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Best performances - Batsmen

JJ Roy
JJ Roy
162(118) 13x4 - 3x6
Control %81%
  • Productive Shot
  • on drive
  • 48 runs
  • 1x4 - 3x6
13 7 18 6 11 12 57 38
BKG Mendis
BKG Mendis
77(64) 13x4 - 0x6
Control %89%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 13 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
8 5 11 17 7 8 10 11

Best performances - Bowlers

AU Rashid
AU Rashid
O9
M0
R57
W2
Eco6.33
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
DJ Willey
DJ Willey
O8
M0
R58
W2
Eco7.25
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Commentator: Andrew McGlashan

England win by six wickets and take an unbeaten 2-0 lead. That's their second-highest ODI chase ever. Jason Roy the standout performance, while Joe Root also played a good hand. This is a dynamic England team, regardless of the problems Sri Lanka are having. That was a demanding target and they did it with ease.

alex: "Would love to see England bat first, at this rate they would have scored over 400 runs in both this game and the second game of the series. This is the first time every batsman and the team hasn't had to depend on one or two players (except Morgan, and Ali who shouldn't be in the team, he doesn't add that much batting-wise and Jordan is a lot better bowler and fielder) has proved themselves, good signs for the future."

I'll bring you the presentations in a moment...

Angelo Mathews "I though we had a good score but our bowlers were pretty ordinary. Jason batted outstandingly. Once again we were not penetrative enough to get the batsmen, it was a brilliant wicket. We might make a few changes, we have so many casualties. But it's time to make a couple of changes. Every game has been one player down."

Eoin Morgan "That was pretty special. Jason Roy ever impresses and is making the most of his form. He cashed in today. I don't think there was much margin of error on that much, credit to the groundstaff. I don't think we helped ourselves but in patches we showed what we did in Bristol but we need to improve. We are growing the more we play. I'm sure [Roy] will push the record again. We are about winning games of cricket."

Jason Roy "What a day. I'm stocked. I've put in a lot of hard work and it's nice to pay off. I'll take second and a series win. Both hundreds extremely special but quite different. I might not be out of breath but my legs are feeling it. The crowd were incredible. I had a low point during the series but I'm stocked I've picked myself up."

Roy understandably elated. He should enjoy every moment. So, the series moves to Cardiff on Saturday. England have it in the bag. What can they provide for us at the weekend? We'll be back to find out, but for now it's goodbye from Gnasher and Miller and thanks for joining us.

40.1
4
Prasanna to Buttler, FOUR, there it is! Buttler wins it in style, comes down the pitch and clubs it over wide mid-on

Nishan G Shetty: "This English side is really fearless!!"

END OF OVER:
40 | 13 Runs | ENG: 305/4 (3 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.62, RRR: 1.50)

  • Jos Buttler13 (7b)
  • Jonny Bairstow29 (27b)
  • Nuwan Pradeep9-0-78-2
  • Farveez Maharoof8-0-58-0

England are going to do this chase with an over to spare. An outstanding performance. Such control and composure.

39.6
3
Pradeep to Buttler, 3 runs, a slower ball, full, driven wide of long-off - Lakmal - who just about manages to haul his body around the boundary
39.6
1w
Pradeep to Buttler, 1 wide, short ball, very short, called wide
39.5
1
Pradeep to Bairstow, 1 run, another short ball and this one is crunched through square leg as he pulls powerfully
39.4
0
Pradeep to Bairstow, no run, slower ball outside off, think he gets a bottom edge as he goes to play square into the off side...doesn't carry to Chandimal
39.3
4
Pradeep to Bairstow, FOUR, full, straight, hammered...down the ground, out of reach of mid-on. Dismissive.

Top chase

1

No. of higher successful run-chases for England in ODIs, than the 308 in this match. Last year they won chasing 350 against New Zealand at Trent Bridge.

Fifth England opener

5

No. of England openers who have scored 2 centuries in a bilateral ODI series, including Roy this series. Other four: Gooch, Knight, Pietersen and Cook.

Second-wicket high

1

No. of ODIs in England where both the teams had century stands for the second wicket, before this match - Eng vs Ken, Canterburry, 1999 World Cup.

In-form Roy

117

Runs scored by Jason Roy without getting dismissed, before this match. He scored 112* at Edgbaston & 5* at Bristol. He has scored another half-century today.

Third-highest

7.26

Sri Lanka's run rate in this ODI, which is their 3rd highest in an ODI in England. Highest is 8.64 (324/2 in 37.3) at Leeds in 2006.

Another one

6

No. of consecutive partnerships of 50-plus runs between Chandimal and Mathews in ODIs this year, including four ODIs of this series.

Attacking start

64

Runs scored by SL in the first ten overs of their innings - most by either teams in this series. In the first 3 ODIs, none of them scored more than 60 in first ten.

Eng at the Oval

7-2

Win-loss record for England at The Oval in ODIs since 2011. In 9 ODIs prior to that their numbers were exactly opposite: 2-7.

Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland 2016

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ENG96020
SL9064