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Match Date : June 20, 1983
Venue : Headingley, Leeds
Toss : England won the toss and elected to field first
Umpires : B Leadbeater and KE Palmer
Match Result : England won by 9 wkts
Man of the Match : Bob Willis
Sri Lanka (60 Overs Maximum)
Sidath Wettimuny lbw b Botham 22
Brendon Kuruppu c Gatting b Willis 6
Arjuna Ranatunga c Lamb b Botham 0
Roy Dias c Gould b Cowans 7
Duleep Mendis (C) b Allott 10
Ranjan Madugulle c Gould b Allott 0
Somachandra de Silva c Gower b Marks 15
Guy de Alwis (WK) c Marks b Cowans 19
Ashantha de Mel c Lamb b Marks 10
Rumesh Ratnayake not out 20
Vinothen John c Cowans b Allott 15
Extras : 12 (Wides : 3 No Balls: 2 Byes: 5 Leg Byes: 2)
Total : 136 all out (Overs : 50.4)
Fall of Wickets : 1-25 (Kuruppu), 2-30 (Ranatunga), 3-32 (Wettimuny), 4-40 (Dias), 5-43 (Madugalle), 6-54 (Mendis), 7-81 (de Silva), 8-97 (de Alwis), 9-103 (de Mel), 10-136 (John)
England Bowling
Willis 9-4-9-1
Cowans 12-3-31-2
Botham 9-4-12-2
Allott 10.4-0-41-3
Gatting 4-2-13-0
Marks 6-2-18-2
England (Target: 137 from 60 Overs)
Graeme Fowler not out 81
Chris Tavare c de Alwis b de Mel 19
David Gower not out 27
Allan Lamb
Mike Gatting
Ian Botham
Ian Gould (WK)
Vic Marks
Paul Allott
Norman Cowans
Bob Willis (C)
Extras : 10 (Wides: 3 No Balls: 3 Byes: 1 Leg Byes: 3)
Total : 137/1 (Overs: 24.1)
Fall of Wickets : 1-68 (Tavare)
Sri Lanka Bowling
de Mel 10-1-33-1
Ratnayake 5-0-23-0
John 6-0-41-0
de Silva 3-0-29-0
Ranatunga 0.1-0-1-0