02/07Result
5th ODI, Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland at Cardiff, Jul 2 2016
England won by 122 runs
Player of the Match
Jos Buttler
Jos ButtlerEngland
02/07Result
5th ODI, Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland at Cardiff, Jul 2 2016
England won by 122 runs
Player of the Match
Jos Buttler
Jos ButtlerEngland

END OF OVER:
50 | 10 Runs 2 Wkts | ENG: 324/7 | RR: 6.48

  • Chris Woakes17 (9b)
  • Nuwan Pradeep8-0-59-1
  • Suranga Lakmal10-0-65-1

2.32pm: England have rattled up 324 on the back of fifties from Vince, Root, and Buttler. They were generously helped by Sri Lanka's sloppy fielding. Those drops and fumbles undid the good work from the spinners.

Vince laid the platform with a half-century in his maiden ODI innings, before Root and Buttler took centerstage. Root unfurled dinks, sweeps, and flicks during his busy innings, while Buttler was all about bottom-handed biffs. No double-century from England, but Buttler showed glimpses of batting 3.0, right? Be back soon for the chase.

Sid: "The only game-changing batsman SL have right now is Kusal Perera. If he can bat well, they might just have a chance. "

anshul: "Sri Lanka's fielding was a big letdown."

SH24 : "How long is the break? --- Re-start at 3.01pm

49.6
W
Pradeep to Plunkett, OUT, Pradeep collects the ball and pings an over-arm throw, nails the stumps at the non-striker's end. Pradeep hadn't got the yorker right. This is a floaty full toss, which is deflected back to the bowler. The batsmen aim to steal a single off the last ball. The bowler hits now and Plunkett is miles short

LE Plunkett run out 9 (5m 4b 2x4 0x6) SR: 225.00

49.5
4
Pradeep to Plunkett, FOUR, Plunkett has nailed that! Back of a length on middle, Plunkett sits deep and waits for the slower ball. Smeared over midwicket
49.4
1
Pradeep to Woakes, 1 run, back of a length, punched to long-on
49.3
1
Pradeep to Plunkett, 1 run, short slower ball on the leg stump, Plunkett is caught in a tangle, grazes the elbow and a bit of bat as the ball drills square

Match Coverage

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Unbeaten

4

No. of bilateral ODI series of 5 or more matches for England where they did not lose any match. Last such series was vs India in 2011, with 3 wins, 1 tie and 1 NR.

Chandimal's series

8

No. of batsmen who have scored 4 50-plus scores batting at No. 4 in a bilateral ODI series. Chandimal is the 8th to do so and first from Sri Lanka.

Streak ends

6

No. of consecutive 50+ partnerships between Chandimal and Mathews in ODIs this year. Their streak ended with a 22-run stand in this match.

SL's run-out woes

4

No. of times a batsman from SL's top-4 was run-out in this series, including Mendis in this match - joint-most for them in a bilateral ODI series.

Second-wicket doing it

60

Runs added by Sri Lanka's second-wicket in the first 3 ODIs of the series. But in the last 2 ODIs, they have added 50+ - 128 in the 4th ODI and another fifty in this match.

Finished strongly

79

Runs scored by England in their last 7 overs of the innings. They were 245/4 at the end of 43rd over and then finished on 324/7 in 50 overs.

First to fifth gear

225.00

Jos Buttler's strike rate in his last 20 balls of the innings; he scored 45 runs. In the first 25 balls, he had scored just 25 runs; strike rate of 100.

Morgan's lowest

18.62

Morgan's average in ODIs this year, which is his lowest for England in any calendar year. In 8 innings, he has managed just 149 runs with highest of 43.

Different Gunathilaka

2/94

Gunathilaka's bowling figures in ODIs in 15 overs, before this match. He picked up 3/48 in his quota of 10 overs in this match.

Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland 2016

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