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Scorecard of England Vs Sri Lanka at Taunton (June 11): Prudential World Cup 1983

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Match Date : June 11, 1983
Venue : County Ground, Taunton
Toss : England won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : MJ Kitchen and KE Palmer
Match Result : England won by 47 runs
Man of the Match : David Gower

England (60 Overs Maximum)

Graeme Fowler b John 22
Chris Tavare c de Alwis b Ranatunga 32
David Gower b de Mel 130
Allan Lamb b Ratnayake 53
Mike Gatting run out 7
Ian Botham run out 0
Ian Gould (WK) c Ranatunga b Ratnayake 35
Graham Dilley b de Mel 29
Vic Marks run out 5
Paul Allott not out 0
Bob Willis (C)

Extras : 20 (Wides: 9 No Balls: 0 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 11)

Total : 333/9 (Overs: 60.0)

Fall of Wickets : 1-49 (Fowler), 2-78 (Tavaré), 3-174 (Lamb), 4-193 (Gatting), 5-194 (Botham), 6-292 (Gould), 7-298 (Gower), 8-333 (Dilley), 9-333 (Marks)

Sri Lanka Bowling

de Mel 12-3-62-2
John 12-0-55-1
Ratnayake 12-0-66-2
Ranatunga 12-0-65-1
de Silva 12-0-65-0

Sri Lanka (Target: 334 from 60 Overs)

Sidath Wettimuny lbw b Marks 33
Brendon Kuruppu c Gatting b Dilley 4
Roy Dias c Botham b Dilley 2
Duleep Mendis (C) c Willis b Marks 56
Ranjan Madugulle c Tavaré b Marks 12
Arjuna Ranatunga c Lamb b Marks 34
Somachandra de Silva st Gould b Marks 28
Guy de Alwis (WK) not out 58
Ashantha de Mel c Dilley b Allott 27
Rumesh Ratnayake c Lamb b Dilley 15
Vinothen John b Dilley 0

Extras : 17 (Wides : 2 No Balls: 3 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 12)

Total : 286 all out (Overs : 58.0)

Fall of Wickets : 1-11 (Kuruppu), 2-17 (Dias), 3-92 (Wettimuny), 4-108 (Madugalle), 5-117 (Mendis), 6-168 (Ranatunga), 7-192 (de Silva), 8-246 (de Mel), 9-281 (Ratnayake), 10-286 (John)

England Bowling

Willis 11-3-43-0
Dilley 11-0-45-4
Allott 12-1-82-1
Botham 12-0-60-0
Marks 12-3-39-5