- BATSMENRB4s6sSR25.4 gottim, a misbegotten hack and the top edge loops gently to backward point! Dickwella goes, and that's the wicket England will have wanted. Falls five short of a hundred, and he has to trudge disconsolately off the field 168/219.1 what's occurring here then? The umpires are taking another look at this... The off bail has been removed, but England aren't entirely sure how. Let's see, turn for Moeen, beats the bat as Samarawickrama goes back and plays across the line, clips the top of off stump and then rebounds off Buttler's gloves into the timbers again! The first contact was enough to dislodge the bail, though, so that's going to be out, bowled! 137/145.3 another slower ball, well played from Curran, nailed his length, lured Chandimal into a biff through the leg side, but there was no pace to play with and Roy steadied himself well 328/538.2 banged in short, high on the bat, Plunkett's extra bounce has forced the error at last! Stokes at deep midwicket steadies himself well and that's a vital moment against a rampant opponent 270/341.3 there's the breakthrough! Absolutely as the captain ordered, Rashid tossed it up, it dipped invitingly on a good length, Shanaka climbed into a roundhouse mow over the leg side, Roy cleared his team-mates out of harm's way and swallowed the top edge at deep midwicket 300/445.4 flogged out to deep midwicket and Curran's on a hat-trick! Hard to quibble with the intent, but the timing of that wicket is terrible for Sri Lanka's prospects. Curran holds his nerve with the slower ball once again, tempting the cross-batted mow and getting his rewards from back of a length 328/6Extras15 (b 4, lb 3, w 8)TOTAL366/6 (50 Overs, RR: 7.32)Fall of wickets: 1-137 (Sadeera Samarawickrama, 19.1 ov), 2-168 (Niroshan Dickwella, 25.4 ov), 3-270 (Kusal Mendis, 38.2 ov), 4-300 (Dasun Shanaka, 41.3 ov), 5-328 (Dinesh Chandimal, 45.3 ov), 6-328 (Thisara Perera, 45.4 ov)
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR0.6 cleaned him up! Rajitha yorks Roy, the ball smacking into off stump... The new ball just wobbled a touch, Roy brought his bat down on the wrong line, and it skipped past to clatter the timber 4/11.2 gottim, finds the outside edge, superb diving catch at slip! The Sri Lanka players are running around going crazy! Chameera now strikes with his second ball, excellent line and a touch of away movement, Hales is caught on the crease and then caught by first slip, Mendis leaping to his left 4/27.2 full, driven in the air, backward point snaps up the catch! They are going to check whether it carried, but the soft signal is out, which could be significant. Yep, taken low by Samarawickrama, but with both hands scooped under the ball. England are four down! 28/41.4 ANOTHER!! Buttler walks down... and steers an outside edge to the keeper! Chameera dragged his length down as the batsman advanced, again there was some nip away and Buttler walked into the trap, feathering through to Dickwella. This could get messy 4/322.1 tossed up, Stokes goes downtown... but picks out long-on! England's last hope holes out and it really is a question of when rather than if. Just didn't get the connection he needed, Thisara steadied himself a few yards in from the rope and swallowed the catch 122/718.2 a flat-footed swat, toe-ended to short cover. Moeen's battling effort is over, the DLS par score leaps from 190 to 223, and England's faint hopes are even fainter. Chandimal grates his elbows on the used wicket ends with a full-length dive - that's going to hurt - but not as much as it hurts England 107/521.1 chipped down the ground... chipped straight to long-off! A gift of a wicket for Dhananjaya, and SL move closer to their consolation win. Curran shakes his head and wanders off. England are bobbing along, bobbing along on the bottom of the beautiful briny sea 121/624.2 bowled 'im! Rashid bamboozled, a legbreak goes straight through to hit the stumps! Not sure what Rashid was aiming for, played a half-hearted dab and then heard the death rattle 129/826.1 that's plumb, Plunkett is unable to pick the googly and here comes the rain too! Dananjaya bowled a short googly there and Plunkett stayed back in the crease to let the ball turn before he could cut it, but it turned in a fair bit and hit him right in front, on the right thigh. Plunkett reviews it, for some reason, and ball-tracking shows he has to go back. There was no way Plunkett would get the review going his way. But hello, it's raining heavily by the time the replays confirm that and Aleem Dar is running off the field with his finger raised 132/9Extras2 (lb 1, w 1)TOTAL132/9 (26.1 Overs, RR: 5.04)Did not bat: MA WoodFall of wickets: 1-4 (Jason Roy, 0.6 ov), 2-4 (Alex Hales, 1.2 ov), 3-4 (Jos Buttler, 1.4 ov), 4-28 (Joe Root, 7.2 ov), 5-107 (Moeen Ali, 18.2 ov), 6-121 (Sam Curran, 21.1 ov), 7-122 (Ben Stokes, 22.1 ov), 8-129 (Adil Rashid, 24.2 ov), 9-132 (Liam Plunkett, 26.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB CAK Rajitha 5 0 21 1 4.20 23 4 0 0 0 PVD Chameera 6 0 20 3 3.33 26 2 0 1 0 NLTC Perera 2 0 18 0 9.00 3 3 0 0 0 DM de Silva 4 0 18 1 4.50 14 1 1 0 0 A Dananjaya 6.1 0 19 4 3.08 23 1 0 0 0 PADLR Sandakan 3 0 35 0 11.66 4 7 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
England won the 5-match series 3-1
Match number
Season
Match days
23 October 2018 - day/night match (50-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 72 runs, 0 wicket)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 6.3 overs (39 balls), Extras 4
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 39 balls (N Dickwella 21, S Samarawickrama 26, Ex 4)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 213 runs, 3 wickets)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 13.5 overs (83 balls), Extras 6
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 83 balls (N Dickwella 48, S Samarawickrama 46, Ex 6)
- N Dickwella: 50 off 49 balls (6 x 4)
- S Samarawickrama: 50 off 40 balls (8 x 4)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 122/0 in 17.0 overs (N Dickwella 64, S Samarawickrama 52)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 21.5 overs (131 balls), Extras 7
- Over 22.1: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - RSA Palliyaguruge, Batsman - N Dickwella (Upheld)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 29.6 overs (180 balls), Extras 11
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 215/2 in 33.0 overs (LD Chandimal 34, BKG Mendis 21)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 45 balls (LD Chandimal 30, BKG Mendis 21, Ex 0)
- LD Chandimal: 50 off 49 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 36.6 overs (222 balls), Extras 12
- BKG Mendis: 50 off 30 balls (1 x 4, 6 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 74 balls (LD Chandimal 45, BKG Mendis 54, Ex 1)
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 81 runs, 3 wickets)
- Sri Lanka: 300 runs in 41.2 overs (248 balls), Extras 12
- Sri Lanka: 350 runs in 48.5 overs (293 balls), Extras 15
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 366/6 in 50.0 overs (DM de Silva 19, A Dananjaya 18)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 41 runs, 4 wickets)
- Over 6.5: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batsman - BA Stokes (Struck down)
- England: 50 runs in 12.2 overs (74 balls), Extras 2
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 45 balls (BA Stokes 23, MM Ali 30, Ex 0)
- Drinks: England - 91/4 in 16.0 overs (BA Stokes 44, MM Ali 31)
- England: 100 runs in 17.4 overs (106 balls), Extras 2
- BA Stokes: 50 off 45 balls (9 x 4)
- Rain: England - 132/9 in 26.1 overs (TK Curran 1)
- Over 26.1: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batsman - LE Plunkett (Struck down)
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