- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras17 (b 1, lb 5, w 11)TOTAL398/5 (50 Overs, RR: 7.96)Fall of wickets: 1-83 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-88 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 3-271 (Asanka Gurusinha), 4-377 (Aravinda de Silva), 5-383 (Hashan Tillakaratne)
06/03Result
28th Match, Wills World Cup at Kandy, Mar 6 1996
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
398/5 -
![Kenya]( "Kenya")
254/7 (50 ov)
Player of the Match
06/03Result
28th Match, Wills World Cup at Kandy, Mar 6 1996
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
398/5 -
![Kenya]( "Kenya")
254/7 (50 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras22 (b 1, lb 9, nb 5, w 7)TOTAL254/7 (50 Overs, RR: 5.08)Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Kennedy Otieno), 2-51 (Dipak Chudasama), 3-51 (Maurice Odumbe), 4-188 (Steve Tikolo), 5-196 (Hitesh Modi), 6-215 (Tito Odumbe), 7-246 (Lameck Onyango)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB WPUJC Vaas 10 0 44 1 4.4 0 0 M Muralidaran 10 1 40 2 4 0 0 KR Pushpakumara 7 0 46 0 6.57 0 0 A Ranatunga 5 0 31 2 6.2 0 0 HDPK Dharmasena 10 0 45 1 4.5 0 0 ST Jayasuriya 7 0 34 0 4.85 0 0 HP Tillakaratne 1 0 4 0 4 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Kenya , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
6 March 1996 (50-over match)
ODI debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Sri Lanka 2, Kenya 0
Match Notes
- 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.
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