Player of the Match
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Best performances - Batsmen

KC Sangakkara
KC Sangakkara
112(112) 12x4 - 2x6
Control %85%
  • Productive Shot
  • on drive
  • 21 runs
  • 2x4 - 1x6
4 9 15 20 15 21 6 22
TM Dilshan
TM Dilshan
68(105) 8x4 - 0x6
Control %75%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 11 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
4 0 8 15 12 7 8 14

Best performances - Bowlers

RAS Lakmal
RAS Lakmal
O8
M0
R30
W4
Eco3.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
SMSM Senanayake
SMSM Senanayake
O8.3
M0
R33
W3
Eco3.88
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W

Match Details

Toss

Sri Lanka , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Series result

Sri Lanka led the 7-match series 4-2

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

13 December 2014 (50-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: Gopi Rangarajan | Commentator: Alex Winter

So the series is wrapped up with a game to play, that seventh and final one-dayer is back down at the Premadasa on Tuesday, another day-nighter, so 2.30pm local time and 9am GMT, see you then...

Presentation coming up shortly where the Man of the Match is probably going to be some chap named Kumar. Said Kumar is out on a lap of honour and now has to come and pick up his cheque. Safe to say, a popular choice. Russell Arnold simply hands over the microphone and Sangakkara can say goodbye to his local fans, looking like a definite retirement post-World Cup then...

Alastair Cook is back on the losing side once again: "A real tough day. For the first 20 odd overs we bowled really well. it didn't help me dropping Sanga, It was a real big catch to drop because we'd built up some good pressure. It was probably about a 260 wicket. Credit to Kumar, he made us pay today. My form is hard, you want to score runs. I want to lead from the top of the order and it's tough at the moment. We'll look out our side when we get to Colombo."

Angelo Mathews: "Brilliant game. It was a challenging wicket to bat on. Sangakkara was amazing and set the tone for the batsman to play at the end. The option is still open at the top of the order but Mahela's been batting well at No. 4. the last game we bowled pretty badly but today from ball one we were landing the ball in the right stop. We might try a few things now in Colombo but we'll have a chat to the selectors."

You can say England were troubled by a spinning wicket but it's actually been the seam of Suranga Lakmal that has ruined their chase with four wickets in the middle order, including that of Joe Root who was the only bright point for the visitors with a fluent half-century but found no support today. This has perhaps been England's weakest performance with the bat this series, being bowled out with so much time left in the innings. They will be doubly disappointed with this display coming so soon after their best showing for some time in the fifth ODI only two days ago.

Sri Lanka have put in an excellent performance in the field and were always in control of this second half and have won by 90 runs to clinch the series with a rubber still to play. Bar the first 10 overs of this match, Sri Lanka have been by far the better side today, Kumar Sangakkara made a wonderful century and in the end he's led his side to victory and takes the applause from all sides of the ground and leads his side off in his final ODI in Pallekele.

41.3
W
Senanayake to Tredwell, OUT, down the track again and up she goes, this has gone noewhere and taken by mid-on! A smart catch because that went a long way up but another chance for Dilshan to celebrate. Not the strike Tredwell was looking for, a top edge high into the sky and that's the ball game

JC Tredwell c Dilshan b Senanayake 19 (24m 22b 0x4 1x6) SR: 86.36

41.2
0
Senanayake to Tredwell, no run, forward just defending back to the bowler

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41.1
6
Senanayake to Tredwell, SIX, hello Tredders! Down the track and wallop! Cracked into the grass bank over midwicket

Senanayake back to finish it off?

END OF OVER:
41 | 3 Runs | ENG: 196/9 (97 runs required from 54 balls, RR: 4.78, RRR: 10.77)

  • James Tredwell13 (19b)
  • Steven Finn1 (3b)
  • Suranga Lakmal8-0-30-4
  • Tillakaratne Dilshan10-0-55-2

Ooo we've got Tamil on google translate, let's have a go...

40.6
1
Lakmal to Tredwell, 1 run, slighter wider of off stump, driven down to third man
40.5
0
Lakmal to Tredwell, no run, tight off stump line, pressed up to mid-off
40.4
1
Lakmal to Finn, 1 run, back of a length, dabbed down to long leg

England tour of Sri Lanka 2014-15 News

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    England's biggest problem ahead of the fast-approaching World Cup is the form of Cook and it becomes more acute each time a member of the ECB hierarchy launches into an impassioned defence of the captain

  • A dream day for Khettarama faithful

    Tillakaratne Dilshan crashed the farewell party of Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara with a spectacular all-round show, but the departing pair would leave the crowd with one final jewel

  • 'No complaints' if sacked - Cook

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  • Sangakkara's golden year to remember

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England 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st2AN CookMM Ali
2nd34MM AliJWA Taylor
3rd14MM AliJE Root
4th34RS BoparaJE Root
5th0EJG MorganJE Root
6th39JE RootJC Buttler
7th46CR WoakesJE Root
8th6CR WoakesCJ Jordan
9th18JC TredwellCR Woakes
10th9JC TredwellST Finn