Sri Lanka beat England, Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets (with 75 balls remaining)

Jayasuriya and Tharanga started smashing from the word go and under pressure the England bowlers lost their way, it was a top notch partnership, one that will stay at the top of the record books for some time to come. They added 286 runs in just 31.5 overs and the rest was mere formality. None of the England bowlers were anywhere near their best and in the end it was nothing less than a massacre.

It was clearly a one-sided contest but one worth watching, to relive the entire match please read through Will Luke's bulletin

37.3

Solanki to Sangakkara, FOUR runs

short ball on the off stump, Sangakkara rocks back and punches to the cover fence, that brings up the victory and they have done it in style

37.2

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Solanki to Sangakkara, no run

driven on the front-foot to cover fielder

37.1

Solanki to Mahela Jayawardene, 1 run

turning into the leg stump, turned away to deep mid-wicket

Over37

17 runs

SL 319/2CRR: 8.62 RRR: 0.23

KC Sangakkara 19 (17b 3x4)DPMD Jayawardene 11 (13b 1x4)

SJ Harmison0/97 (10)

36.6

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Harmison to Sangakkara, no run

again a drive to mid-off, this time Plunkett fields and cheers from the crowd as he fields the ball

36.5

Harmison to Sangakkara, FOUR runs

pitched up on the off stump, Sangakkara drives to mid-off, Plunkett lets it go through his legs and ball reaches the fence

36.4

Harmison to Sangakkara, FOUR runs

half-volley on the off stump, Sangakkara drives beautifully through covers and ball races away to the fence

36.3

Harmison to Mahela Jayawardene, 1 run

driven through covers and an easy single taken

36.2

Harmison to Mahela Jayawardene, FOUR runs

good length ball outside off stump, Jayawardene pushes on the front-foot, gets the outside edge to thirdman fence

36.2

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Harmison to Sangakkara, (no ball) 1 run

short ball banged in, Sangkkara pulls and gets the top edge, ball falls short of the deep square leg fielder

36.2

Harmison to Sangakkara, 1 wide

bouncer high and over the batsman, called a wide

36.1

Harmison to Mahela Jayawardene, 1 run

driven on the up through covers and an easy single taken

Over36

6 runs

SL 302/2CRR: 8.38 RRR: 1.42

KC Sangakkara 10 (13b 1x4)DPMD Jayawardene 5 (10b)

VS Solanki1/12 (3)

35.6

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Solanki to Sangakkara, no run

fuller length ball on the off stump, Sangakkara drives and mistimes back to the bowler

35.5

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Solanki to Sangakkara, no run

defended back to the bowler

35.4

Solanki to Sangakkara, 2 runs

fuller length ball outside off stump, driven to the cover region, half-stop and they take a couple of runs

35.3

Solanki to Sangakkara, FOUR runs

length ball outside off stump, Sangakkara tries to loft over cover, gets the outside edge over the slip fielder

35.2

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Solanki to Sangakkara, no run

good length ball on the off stump, defended to cover point

35.1

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Solanki to Sangakkara, no run

defended on the front-foot to offside

Over35

2 runs

SL 296/2CRR: 8.45 RRR: 1.73

DPMD Jayawardene 5 (10b)KC Sangakkara 4 (7b)

SJ Harmison0/80 (9)

34.6

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Harmison to Mahela Jayawardene, no run

good length ball outside off stump, left alone, just 2 runs off the over

34.5

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Harmison to Mahela Jayawardene, no run

short ball outside off stump, again Jayawardene misses on it trying to play the cut shot

34.4

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Harmison to Mahela Jayawardene, no run

good length ball just outside off stump, driven on the front-foot to mid-off fielder

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England vs Sri Lanka, 5th ODI at Leeds, Jul 01 2006 - Match Result