- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.4 pulled straight to short midwicket! Bit of a long-hop, 80mph and back of a length, and Nissanka pulls with a full extension of the arms, but can't get it over Moeen, who takes the simplest catch imaginable! A cunning ploy... 23/132.2 huge heave across the line, and Billings pockets the pull! It's a long old boundary, and the man is stationed right back on the rope. Perera's valiant effort is over, and now England will be sensing a quick kill 152/75.5 edged and gone! Duck for Asalanka on debut. Not much of a shot, if truth be told. Back of a length, bit of bounce, and Asalanka plays away from his body with minimal foot movement, looking to punch defensively towards cover-point. Thick outside edge, and Root gobbles up the chance at slip 24/28.1 absolute beauty, not far short of unplayable. This is liquid Woakes. Perfect length, angling in from over the wicket, nipping away just a touch off the seam, and finding the outside edge as Shanaka gets forward to defend. A thin outside edge, through to Bairstow, and England have a third! 46/328.4 the short ball does it again for Woakes! Hasaranga takes it on, but the boundary is huge and he can't get hold of it, or keep it down. Livingstone sprints in from deep midwicket and scoops up another fine outfield catch, he took a similar one in the T20Is, and there ends a valiant innings 145/430.3 sharp take at a solitary slip! That's brilliant from Root, but also from Woakes, pushing it across the left-hander, perfect seam position punishing the hard-handed punch, and the 150-cap man springs into action, diving to his left to snaffle Woakes' fourth of the innings! 149/531.5 crashed on the pad... a huge pause for thought and Robinson puts up the finger! Mendis reviews... there's no bat as the ball tweaks into a planted front pad, and it's clipping leg! Unlucky, had it been not out on the field it would have stayed not out. But England are deep into their day's work now 152/636.1 skewed straight to short midwicket! Dug in, back of a length, and Fernando gets himself into a right pickle trying to work to leg. It loops up off the bat, straight to Moeen in close, and Sri Lanka lose their eighth. From 145 for 3, Sri Lanka have lost 5 for 15. 160/840.2 comedy running once again, and both batters are at the keeper's end. Throw comes in to Curran at the bowler's end, and he does the rest. Someone find the Benny Hill music. Length ball from Curran, steered to Billings at point. Chameera had no interest in the single but by the time he'd looked up, Karunaratne was stood next to him. Billings kept his composure and Curran knocked the bails off. Chameera sacrifices himself. Mickey Arthur has his head in his hands... again! 170/942.3 run out at the bowler's end! Much better fielding, this time from Sam Billings who is a notoriously gun outfielder. Pressed into the leg side, towards mid-on, and they immediately set off for two. Billings hares in, picks up, throws at the bowler's end, and the direct hit sees Jayawickrama well short! His second brilliant run-out in as many games. 185/10Extras17 (lb 9, nb 1, w 7)TOTAL185 all out (42.3 Overs, RR: 4.35)Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Pathum Nissanka, 4.4 ov), 2-24 (Charith Asalanka, 5.5 ov), 3-46 (Dasun Shanaka, 8.1 ov), 4-145 (Wanindu Hasaranga, 28.4 ov), 5-149 (Dhananjaya Lakshan, 30.3 ov), 6-152 (Ramesh Mendis, 31.5 ov), 7-152 (Kusal Perera, 32.2 ov), 8-160 (Binura Fernando, 36.1 ov), 9-170 (Dushmantha Chameera, 40.2 ov), 10-185 (Praveen Jayawickrama, 42.3 ov)
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.6 chopped onto the stumps! Back of a length, not quite as much width as Bairstow had bargained for, but he climbs into it all the same. A fractional misjudgement, and an under-edge into the sticks! It's been a blazing start, but Sri Lanka have clawed it back with two in two overs 59/24.5 a rushed hoick, and Livingstone's flustered innings ends Bairstow's fluent scoring somehow gets his team-mate's adrenaline flowing instead, and a muffed attempt to claw a pull off a good length ends up in mid-on's hands 54/19.5 huge appeal! Vast appeal! Surely a noise! Yes, gone! That's brilliant from Chameera, tight line, back of a length, fizzing through Morgan's midriff and nicking the edge as it does so. Pace, line, lift, nick! He had to beg for the finger, so to speak, but umpire Robinson pondered for a while and eventually agreed! 74/311.5 flashing drive to backward point! That was richly earned in that over! Pace and most importantly bounce, as Billings threw his hands at the sight of width, and couldn't keep his shot down. Hasaranga tumbles to gather, and now we've got a game! 80/431.5 chopped on! Chameera makes the breakthrough. Too little, too late? Length ball, angling across Moeen, who was hanging back in his crease after those short balls. He threw his hands at it, looking to flay it away through cover, but could only inside-edge onto the base of the stumps. The 91-run stand is broken, but England are nearly home and hosed 171/5Extras12 (lb 5, nb 2, w 5)TOTAL189/5 (34.5 Overs, RR: 5.42)Fall of wickets: 1-54 (Liam Livingstone, 4.5 ov), 2-59 (Jonny Bairstow, 5.6 ov), 3-74 (Eoin Morgan, 9.5 ov), 4-80 (Sam Billings, 11.5 ov), 5-171 (Moeen Ali, 31.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB PVD Chameera 8 0 50 3 6.25 23 6 0 1 0 B Fernando 9.5 0 50 1 5.08 31 3 1 3 1 C Karunaratne 7 0 39 1 5.57 22 3 1 1 1 PW Hasaranga 7 0 26 0 3.71 21 0 0 0 0 D Lakshan 2 0 12 0 6.00 4 1 0 0 0 P Jayawickrama 1 0 7 0 7.00 0 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
England , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
England led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
11.00 start, First Session 11.00-14.30, Interval 14.30-15.15, Second Session 15.15-18.45
Match days
29 June 2021 (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
England 10, Sri Lanka 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 47 runs, 3 wickets)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 10.1 overs (61 balls), Extras 9
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 119 runs, 5 wickets)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 72/3 in 15.0 overs (MDKJ Perera 43, PWH de Silva 10)
- MDKJ Perera: 50 off 46 balls (6 x 4)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 71 balls (MDKJ Perera 23, PWH de Silva 22, Ex 6)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 21.3 overs (130 balls), Extras 15
- PWH de Silva: 50 off 58 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 31.2 overs (189 balls), Extras 16
- Over 31.5: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - RT Robinson, Batter - RTM Mendis (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Over 38.3: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - MA Gough, Batter - PVD Chameera (Struck down)
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 19 runs, 2 wickets)
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 185/10 in 42.3 overs (C Karunaratne 19)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 74 runs, 3 wickets)
- England: 50 runs in 4.3 overs (28 balls), Extras 3
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 28 balls (JM Bairstow 42, LS Livingstone 9, Ex 3)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 115 runs, 2 wickets)
- Drinks: England - 89/4 in 14.0 overs (JE Root 22, MM Ali 1)
- England: 100 runs in 16.3 overs (100 balls), Extras 5
- Over 17.5: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - RT Robinson, Batter - JE Root (Struck down)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 73 balls (JE Root 31, MM Ali 14, Ex 5)
- JE Root: 50 off 58 balls (2 x 4)
- England: 150 runs in 27.1 overs (164 balls), Extras 10
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