Sri Lanka vs England, 7th ODI at Colombo, , Dec 16 2014 - Cricket Photos

RESULT

7th ODI (D/N), Colombo (RPS), December 16, 2014, England tour of Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka

302/6

England

(45.5/50 ov, T:303) 215

Sri Lanka won by 87 runs

Player Of The Match

Tillakaratne Dilshan

, SL

101 (124) & 3/37

Player Of The Series

Tillakaratne Dilshan

, SL

357 runs • 12 wkts

Alastair Cook and his team-mates look dejected after the series loss•Dec 16, 2014•Getty Images

Chris Woakes played well before falling trying to up the tempo•Dec 16, 2014•Getty Images

Jos Buttler threatened to get going before finding deep cover•Dec 16, 2014•Getty Images

Suranga Lakmal celebrates removing James Taylor•Dec 16, 2014•Getty Images

Moeen Ali was bowled first ball•Dec 16, 2014•Getty Images

Tillakaratne Dilshan struck nine fours and a six in his 18th ODI century•Dec 16, 2014•Getty Images

Tillakaratne Dilshan goes through the off side•Dec 16, 2014•Getty Images

Mahela Jayawardene leaves to a standing ovation•Dec 16, 2014•AFP

Kumar Sangakkara heaved a catch to midwicket•Dec 16, 2014•Getty Images

Tillakaratne Dilshan helped Sri Lanka to a bright start•Dec 16, 2014•Getty Images

Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara went for a lap of honour•Dec 16, 2014•Getty Images

Amid the wreckage Joe Root played another lovely innings•Dec 16, 2014•Getty Images

Eoin Morgan was given out lbw on review•Dec 16, 2014•Getty Images

After several near-misses Alastair Cook fell for 32•Dec 16, 2014•Getty Images

Thisara Perera blasted a 23-ball fifty - the second-quickest for Sri Lanka in an ODI•Dec 16, 2014•Getty Images

Dinesh Chandimal was aggressive and effective•Dec 16, 2014•Getty Images

Kumar Sangakkara leaves the field•Dec 16, 2014•AFP

Moeen Ali enjoys his moment of fortune to remove Kumar Sangakkara•Dec 16, 2014•Getty Images

Under pressure Alastair Cook was again in charge for the seventh ODI•Dec 16, 2014•Getty Images

Mahela Jayawardene salutes the crowd as his leaves a Sri Lankan ground for the last time•Dec 16, 2014•Getty Images

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England Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
AN Cook	caught	32	49
MM Ali	bowled	0	1
AD Hales	caught	7	15
JE Root	lbw	80	99
JWA Taylor	caught	2	4
EJG Morgan	lbw	4	14
JC Buttler	caught	23	23
CR Woakes	bowled	34	37
CJ Jordan	lbw	0	1
JC Tredwell	stumped	17	21
HF Gurney	not out	6	11
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, w 3)
Total	215(10 wkts; 45.5 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
MDK Perera	9	0	53	1	5.88
TM Dilshan	10	0	37	3	3.7
RAS Lakmal	8	1	25	2	3.12
NLTC Perera	3	0	22	0	7.33
AD Mathews	2	0	3	0	1.5
S Prasanna	8	0	35	3	4.37
BMAJ Mendis	4	0	28	0	7
DPMD Jayawardene	1.5	0	5	1	2.72

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	2	Alastair Cook	Moeen Ali
2nd	26	Alastair Cook	Alex Hales
3rd	23	Alastair Cook	Joe Root
4th	6	James Taylor	Joe Root
5th	21	Eoin Morgan	Joe Root
6th	48	Joe Root	Jos Buttler
7th	66	Chris Woakes	Joe Root
8th	0	Chris Jordan	Joe Root
9th	1	James Tredwell	Chris Jordan
10th	22	James Tredwell	Harry Gurney

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