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England vs Sri Lanka Scorecard, ICC Cricket World Cup, 30 October, 1987, Nehru Stadium & Match Stats

England

ENG

219/2 (41.2 ov)

SL

218/7 (50.0 ov)

Sri Lanka

England won by 8 wickets

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Inning

218/7 (50.0 ov)
RR 4.36
Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Roshan Mahanama
c Emburey b De Freitas
14 28 1 0 50.00
Ravi Ratnayeke
lbw b Small
7 11 1 0 63.64
Asanka Gurusinha
run out
34 63 3 0 53.97
Roy Dias
st †Downton b Hemmings
80 105 6 3 76.19
Duleep Mendis
b De Freitas
7 26 0 0 26.92
Ranjan Madugalle
c sub b Hemmings
22 38 0 1 57.89
Aravinda de Silva
not out
23 18 2 0 127.78
Ashantha de Mel
c Lamb b Hemmings
0 2 0 0 0.00
Sridharan Jeganathan
not out
20 15 2 1 133.33
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 3, w 3, nb 5, p 0) 11
TOTAL (4.36 RUNS PER OVER) 218/7 (50.0 ov)
FALL OF WICKETS: 25-2 (Roshan Mahanama, 0 ov), 23-1 (Ravi Ratnayeke, 0 ov), 113-3 (Asanka Gurusinha, 0 ov), 170-5 (Roy Dias, 0 ov), 125-4 (Duleep Mendis, 0 ov), 177-6 (Ranjan Madugalle, 0 ov), 180-7 (Ashantha de Mel, 0 ov)
DID NOT BAT: Vinothen John, Don Anurasiri

Bowling Stats

Bowler O M R W NB WD ECO
Phil DeFreitas 10 2 46 2 0 0 4.60
Gladstone Small 10 1 33 1 0 0 3.30
Neil Foster 10 0 37 0 0 0 3.70
John Emburey 10 1 42 0 0 0 4.20
Eddie Hemmings 10 0 57 3 0 0 5.70
* = not out SR = Strike Rate RR = Run Rate

Match Information

DATE & TIME
Friday, October 30, 1987 · 07:30 PM
TOSS
Toss Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat
VENUE
Nehru Stadium