- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR24.5 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. 160/24.5 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. 23/136.4 simplest return catch popped up and theres no mistake made by the bowler who snaffles the leading edge. Jayawardenes cross with himself, but he neednt be thats been a lovely innings and hes left his team in a strong position to hit the 300-mark. 220/628.2 around the wicket, steep bounce and its too good for Sangakkara who flashes high and hard and the ball arcs through to Jones. 173/332.4 straight, true and Plunkett gets the reward the off-stump is pegged back. Dilshan was trying to make room for himself. 196/435.3 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 214/543.5 shaped to run the ball towards third man, possibly bounced a bit more than he expected, and a thickish edge straight to Jones 250/7Extras30 (lb 6, nb 3, w 21)TOTAL318/7 (50 Overs, RR: 6.36)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)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB SJ Harmison 10 0 51 2 5.10 34 3 0 9 0 Kabir Ali 10 0 77 0 7.70 34 8 3 2 2 LE Plunkett 9 0 60 2 6.66 20 6 0 2 0 TT Bresnan 8 0 58 0 7.25 16 5 0 1 1 JWM Dalrymple 10 0 44 2 4.40 29 2 0 2 0 VS Solanki 1 0 9 0 9.00 2 0 0 1 0 IR Bell 2 0 13 1 6.50 5 2 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR11.6 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 cant afford to lose any momentum here, now. Ian Bell strides to the crease. 77/112.6 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. 85/228.2 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. Its hardly textbook wicketkeeping but its in the book and England are wobbling 161/427.6 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. Thats a result of the previous overs as much as that delivery. 161/334.2 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 178/547.1 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 273/839.5 Jones briefly sparkled but he has holed out to Maharoof at long-on and its all over bar the shouting 212/642.6 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, hes stranded and Sangakkara gently lobs the ball into the stumps 241/748.4 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. 285/1047.2 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. Hes probably got a parking ticket as well. 273/9Extras10 (b 1, lb 3, nb 1, w 5)TOTAL285 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)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB WPUJC Vaas 8 0 45 0 5.62 27 7 0 0 0 SL Malinga 9.4 0 63 2 6.51 29 6 2 4 0 CRD Fernando 7 0 47 2 6.71 22 7 1 0 0 MF Maharoof 1 0 11 0 11.00 2 2 0 0 1 HMCM Bandara 10 1 43 2 4.30 26 1 0 1 0 TM Dilshan 10 0 46 2 4.60 28 2 0 0 0 ST Jayasuriya 3 0 26 0 8.66 3 1 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Sri Lanka led the 5-match series 4-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10.45am start, First Session 10.45am-2.15pm Interval 2.15pm-3.00pm, Second Session 3.00pm-6.30pm
Match days
28 June 2006 (50-over match)
ODI debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Sri Lanka innings
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 9.1 overs (62 balls), Extras 9
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 46 balls (WU Tharanga 18, DPMD Jayawardene 29, Ex 3)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 14.5 overs (98 balls), Extras 11
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 108/1 in 16.0 overs (WU Tharanga 42, DPMD Jayawardene 41)
- DPMD Jayawardene: 50 off 32 balls (5 x 4)
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 84 balls (WU Tharanga 44, DPMD Jayawardene 50, Ex 6)
- WU Tharanga: 50 off 60 balls (5 x 4)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 23.1 overs (149 balls), Extras 17
- Power Play 3: Overs 25.1 - 30.0
- Rain: Sri Lanka - 186/3 in 30.3 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 83, TM Dilshan 1)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 33.1 overs (212 balls), Extras 22
- DPMD Jayawardene: 100 off 82 balls (9 x 4)
- Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 43.4 overs (279 balls), Extras 27
- Sri Lanka: 300 runs in 49.2 overs (315 balls), Extras 29
- MF Maharoof: 50 off 47 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 8th Wicket: 50 runs in 35 balls (MF Maharoof 30, CM Bandara 23, Ex 2)
- England innings
- England: 50 runs in 8.2 overs (51 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 51 balls (ME Trescothick 22, AN Cook 29, Ex 1)
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
- England innings: 1x5 ball over (16th over, WPUJC Vaas, called by Umpire NJ Llong)
- England: 100 runs in 16.4 overs (101 balls), Extras 2
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 53 balls (IR Bell 19, AJ Strauss 30, Ex 1)
- England: 150 runs in 25.5 overs (157 balls), Extras 3
- England: 200 runs in 38.2 overs (233 balls), Extras 5
- England: 250 runs in 44.3 overs (271 balls), Extras 8
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