Pakistan vs Sri Lanka (Scorecard)

Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 50 runs in their opening match of 1983 World Cup at St. Helen’s in Swansea. Mohsin Khan of Pakistan won the man of the match award for his innings of 82 runs. 9th June 1983, Pakistan vs Sri

By Saurabh Sharma
Jan 08, 2015 • 09:05 AM

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka 1983 WC ()

Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 50 runs in their opening match of 1983 World Cup at St. Helen’s in Swansea. Mohsin Khan of Pakistan won the man of the match award for his innings of 82 runs.

9th June 1983, Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, Match Scorecard

⇒ Toss: Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field first
⇒ Umpires: KE Palmer and David Shepherd
⇒ Match Result: Pakistan won by 50 runs
⇒ Man of the Match : Mohsin Khan

Pakistan Batting

⇒ Mudassar Nazar c de Silva b Ratnayake 36
⇒ Mohsin Khan b John 82
⇒ Zaheer Abbas c Kuruppu b de Mel 82
⇒ Javed Miandad lbw b de Mel 72
⇒ Imran Khan (C) not out 56
⇒ Ijaz Faqih run out 2
⇒ Tahir Naqqash not out 0
⇒ Did not Bat - Wasim Bari (WK), Rashid Khan, Shahid Mahboob, Sarfraz Nawaz

Extras : 10 (Wides: 0 No Balls: 0 Byes: 4 Leg Byes: 4)

Total : 338/5 (Overs: 60.0)

Fall of Wickets : 1-88 (Mudassar Nazar), 2-156 (Mohsin Khan), 3-229 (Zaheer Abbas), 4-325 (Javed Miandad), 5-332 (Ijaz Faqih)

Sri Lanka Bowling

⇒ Ashantha de Mel 12-2-69-2
⇒ Vinothen John John 12-2-58-1
⇒ Rumesh Ratnayake 12-0-65-1
⇒ Arjuna Ranatunga 9-0-53-0
⇒ de Silva 10-0-52-0
⇒ Samarasekera 5-0-33-0

Sri Lanka Batting

⇒ Sidath Wettimuny c Rashid Khan b Sarfraz Nawaz 12
⇒ Brendon Kuruppu run out 72
⇒ Roy Dias b Rashid Khan 5
⇒ Duleep Mendis (C) b Tahir Naqqash 16
⇒ Arjuna Ranatunga c and b Mudassar Nazar 31
⇒ Athula Samarasekera run out 0
⇒ Somachandra de Silva c Wasim Bari b Sarfraz Nawaz 35
⇒ Ashantha de Mel c Tahir Naqqash b Shahid Mahboob 11
⇒ Guy de Alwis (WK) not out 59
⇒ Rumesh Ratnayake c Mudassar Nazar b Sarfraz Nawaz 13
⇒ Vinothen John not out 12

Extras : 22 (Wides : 10 No Balls: 4 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 8)

Total : 288/9 (Overs : 60.0)

Fall of Wickets : 1-34 (Wettimuny), 2-58 (Dias), 3-85 (Mendis), 4-142 (Ranatunga), 5-143 (Samarasekera), 6-157 (Kuruppu), 7-180 (de Mel), 8-234 (de Silva), 9-262 (Ratnayake)

Pakistan Bowling

⇒ Sarfraz Nawaz 12-1-40-3
⇒ Shahid Mahboob 11-0-48-1
⇒ Tahir Naqqash 8-0-49-1
⇒ Rashid Khan 12-1-55-1
⇒ Ijaz Faqih 12-1-52-0
⇒ Mudassar Nazar 4-0-18-1
⇒ Zaheer Abbas 1-0-4-0