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England v Sri Lanka @ County Ground, Taunton
11 June 1983
Toss: England (bat)
Umpires: MJ Kitchen, KE Palmer
Match Result: England won by 47 runs
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Graeme Fowler | b Vinothen John | 22 | 59 | - | 1 | - |
| 2. Chris Tavare | c Guy de Alwis b Arjuna Ranatunga | 32 | 61 | - | 4 | - |
| 3. David Gower | b Ashantha de Mel | 130 | 120 | - | 12 | 5 |
| 4. Allan Lamb | b Rumesh Ratnayake | 53 | 51 | - | 4 | 2 |
| 5. Mike Gatting | run out | 7 | 8 | - | - | - |
| 6. Ian Botham | run out | 0 | 1 | - | - | - |
| +7. Ian Gould | c Arjuna Ranatunga b Rumesh Ratnayake | 35 | 40 | - | 2 | - |
| 8. Graham Dilley | b Ashantha de Mel | 29 | 16 | - | 5 | - |
| 9. Vic Marks | run out | 5 | 5 | - | - | - |
| 10. Paul Allott | not out | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
| *11. Bob Willis |
| FOW | 1-49 (Graeme Fowler), 2-78 (Chris Tavare), 3-174 (Allan Lamb), 4-193 (Mike Gatting), 5-194 (Ian Botham), 6-292 (Ian Gould), 7-298 (David Gower), 8-333 (Graham Dilley), 9-333 (Vic Marks). |
| Extras | 0b, 11lb, 9w, 0nb, 0pen) 20 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 60 ovs) 333 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ashantha de Mel | 12 | 3 | 62 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Vinothen John | 12 | 0 | 55 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rumesh Ratnayake | 12 | 0 | 66 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 12 | 0 | 65 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Somachandra de Silva | 12 | 0 | 65 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sidath Wettimuny | lbw b Vic Marks | 33 | 66 | - | 3 | 1 |
| 2. Brendon Kuruppu | c Mike Gatting b Graham Dilley | 4 | 3 | - | 1 | - |
| 3. Roy Dias | c Ian Botham b Graham Dilley | 2 | 15 | - | - | - |
| *4. Duleep Mendis | c Bob Willis b Vic Marks | 56 | 64 | - | 5 | 1 |
| 5. Ranjan Madugalle | c Chris Tavare b Vic Marks | 12 | 26 | - | 1 | - |
| 6. Arjuna Ranatunga | c Allan Lamb b Vic Marks | 34 | 45 | - | 4 | - |
| 7. Somachandra de Silva | st Ian Gould b Vic Marks | 28 | 37 | - | 2 | - |
| +8. Guy de Alwis | not out | 58 | 51 | - | 6 | 1 |
| 9. Ashantha de Mel | c Graham Dilley b Paul Allott | 27 | 26 | - | 2 | - |
| 10. Rumesh Ratnayake | c Allan Lamb b Graham Dilley | 15 | 18 | - | 1 | - |
| 11. Vinothen John | b Graham Dilley | 0 | 1 | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-11 (Brendon Kuruppu), 2-17 (Roy Dias), 3-92 (Sidath Wettimuny), 4-108 (Ranjan Madugalle), 5-117 (Duleep Mendis), 6-168 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 7-192 (Somachandra de Silva), 8-246 (Ashantha de Mel), 9-281 (Rumesh Ratnayake), 286 (Vinothen John). |
| Extras | 0b, 12lb, 2w, 3nb, 0pen) 17 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 58 ovs) 286 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Bob Willis | 11 | 3 | 43 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graham Dilley | 11 | 0 | 45 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Allott | 12 | 1 | 82 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Botham | 12 | 0 | 60 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Vic Marks | 12 | 3 | 39 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Graeme Fowler, Chris Tavare, David Gower, Allan Lamb, Mike Gatting, Ian Botham, Ian Gould, Graham Dilley, Vic Marks, Paul Allott, Bob Willis