a1423 o23 wc5	Australia v Sri Lanka
	Prudential World Cup 1975 (Group B)
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 11th June 1975 (60-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field
Result	Australia won by 52 runs
Points	Australia 4; Sri Lanka 0
Umpires	WL Budd, AE Fagg
Scorers	HD Ainsworth, EE Buckhalter
Player of the Match	A Turner

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Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
RB McCosker	b de Silva	73	111		2	-	65.77
A Turner	c Mendis b de Silva	101	113		9	1	89.38
*IM Chappell	b Kaluperuma	4	7		1	-	57.14
GS Chappell	c Opatha b Pieris	50	50		5	1	100.00
KD Walters	c Tennekoon b Pieris	59	66		5	-	89.39
JR Thomson	not out	9	7		-	-	128.57
+RW Marsh	not out	9	7		-	-	128.57
R Edwards	did not bat
MHN Walker	did not bat
DK Lillee	did not bat
AA Mallett	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 20 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	23
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 60 overs)	328
Fall of wickets:
1-182 (Turner), 2-187 (McCosker), 3-191 (IM Chappell), 4-308 (Walters), 5-308 (GS Chappell)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Opatha	9	0	32	0	-	-	-	3.56
Pieris	11	0	68	2	-	-	33.00	6.18
Warnapura	9	0	40	0	-	-	-	4.44
Ranasinghe	7	0	55	0	-	-	-	7.86
de Silva	12	3	60	2	-	-	36.00	5.00
Kaluperuma	12	0	50	1	-	-	72.00	4.17

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Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
SRD Wettimuny	retired hurt	53	102		7	-	51.96
+ER Fernando	b Thomson	22	18		4	-	122.22
B Warnapura	st Marsh b Mallett	31	39		5	-	79.49
LRD Mendis	retired hurt	32	45		5	-	71.11
*APB Tennekoon	b IM Chappell	48	71		6	-	67.61
MH Tissera	c Turner b IM Chappell	52	72		7	-	72.22
AN Ranasinghe	not out	14	18		3	-	77.78
HSM Pieris	not out	0	3		-	-	0.00
ARM Opatha	did not bat
DS de Silva	did not bat
LWS Kaluperuma	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 8 lb, 2 nb, 8 w)	24
Total	(4 wickets, innings closed, 60 overs)	276
Fall of wickets:
1-30 (Fernando), 2-84 (Warnapura), 3-246 (Tennekoon), 4-268 (Tissera)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lillee	10	0	42	0	-	-	-	4.20
Thomson	12	5	22	1	-	-	72.00	1.83
Mallett	12	0	72	1	-	-	72.00	6.00
Walters	6	1	33	0	-	-	-	5.50
Walker	12	1	44	0	-	-	-	3.67
GS Chappell	4	0	25	0	-	-	-	6.25
IM Chappell	4	0	14	2	-	-	12.00	3.50

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Notes
--> SRD Wettimuny made his debut in ODI matches
--> SRD Wettimuny made his debut in World Cup matches
--> RB McCosker passed his previous highest score of 25 in World Cup matches
--> RB McCosker passed his previous highest score of 25 in ODI matches
--> RB McCosker passed his previous highest score of 54 in List A matches
--> A Turner passed his previous highest score of 46 in World Cup matches
--> A Turner made his first century in World Cup matches
--> A Turner passed his previous highest score of 46 in ODI matches
--> A Turner made his first century in ODI matches
--> A Turner passed his previous highest score of 66 in List A matches
--> A Turner made his first century in List A matches
--> GS Chappell passed his previous highest score of 45 in World Cup matches
--> KD Walters passed his previous highest score of 41 in ODI matches
--> ER Fernando passed his previous highest score of 18 in List A matches
--> B Warnapura passed his previous highest score of 18 in List A matches
--> MH Tissera passed his previous highest score of 14 in World Cup matches
--> MH Tissera passed his previous highest score of 14 in ODI matches
--> MH Tissera passed his previous highest score of 22 in List A matches
--> SRD Wettimuny made his debut in England in List A matches
--> LRD Mendis retired hurt in the Sri Lanka innings having scored 32 (team score 150/2)
--> SRD Wettimuny retired hurt in the Sri Lanka innings having scored 53 (team score 164/2)

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