a7457 o736 wc106	England v Sri Lanka
	Benson and Hedges World Cup 1991/92
Venue	Eastern Oval, Ballarat on 9th March 1992 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by 106 runs
Points	England 2; Sri Lanka 0
Umpires	Khizer Hayat, PD Reporter
Referee	RF Merriman
Player of the Match	CC Lewis

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England innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*GA Gooch	b Labrooy	8	28	40	1	-	28.57
IT Botham	b Anurasiri	47	63	106	5	2	74.60
RA Smith	run out	19	39	46	2	-	48.72
GA Hick	b Ramanayake	41	62	73	3	-	66.13
NH Fairbrother	c Ramanayake b Gurusinha	63	70	96	3	2	90.00
+AJ Stewart	c Jayasuriya b Gurusinha	59	36	48	7	1	163.89
CC Lewis	not out	20	6	9	1	2	333.33
DR Pringle	not out	0	0	2	-	-	0.00
DA Reeve	did not bat
PAJ DeFreitas	did not bat
RK Illingworth	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 9 lb, 4 nb, 9 w)	23
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	280
Fall of wickets:
1-44 (Gooch), 2-80 (Smith), 3-105 (Botham), 4-164 (Hick), 5-244 (Fairbrother), 6-268 (Stewart)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Wickramasinghe	9	0	54	0	3	-	-	6.00
Ramanayake	10	1	42	1	3	4	60.00	4.20
Labrooy	10	1	68	1	2	-	60.00	6.80
Anurasiri	10	1	27	1	-	-	60.00	2.70
Gurusinha	10	0	67	2	1	-	30.00	6.70
Jayasuriya	1	0	12	0	-	-	-	12.00

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Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
RS Mahanama	c Botham b Lewis	9	19	31	1	-	47.37
MAR Samarasekera	c Illingworth b Lewis	23	29	42	4	-	79.31
AP Gurusinha	c and b Lewis	7	9	31	-	-	77.78
*PA de Silva	c Fairbrother b Lewis	7	10	10	1	-	70.00
A Ranatunga	c Stewart b Botham	36	51	67	6	-	70.59
+HP Tillakaratne	run out	4	30	40	-	-	13.33
ST Jayasuriya	c DeFreitas b Illingworth	19	16	20	2	-	118.75
GF Labrooy	c Smith b Illingworth	19	34	42	1	-	55.88
CPH Ramanayake	c and b Reeve	12	38	35	-	-	31.58
SD Anurasiri	lbw b Reeve	11	19	17	-	-	57.89
GP Wickramasinghe	not out	6	16	14	-	-	37.50
Extras	(7 lb, 6 nb, 8 w)	21
Total	(all out, 44 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-33 (Mahanama), 2-46 (Samarasekera), 3-56 (de Silva), 4-60 (Gurusinha), 5-91 (Tillakaratne), 6-119 (Ranatunga), 7-123 (Jayasuriya), 8-156 (Ramanayake), 9-158 (Labrooy), 10-174 (Anurasiri)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Pringle	7	1	27	0	1	3	-	3.86
Lewis	8	0	30	4	2	2	12.00	3.75
DeFreitas	5	1	31	0	3	1	-	6.20
Botham	10	0	33	1	1	-	60.00	3.30
Illingworth	10	0	32	2	-	-	30.00	3.20
Reeve	4	0	14	2	1	-	12.00	3.50

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Notes
--> RK Illingworth made his debut in World Cup matches
--> GF Labrooy made his debut in World Cup matches
--> GF Labrooy made his last appearance in ODI matches
--> GF Labrooy made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> GF Labrooy made his last appearance in List A matches
--> NH Fairbrother passed his previous highest score of 24 in World Cup matches
--> NH Fairbrother 50 in 63 balls, 85 minutes with 2 fours and 1 six
--> AJ Stewart passed his previous highest score of 13 in World Cup matches
--> AJ Stewart 50 in 32 balls, 43 minutes with 6 fours and 1 six
--> CC Lewis passed his previous highest score of 10 in World Cup matches
--> CC Lewis passed his previous highest score of 18 in ODI matches
--> RS Mahanama passed 1500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 6
--> RK Illingworth made his debut in Australia in List A matches
--> RK Illingworth made his debut in Australia in ODI matches
--> GF Labrooy reached 50 wickets in List A matches when he dismissed GA Gooch, his 1st wicket in the England innings
--> CC Lewis achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches in the Sri Lanka innings (previous best was 4-35)
--> CC Lewis achieved his best innings bowling analysis in World Cup matches when he dismissed AP Gurusinha in the Sri Lanka innings (previous best was 3-30)

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