27/01Result

1st unofficial ODI, England Lions tour of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates at Dambulla, Jan 27 2012

Eng Lions won by 68 runs

Match Centre

Match Details

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

Series

England Lions tour of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates

Toss

Sri Lanka A , elected to field first

Series result

England Lions led the 5-match series 1-0

Season

2011/12

Hours of play (local time)

10.00 start, First Session 10.00-13.30, Interval 13.30-14.15, Second Session 14.15-17.45

Match days

27 January 2012 (50-over match)

Scorecard Summary

ENGLAND LIONS 335/5(50 OVERS)

Alex Hales94 (103)
Jos Buttler*102 (56)

Kosala Kulasekara1/59 (10)
Thilan Thushara3/72 (10)

SRI LANKA A 267(45.3 OVERS)

Thilina Kandamby54 (73)
Bhanuka Rajapaksa44 (43)

Samit Patel3/52 (10)
Nathan Buck4/39 (8)

45.3

Dernbach to Prasanna, OUT,

S Prasanna b Dernbach 6 (20m 8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 75.00

45.2

Dernbach to Thushara, 1 run,

45.1

Dernbach to Prasanna, 1 run,

END OF OVER:
45 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | SL-A: 265/9 (71 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 5.88, RRR: 14.20)

Thilan Thushara0 (1b)
Seekkuge Prasanna5 (6b)

Chris Woakes7-0-52-1
Jade Dernbach8-0-58-1

44.6

Woakes to Thushara, no run,

44.6

Woakes to Thushara, 1 wide,

44.5

Woakes to Prasanna, 1 run,

England Lions tour of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates 2011-12 News

Root ton helps England seal series
As England were spinning to defeat in the third Test against Pakistan, the next generation had just secured an encouraging victory on the subcontinent
Sri Lanka A level series against Lions
Sri Lanka A won the fourth match of their series with England Lions to draw level at 2-2 and set up a decider in Colombo on Monday
England call up Coles to Colombo
Matthew Coles, the Kent seam bowler, has been called up for the rest of the England Lions tour of Sri Lanka after Surrey's Stuart Meaker pulled out because of a lower back injury
Karunaratne, Rajapaksa set up Sri Lanka A win
Sri Lanka A battled their way back into the five-match series against England Lions with a six-wicket win in Kurunegala
Kieswetter ton helps Lions go 2-0 up
England Lions, led by Craig Kieswetter's century, registered their second successive win in the one-day series in Dambulla

Sri Lanka A INNINGS		R	B
FDM Karunaratne	caught	23	31
ML Udawatte	caught	4	4
SM Warnapura	caught	29	32
PBB Rajapaksa	caught	44	43
SHT Kandamby	caught	54	73
MDKJ Perera	bowled	20	32
CKB Kulasekara	bowled	0	6
KG Alvitigala	caught	32	28
S Randiv	lbw	33	14
S Prasanna	bowled	6	8
T Thushara	not out	1	2
EXTRAS	(lb 8, w 13)
TOTAL	267 (all out; 45.3 ovs)

Eng Lions BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
JW Dernbach	8.3	0	60	2	7.05	(2w)
CR Woakes	7.0	0	52	1	7.42	(4w)
NL Buck	8.0	0	39	4	4.87	(2w)
DR Briggs	10.0	1	52	0	5.20	(4w)
SR Patel	10.0	0	52	3	5.20
JE Root	2.0	0	4	0	2.00

Sri Lanka A 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	5	ML Udawatte	FDM Karunaratne
2nd	58	SM Warnapura	FDM Karunaratne
3rd	15	FDM Karunaratne	PBB Rajapaksa
4th	61	SHT Kandamby	PBB Rajapaksa
5th	41	SHT Kandamby	MDKJ Perera
6th	2	SHT Kandamby	CKB Kulasekara
7th	19	SHT Kandamby	KG Alvitigala
8th	43	S Randiv	KG Alvitigala
9th	19	S Prasanna	KG Alvitigala
10th	4	T Thushara	S Prasanna

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

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ENGLAND LIONS 335/5(50 OVERS)

SRI LANKA A 267(45.3 OVERS)

END OF OVER:45 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | SL-A: 265/9 (71 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 5.88, RRR: 14.20)

Root ton helps England seal series

Sri Lanka A level series against Lions

England call up Coles to Colombo

Karunaratne, Rajapaksa set up Sri Lanka A win

Kieswetter ton helps Lions go 2-0 up

END OF OVER:
45 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | SL-A: 265/9 (71 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 5.88, RRR: 14.20)