03/12Result
3rd ODI (D/N), England tour of Sri Lanka at Hambantota, Dec 3 2014
England won by 5 wkts (8b rem) (D/L)
Player of the Match
Jos Buttler
Jos ButtlerEngland
03/12Result
3rd ODI (D/N), England tour of Sri Lanka at Hambantota, Dec 3 2014
England won by 5 wkts (8b rem) (D/L)
Player of the Match
Jos Buttler
Jos ButtlerEngland

END OF OVER:
35 | 9 Runs | SL: 242/8 | RR: 6.91

  • Rangana Herath2 (3b)
  • Lahiru Thirimanne62 (47b)
  • Chris Jordan7-0-46-2
  • Ravi Bopara3-0-24-1

So after what seems all day, we've reached tea with Sri Lanka having posted a very tidy score. Built first by Kumar Sangakkara and then Lahiru Thirimanne but there were very handy cameos to boost their total and England now face a stiff chase of 236 - which is the adjusted Duckworth-Lewis target. Just a 10 minute turnaround because England's over-rate was slower than my uncle's tractor. Gnasher will be back for the start of the chase...

34.6
1
Jordan to Herath, 1 run, slower ball, pulled into the leg side, back goes Bopara at midwicket but he can't quite take the chance running back, saves two though
34.5
0
Jordan to Herath, no run, length ball skids by an attempted slap towards somewhere, don't quite know what Herath had planned there
34.4
1
Jordan to Thirimanne, 1 run, full just outside off, swung hard into the off side, deep cover is quickly to his left to save the second
34.3
1
Jordan to Herath, 1 run, back of a length, pulled without much timing to deep midwicket
34.3
1w
Jordan to Herath, 1 wide, well down leg, a good two feet
34.2
1
Jordan to Thirimanne, 1 run, yorker, jammed out to short third man who saves well diving to his right
34.1
4
Jordan to Thirimanne, FOUR, full on the stumps, a delicious straight drive with the full face of the bat and it beats Hales sliding across at long-on, lovely clean strike

Eventually it's the final over of the innings. Jordan to bowl...

END OF OVER:
34 | 11 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 233/8 | RR: 6.85

  • Lahiru Thirimanne56 (44b)
  • Ravi Bopara3-0-24-1
  • Joe Root2-0-22-1
33.6
W
Bopara to Prasad, OUT, slower ball, another mighty swing to leg is attempted but he misses and is stumped. Bopara totally deceiving the batsman who swung himself off his feet almost, got nowhere near it and Buttler had a very simple job to tick off the bails

KTGD Prasad st †Buttler b Bopara 22 (12m 8b 2x4 2x6) SR: 275

33.5
4
Bopara to Prasad, FOUR, lifted down the ground, inside long-on, another nice strike from Prasad
33.4
1
Bopara to Thirimanne, 1 run, full, nudged into the leg side and they charge for two but Stokes is in very quickly to make the save
33.3
1
Bopara to Prasad, 1 run, slower ball, goes down the ground but off a thick outside edge, it squirts to short third man
33.2
4
Bopara to Prasad, FOUR, full ball just outside off, an attempted off drive gets a thick toe of the bat and flashes past Buttler for four, very fortunate for the batsman
33.1
1
Bopara to Thirimanne, 1 run, full on the stumps, tucked down to long-on

Two to go, Ravi Bopara for one of them...

END OF OVER:
33 | 15 Runs | SL: 222/7 | RR: 6.72

  • Dhammika Prasad13 (4b)
  • Lahiru Thirimanne54 (42b)
  • Joe Root2-0-22-1
  • Chris Woakes7-0-41-3

They may have kept losing wickets but Sri Lanka have kept the board ticking very nicely...

32.6
6
Root to Prasad, SIX, another leg side bash and it's long enough again, over long-on this time, agricultural once more but effective enough
32.5
6
Root to Prasad, SIX, mighty heave to leg and clears the midwicket rope, clears the front leg and swing hard and to good effect
32.4
1
Root to Thirimanne, 1 run, pressed wide enough of extra-cover for an easy single
32.3
1
Root to Prasad, 1 run, swing to leg misses, it comes off the pad towards square leg, they take a leg bye, Buttler is at it in a flash and tries to throw down the bowler's end stumps, Prasad is just home but it was lazy running
32.2
0
Root to Prasad, no run, length at the stumps, deceived the batsman in the flight a little, he misses with a push to leg, brief appeal for lbw but was going down
32.1
1
Root to Thirimanne, 1 run, full on the stumps, tucked wide of midwicket and they get a little single

These over are taking an age to get through, probably because of all the constant changes, Root again...

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Ducks scored by Kusal Perera, the most by an ODI opener in the last two years.