RESULT

1st QF, Faisalabad, March 09, 1996, Wills World Cup

235/8

Sri Lanka

(40.4/50 ov, T:236) 236/5

Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 56 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match

82 (44) & 2/46

England INNINGS (50 overs maximum)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Robin Smith	run out	25	41	78	3	0	60.97
Mike Atherton (c)	c †Kaluwitharana b Vaas	22	27	32	2	0	81.48
Graeme Hick	c Ranatunga b Muralidaran	8	21	27	0	0	38.09
Graham Thorpe	b Dharmasena	14	31	39	1	0	45.16
Phil DeFreitas	lbw b Jayasuriya	67	64	89	5	2	104.68
Alec Stewart	b Muralidaran	17	38	50	0	0	44.73
Jack Russell †	b Dharmasena	9	17	18	0	0	52.94
Dermot Reeve	b Jayasuriya	35	34	37	2	0	102.94
Darren Gough	not out	26	26	34	5	0	100.00
Peter Martin	not out	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 8, w 4)	12
TOTAL	50 Ov (RR: 4.70)	235/8
Did not bat: Richard Illingworth
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Mike Atherton), 2-58 (Graeme Hick), 3-66 (Robin Smith), 4-94 (Graham Thorpe), 5-145 (Alec Stewart), 6-171 (Jack Russell), 7-173 (Phil DeFreitas), 8-235 (Dermot Reeve)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	7	0	43	0	6.14	-	-	-	1
Chaminda Vaas	8	1	29	1	3.62	-	-	-	1
Muthiah Muralidaran	10	1	37	2	3.70	-	-	-	1
Kumar Dharmasena	10	0	30	2	3.00	-	-	-	0
Sanath Jayasuriya	9	0	46	2	5.11	-	-	-	0
Aravinda de Silva	6	0	42	0	7.00	-	-	-	1

Sri Lanka INNINGS (Target: 236 runs from 50 overs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sanath Jayasuriya	st †Russell b Reeve	82	44	67	13	3	186.36
Romesh Kaluwitharana †	b Illingworth	8	3	7	2	0	266.66
Asanka Gurusinha	run out	45	63	124	5	0	71.42
Aravinda de Silva	c Smith b Hick	31	30	38	5	0	103.33
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)	lbw b Gough	25	17	14	5	0	147.05
Hashan Tillakaratne	not out	19	50	65	1	0	38.00
Roshan Mahanama	not out	22	38	55	2	0	57.89
Extras	(lb 1, nb 1, w 2)	4
TOTAL	40.4 Ov (RR: 5.80)	236/5
Did not bat: Kumar Dharmasena, Chaminda Vaas, Muthiah Muralidaran, Pramodya Wickramasinghe
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 2-113 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 3-165 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-194 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-198 (Asanka Gurusinha)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Peter Martin	9	1	41	0	4.55	-	-	-	2	0
Richard Illingworth	10	1	72	1	7.20	-	-	-	0	0
Darren Gough	10	1	36	1	3.60	-	-	-	0	0
Phil DeFreitas	3.4	0	38	0	10.36	-	-	-	0	0
Dermot Reeve	4	1	14	1	3.50	-	-	-	0	1
Graeme Hick	4	0	34	1	8.50	-	-	-	0	0

MATCH DETAILS

Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	Wills World Cup Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan
Season	1995/96
Player Of The Match	Sanath Jayasuriya
Series result	Sri Lanka advanced
Match number	ODI no. 1077
Match days	day (50-over match)
Umpires	Ian Robinson Mahboob Shah
TV Umpire	V.K.Ramaswamy
Match Referee	Nasim-ul-Ghani

MATCH NOTES

ST Jayasuriya 50 runs off 30 balls, equal fastest 50 in World history.
Jayasuriya bowled by a no-ball from Reeve on 82.
ST Jayasuriya and AP Gurusinha 101 for the 2nd wicket, record Sri Lankan 2nd wicket partnership in World Cups.

DA Reeve and D Gough 62 for the 8th wicket, record 8th wicket partnership for England in ODIs.

4th ever win by Sri Lanka against England, last 3 wins in consecutive matches, 1st win for Sri Lanka against England outside Sri Lanka.
1st time in World Cup history that Sri Lanka qualified for the semi-finals.
1st time in World Cup history that England have not qualified for the semi-finals.

Match Coverage

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Sri Lanka Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
PJ Martin	9	1	41	0	4.55
RK Illingworth	10	1	72	1	7.2
D Gough	10	1	36	1	3.6
PAJ DeFreitas	3.4	0	38	0	10.36
DA Reeve	4	1	14	1	3.5 (1 nb)
GA Hick	4	0	34	1	8.5

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