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Result of 1996
Wills World Cup (in India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka)
1st QF-Wills World Cup (in India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka) 1996
Sat, 09 Mar 1996 - 00:00 – 1st QF • Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 56 balls remaining)
England
235/8 (47.00)
Sri Lanka
236/5 (40.40)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
England innigs
235/8 (47.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Robin Smith
run out
25
41
78
3
0
60.97
In 1996
Career
Mike Atherton (c)
c †Kaluwitharana b Vaas
22
27
32
2
0
81.48
In 1996
Career
Graeme Hick
c Ranatunga b Muralidaran
8
21
27
0
0
38.09
In 1996
Career
Graham Thorpe
b Dharmasena
14
31
39
1
0
45.16
In 1996
Career
Phil DeFreitas
lbw b Jayasuriya
67
64
89
5
2
104.68
In 1996
Career
Alec Stewart
b Muralidaran
17
38
50
0
0
44.73
In 1996
Career
Jack Russell (WK)
b Dharmasena
9
17
18
0
0
52.94
In 1996
Career
Dermot Reeve
b Jayasuriya
35
34
37
2
0
102.94
In 1996
Career
Darren Gough
not out
26
26
34
5
0
100.00
In 1996
Career
Peter Martin
not out
0
1
1
0
0
0.00
In 1996
Career
Extras
(lb 8, w 4)
12
Total
235/8 50 Ov (RR: 4.70)
235
300
0
18
2
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
7.00
0
43
0
6.14
0
1
0
In 1996
Career
Chaminda Vaas
8.00
1
29
1
3.62
0
1
0
In 1996
Career
Muthiah Muralidaran
10.00
1
37
2
3.70
0
1
0
In 1996
Career
Kumar Dharmasena
10.00
0
30
2
3.00
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Sanath Jayasuriya
9.00
0
46
2
5.11
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Aravinda de Silva
6.00
0
42
0
7.00
0
1
0
In 1996
Career
Sri Lanka innigs
236/5 (40.40)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Sanath Jayasuriya
st †Russell b Reeve
82
44
67
13
3
186.36
In 1996
Career
Romesh Kaluwitharana (WK)
b Illingworth
8
3
7
2
0
266.66
In 1996
Career
Asanka Gurusinha
run out
45
63
124
5
0
71.42
In 1996
Career
Aravinda de Silva
c Smith b Hick
31
30
38
5
0
103.33
In 1996
Career
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)
lbw b Gough
25
17
14
5
0
147.05
In 1996
Career
Hashan Tillakaratne
not out
19
50
65
1
0
38.00
In 1996
Career
Roshan Mahanama
not out
22
38
55
2
0
57.89
In 1996
Career
Extras
(lb 1, nb 1, w 2)
4
Total
236/5 40.4 Ov (RR: 5.80)
236
245
0
33
3
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Peter Martin
9.00
1
41
0
4.55
0
2
0
In 1996
Career
Richard Illingworth
10.00
1
72
1
7.20
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Darren Gough
10.00
1
36
1
3.60
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Phil DeFreitas
3.40
0
38
0
10.36
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Dermot Reeve
4.00
1
14
1
3.50
0
0
1
In 1996
Career
Graeme Hick
4.00
0
34
1
8.50
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
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