Australia vs Sri Lanka, 7th Match at London, Jun 11 1975 - Match Result

Rick McCosker and Alan Turner's 182-run partnership is the highest for any wicket in ODIs, breaking the record of 176 between Fletcher and Dennis Amiss

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Rick McCosker and Alan Turner's 182-run partnership is the highest for the 1st wicket in ODIs, breaking the record of 113 between Majid Khan and Sadiq Mohammad

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Scorecard summary

Australia • 328/5(60 overs)

101 (113)

2/60 (12)

73 (111)

2/68 (11)

Sri Lanka • 276/4(60 overs)

53* (102)

2/14 (4)

52 (72)

1/22 (12)

Match details

Kennington Oval, London
Toss	Sri Lanka, elected to field first
Series	Prudential World Cup Australia tour of England
Season	1975
Player Of The Match	Alan Turner
Match number	ODI no. 25
Match days	day (60-over match)
ODI debut	Sunil Wettimuny
Umpires	Arthur Fagg Lloyd Budd
Points	Australia 4, Sri Lanka 0

Match Coverage

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AUSTRALIA v SRI LANKA

At The Oval, June 11

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Sri Lanka Innings

Player Name		R	B
SRD Wettimuny	retired hurt	53	102
ER Fernando	bowled	22	18
B Warnapura	stumped	31	39
LRD Mendis	retired hurt	32	45
APB Tennekoon	bowled	48	71
MH Tissera	caught	52	72
AN Ranasinghe	not out	14	18
HSM Pieris	not out	0	3
Extras	(b 6, lb 8, nb 2, w 8)
Total	276(4 wkts; 60 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
DK Lillee	10	0	42	0	4.2
JR Thomson	12	5	22	1	1.83
AA Mallett	12	0	72	1	6
KD Walters	6	1	33	0	5.5
MHN Walker	12	1	44	0	3.66
GS Chappell	4	0	25	0	6.25
IM Chappell	4	0	14	2	3.5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	30	Ranjit Fernando	Sunil Wettimuny
2nd	54	Sunil Wettimuny	Bandula Warnapura
3rd	66	Sunil Wettimuny	Duleep Mendis
4th	14	Anura Tennekoon	Sunil Wettimuny
5th	82	Anura Tennekoon	Michael Tissera
6th	22	Michael Tissera	Anura Ranasinghe
7th	8	Mevan Pieris	Anura Ranasinghe

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Prudential World Cup

Group A

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
ENG	3	3	0	12	-
NZ	3	2	1	8	-
IND	3	1	2	4	-
EAf	3	0	3	0	-

Group B

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
WI	3	3	0	12	-
AUS	3	2	1	8	-
PAK	3	1	2	4	-
SL	3	0	3	0	-

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