Cricinfo - 1st Match: England v Sri Lanka at Delhi, Oct 15, 1989

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Played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi (neutral venue), on 15 October 1989 (50-over match)

Result England won by 5 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)


Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum)			R	B	4s	6s	SR
	RS Mahanama	run out	1	2	0	0	50.00
	DSBP Kuruppu	c Russell b Fraser	5	23		0	21.73
	AP Gurusinha	c Lamb b Capel	19	46			41.30
	PA de Silva	lbw b Hemmings	80	89	10	0	89.88
	A Ranatunga	b Gooch	7	19			36.84
	MAR Samarasekera	c Stewart b Gooch	24	48			50.00
	JR Ratnayeke	c Gooch b DeFreitas	6	5			120.00
	GF Labrooy	lbw b DeFreitas	0	20	0	0	0.00
	EAR de Silva	b DeFreitas	2	11	0	0	18.18
	SD Anurasiri	not out	5	16		0	31.25
	KIW Wijegunawardene	b Fraser	3	10	0	0	30.00
	Extras	(b 6, lb 22, w 10, nb 3)	41

	Total	(all out; 48.3 overs)	193	(3.97 runs per over)


England innings (target: 194 runs from 50 overs)			R	B	4s	6s	SR
	GA Gooch	c PA de Silva b Labrooy	5	22		0	22.72
	W Larkins	c PA de Silva b Ranatunga	19	44			43.18
	RA Smith	not out	81	119	7	0	68.06
	AJ Lamb	c PA de Silva b Wijegunawardene	52	66	2	3	78.78
	AJ Stewart	c Kuruppu b Ranatunga	4	19		0	21.05
	DJ Capel	lbw b Wijegunawardene	4	10		0	40.00
	RC Russell	not out	10	9			111.11
	Extras	(b 1, lb 8, w 10, nb 2)	21

	Total	(5 wickets; 48.4 overs)	196	(4.02 runs per over)

Did not bat PAJ DeFreitas, GC Small, EE Hemmings, ARC Fraser

Toss England, who chose to field first
Points England 4, Sri Lanka 0

ODI debuts ARC Fraser and AJ Stewart (England)
Player of the match RA Smith (England)

Umpires RB Gupta and PJ McConnell (Australia)