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Prudential World Cup - 5th match, Group A

England v Sri Lanka

England won by 47 runs

England innings (60 overs maximum) R B 4s 6s SR
G Fowler b John 22 59 1 0 37.28
CJ Tavare c †de Alwis b Ranatunga 32 61 4 0 52.45
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 0 0 87.50
IT Botham run out 0 1 0 0 0.00
IJ Gould† c Ranatunga b Ratnayake 35 40 2 0 87.50
GR Dilley b de Mel 29 16 5 0 181.25
VJ Marks run out 5 5 0 0 100.00
PJW Allott not out 0 0 0 0 -
Extras (lb 11, w 9) 20
Total (9 wickets; 60 overs) 333 (5.55 runs per over)
Did not bat RGD Willis*
Fall of wickets 1-49 (Fowler), 2-78 (Tavare), 3-174 (Lamb), 4-193 (Gatting), 5-194 (IT Botham), 6-292 (Gould), 7-298 (Gower), 8-333 (Dilley), 9-333 (Marks)
Bowling O M R W Econ
ALF de Mel 12 3 62 2 5.16
VB John 12 0 55 1 4.58
RJ Ratnayake 12 0 66 2 5.50
A Ranatunga 12 0 65 1 5.41
DS de Silva 12 0 65 0 5.41
Sri Lanka innings (target: 334 runs from 60 overs) R B 4s 6s SR
S Wettimuny lbw b Marks 33 66 3 1 50.00
DSBP Kuruppu c Gatting b Dilley 4 3 1 0 133.33
RL Dias c IT Botham b Dilley 2 15 0 0 13.33
LRD Mendis* c Willis b Marks 56 64 5 1 87.50
RS Madugalle c Tavare b Marks 12 26 1 0 46.15
A Ranatunga c Lamb b Marks 34 45 4 0 75.55
DS de Silva st †Gould b Marks 28 37 2 0 75.67
RG de Alwis† not out 58 51 6 1 113.72
ALF de Mel c Dilley b Allott 27 26 2 0 103.84
RJ Ratnayake c Lamb b Dilley 15 18 1 0 83.33
VB John b Dilley 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (lb 12, w 2, nb 3) 17
Total (all out; 58 overs) 286 (4.93 runs per over)
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)
Bowling O M R W Econ
RGD Willis 11 3 43 0 3.90
GR Dilley 11 0 45 4 4.09
PJW Allott 12 1 82 1 6.83
IT Botham 12 0 60 0 5.00
VJ Marks 12 3 39 5 3.25
Match details
Toss England, who chose to bat
Points England 4, Sri Lanka 0
Player of the match DI Gower (England)
Umpires MJ Kitchen and KE Palmer
 
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Jun 11, 1983

David Gower of England, batting, on his way to a century in the match against Sri Lanka during the cricket world cup at Taunton. Mandatory Credit: Adrian Murrell/Allsport

David Gower bats against Sri Lanka, World Cup, 1983

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