah Muralitharan Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
11 Pramodya Wickramasinghe Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
Extra lb 1, w 2, nb 1 4
Total 5 wickets; 40.4 overs; 236 5.8 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-12 ( Romesh Kaluwitharana, 0.0 ) ;   2-113 ( Sanath Jayasuriya, 0.0 ) ;   3-165 ( Aravinda de Silva, 0.0 ) ;   4-194 ( Arjuna Ranatunga, 0.0 ) ;   5-198 ( Asanka Gurusinha, 0.0 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Peter Martin 9.0 1 41 0 2 0
Richard Illingworth 10.0 1 72 1 0 0
Darren Gough 10.0 1 36 1 0 0
Phil DeFreitas 3.4 0 38 0 0 0
Dermot Reeve 4.0 1 14 1 0 1
Graeme Hick 4.0 0 34 1 0 0