ODI # 1074
Wills World Cup, 1995/96, 28th Match
Sri Lanka v Kenya, Group A
Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy
6 March 1996 (50-overs match)

Result: Sri Lanka won by 144 runs
Points: Sri Lanka 2, Kenya 0

Toss: Kenya
Umpires: RS Dunne (NZ) and VK Ramaswamy (Ind)
TV Umpire: Ikram Rabbani (Pak)
Match Referee: MAK Pataudi (Ind)
ODI Debuts: LN Onyango (Kenya).
Man of the Match: PA de Silva

Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum)                            R   M   B  4 6
ST Jayasuriya         c LO Tikolo        b EO Odumbe           44  43  27  5 3
+RS Kaluwitharana                        b EO Odumbe           33  51  18  4 2
AP Gurusinha          c Onyango          b Karim               84 120 103  7 3
PA de Silva           c Modi             b Suji               145 153 115 14 5
*A Ranatunga          not out                                  75  49  40 13 1
HP Tillakaratne       run out                                   0   4   1  0 0
RS Mahanama           not out                                   0   3   0  0 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 5, w 11)                        17
Total                 (5 wickets, 50 overs)                   398

DNB: WPUJC Vaas, HDPK Dharmasena, KR Pushpakumara,
     M Muralitharan.

FoW: 1-83 (Jayasuriya), 2-88 (Kaluwitharana), 3-271 (Gurusinha),
     4-377 (de Silva), 5-383 (Tillakaratne).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Suji                         9      0     85      1
Ali                          6      0     67      0
Onyango                      4      0     31      0
EO Odumbe                    5      0     34      2
Karim                       10      0     50      1
LO Tikolo                    2      0     13      0
MO Odumbe                    9      0     74      0
SO Tikolo                    5      0     38      0

Kenya innings (target: 399 runs from 50 overs)                  R   M   B  4 6
DN Chudasama                             b Muralitharan        27  40  23  5 0
+KO Otieno                               b Vaas                14  34  28  1 1
SO Tikolo                                b Dharmasena          96 122  95  8 4
*MO Odumbe            st Kaluwitharana   b Muralitharan         0   2   2  0 0
HS Modi               run out (Muralitharan)                   41 111  82  2 0
LO Tikolo             not out                                  25  45  40  2 1
EO Odumbe             c Muralitharan     b Ranatunga            4  15  17  0 0
LN Onyango            c sub (MS Atapattu) b Ranatunga          23  22  18  2 1
MA Suji               not out                                   2   4   4  0 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 9, w 7, nb 5)                   22
Total                 (7 wickets, 50 overs)                   254

DNB: AY Karim, RW Ali.

FoW: 1-47 (Otieno), 2-51 (Chudasama), 3-51 (MO Odumbe),
     4-188 (SO Tikolo), 5-196 (Modi), 6-215 (EO Odumbe),
     7-246 (Onyango).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Vaas                        10      0     44      1
Muralitharan                10      1     40      2
Pushpakumara                 7      0     46      0
Ranatunga                    5      0     31      2
Dharmasena                  10      0     45      1
Jayasuriya                   7      0     34      0
Tillakaratne                 1      0      4      0

• Sri Lanka 50 off 20 balls
• PA de Silva 100 in 92 balls
• PA de Silva 145, highest ever score for Sri Lanka in ODIs (previous best ST Jayasuriya 140 v NZ at Bloemfontein 08/12/1994), first ever century for Sri Lanka in the World Cup.
• A Ranatunga 50 in 29 balls
• Gurusinha dropped by Onyango off Karim when on 79.
• Gurusinha hits a ball outside the ground and the ball is lost. Umpires provide a replacement ball.
• de Silva, and then Ranatunga crossed 5000 runs in ODI cricket, - the first two from Sri Lanka to do so - during this innings.
• Sri Lanka 398 runs, highest ever score in ODI history. Sri Lanka now have the top score, but also have 6 of the top 12 totals scored against them.

• SO Tikolo 96, highest ever score for Kenya.

Team Pages: Sri Lanka, Kenya.

Ground Page: Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy

Sri Lanka Player Pages: ST Jayasuriya, RS Kaluwitharana, AP Gurusinha, PA de Silva, A Ranatunga, HP Tillakaratne, RS Mahanama, WPUJC Vaas, HDPK Dharmasena, KR Pushpakumara, M Muralitharan.

Kenya Player Pages: DN Chudasama, KO Otieno, SO Tikolo, MO Odumbe, HS Modi, LO Tikolo, EO Odumbe, LN Onyango, MA Suji, AY Karim, RW Ali.

Match Officials' Pages: RS Dunne, VK Ramaswamy, Ikram Rabbani, MAK Pataudi.