World Cup 1983 »  England Vs Sri Lanka Match : England v Sri Lanka , 5th ODI Date : 11/06/1983 Venue : County Ground ,St James Street, Taunton Match Result : England Won by 47 runs Match Referee : Umpires : Mervyn Kitchen ( ENG ) & Ken Palmer ( ENG ) Toss Won By: England (Elected to Bat) MOM : David Gower (England) England Runs Balls 4 6 G Fowler   b V John 22 59 1 0 C Tavaré c G de Alwis b A Ranatunga 32 61 4 0 D Gower   b A De Mel 130 120 12 5 A Lamb   b R J Ratnayake 53 51 4 2 M Gatting run out    7 8 0 0 I Botham run out    0 1 0 0 +I Gould c A Ranatunga b R J Ratnayake 35 40 2 0 G Dilley   b A De Mel 29 16 5 0 V Marks run out    5 5 0 0 P Allott not out    0 0 0 0 B Willis     Extras 20 Total Overs 60 R/R 5.55 333/9 Sri Lanka Runs Balls 4 6 S Wettimuny lbw  b V Marks 33 66 3 1 B Kuruppu c M Gatting b G Dilley 4 3 1 0 R Dias c I Botham b G Dilley 2 15 0 0 D Mendis c B Willis b V Marks 56 64 5 1 R Madugalle c C Tavaré b V Marks 12 26 1 0 A Ranatunga c A Lamb b V Marks 34 45 4 0 S De Silva st I Gould b V Marks 28 37 2 0 +G de Alwis not out    58 51 6 1 A De Mel c G Dilley b P Allott 27 26 2 0 R J Ratnayake c A Lamb b G Dilley 15 18 1 0 V John   b G Dilley 0 1 0 0 Extras 17 Total Overs 58 R/R 4.93 286/10 Bowling O M R W ER Nb Wb A De Mel 12 3 62 2 5.17 0 0 V John 12 0 55 1 4.58 0 0 R J Ratnayake 12 0 66 2 5.50 0 0 A Ranatunga 12 0 65 1 5.42 0 0 S De Silva 12 0 65 0 5.42 0 0 Bowling O M R W ER Nb Wb B Willis 11 3 43 0 3.91 0 0 G Dilley 11 0 45 4 4.09 0 0 P Allott 12 1 82 1 6.83 0 0 I Botham 12 0 60 0 5.00 0 0 V Marks 12 3 39 5 3.25 0 0 FOW: 1-49 (G Fowler), 2-78 (C Tavaré), 3-174 (A Lamb), 4-193 (M Gatting), 5-194 (I Botham), 6-292 (I Gould), 7-298 (D Gower), 8-333 (G Dilley), 9-333 (V Marks), FOW: 1-11 (B Kuruppu), 2-17 (R Dias), 3-92 (S Wettimuny), 4-108 (R Madugalle), 5-117 (D Mendis), 6-168 (A Ranatunga), 7-192 (S De Silva), 8-246 (A De Mel), 9-281 (R J Ratnayake), 10-286 (V John),