Wills World Cup - 1st semi final India v Sri Lanka

Wills World Cup - 1st semi final

India v Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka won by default

• ODI no. 1081 | 1995/96 season
• Played at Eden Gardens, Calcutta
• 13 March 1996 - day/night (50-over match)

	Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	ST Jayasuriya	c Prasad b Srinath	1	4	3	0	0	33.33
	RS Kaluwitharana†	c Manjrekar b Srinath	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	AP Gurusinha	c Kumble b Srinath	1	29	16	0	0	6.25
	PA de Silva	b Kumble	66	63	47	14	0	140.42
	RS Mahanama	retired hurt	58	126	101	6	0	57.42
	A Ranatunga*	lbw b Tendulkar	35	72	42	4	0	83.33
	HP Tillakaratne	c Tendulkar b Prasad	32	51	43	1	0	74.41
	HDPK Dharmasena	b Tendulkar	9	21	20	0	0	45.00
	WPUJC Vaas	run out (Azharuddin)	23	19	16	3	0	143.75
	GP Wickramasinghe	not out	4	10	9	0	0	44.44
	M Muralitharan	not out	5	4	4	0	0	125.00
	Extras	(b 1, lb 10, w 4, nb 2)	17
	Total	(8 wickets; 50 overs)	251	(5.02 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-1 (Kaluwitharana), 2-1 (Jayasuriya), 3-35 (Gurusinha), 4-85 (de Silva), 5-168 (Ranatunga), 5-182* (Mahanama, retired not out, 37.2 ov), 6-206 (Dharmasena), 7-236 (Tillakaratne), 8-244 (Vaas)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	J Srinath	7	1	34	3	4.85
	A Kumble	10	0	51	1	5.10	(1w)
	BKV Prasad	8	0	50	1	6.25	(2nb, 2w)
	AR Kapoor	10	0	40	0	4.00
	A Jadeja	5	0	31	0	6.20
	SR Tendulkar	10	1	34	2	3.40	(1w)

	India innings (target: 252 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SR Tendulkar	st †Kaluwitharana b Jayasuriya	65	96	88	9	0	73.86
	NS Sidhu	c Jayasuriya b Vaas	3	7	8	0	0	37.50
	SV Manjrekar	b Jayasuriya	25	105	48	1	0	52.08
	M Azharuddin*	c & b Dharmasena	0	3	6	0	0	0.00
	VG Kambli	not out	10	49	29	0	0	34.48
	J Srinath	run out	6	8	6	1	0	100.00
	A Jadeja	b Jayasuriya	0	9	11	0	0	0.00
	NR Mongia†	c Jayasuriya b de Silva	1	10	8	0	0	12.50
	AR Kapoor	c de Silva b Muralitharan	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	A Kumble	not out	0	1	0	0	0	-
	Extras	(lb 5, w 5)	10
	Total	(8 wickets; 34.1 overs)	120	(3.51 runs per over)

Did not bat BKV Prasad

Fall of wickets1-8 (Sidhu), 2-98 (Tendulkar), 3-99 (Azharuddin), 4-101 (Manjrekar), 5-110 (Srinath), 6-115 (Jadeja), 7-120 (Mongia), 8-120 (Kapoor)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	GP Wickramasinghe	5	0	24	0	4.80	(2w)
	WPUJC Vaas	6	1	23	1	3.83
	M Muralitharan	7.1	0	29	1	4.04	(1w)
	HDPK Dharmasena	7	0	24	1	3.42
	ST Jayasuriya	7	1	12	3	1.71	(1w)
	PA de Silva	2	0	3	1	1.50	(1w)

Match details

Toss India, who chose to field Series Sri Lanka advanced

Player of the match PA de Silva (Sri Lanka)

Umpires RS Dunne (New Zealand) and CJ Mitchley (South Africa) TV umpire Mahboob Shah (Pakistan) Match referee CH Lloyd (West Indies)

Match notes

Sri Lanka's 1st ever World Cup semi final. RS Mahanama retired hurt at 182/5 (37.2 overs) (leg injury) At the fall of the 8th Indian wicket, sections of the crowd vented their disgust with the state of the match by setting fire to some areas of the stands and throwing fruit and waterbottles onto the field. The match was briefly stopped and when play was about to resume, the crowd again threw bottles at the deep fielders. The match referee stopped the game and the game was awarded to Sri Lanka by default. 4th win for the team batting first from 5 matches under lights at Eden Gardens. Sri Lanka qualify for their 1st ever World Cup final.