Watch the highlights of West Indies vs Sri Lanka 7th Match Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket 1985 - Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket one-day international tournament of the 7th ODI match played between Sri Lanka and West Indies at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne in 27th February 1985.
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| Clive Lloyd hit the winning run © Cricket Australia / Channel 9 |
All-round West Indies crushing eight-wicket victory over Sri Lanka and reach the semi-finals in a one-sided game of the seventh match of a Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket match.
Sri Lanka scored modest total of 135-7 in 47 overs - due to rain allotted overs per side 47-overs - with top scorer by Ravi Ratnayeke struck 50 off 101-balls.
Ranjan Madugalle scored a unbeaten 36 off 58-balls without a boundary, Roy Dias 16 and Ashantha de Mel 15 not out.
West Indies best bowler by Viv Richards picked up 3-wickets for 27-runs in 9-overs, Joel Garner, Michael Holding and Winston Davis each took one-wickets.
West Indies chased 136-2 in 23.1 overs with top scorer by Desmond Haynes hit 36 off 50-balls including five boundaries.
West Indies best bowler by Viv Richards picked up 3-wickets for 27-runs in 9-overs, Joel Garner, Michael Holding and Winston Davis each took one-wickets.
West Indies chased 136-2 in 23.1 overs with top scorer by Desmond Haynes hit 36 off 50-balls including five boundaries.
Gus Logie scored a unbeaten 29 off 27-balls with 3-fours, Larry Gomes retired hurt for 20-runs and Clive Lloyd 14 not out.
Sri Lanka best bowler by Ravi Ratnayeke and Ashantha de Mel both took one-wickets.
Ravi Ratnayeke named Player of the match for his brilliant batting performance to scored 50 off 101-balls including 3-fours.
THE West Indies became the third side to reach the semi-finals of the World Cricket Championship when they defeated Sri Lanka by eight wickets under the Melbourne floodlights after some high-class fast bowling had contained their opponents to 135 for seven from 47 overs.
Sri Lanka best bowler by Ravi Ratnayeke and Ashantha de Mel both took one-wickets.
Ravi Ratnayeke named Player of the match for his brilliant batting performance to scored 50 off 101-balls including 3-fours.
This match reported by Michael Carey (Third Party Reference from The Daily Telegraph)
With no little irony, Sri Lanka's own bowlers left their mark, however for two West Indies batsmen, Richie Richardson and Larry Gomes, were injured.
Both retired hurt in overhauling Sri Lanka in only 23-1 overs which gave the West Indies first place in Group B.
This means they stay in Melbourne for their semi-final next Wednesday against the runners-up in Group A, the winners of which will meet New Zealand in Sydney on Tuesday.
The outcome of Group A will not be known until after England's game against Pakistan on Saturday and the match between India, who are certain to qualify, and Australia on Sunday.
West Indies needed to make their runs in 33 overs or less to ensure a better scoring rate than New Zealand and their only problems concerned the injuries to Richardson and Gomes, both victims of the pitch's extravagant bounce on its fifth day of use in the competition.
Richardson hurt
Richardson, attempting to hook de Mel, took a blow on the cheek as the ball deflected off a glove. The injury is not thought to be serious.
However, Gomes, taking evasive action against a short rising ball from Rumesh Ratnayake, lost two front teeth and his immediate fitness may depend on the diagnosis of a Melbourne dentist tomorrow.
After these episodes, Haynes put bat to ball before being bowled through an attempted pull by a ball that kept low and though Richards was caught in the gully off a full-blooded stroke, Lloyd and Logie saw their side home with few other worries.
Early rain reduced the match and Sri Lanka's decision to bat first on a cool overcast day was probably influenced by the rules of the competition which stipulate that in the event of further delays the target of the side batting second is decided by an ecletic choice of the first side's most productive overs.
Attacking fields
In the event, there was no other delay and first Garner and Marshall and later Holding bowled so well, offering little that could be played off the front foot and much that had to be fended off from just short of a length, that not even Sri Lanka's talented stroke players could get the innings off the ground.
With attacking fields denying the quick single, they made only 18 from the first 12 overs and although Dias was prepared to take on the quicker bowlers, twice producing excellent hooks for four, he fell trying to cut a ball that was too straight for the purpose.
Thereafter, almost every attempt to break the bowlers' grip brought another mishap. At one point, the bowlers' dominance permitted only one four in 25 overs
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