a3710 o218 wc51	England v Sri Lanka
	Prudential World Cup 1983 (Group A)
Venue	Headingley, Leeds on 20th June 1983 (60-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to field
Result	England won by 9 wickets
Points	England 4; Sri Lanka 0
Umpires	B Leadbeater, R Palmer
Man of the Match	RGD Willis

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Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
S Wettimuny	lbw b Botham	22	49		3	-	44.90
DSBP Kuruppu	c Gatting b Willis	6	36		1	-	16.67
A Ranatunga	c Lamb b Botham	0	6		-	-	0.00
RL Dias	c Gould b Cowans	7	24		1	-	29.17
*LRD Mendis	b Allott	10	38		-	-	26.32
RS Madugalle	c Gould b Allott	0	16		-	-	0.00
DS de Silva	c Gower b Marks	15	36		1	-	41.67
+RG de Alwis	c Marks b Cowans	19	20		2	1	95.00
ALF de Mel	c Lamb b Marks	10	23		2	-	43.48
RJ Ratnayake	not out	20	32		1	1	62.50
VB John	c Cowans b Allott	15	27		1	-	55.56
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 3 w)	12
Total	(all out, 50.4 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-25 (Kuruppu), 2-30 (Ranatunga), 3-32 (Wettimuny), 4-40 (Dias), 5-43 (Madugalle), 6-54 (Mendis), 7-81 (de Silva), 8-97 (de Alwis), 9-103 (de Mel), 10-136 (John)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Willis	9	4	9	1	-	-	54.00	1.00
Cowans	12	3	31	2	-	-	36.00	2.58
Botham	9	4	12	2	-	-	27.00	1.33
Allott	10.4	0	41	3	-	-	21.33	3.84
Gatting	4	2	13	0	-	-	-	3.25
Marks	6	2	18	2	-	-	18.00	3.00

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England innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
G Fowler	not out	81	77		11	-	105.19
CJ Tavaré	c de Alwis b de Mel	19	48		1	1	39.58
DI Gower	not out	27	24		3	-	112.50
AJ Lamb	did not bat
MW Gatting	did not bat
IT Botham	did not bat
+IJ Gould	did not bat
VJ Marks	did not bat
PJW Allott	did not bat
*RGD Willis	did not bat
NG Cowans	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 3 nb, 3 w)	10
Total	(1 wicket, 24.1 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-68 (Tavaré)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
de Mel	10	1	33	1	-	-	60.00	3.30
Ratnayake	5	0	23	0	-	-	-	4.60
John	6	0	41	0	-	-	-	6.83
de Silva	3	0	29	0	-	-	-	9.67
Ranatunga	0.1	0	1	0	-	-	-	6.00

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Notes
--> NG Cowans made his debut in World Cup matches
--> S Wettimuny made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> DS de Silva made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> RG de Alwis made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> NG Cowans made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> RJ Ratnayake passed his previous highest score of 15 in World Cup matches
--> RJ Ratnayake passed his previous highest score of 15 in ODI matches
--> RJ Ratnayake equalled his previous highest score of 20 in List A matches
--> VB John passed his previous highest score of 12 in List A matches
--> VB John passed his previous highest score of 12 in ODI matches
--> VB John passed his previous highest score of 12 in World Cup matches
--> G Fowler passed his previous highest score of 78 in ODI matches
--> G Fowler passed his previous highest score of 78 in World Cup matches
--> NG Cowans made his debut in England in ODI matches
--> PJW Allott achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches when he dismissed VB John in the Sri Lanka innings (previous best was 2-21)
--> PJW Allott achieved his best innings bowling analysis in World Cup matches when he dismissed LRD Mendis in the Sri Lanka innings (previous best was 1-33)

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