England vs Sri Lanka, 1st ODI at Chester-le-Street, ENG v SL, Jun 29 2021 - Match Result

5.43pm That's the end of that then. England make it four in a row in their white-ball campaign. From myself and Matt, and Thilak and the rest of the ESPNcricinfo team, good night, good luck if football is your thing (and especially if it isn't) and see you at The Oval!

Time for some presentations.

Kusal Perera, who made a battling 73. "I am trying to back myself and do my basis, try to bat to the 40th over, 50 would have been great. But two more games to go. Hasaranga did a good job for the team, we got a partnership but not enough for the team. It's a team game, we have to get together to get a good score."

Eoin Morgan "Delighted, good lengths, adapting to conditions, good lengths, cross-seam, full credit to the bowling unit, they really did fire. The lead bowlers at mid-off, mid-on, good communication with the three of us and the keeper is crucial.

On Root: "he's one of the best in the world, in most situations. Notable in training how easy he finds things, never seems to struggle. I think you can't rule Joe out [of T20 World Cup] the role he played in 2016 was a big part in getting us to the final, and the knock he played in the final was outstanding." So there you go.

The Player of the Match is Chris Woakes: "I think opening the bowling, a big part of the job is assessing conditions and communicating. Taking wickets stems the run-flow but trying to be as accurate as possible. Don't want to give any freebies, width goes to the boundary, try not to leave the stumps, find the length that hits the bails until the batsman tries something different. My rhythm wasn't too bad, a bit short in first two overs, couple of games for Warks, hit my straps well."

5.36pm Nothing else going on elsewhere, is there?

5.30pm So, it wasn't pretty but it was mighty effective. Joe Root, in his 150th ODI, restates his value as England's barometer in the middle order. No rush to get the runs, so he took no rush at all, but still ticked along at a 90-odd strike rate, 79 not out from 87 balls. And he's got 6000 runs in the format too.

Chris Woakes played a blinder too with the ball - the stunning figures of 4 for 18 in ten overs, with five maidens - four of them in the Powerplay. And Jonny Bairstow was outstanding in reply before getting out when gloriously set. No-one else made it look so easy all day. And a note too for Dushmantha Chameera, four wickets last week, three more today. He was a constant menace in an innings where wickets were Sri Lanka's only currency. And what might have happened if Moeen Ali had been caught first ball?

George Macphers: "Thank god that's over. It's shouldn't be that hard to chase down a score of 185. Hopefully the next ODI will be a lot better than this one." You are a terrible pampered human. I rather enjoyed seeing a bit of a tussle!

Abhijato: "Sri Lanka have really exceeded expectations here, as depressing as that might sound - I suspect the rest of the series isn't going to be the cakewalk England thought it would be if the Lankans can settle into their roles." Indeed. Their bowlers need their batters to give them something to work with. Nearly managed it today!

WrongTeam: "Root showing his value, again, but MoM for Woakes methinks" That feels fair to me

Racheed: "The one bright spark to come from Sri Lanka's disastrous recent form is Chameera. He's really developed nicely, is sharp, and can lead that pace attack for the future. " So true. So long as they don't snap his willowy frame, they've found themselves a proper competitor

George Macphers: "What a poor reply from England. Chasing 180 and now 6 wickets down against a inconsistent Sri Lanka bowling attack. Not good advertisement for cricket. Where is the England team that were able to dominate matches?" George, George, even on hand with the hottest of takes. They are about to win with approximately 16 overs to spare. Not an appalling day's work when you look at it like that

Abhijato: "Wimbledon, cricket, the Euros - today's been a good day for fans of mediocre yet thrilling sport, hasn't it? xD" And it's only just warming up. Got West Indies-South Africa to come!

Howdo. Nothing else going on in the world. Apart from Mark Cavendish's Tour de France stage win, of course. Scenes!

And with that's here's Miller for the last rites.

Sam Curran at No. 7. I doubt he'll be hanging around. Chameera stays over the wicket to him. Slip in

Vivaan: "The end of an uncharacteristic but a very vital innings from Moeen Ali"