- BATSMENRB4s6sSRExtras20 (b 4, lb 8, nb 4, w 4)TOTAL360/4 (50 Overs, RR: 7.2)Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Carlisle Best), 2-45 (Sir Richie Richardson), 3-227 (Desmond Haynes), 4-343 (Sir Viv Richards)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB VB John 10 1 48 0 4.80 0 0 JR Ratnayeke 8 0 68 2 8.50 0 0 SD Anurasiri 10 0 39 0 3.90 0 0 ALF de Mel 10 0 97 1 9.70 0 0 PA de Silva 6 0 35 0 5.83 0 0 A Ranatunga 2 0 18 0 9.00 0 0 AP Gurusinha 4 0 43 1 10.75 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSRExtras9 (b 1, lb 2, w 6)TOTAL169/4 (50 Overs, RR: 3.38)Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Roshan Mahanama), 2-31 (Brendon Kuruppu), 3-57 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-112 (Asanka Gurusinha)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB BP Patterson 7 0 32 1 4.57 0 0 CA Walsh 7 2 23 1 3.28 0 0 RA Harper 10 2 15 0 1.50 0 0 WKM Benjamin 4 0 11 0 2.75 0 0 CL Hooper 10 0 39 2 3.90 0 0 IVA Richards 8 0 22 0 2.75 0 0 RB Richardson 4 0 24 0 6.00 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
13 October 1987 (50-over match)
Umpires
Points
West Indies 4, Sri Lanka 0
Match Coverage
All Match NewsKing Viv flays the Sri Lankans
It was just Sri Lanka's bad luck that they ran into a West Indies side smarting from a loss to England, and Viv Richards at his vintage best
King Viv flays the Lankans
Once Richards got going, Ratnayeke and Co had nowhere to hide