England Vs Sri Lanka 1St Qf
Wills World Cup in India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka - 1996 (1995/96) · Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad · 9 March 1996 · England won the toss and chose to bat
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 56 balls remaining) · Man of the Match: Sanath Jayasuriya
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 56 balls remaining). Sanath Jayasuriya top-scored with 82 for Sri Lanka. Man of the Match: Sanath Jayasuriya.
England, 235/8
| Robin Smith | run out | 25 | 41 |
| Mike Atherton | caught (Romesh Kaluwitharana) | 22 | 27 |
| Graeme Hick | caught (Arjuna Ranatunga) | 8 | 21 |
| Graham Thorpe | bowled | 14 | 31 |
| Phil DeFreitas | lbw | 67 | 64 |
| Alec Stewart | bowled | 17 | 38 |
| Jack Russell | bowled | 9 | 17 |
| Dermot Reeve | bowled | 35 | 34 |
| Darren Gough | not out | 26 | 26 |
| Peter Martin | not out | 0 | 1 |
Did not bat: Richard Illingworth
Extras: 12
Pramodya Wickramasinghe 7.00-0-43-0Chaminda Vaas 8.00-1-29-1Muthiah Muralidaran 10.00-1-37-2Kumar Dharmasena 10.00-0-30-2Sanath Jayasuriya 9.00-0-46-2Aravinda de Silva 6.00-0-42-0
Sri Lanka, 236/5
| Sanath Jayasuriya | stumped (Jack Russell) | 82 | 44 |
| Romesh Kaluwitharana | bowled | 8 | 3 |
| Asanka Gurusinha | run out | 45 | 63 |
| Aravinda de Silva | caught (Robin Smith) | 31 | 30 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | lbw | 25 | 17 |
| Hashan Tillakaratne | not out | 19 | 50 |
| Roshan Mahanama | not out | 22 | 38 |
Did not bat: Kumar Dharmasena, Chaminda Vaas, Muthiah Muralidaran, Pramodya Wickramasinghe
Extras: 4
Peter Martin 9.00-1-41-0Richard Illingworth 10.00-1-72-1Darren Gough 10.00-1-36-1Phil DeFreitas 3.40-0-38-0Dermot Reeve 4.00-1-14-1Graeme Hick 4.00-0-34-1
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