Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
JWA Taylor
90(109) 6x4 - 2x6
Control %68%
- Productive Shot
- on drive
- 15 runs
- 0x4 - 0x6
KC Sangakkara
86(105) 7x4 - 0x6
Control %90%
- Productive Shot
- cover drive
- 19 runs
- 3x4 - 0x6
06/12Result
4th ODI, England tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Dec 7 2014
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![England]( "England")
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
267/4 (49.4/50 ov)
Player of the Match
06/12Result
4th ODI, England tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Dec 7 2014
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![England]( "England")
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
267/4 (49.4/50 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Match Details
Toss
England , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Sri Lanka led the 7-match series 3-1
Match number
Season
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
7 December 2014 (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
ENGLAND 265 (50 OVERS)
- Eoin Morgan62 (47)
- James Taylor90 (109)
- Rangana Herath3/36 (10)
- Ajantha Mendis3/56 (9)
SRI LANKA 267/4 (49.4 OVERS)
- Angelo Mathews*51 (60)
- Kumar Sangakkara86 (105)
- Moeen Ali1/44 (10)
- Chris Jordan2/35 (10)
Scorer: Gopi Rangarajan | Commentator: Alex Winter
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.
49.4
4
Finn to Mathews, FOUR, full ball squeezed away on the leg side, of this is well time and Jordan has to scramble across from long-on...and can't get there!
Some pressure, this is good from Finn. 3 from 3 now...
49.3
0
Finn to Mathews, no run, full ball, driven hard down the ground...only to mid-off. Absolutely no chance of a single. Thirimanne gets comfortably back into his ground
49.2
0
Finn to Mathews, no run, very full at the leg stump, Mathews unable to pierce the off side ring
49.1
1
Finn to Thirimanne, 1 run, around the wicket, swung into the leg side and it lands short of long-on steaming in, more fortune for the hosts, Thirimanne not in control of that stroke
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...
48.6
2
Woakes to Mathews, 2 runs, big leg side swing, it's wide enough of deep midwicket for them to charge back for two
48.5
1
Woakes to Thirimanne, 1 run, down the wicket, tried to be swung over the off side, Thirimanne gets it high on the bat but ever-so-luckily manages to chip it just over the head of short extra-cover and short of the onrushing mid-off, rum luck for England
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