England have fought hard today but again come up short. The batting let them down. From a great position set for a total close to 300, via James Taylor's superb 90, they faltered in the Powerplay and a collapse saw them post a below-par total. Imagine what even an extra 10-15 runs would have done? It was a very good effort with the ball but wides - 12 of them - and a crucial dropped chance of Mathews have seen them come unstuck.
Cool cookie Angelo Mathews has steered his side home with a fine captain's knock, keeping his head when England managed to make the hosts sweat. Mathews has brought up his fifty and also brought victory by six wickets in an excellent contest that's gone right to the final over. Great entertainment for the best crowd of the series but it's Sri Lanka now 3-1 up in the series with a steady run chase. It looked to be more comfortable at one stage when Kumar Sangakkara was going strong but England fought back well to make a real game of it but in the end England were a few light with the bat.
alan: "A duck and a drop for Hales. Not a good day for the young man." I'll bring you the presentation shortly.
Eoin Morgan "We were good in patches, Taylor played outstandingly well. But in patches we weren't at the races. It's nice to get some runs under my belt, it will lift my confidence. If we'd got Mahela or Sanga earlier it would have opened up the middle order and given us a chance. It probably would have been nice to have another spinner."
Angelo Mathews "It was a good, close game. We had to fight hard. The spinners after the 35th over did brilliantly. I was a bit nervous at the end, but I knew we had wickets in hand. It was a good team effort."
Man of the Match is Kumar Sangakkara. "It wasn't ideal to get out at that time, but the match was well in hand. We just needed to rotate strike [with Mahela] and pick up a few boundaries. You will always back yourself to chase six an over in the last ten."
And that's that for today. Thanks for your company. We look forward to you joining us again for the next match in Pallekele.
Some pressure, this is good from Finn. 3 from 3 now...
So England manage to take it deep and Finn to try and pull off something spectacular...
END OF OVER:49 | 9 Runs | SL: 262/4 (4 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 5.34, RRR: 4.00)
- Angelo Mathews47 (57b)
- Lahiru Thirimanne18 (20b)
- Chris Woakes9-0-53-1
- Chris Jordan10-0-35-2
They've never quite shrugged England off here Sri Lanka but have been generally in control and now just need four from the final set...
Yorkers...
Just two to go but just 13 required. Woakes isn't going to bowl his full 10...