09/03Result

23rd Match, Benson & Hedges World Cup at Ballarat, Mar 9 1992

EnglandEnglandENG
280/6
Sri LankaSri LankaSL
174 (44/50 ov)

England won by 106 runs

Player of the Match

Chris LewisEngland

09/03Result

23rd Match, Benson & Hedges World Cup at Ballarat, Mar 9 1992

EnglandEnglandENG
280/6
Sri LankaSri LankaSL
174 (44/50 ov)

England won by 106 runs

Player of the Match

Chris LewisEngland

England Innings
BATSMEN
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
GA Gooch (c)
b Labrooy
8
28
40
1
0
28.57
IT Botham
b Anurasiri
47
63
106
5
2
74.6
RA Smith
run out
19
39
46
2
0
48.71
GA Hick
b Ramanayake
41
62
73
3
0
66.12
NH Fairbrother
c Ramanayake b Gurusinha
63
70
96
3
2
90
AJ Stewart †
c Jayasuriya b Gurusinha
59
36
48
7
1
163.88
CC Lewis
not out
20
6
9
1
2
333.33
DR Pringle
not out
0
0
2
0
0
-
Extras
23 (b 1, lb 9, nb 4, w 9)
TOTAL
280/6 (50 Overs, RR: 5.6)
Did not bat: DA Reeve, PAJ DeFreitas, RK Illingworth
Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Graham Gooch), 2-80 (Robin Smith), 3-105 (Ian Botham), 4-164 (Graeme Hick), 5-244 (Neil Fairbrother), 6-268 (Alec Stewart)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB
GP Wickramasinghe 9 0 54 0 6 3 0
CPH Ramanayake 10 1 42 1 4.2 3 4
GF Labrooy 10 1 68 1 6.8 2 0
SD Anurasiri 10 1 27 1 2.7 0 0
AP Gurusinha 10 0 67 2 6.7 1 0
ST Jayasuriya 1 0 12 0 12 0 0

Sri Lanka Innings
BATSMEN
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
RS Mahanama
c Botham b Lewis
9
19
31
1
0
47.36
MAR Samarasekera
c Illingworth b Lewis
23
29
42
4
0
79.31
AP Gurusinha
c & b Lewis
7
9
31
0
0
77.77
PA de Silva (c)
c Fairbrother b Lewis
7
10
10
1
0
70
A Ranatunga
c †Stewart b Botham
36
51
67
6
0
70.58
HP Tillakaratne †
run out
4
30
40
0
0
13.33
ST Jayasuriya
c DeFreitas b Illingworth
19
16
20
2
0
118.75
GF Labrooy
c Smith b Illingworth
19
34
42
1
0
55.88
CPH Ramanayake
c & b Reeve
12
38
35
0
0
31.57
SD Anurasiri
lbw b Reeve
11
19
17
0
0
57.89
GP Wickramasinghe
not out
6
16
14
0
0
37.5
Extras
21 (lb 7, nb 6, w 8)
TOTAL
174 all out (44 Overs, RR: 3.95)
Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Roshan Mahanama), 2-46 (Athula Samarasekera), 3-56 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-60 (Asanka Gurusinha), 5-91 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 6-119 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 7-123 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 8-156 (Champaka Ramanayake), 9-158 (Graeme Labrooy), 10-174 (Don Anurasiri)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB
DR Pringle 7 1 27 0 3.85 1 3
CC Lewis 8 0 30 4 3.75 2 2
PAJ DeFreitas 5 1 31 0 6.2 3 1
IT Botham 10 0 33 1 3.3 1 0
RK Illingworth 10 0 32 2 3.2 0 0
DA Reeve 4 0 14 2 3.5 1 0

Match Details

Eastern Oval, Ballarat

Series

Benson & Hedges World Cup 1992

Toss

England , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Match number

Season

Match days

9 March 1992 (50-over match)

Umpires

Points

England 2, Sri Lanka 0

Match Notes

- World Cup Referee: Bob Merriman

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World Cup

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
NZ	8	7	1	14	0.592
ENG	8	5	2	11	0.47
SA	8	5	3	10	0.138
PAK	8	4	3	9	0.166
AUS	8	4	4	8	0.201
WI	8	4	4	8	0.076
IND	8	2	5	5	0.137
SL	8	2	5	5	-0.686
ZIM	8	1	7	2	-1.142