a5466 o472 wc78	England v Sri Lanka
	Reliance World Cup 1987/88 (Group B)
Venue	Nehru Stadium, Pune on 30th October 1987 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by 8 wickets
Points	England 4; Sri Lanka 0
Umpires	DM Archer, Khizer Hayat
Player of the Match	GA Gooch

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Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
RS Mahanama	c Emburey b DeFreitas	14	28		1	-	50.00
JR Ratnayeke	lbw b Small	7	11		1	-	63.64
+AP Gurusinha	run out	34	63		3	-	53.97
RL Dias	st Downton b Hemmings	80	105		6	3	76.19
*LRD Mendis	b DeFreitas	7	26		-	-	26.92
RS Madugalle	c sub (PW Jarvis) b Hemmings	22	38		-	1	57.89
PA de Silva	not out	23	18		2	-	127.78
ALF de Mel	c Lamb b Hemmings	0	2		-	-	0.00
S Jeganathan	not out	20	15		2	1	133.33
VB John	did not bat
SD Anurasiri	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 5 nb, 3 w)	11
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-23 (Ratnayeke), 2-25 (Mahanama), 3-113 (Gurusinha), 4-125 (Mendis), 5-170 (Dias), 6-177 (Madugalle), 7-180 (de Mel)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
DeFreitas	10	2	46	2	-	-	30.00	4.60
Small	10	1	33	1	-	-	60.00	3.30
Foster	10	0	37	0	-	-	-	3.70
Emburey	10	1	42	0	-	-	-	4.20
Hemmings	10	0	57	3	-	-	20.00	5.70

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England innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GA Gooch	c and b Jeganathan	61	79		7	-	77.22
RT Robinson	b Jeganathan	55	75		7	-	73.33
CWJ Athey	not out	40	55		-	-	72.73
*MW Gatting	not out	46	40		4	-	115.00
AJ Lamb	did not bat
+PR Downton	did not bat
JE Emburey	did not bat
PAJ DeFreitas	did not bat
NA Foster	did not bat
GC Small	did not bat
EE Hemmings	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 13 lb, 3 w)	17
Total	(2 wickets, 41.2 overs)	219
Fall of wickets:
1-123 (Robinson), 2-132 (Gooch)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Ratnayeke	8	1	37	0	-	-	-	4.62
John	6	2	19	0	-	-	-	3.17
de Mel	4.2	0	34	0	-	-	-	7.85
Jeganathan	10	0	45	2	-	-	30.00	4.50
Anurasiri	10	0	45	0	-	-	-	4.50
de Silva	3	0	25	0	-	-	-	8.33

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Notes
--> JR Ratnayeke made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> RL Dias made his last appearance in ODI matches
--> RL Dias made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> LRD Mendis made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> RS Madugalle made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> ALF de Mel made his last appearance in List A matches
--> ALF de Mel made his last appearance in ODI matches
--> ALF de Mel made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> S Jeganathan made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> VB John made his last appearance in ODI matches
--> VB John made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> VB John made his last appearance in List A matches
--> RL Dias passed his previous highest score of 64 in World Cup matches
--> RL Dias passed 1500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 7
--> GA Gooch passed 500 runs in World Cup matches when he reached 30
--> RT Robinson passed his previous highest score of 33 in World Cup matches
--> ALF de Mel made his debut in India in World Cup matches
--> RL Dias made his debut in India in World Cup matches
--> AP Gurusinha made his debut in India in World Cup matches
--> PAJ DeFreitas reached 100 wickets in List A matches when he dismissed LRD Mendis, his 2nd wicket in the Sri Lanka innings
--> EE Hemmings achieved his best innings bowling analysis in World Cup matches when he dismissed ALF de Mel in the Sri Lanka innings (previous best was 2-31)

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