- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.2 oh my! Moeen stepped out of his crease and had an almighty heave, he wasn't close to the pitch of the ball and it fell well short of him and spun away to beat the bat, the keeper had loads of time to make the stumping. Hang on, Sangakkara said there was an edge. Either way, that's out. 29/21.1 big strike! Gets his line straighter, it's full outside off, Hales is tempted into having a drive and a thick outside flies at chest height to Jayawardene at slip 5/134.4 down the wicket, aiming over the off side, gets it off the toe and squirts it to cover! A shame for Taylor who's missed out on a century on his return to the side but he's played very nicely indeed. Aiming over the off side here, trying to play in-to-out, didn't get it quite right, it looped to where cover was shuffling back and claimed an easy catch 170/425.3 stays leg side of this again, goes to drive again and gets bowled! The change works for Sri Lanka, Herath has struck with perhaps a quicker ball that Root has misjudged. He should have been playing much straighter but tried to slash it square and missed, losing his middle and off stumps, partnership broken 122/335.3 back looking to force down the ground and it's through him! Onto Bopara faster than he was anticipating and he's lost his middle and off stumps. Like Root, a total misjudgment really, he exposed his stumps and the delivery ran on and through his stroke, might have kept a touch low 173/549.6 slog swept again but Morgan hasn't got this at all, it's gone straight up and Sangakkara runs out to take the catch. Good work from the keeper to run up the wicket to take that because it went a long way up 265/1042.4 down the wicket, goes in the air down the ground and picks out long-on. No where near enough club on that, bit of an inside edge and it was a straightforward chance to Jaywardene running a few yards to his left. A big wicket for Sri Lanka who have kept things very quiet since the batting Powerplay 203/644.6 swept up into the leg side but gets it too high and not long enough, the catch taken by deep square running to his right. A firm strike off a middle and leg line but the timing not quite there, it was a big top edge really, and another wicket falls 219/747.3 a very slow loopy delivery that Woakes tries to slap into the leg side and he's bowled, missing it by a mile really. Couldn't pick up the pace of the delivery, swung right across it and got cleaned up, Woakes has really struggled with spin this tour 238/848.1 waited for and cut hard straight to backward point! Rocking back to try and force this away through the off side, Jordan is early on the stroke and chipped it straight to the fielder who gleefully claimed an easy catch 245/9Extras7 (lb 1, w 6)TOTAL265 all out (50 Overs, RR: 5.3)Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Alex Hales, 1.1 ov), 2-29 (Moeen Ali, 7.2 ov), 3-122 (Joe Root, 25.3 ov), 4-170 (James Taylor, 34.4 ov), 5-173 (Ravi Bopara, 35.3 ov), 6-203 (Jos Buttler, 42.4 ov), 7-219 (Ben Stokes, 44.6 ov), 8-238 (Chris Woakes, 47.3 ov), 9-245 (Chris Jordan, 48.1 ov), 10-265 (Eoin Morgan, 49.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB AD Mathews 6 0 21 0 3.50 21 1 0 0 0 KTGD Prasad 6 1 29 1 4.83 21 3 0 2 0 TM Dilshan 10 0 64 3 6.40 24 3 3 2 0 NLTC Perera 2 0 19 0 9.50 6 2 1 1 0 HMRKB Herath 10 0 36 3 3.60 29 1 0 0 0 BMAJ Mendis 7 1 39 0 5.57 22 2 1 0 0 BAW Mendis 9 0 56 3 6.22 23 3 2 1 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.1 massive blow! They've snaffled Dilshan. It was a short-of-a-length delivery which Dilshan tried to carve it away over the covers but only succeeded in getting a top edge which looped into the off side, where Morgan back-tracked well from inside the circle 28/114.1 floated up just outside off, driven and edged to slip! Perera can change his gloves again now, driving a touch loosely at a ball just wide enough to entice the drive, it's turned just enough to take a thick outside edge and Jordan has held a sharp chance at slip, well bowled Moeen 69/241.1 oh goodness me. Long hop outside off and Sangakkara has belted it straight to deep cover! What a miserable way to go. Terrible delivery but Sangakkara has thrown the kitchen sink at it, pretty much nailed it too, only to perfectly pick out the off side scout who doesn't have to move in pouching the catch, game on? 214/431.2 tries to play through the covers and drags this on! A desperately needed breakthrough for England. A lazy drive aiming through the off side and gets a thick inside edge into the ground and into the off stump. A seemingly gentle length ball a foot and a half wide of off stump has done for Jayawardene and maybe there's some hope for England 165/3Extras20 (b 4, lb 4, w 12)TOTAL267/4 (49.4 Overs, RR: 5.37)Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 5.1 ov), 2-69 (Kusal Perera, 14.1 ov), 3-165 (Mahela Jayawardene, 31.2 ov), 4-214 (Kumar Sangakkara, 41.1 ov)
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- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 46 runs, 2 wickets)
- England: 50 runs in 11.3 overs (69 balls), Extras 3
- Drinks: England - 70/2 in 16.0 overs (JWA Taylor 32, JE Root 16)
- Over 18.4: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - SJ Davis, Batsman - JWA Taylor (Upheld)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 72 balls (JWA Taylor 29, JE Root 20, Ex 1)
- England: 100 runs in 20.5 overs (125 balls), Extras 3
- JWA Taylor: 50 off 69 balls (2 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Drinks: England - 138/3 in 29.4 overs (JWA Taylor 74, RS Bopara 6)
- England: 150 runs in 31.3 overs (189 balls), Extras 4
- England: 200 runs in 41.6 overs (252 balls), Extras 6
- England: 250 runs in 49.1 overs (295 balls), Extras 7
- EJG Morgan: 50 off 42 balls (3 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Innings Break: England - 265/10 in 50.0 overs (ST Finn 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 52 runs, 1 wicket)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 9.6 overs (60 balls), Extras 3
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 80/2 in 16.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 20, DPMD Jayawardene 5)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 20.6 overs (126 balls), Extras 8
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 61 balls (KC Sangakkara 23, DPMD Jayawardene 23, Ex 4)
- Over 25.1: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - REJ Martinesz, Batsman - DPMD Jayawardene (Struck down)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 27.5 overs (167 balls), Extras 13
- KC Sangakkara: 50 off 63 balls (6 x 4)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 165/3 in 31.2 overs (KC Sangakkara 61)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 35.1 - 40.0 (Batting side - 23 runs, 0 wicket)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 37.3 overs (225 balls), Extras 14
- Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 47.4 overs (286 balls), Extras 20
- AD Mathews: 50 off 60 balls (5 x 4)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 51 balls (AD Mathews 29, HDRL Thirimanne 19, Ex 5)
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