Sri Lanka beat England, Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets (with 46 balls remaining)

Sri Lanka win by 8 wickets. They have completely outplayed England, wonderful effort to wrap up this series, they now lead the series 3-0. Wonderful knock from Jayawardene for his 126 of 127 balls. Early on, Jayasuriya and Tharanga gave a good start, which laid the foundation for the run chase. Then Sangakkara came in and gave the support to Jayawardene to finish things off in style. Poor bowling from the England bowlers, the Sri Lankan batsmen hit boundaries at will to all parts of the ground, a total of 35 boundaries and a six were hit. Jayawardene picks up the man of the match award.

That's it from here, thanks for being with us. This is Binoy George, along with Gautham Signing off for now. Please join us again on the 28th for the 4th ODI at Old Trafford.

42.2

Plunkett to Sangakkara, FOUR runs

All over!, down the leg side, Sangakkara flicks it to backward square leg fence, good shot

42.2

Plunkett to Sangakkara, 1 wide

wide outside the off stump, Sangakkara goes after it, misses it, signalled wide

42.1

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Plunkett to Sangakkara, no run

short ball, Sangakkara goes for the pull, misses it, through to Jones

Over42

9 runs

SL 260/2CRR: 6.19 RRR: 0.25

DPMD Jayawardene 126 (127b 19x4)KC Sangakkara 54 (74b 4x4)

AGR Loudon0/36 (6)

41.6

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Loudon to Mahela Jayawardene, no run

the doosra, spins away, pushes to the off side

41.5

Loudon to Sangakkara, 1 run

pushes to long on for a single

41.4

Loudon to Mahela Jayawardene, 1 run

driven to long on for a single

41.3

Loudon to Sangakkara, 1 run

tossed up, driven to long off for a single

coming round the wicket

41.2

Loudon to Mahela Jayawardene, 1 run

turned away behind square leg

41.1

Loudon to Mahela Jayawardene, FOUR runs

tossed up, uses his feet and swings it in the air to midwicket fence, good shot from Jayawardene

41.1

Loudon to Mahela Jayawardene, 1 wide

spins down leg, signalled wide

Over41

3 runs

SL 251/2CRR: 6.12 RRR: 1.22

KC Sangakkara 52 (72b 4x4)DPMD Jayawardene 120 (123b 18x4)

LE Plunkett0/41 (5)

40.6

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Plunkett to Sangakkara, no run

good length ball on the off stump, pushed on the front-foot to point

40.5

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Plunkett to Sangakkara, no run

on the leg stump, turned away to mid-wicket

40.4

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Plunkett to Sangakkara, no run

defended on the back-foot to short mid-wicket, Jayawardene calls for a single but sent back by Sangakkara

40.3

Plunkett to Mahela Jayawardene, 1 run

short of length ball on the leg stump, glanced away to fine leg

40.2

Plunkett to Sangakkara, 1 run

short ball on the middle and leg stump, defended to mid-wicket

It is now over to Binoy George. Thanks Gautham

40.1

Plunkett to Mahela Jayawardene, 1 run

pitched up outside off stump, driven to deep cover

Over40

14 runs

SL 248/2CRR: 6.20 RRR: 1.40

KC Sangakkara 51 (68b 4x4)DPMD Jayawardene 118 (121b 18x4)

AGR Loudon0/27 (5)

39.6

Loudon to Sangakkara, FOUR runs

tossed up outside off stump, Sangakkara steps out and lofts over mid-off fielder, 14 runs of the over

39.5

Loudon to Mahela Jayawardene, 1 run

on the pads, worked away behind square

39.4

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Loudon to Mahela Jayawardene, no run

defended on the back-foot to onside

39.3

Loudon to Sangakkara, 1 run

glanced away to behind square and an easy single taken

England vs Sri Lanka, 3rd ODI at Chester-le-Street, Jun 24 2006 - Match Result