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Scorecard of Australia Vs Sri Lanka at Kennington (June 11): Prudential World Cup 1975

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Match Date : June 14, 1975
Venue : Kennington Oval, London
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field first
Umpires : WL Budd and AE Fagg
Match Result : Australia won by 52 runs
Man of the Match : Alan Turner

Australia (60 Overs Maximum)

Rick McCosker b de Silva 73
Alan Turner c Mendis b de Silva 101
Ian Chappell (C) b Kaluperuma 4
Greg Chappell c Opatha b Pieris 50
Doug Walters c Tennekoon b Pieris 59
Jeff Thomson not out 9
Rodney Marsh (WK) not out 9
Ross Edwards
Max Walker
Dennis Lillee
Ashley Mallett

Extras : 23 (Wides: 1 No Balls: 1 Byes: 1 Leg Byes: 20)

Total : 328/5 (60.0 Overs)

Fall of Wickets : 1-182 (Turner), 2-187 (McCosker), 3-191 (Ian Chappell), 4-308 (Walters), 5-308 (Greg Chappell)

Sri Lanka Bowling

Opatha 9-0-32-0
Pieris 11-0-68-2
Warnapura 9-0-40-0
Ranasinghe 7-0-55-0
de Silva 12-3-60-2
Kaluperuma 12-0-50-1

Sri Lanka (Target : 329 from 60 Overs)

Sunil Wettimuny retired hurt 53
Ranjith Fernando (WK) b Thomson 22
Bandula Warnapura st Marsh b Mallett 31
Duleep Mendis retired hurt 32
Anura Tennekoon (C) b Ian Chappell 48
Michael Tissera c Turner b Ian Chappell 52
Anura Ranasinghe not out 14
Mevan Pieris not out 0
Tony Opatha
Somachandra de Silva
Lalith Kaluperuma

Extras : 24 (Wides : 8 No Balls: 2 Byes: 6 Leg Byes: 8)

Total : 276/4 (60.0 Overs)

Fall of Wickets : 1-30 (Fernando), 2-84 (Warnapura), 3-246 (Tennekoon), 4-268 (Tissera)

Australia Bowling

Lillee 10-0-42-0
Thomson 12-5-22-1
Mallett 12-0-72-1
Walters 6-1-33-0
Walker 12-1-44-0
Greg Chappell 4-0-25-0
Ian Chappell 4-0-14-2