England vs Sri Lanka, 1st Match at London, May 14 1999, ICC World Cup

RESULT
1st Match, Lord's, May 14, 1999, ICC World Cup
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(46.5/50 ov, T:205) 207/2

England won by 8 wickets (with 19 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
88 (146) & 3 catches
alec-stewart
Sri Lanka Innings
England Innings
Match Flow
Info
Sri Lanka  (50 ovs maximum)
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
c Hick b Mullally2952734055.76
c Hick b Mullally1630472053.33
c Thorpe b Austin3990033.33
c †Stewart b Ealham01226000.00
c Thorpe b Mullally0613000.00
c Hussain b Ealham3242711176.19
c †Stewart b Mullally5766737086.36
not out 1227590044.44
c Thorpe b Hollioake1125251044.00
c †Stewart b Austin1118151061.11
b Gough128620150.00
Extras(lb 9, nb 3, w 9)21
TOTAL48.4 Ov (RR: 4.19)204
Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Roshan Mahanama, 10.6 ov), 2-50 (Marvan Atapattu, 13.2 ov), 3-63 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 16.5 ov), 4-63 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 17.1 ov), 5-65 (Aravinda de Silva, 18.5 ov), 6-149 (Arjuna Ranatunga, 33.6 ov), 7-155 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 36.5 ov), 8-174 (Eric Upashantha, 43.5 ov), 9-190 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe, 47.2 ov), 10-204 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 48.4 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
8.405015.76204012
48.4 to M Muralidaran, into the off stump, yorker length, Murali going for a slog thru point, well missed. 204/10
912522.77290050
13.2 to MS Atapattu, top edge and an easy catch at 1st slip. 50/2
47.2 to GP Wickramasinghe, . 190/9
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10.6 to RS Mahanama, top edge to hick at 2nd slips. 42/1
16.5 to ST Jayasuriya, simple catch to hick at 2nd slip. 63/3
18.5 to PA de Silva, pitched up, swinging away, top edge to 2nd slip. 65/5
36.5 to RS Kaluwitharana, swinging away, fine nick to keeper, easy catch. 155/7
1003123.10393000
17.1 to HP Tillakaratne, swinging down the legs, and a fine nick to stewart. 63/4
33.6 to A Ranatunga, quicker one, swinging away from off, cut straight to hussain at point, splendid catch. 149/6
201206.0051000
301906.3361110
602113.50191000
43.5 to KEA Upashantha, . 174/8
England  (T: 205 runs from 50 ovs)
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
st †Kaluwitharana b Muralidaran1433691042.42
c †Kaluwitharana b Vaas881461826060.27
not out 73881352282.95
not out 1315231086.66
Extras(lb 6, nb 1, w 12)19
TOTAL46.5 Ov (RR: 4.41)207/2
Fall of wickets: 1-50 (Nasser Hussain, 14.5 ov), 2-175 (Alec Stewart, 41.3 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
1022712.70433000
41.3 to AJ Stewart, quick ball pitching on the middle stump, angling across, Stewart plays outside it, clips the thigh, big appeal for caught behind, Venkat says yes after a Bucknor-esque wait, TV seems to indicate he was a bit unlucky. 175/2
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803804.75322081
1003313.30392020
14.5 to N Hussain, advances down the wicket for an attacking reason only known to him, misses the on drive, Kalu easily collects, Hussain has a short walk to the dressing room because of the amount of dancing he committed to. 50/1
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MATCH FLOW
  • 4th (reserve) umpire: JF Steele
  • RS Kaluwitharana 50 off 52 balls, 7x4
  • AJ Stewart 50 off 85 balls, 4x4
  • GA Hick 50 off 63 balls, 1x4 1x6
MATCH DETAILS
Lord's, London
TossEngland, elected to field first
Series
Season1999
Player Of The Match
Match numberODI no. 1443
Match daysday (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Match Referee
PointsEngland 2, Sri Lanka 0
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Super Sixes
TEAMMWLPTNRR
PAK53260.654
AUS53260.358
SA53260.174
NZ5225-0.520
ZIM5225-0.786
IND5142-0.153
Group A
TEAMMWLPTNRR
SA54180.859
IND53261.285
ZIM53260.017
ENG5326-0.331
SL5234-0.809
KENYA5050-1.198
Group B
TEAMMWLPTNRR
PAK54180.526
AUS53260.731
NZ53260.575
WI53260.497
BAN5234-0.543
SCOT5050-1.928