England beat New Zealand by 106 runs in the opening match of 1983 World Cup at Kennington Oval in London. Allan Lamb won the man of the match award for his brilliant century.
9th June 1983, England vs New Zealand, Match Scorecard
⇒ Toss: England won the toss and elected to bat first
⇒ Umpires: BJ Meyer and DO Oslear
⇒ Match Result: England won by 106 runs
⇒ Man of the Match: Allan Lamb
England Batting
⇒ Graeme Fowler c Coney b Cairns 8 (19) 1 ‘4s’
⇒ Chris Tavare c Edgar b Chatfield 45 (91) 4 ‘4s’
⇒ David Gower c Edgar b Coney 39 (62) 6 ‘4s’
⇒ Allan Lamb b Snedden 102 (105) 12 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
⇒ Mike Gatting b Snedden 43 (47) 3 ‘4s’
⇒ Ian Botham c Lees b Hadlee 22 (16) 1 ‘6s’
⇒ Ian Gould (WK) not out 14 (12) 1 ‘4s’
⇒ Graham Dilley not out 31 (14) 4 ‘4s’
⇒ Did Not Bat - Vic Marks, Paul Allott, Bob Willis (C)
Extras : 18 (Wides: 1 No Balls: 5 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 12)
Total : 322/6 (Overs: 60.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-13 (Fowler), 2-79 (Gower), 3-117 (Tavare), 4-232 (Gatting), 5-271 (Botham), 6-278 (Lamb)
New Zealand Bowling
⇒ Hadlee 12-4-26-1
⇒ Cairns 12-4-57-1
⇒ Snedden 12-1-105-2
⇒ Chatfield 12-1-45-1
⇒ Coney 6-1-20-1
⇒ Crowe 6-0-51-0
New Zealand Batting
⇒ Glenn Turner lbw b Willis 14 (28) 2 ‘4s’
⇒ Bruce Edgar c Gould b Willis 3 (6)
⇒ John Wright c Botham b Dilley 10 (17) 1 ‘4s’
⇒ Geoff Howarth (C) c Lamb b Marks 18 (44) 1 ‘4s’
⇒ Jeremy Coney run out 23 (52) 2 ‘4s’
⇒ Martin Crowe run out 97 (118) 8 ‘4s’
⇒ Warren Lees (WK) b Botham 8 (23)
⇒ Richard Hadlee c Lamb b Marks 1 (9)
⇒ Lance Cairns lbw b Botham 1 (2)
⇒ Martin Snedden c Gould b Gatting 21 (34) 1 ‘4s’
⇒ Ewen Chatfield not out 9 (24) 1 ‘4s’
Extras : 11 (Wides: 4 No Balls: 1 Byes: 2 Leg Byes: 4)
Total : 216 all out (Overs: 59.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-3 (Edgar), 2-28 (Wright), 3-31 (Turner), 4-62 (Howarth), 5-85 (Coney), 6-123 (Lees), 7-136 (Hadlee), 8-138 (Cairns), 9-190 (Snedden), 10-216 (Crowe)
England Bowling
⇒ Willis 7-2-9-2
⇒ Dilley 8-0-33-1
⇒ Botham 12-0-42-2
⇒ Allott 12-1-47-0
⇒ Marks 12-1-39-2
⇒ Gatting 8-1-35-1