06/28Result
4th ODI, Sri Lanka tour of England at Manchester, Jun 28 2006
Sri Lanka won by 33 runs
Player of the Match
Mahela Jayawardene
Mahela JayawardeneSri Lanka
06/28Result
4th ODI, Sri Lanka tour of England at Manchester, Jun 28 2006
Sri Lanka won by 33 runs
Player of the Match
Mahela Jayawardene
Mahela JayawardeneSri Lanka

  • Sri Lanka Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    WU Tharanga
    60
    80
    105
    5
    0
    75.00
    24.5 Tharanga gives himself room and takes a few steps on the charge, only to find Solanki at extra-cover who takes a straightforward catch. A badly needed breakthrough for England. 160/2
    ST Jayasuriya
    14
    20
    21
    3
    0
    70.00
    4.5 Well I never. Short and wide outside off stump, slashed hard by Jayasuriya straight to the man two yards in on the deep cover boundary who barely had to move. Inspired field placing. 23/1
    DPMD Jayawardene (c)
    100
    83
    155
    9
    0
    120.48
    36.4 simplest return catch popped up and there’s no mistake made by the bowler who snaffles the leading edge. Jayawardene’s cross with himself, but he needn’t be – that’s been a lovely innings and he’s left his team in a strong position to hit the 300-mark. 220/6
    KC Sangakkara †
    7
    15
    17
    0
    0
    46.66
    28.2 around the wicket, steep bounce and it’s too good for Sangakkara who flashes high and hard and the ball arcs through to Jones. 173/3
    TM Dilshan
    7
    11
    37
    1
    0
    63.63
    32.4 straight, true and Plunkett gets the reward – the off-stump is pegged back. Dilshan was trying to make room for himself. 196/4
    RP Arnold
    7
    7
    10
    0
    0
    100.00
    35.3 that's the end of that! Arnold attempts another cheeky dab and this time he ends up with a faint edge, Jones holds on well to a fairly hard chance - Sri Lanka five down 214/5
    MF Maharoof
    not out
    58
    50
    58
    5
    2
    116.00
    WPUJC Vaas
    7
    15
    23
    0
    0
    46.66
    43.5 shaped to run the ball towards third man, possibly bounced a bit more than he expected, and a thickish edge straight to Jones 250/7
    HMCM Bandara
    not out
    28
    22
    27
    3
    1
    127.27
    Extras
    30 (lb 6, nb 3, w 21)
    TOTAL
    318/7 (50 Overs, RR: 6.36)
    Did not bat: SL Malinga, CRD Fernando
    Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 4.5 ov), 2-160 (Upul Tharanga, 24.5 ov), 3-173 (Kumar Sangakkara, 28.2 ov), 4-196 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 32.4 ov), 5-214 (Russel Arnold, 35.3 ov), 6-220 (Mahela Jayawardene, 36.4 ov), 7-250 (Chaminda Vaas, 43.5 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    SJ Harmison1005125.10343090
    Kabir Ali1007707.70348322
    LE Plunkett906026.66206020
    TT Bresnan805807.25165011
    JWM Dalrymple1004424.40292020
    VS Solanki10909.0020010
    IR Bell201316.5052000

  • England Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    ME Trescothick
    44
    40
    51
    7
    1
    110.00
    11.6 hit with power, but at waist height and to cover. An important wicket for Sri Lanka, and one which had been coming for Malinga. England can’t afford to lose any momentum here, now. Ian Bell strides to the crease. 77/1
    AN Cook
    39
    38
    56
    8
    0
    102.63
    12.6 huge inside edge chopped on to his leg stump, and Cook departs, just 11 runs shy of what would have been his debut half-century. But more importantly there are two new men at the crease - they will need to play themselves in fast. 85/2
    IR Bell
    30
    48
    66
    1
    0
    62.50
    28.2 When you are down, things just always go against you … Bell hit the ball into the ground, it bounced up and struck Sangakkara on the chest, into his chin and and lobbed down onto the top of the stumps with Bell out of his ground. It’s hardly textbook wicketkeeping but it’s in the book and England are wobbling 161/4
    AJ Strauss (c)
    45
    44
    56
    5
    0
    102.27
    27.6 the pressure tells …Strauss tries to glance the ball down to third man and the ball runs off the face of the bat to a whooping Sangakkara. That’s a result of the previous overs as much as that delivery. 161/3
    VS Solanki
    10
    18
    21
    0
    0
    55.55
    34.2 and that was the shot of a drunk at closing time. Came down the pitch for the big heave, missed it, and a more orthodox stumping for Sangakkara, who took the ball well low-down, with not a hint of chin. In fairness to Solanki, he was in a no-win situation 178/5
    JWM Dalrymple
    33
    49
    73
    1
    0
    67.34
    47.1 straight and Dalrymple aims a big hit but misses and the ball takes his middle and off stumps. Dalrymple departs, one of the few England players to have emerged from today – and this series – with any credit 273/8
    GO Jones †
    23
    20
    17
    1
    1
    115.00
    39.5 Jones briefly sparkled but he has holed out to Maharoof at long-on and it’s all over bar the shouting 212/6
    TT Bresnan
    20
    13
    17
    2
    0
    153.84
    42.6 two runs, but a misfield opens the opportunity for a third. Sadly, only Bresnan sees it and by the time he realises that Dalrymple is impersonating a limpet, he’s stranded and Sangakkara gently lobs the ball into the stumps 241/7
    LE Plunkett
    29
    18
    25
    1
    2
    161.11
    48.4 holed out to deep mid-off to end the match, although the contest was finished some time back. The delighted Sri Lankans leave the field to the whoops of their vocal supporters, but the stands are three-quarter empty as people have been drifting off for some time. 285/10
    Kabir Ali
    0
    1
    2
    0
    0
    0.00
    47.2 Kabir Ali pushes into the off, Fernando scurries across, picks up, turns and throws down the stumps with Ali not even in the frame Ali trudges off to contemplate a dismal day … 0 for 77 from 10 overs and a first-ball duck. He’s probably got a parking ticket as well. 273/9
    SJ Harmison
    not out
    2
    3
    6
    0
    0
    66.66
    Extras
    10 (b 1, lb 3, nb 1, w 5)
    TOTAL
    285 all out (48.4 Overs, RR: 5.85)
    Fall of wickets: 1-77 (Marcus Trescothick, 11.6 ov), 2-85 (Sir Alastair Cook, 12.6 ov), 3-161 (Andrew Strauss, 27.6 ov), 4-161 (Ian Bell, 28.2 ov), 5-178 (Vikram Solanki, 34.2 ov), 6-212 (Geraint Jones, 39.5 ov), 7-241 (Tim Bresnan, 42.6 ov), 8-272 (Jamie Dalrymple, 47.1 ov), 9-273 (Kabir Ali, 47.2 ov), 10-285 (Liam Plunkett, 48.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    WPUJC Vaas804505.62277000
    SL Malinga9.406326.51296240
    CRD Fernando704726.71227100
    MF Maharoof1011011.0022001
    HMCM Bandara1014324.30261010
    TM Dilshan1004624.60282000
    ST Jayasuriya302608.6631100

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