26/11Result
1st ODI (D/N), England tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Nov 26 2014
Sri Lanka won by 25 runs
Player of the Match
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Tillakaratne DilshanSri Lanka
26/11Result
1st ODI (D/N), England tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Nov 26 2014
Sri Lanka won by 25 runs
Player of the Match
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Tillakaratne DilshanSri Lanka

END OF OVER:
50 | 8 Runs | SL: 317/6 | RR: 6.34

  • Lahiru Thirimanne27 (22b)
  • Jeevan Mendis30 (14b)
  • Harry Gurney10-0-66-0
  • Chris Woakes10-0-68-2

Uwaisul: "Here is an interesting/worrying stat for English fans - 'No team has successfully chased down a 300+ score in this part of the world. In fact, the highest 2nd innings score made in an ODI in SL is only 301'."

7.10pm, tea Excellent total from Sri Lanka who might have expected more difficult conditions. But they got off to a rollocking start and even though they lost a cluster of wickets just as they were set to accelerate, Jeevan Mendis popped up to taken them over 300. England, the seamers in particular, were pretty rusty and they have big total to try and gun down shortly...

49.6
1
Gurney to Thirimanne, 1 run, good yorker, squeezed to cover
49.5
1
Gurney to BMAJ Mendis, 1 run, steps across his stumps to delicately paddle a single to long leg - good job he changed his bat *guffaws*

Mendis changes bats...

49.4
1
Gurney to Thirimanne, 1 run, full on off stump, pushed down the ground, they will try for two but Bell is up quickly from long-on
49.3
1
Gurney to BMAJ Mendis, 1 run, yorker, dug out to long-off
49.2
1
Gurney to Thirimanne, 1 run, turned off the stumps to long leg, just a single

Wide #17 from England this innings, very poor indeed, three extra overs almost...

49.2
1w
Gurney to Thirimanne, 1 wide, slower ball pushed down the leg side
49.1
2
Gurney to Thirimanne, 2 runs, decent yorker, inside edge fine of long leg for a couple

Final set, Gurney to bowl...

END OF OVER:
49 | 21 Runs | SL: 309/6 | RR: 6.30

  • Jeevan Mendis28 (12b)
  • Lahiru Thirimanne22 (18b)
  • Chris Woakes10-0-68-2
  • Harry Gurney9-0-58-0

Sri Lanka have shrugged off their little wobble in fine fashion here. This is their highest ODI score at home against England now...

48.6
2
Woakes to BMAJ Mendis, 2 runs, full on leg stump, flicked around the corner, Cook dives at short long leg and can't cut it off, they get two more
48.6
1w
Woakes to BMAJ Mendis, 1 wide, now a leg side wide
48.5
6
Woakes to BMAJ Mendis, SIX, slower ball, just outside off stump and with no long-off this is asking to be whacked down the ground, Mendis nails it and clears the boundary
48.4
4
Woakes to BMAJ Mendis, FOUR, full on off stump and that's a classical off drive that beats mid-off to bring the 300 up, lovely timing
48.3
1
Woakes to Thirimanne, 1 run, slower ball, back of a length, turned only as far as long leg this time
48.2
1
Woakes to BMAJ Mendis, 1 run, yorker length on off stump, reached for as Mendis had backed away and got it to deep cover
48.1
6
Woakes to BMAJ Mendis, SIX, back of a length and Mendis whacks it over long leg, helped on it's way and it's sailed into the stands

Woakes changes ends to finish off his spell...

END OF OVER:
48 | 9 Runs | SL: 288/6 | RR: 6.00

  • Lahiru Thirimanne21 (17b)
  • Jeevan Mendis9 (7b)
  • Harry Gurney9-0-58-0
  • Moeen Ali10-0-66-1

Just what Sri Lanka wanted there, on course to get over 300 now...

47.6
4
Gurney to Thirimanne, FOUR, low full toss on leg stump, clipped wide of long leg and that ruins a good over for Gurney
47.5
2
Gurney to Thirimanne, 2 runs, full on the stumps, punched down to long-on and they charge back for a second, getting home comfortably in the end

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    Plays of the day from the seventh ODI between Sri Lanka and England in Colombo

Maximum

5

Number of sixes hit by Moeen Ali in this match - equals the highest hit by an England opener in an ODI innings.

only the second

2

No. of England batsmen to hit ODI tons in SL including Moeen; Trescothick hit one against Zimbabwe in 2002.

Almost happened

121

Runs scored by Buttler at Lord’s in May this year, when he almost pulled off a chase against the same opposition.

In a hurry

25

Balls Moeen Ali took for his fifty; a ball slower than Collingwood's fifty against NZ, which is England's quickest since 2001

Quick Start

36

Balls England took for their fifty - this is the fourth-quickest team fifty for England in ODIs since 2001

Tough ask

289

Highest ODI target successfully chased in SL, by the hosts against Pakistan in Dambulla in 2009; England are chasing 318.

Ceiling

88

Tillakaratne Dilshan's highest ODI score in 2014 - also made against England at Durham in June

Still to get there

0

Centuries by Tillakaratne Dilshan in 2014 - he is the only batsman without a hundred among those with at least 500 ODI runs this year

Got 'em measured

16.33

Moeen Ali's bowling average (12 wkts) against left handers in all international cricket; against right handers he averages 38.06 (16 wkts)

Long time coming

42

Number of ODIs since Sri Lanka's last century opening partnership - 213 against India in Jamaica last year

Lean patch

16.25

Perera's batting average since the last time he hit an ODI fifty. He's been out for a duck four times in 12 innings.