a3680 o202 wc35	England v Sri Lanka
	Prudential World Cup 1983 (Group A)
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 11th June 1983 (60-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by 47 runs
Points	England 4; Sri Lanka 0
Umpires	MJ Kitchen, KE Palmer
Man of the Match	DI Gower

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England innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
G Fowler	b John	22	59		1	-	37.29
CJ Tavaré	c de Alwis b Ranatunga	32	61		4	-	52.46
DI Gower	b de Mel	130	120		12	5	108.33
AJ Lamb	b Ratnayake	53	51		4	2	103.92
MW Gatting	run out	7	8		-	-	87.50
IT Botham	run out	0	1		-	-	0.00
+IJ Gould	c Ranatunga b Ratnayake	35	40		2	-	87.50
GR Dilley	b de Mel	29	16		5	-	181.25
VJ Marks	run out	5	5		-	-	100.00
PJW Allott	not out	0	0		-	-	0.00
*RGD Willis	did not bat
Extras	(11 lb, 9 w)	20
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 60 overs)	333
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	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
de Mel	12	3	62	2	-	-	36.00	5.17
John	12	0	55	1	-	-	72.00	4.58
Ratnayake	12	0	66	2	-	-	36.00	5.50
Ranatunga	12	0	65	1	-	-	72.00	5.42
de Silva	12	0	65	0	-	-	-	5.42

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Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
S Wettimuny	lbw b Marks	33	66		3	1	50.00
DSBP Kuruppu	c Gatting b Dilley	4	3		1	-	133.33
RL Dias	c Botham b Dilley	2	15		-	-	13.33
*LRD Mendis	c Willis b Marks	56	64		5	1	87.50
RS Madugalle	c Tavaré b Marks	12	26		1	-	46.15
A Ranatunga	c Lamb b Marks	34	45		4	-	75.56
DS de Silva	st Gould b Marks	28	37		2	-	75.68
+RG de Alwis	not out	58	51		6	1	113.73
ALF de Mel	c Dilley b Allott	27	26		2	-	103.85
RJ Ratnayake	c Lamb b Dilley	15	18		1	-	83.33
VB John	b Dilley	0	1		-	-	0.00
Extras	(12 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	17
Total	(all out, 58 overs)	286
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	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Willis	11	3	43	0	-	-	-	3.91
Dilley	11	0	45	4	-	-	16.50	4.09
Allott	12	1	82	1	-	-	72.00	6.83
Botham	12	0	60	0	-	-	-	5.00
Marks	12	3	39	5	-	-	14.40	3.25

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Notes
--> DI Gower passed his previous highest score of 39 in World Cup matches
--> IJ Gould passed his previous highest score of 14 in World Cup matches
--> S Wettimuny passed his previous highest score of 12 in World Cup matches
--> S Wettimuny passed 500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 1
--> A Ranatunga passed his previous highest score of 31 in World Cup matches
--> ALF de Mel passed his previous highest score of 11 in World Cup matches
--> RJ Ratnayake passed his previous highest score of 13 in World Cup matches
--> RJ Ratnayake equalled his previous highest score of 15 in ODI matches
--> GR Dilley achieved his best innings bowling analysis in World Cup matches when he dismissed RL Dias in the Sri Lanka innings (previous best was 1-33)
--> GR Dilley achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches when he dismissed RJ Ratnayake in the Sri Lanka innings (previous best was 2-30)
--> VJ Marks achieved his best innings bowling analysis in World Cup matches when he dismissed LRD Mendis in the Sri Lanka innings (previous best was 2-39)
--> VJ Marks achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches when he dismissed A Ranatunga in the Sri Lanka innings (previous best was 3-30)
--> VJ Marks achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ListA matches when he dismissed A Ranatunga in the Sri Lanka innings (previous best was 3-13)

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