1975 World Cup, Match 4 - West Indies beat Sri Lanka by 9 wickets at Old Trafford, Manchester.Sri Lankan team was bowled out for just 87. West Indies easily chased the target in 20.4 overs. Bernard Julien was awarded man of the match for his his 4-wicket haul.


1975 World Cup, Match 4 - 7th June 1975, Sri Lanka vs West Indies at Manchester, Scorecard


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⇒ Toss : West Indies won the toss and elected to field first
⇒ Umpires : WL Budd and A Jepson
⇒ Match Result : West Indies won by 9 wkts
⇒ Man of the Match : Bernard Julien

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Sri Lanka (60 Overs Maximum)

⇒ Ranjith Fernando (WK) c Murray b Julien 4
⇒ Bandula Warnapura c Murray b Boyce 8
⇒ Anura Tennekoon (C) c Murray b Julien 0
⇒ David Heyn c Lloyd b Roberts 2
⇒ Michael Tissera c Kallicharran b Julien 14
⇒ Duleep Mendis c Murray b Boyce 8
⇒ Anura Ranasinghe b Boyce 0
⇒ Mevan Pieris c Lloyd b Julien 3
⇒ Tony Opatha b Roberts 11
⇒ Somachandra de Silva c Lloyd b Holder 21
⇒ Lalith Kaluperuma not out 6

Extras : 9 (Wides : 0 No Balls: 3 Byes: 3 Leg Byes: 3)

Total : 86 all out (37.2 Overs)

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Fall of Wickets : 1-5 (Fernando), 2-5 (Tennekoon), 3-16 (Heyn), 4-21 (Warnapura), 5-41 (Tissera), 6-41 (Mendis), 7-42 (Ranasinghe), 8-48 (Pieris), 9-58 (Opatha), 10-86 (de Silva)

West Indies Bowling

⇒ Roberts 12-5-16-2
⇒ Julien 12-3-20-4
⇒ Boyce 8-1-22-3
⇒ Gibbs 4-0-17-0
⇒ Holder 1.2-0-2-1

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West Indies (Target: 87 from 60 Overs)

⇒ Roy Fredericks c Warnapura b de Silva 33
⇒ Deryck Murray (WK) not out 30
⇒ Alvin Kallicharran not out 19
⇒ Did not bat - Rohan Kanhai, Clive Lloyd (C), Viv Richards, Bernard Julien, Keith Boyce, Vanburn Holder, Andy Roberts, Lance Gibbs

Extras : 5 (Wides: 1 No Balls: 1 Byes: 2 Leg Byes: 1)

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Total : 87/1 (20.4 Overs)

Fall of Wickets : 1-52 (Fredericks)

Sri Lanka Bowling

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⇒ Opatha 4-0-19-0
⇒ Pieris 2-0-13-0
⇒ de Silva 8-1-33-1
⇒ Kaluperuma 6.4-1-17-0


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