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ICC World Cup, 1999 / Scorecard

ICC World Cup - 1st match, Group A

England v Sri Lanka

England won by 8 wickets (with 19 balls remaining)

ODI no. 1443 | 1999 season
Played at Lord's, London
14 May 1999 (50-over match)


Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
ST Jayasuriya	c Hick b Mullally	29	73	52	4	0	55.76
16.5 simple catch to hick at 2nd slip 63/3
RS Mahanama	c Hick b Mullally	16	47	30	2	0	53.33
10.6 top edge to hick at 2nd slips 42/1
MS Atapattu	c Thorpe b Austin	3	9	9	0	0	33.33
13.2 top edge and an easy catch at 1st slip 50/2
HP Tillakaratne	c †Stewart b Ealham	0	26	12	0	0	0.00
17.1 swinging down the legs, and a fine nick to stewart 63/4
PA de Silva	c Thorpe b Mullally	0	13	6	0	0	0.00
18.5 pitched up, swinging away, top edge to 2nd slip 65/5
A Ranatunga*	c Hussain b Ealham	32	71	42	1	1	76.19
33.6 quicker one, swinging away from off, cut straight to hussain at point, splendid catch 149/6
RS Kaluwitharana†	c †Stewart b Mullally	57	73	66	7	0	86.36
36.5 swinging away, fine nick to keeper, easy catch 155/7
WPUJC Vaas	not out	12	59	27	0	0	44.44

KEA Upashantha	c Thorpe b Hollioake	11	25	25	1	0	44.00
43.5 caught Thorpe 174/8
GP Wickramasinghe	c †Stewart b Austin	11	15	18	1	0	61.11
47.2 caught †Stewart 190/9
M Muralitharan	b Gough	12	6	8	2	0	150.00
48.4 into the off stump, yorker length, Murali going for a slog thru point, well missed 204/10
Extras	(lb 9, w 9, nb 3)	21

Total	(all out; 48.4 overs)	204	(4.19 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-42 (Mahanama, 10.6 ov), 2-50 (Atapattu, 13.2 ov), 3-63 (Jayasuriya, 16.5 ov), 4-63 (Tillakaratne, 17.1 ov), 5-65 (de Silva, 18.5 ov), 6-149 (Ranatunga, 33.6 ov), 7-155 (Kaluwitharana, 36.5 ov), 8-174 (Upashantha, 43.5 ov), 9-190 (Wickramasinghe, 47.2 ov), 10-204 (Muralitharan, 48.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
D Gough	8.4	0	50	1	5.76	(2nb, 1w)
48.4 to Muralitharan, into the off stump, yorker length, Murali going for a slog thru point, well missed 204/10
ID Austin	9	1	25	2	2.77	(5w)
13.2 to Atapattu, top edge and an easy catch at 1st slip 50/2 47.2 to Wickramasinghe, caught †Stewart 190/9
AD Mullally	10	1	37	4	3.70	(1nb, 1w)
10.6 to Mahanama, top edge to hick at 2nd slips 42/1 16.5 to Jayasuriya, simple catch to hick at 2nd slip 63/3 18.5 to de Silva, pitched up, swinging away, top edge to 2nd slip 65/5 36.5 to Kaluwitharana, swinging away, fine nick to keeper, easy catch 155/7
MA Ealham	10	0	31	2	3.10
17.1 to Tillakaratne, swinging down the legs, and a fine nick to stewart 63/4 33.6 to Ranatunga, quicker one, swinging away from off, cut straight to hussain at point, splendid catch 149/6
A Flintoff	2	0	12	0	6.00

GA Hick	3	0	19	0	6.33	(1w)

AJ Hollioake	6	0	21	1	3.50
43.5 to Upashantha, caught Thorpe 174/8


England innings (target: 205 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
N Hussain	st †Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan	14	69	33	1	0	42.42
14.5 advances down the wicket for an attacking reason only known to him, misses the on drive, Kalu easily collects, Hussain has a short walk to the dressing room because of the amount of dancing he committed to 50/1
AJ Stewart*†	c †Kaluwitharana b Vaas	88	182	146	6	0	60.27
41.3 quick ball pitching on the middle stump, angling across, Stewart plays outside it, clips the thigh, big appeal for caught behind, Venkat says yes after a Bucknor-esque wait, TV seems to indicate he was a bit unlucky 175/2
GA Hick	not out	73	135	88	2	2	82.95

GP Thorpe	not out	13	23	15	1	0	86.66

Extras	(lb 6, w 12, nb 1)	19

Total	(2 wickets; 46.5 overs)	207	(4.41 runs per over)

Did not bat NH Fairbrother, A Flintoff, AJ Hollioake, MA Ealham, ID Austin, D Gough, AD Mullally

Fall of wickets 1-50 (Hussain, 14.5 ov), 2-175 (Stewart, 41.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	10	2	27	1	2.70
41.3 to Stewart, quick ball pitching on the middle stump, angling across, Stewart plays outside it, clips the thigh, big appeal for caught behind, Venkat says yes after a Bucknor-esque wait, TV seems to indicate he was a bit unlucky 175/2
GP Wickramasinghe	10	0	41	0	4.10

KEA Upashantha	8	0	38	0	4.75	(1nb, 8w)

M Muralitharan	10	0	33	1	3.30	(2w)
14.5 to Hussain, advances down the wicket for an attacking reason only known to him, misses the on drive, Kalu easily collects, Hussain has a short walk to the dressing room because of the amount of dancing he committed to 50/1
ST Jayasuriya	7.5	0	55	0	7.02	(2w)

PA de Silva	1	0	7	0	7.00

Match details

Toss England, who chose to field
Points England 2, Sri Lanka 0

Player of the match AJ Stewart (England)

Umpires RE Koertzen (South Africa) and S Venkataraghavan (India)
TV umpire DL Orchard (South Africa)
Match referee CW Smith (West Indies)

Match notes

4th (reserve) umpire: JF Steele
RS Kaluwitharana 50 off 52 balls, 7x4
AJ Stewart 50 off 85 balls, 4x4
GA Hick 50 off 63 balls, 1x4 1x6

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Australia won by 8 wickets (with 179 balls remaining)

Australia v South Africa at Birmingham - Jun 17, 1999
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Pakistan won by 9 wickets (with 15 balls remaining)

Australia v South Africa at Leeds - Jun 13, 1999
Australia won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

India v New Zealand at Nottingham - Jun 12, 1999
New Zealand won by 5 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)

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