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          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

          England tour of Sri Lanka 2014-15 News

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            Stats highlights from the final ODI between Sri Lanka and England, in Colombo

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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.