player of the match

Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka INNINGS (50 overs maximum)
Kenya INNINGS (target: 399 runs from 50 overs)
MATCH DETAILS
Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy | |
Toss | Kenya, elected to field first |
Series | Wills World Cup |
Season | 1995/96 |
Player Of The Match | ![]() Aravinda de Silva |
Match number | ODI No. 1074 |
Match days | Â - day match (50-over match) |
ODI debut | ![]() Lameck Onyango |
Umpires | ![]() Steve Dunne![]() V.K.Ramaswamy |
TV Umpire | ![]() Ikram Rabbani |
Match Referee | ![]() Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi |
Points | Sri Lanka 2, Kenya 0 |
MATCH NOTES
- Sri Lanka 50 off 20 balls
- PA de Silva 100 in 92 balls
- PA de Silva 145, highest ever score for Sri Lanka in ODIs (previous best ST Jayasuriya 140 v NZ at Bloemfontein 08/12/1994), first ever century for Sri Lanka in the World Cup.
- A Ranatunga 50 in 29 balls
- Gurusinha dropped by Onyango off Karim when on 79.
- Gurusinha hits a ball outside the ground and the ball is lost. Umpires provide a replacement ball.
- de Silva, and then Ranatunga crossed 5000 runs in ODI cricket, - the first two from Sri Lanka to do so - during this innings.
- Sri Lanka 398 runs, highest ever score in ODI history. Sri Lanka now have the top score, but also have 6 of the top 12 totals scored against them.
- SO Tikolo 96, highest ever score for Kenya.