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a9765
o1078
wc153 England v Sri Lanka

Wills World Cup 1995/96 (Quarter-Final)

Venue Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad on 9th March 1996 (50-over match)

Balls per over 6

Toss England won the toss and decided to bat

Result Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets

Umpires Mahboob Shah, ID Robinson

Third umpire VK Ramaswamy

Referee Nasim-ul-Ghani

Man of the Match ST Jayasuriya

England innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Smith	run out	25	41	78	3	-
*MA Atherton	c Kaluwitharana b Vaas	22	27	32	2	-
GA Hick	c Ranatunga b Muralitharan	8	21	27	-	-
GP Thorpe	b Dharmasena	14	31	39	1	-
PAJ DeFreitas	lbw b Jayasuriya	67	64	89	5	2
AJ Stewart	b Muralitharan	17	38	50	-	-
+RC Russell	b Dharmasena	9	17	18	-	-
DA Reeve	b Jayasuriya	35	34	37	2	-
D Gough	not out	26	26	34	5	-
PJ Martin	not out	0	1	1	-	-
RK Illingworth	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 4 w)	12
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	235
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Atherton), 2-58 (Hick), 3-66 (Smith), 4-94 (Thorpe), 5-145 (Stewart), 6-171 (Russell), 7-173 (DeFreitas), 8-235 (Reeve)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wickramasinghe	7	0	43	0	1	-
Vaas	8	1	29	1	1	-
Muralitharan	10	1	37	2	1	-
Dharmasena	10	0	30	2	-	-
Jayasuriya	9	0	46	2	-	-
de Silva	6	0	42	0	1	-

Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ST Jayasuriya	st Russell b Reeve	82	44	67	13	3
+RS Kaluwitharana	b Illingworth	8	3	7	2	-
AP Gurusinha	run out	45	63	124	5	-
PA de Silva	c Smith b Hick	31	30	38	5	-
*A Ranatunga	lbw b Gough	25	17	14	5	-
HP Tillakaratne	not out	19	50	65	1	-
RS Mahanama	not out	22	38	55	2	-
HDPK Dharmasena	did not bat
WPUJC Vaas	did not bat
M Muralitharan	did not bat
GP Wickramasinghe	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	4
Total	(5 wickets, 40.4 overs)	236
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Kaluwitharana), 2-113 (Jayasuriya), 3-165 (de Silva), 4-194 (Ranatunga), 5-198 (Gurusinha)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Martin	9	1	41	0	2	-
Illingworth	10	1	72	1	-	-
Gough	10	1	36	1	-	-
DeFreitas	3.4	0	38	0	-	-
Reeve	4	1	14	1	-	1
Hick	4	0	34	1	-	-

Notes
--> PAJ DeFreitas passed his previous highest ODIs score of 49
--> DA Reeve passed his previous highest ODIs score of 33
--> ST Jayasuriya 50 in 30 balls
--> A Ranatunga passed 5500 runs in ListA Matches when he reached 7

Jayasuriya bowled by a no-ball from Reeve on 82.

a9765 o1078 wc153	England v Sri Lanka
	Wills World Cup 1995/96 (Quarter-Final)
Venue	Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad on 9th March 1996 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
Umpires	Mahboob Shah, ID Robinson
Third umpire	VK Ramaswamy
Referee	Nasim-ul-Ghani
Man of the Match	ST Jayasuriya