all over! The slower ball does the trick. Malinga giving himself room outside leg stump and misses his wild swing
England vs Sri Lanka, 1st ODI at London, May 22 2014 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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1st ODI (D/N), The Oval, May 22, 2014, Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland
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A very efficient win for England by 81 runs on the D/L method. They constructed a good innings, despite having to restart after the rain, then defended it very well. Chris Jordan the star with bat and ball, but plenty of other good performances from the likes of Ian Bell, Gary Ballance and Harry Gurney. The early-season tonic England needed, but Sri Lanka can bounce back. It is only their second defeat in 20 matches, and both have been to England. I'll bring you news from the presentation shortly.
Angelo Mathews "It was a pretty poor performance, we were not up to the mark with the ball. It was an off day for them. A poor effort by the whole team. You can't control the weather, but we played some poor cricket. The wicket played pretty well. The confidence remains high, it's just one game."
Alastair Cook "It was very professional. Sometimes we though we had better of conditions and sometimes not. Everyone did well. Gary started really, we know what Jos can hit like and then Jordan as well. The lads played [Malinga] really well. Even the great bowlers can go the distance. That extra 30-runs made a big difference."
No surprises, the Man of the Match is Chris Jordan. "Just twisted by ankle a little but nothing serious. I enjoyed whacking the ball and bowling with some aggression. [The short ball] was something we spoke about after not finishing well the other night. It's nice to get one back on Malinga after the other night."
Well, that just about wraps things up from here. We'll be back on Sunday for the second match from Durham. Until then from Andrew McGlashan and Alex Winter it's goodbye and thanks for joining us.
27.5
W
Bopara to Malinga, OUT
Lasith Malinga b Bopara 10 (16b 1x4 0x6 20m) SR: 62.5
27.4
1lb
Bopara to Lakmal, 1 leg bye
strikes the back as he goes to pull, the ball scoots through
27.3
1b
Bopara to Malinga, 1 bye
missed stumping to add to Buttler's list...Malinga head in the air, swinging to leg, and he should really have taken that
27.2
•
Bopara to Malinga, no run
misses his swing to leg, takes the pad
27.1
1
Bopara to Lakmal, 1 run
slower ball, drifts into the batsman, takes a thick inside edge to the leg side
end of over 277 runs • 1 wicket
SL: 141/9CRR: 5.22 • RRR: 17.00
Suranga Lakmal3 (3b)
Lasith Malinga10 (13b 1x4)
Harry Gurney 5-0-20-2
Ravi Bopara 4-0-24-0
26.6
1
Gurney to Lakmal, 1 run
heaved down the ground to long-on
Jordan hobbling after that chase, he appeared to slip near the boundary. That would be an awful way to end such a fine evening
26.5
2
Gurney to Lakmal, 2 runs
full outside off, powerfully driven past cover and wide of mid-off but Jordan is able to chase it down
26.4
•
Gurney to Lakmal, no run
full at the stumps, defended
26.3
W
Gurney to Senanayake, OUT
picks out long-on...Senanayake tried to send this length delivery into the stands but it didn't come out of the middle and it was a simple catch
Sachithra Senanayake c Bell b Gurney 11 (11b 1x4 0x6 23m) SR: 100
26.2
•
Gurney to Senanayake, no run
that's a good delivery, full outside off, beats the edge
Free hit carries over
26.2
2nb
Gurney to Malinga, (no ball) 1 run
and he's overstepped again! This is careless. Takes a thick inside edge down to fine leg
So we have a free hit
26.2
2nb
Gurney to Senanayake, (no ball) 1 run
lets himself down a little by overstepping, gets clubbed into midwicket
26.1
•
Gurney to Senanayake, no run
round the wicket, slower ball outside off, beats the outside edge
Harry Gurney back into the attack
end of over 267 runs
SL: 134/8CRR: 5.15 • RRR: 15.33
Lasith Malinga9 (12b 1x4)
Sachithra Senanayake10 (7b 1x4)
Ravi Bopara 4-0-24-0
Chris Jordan 6-0-25-3
25.6
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Bopara to Malinga, no run
takes the pad as he swings to leg
25.5
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Bopara to Malinga, no run
dropped in his followthrough, it was hammered back by Malinga and caught Bopara by surprise, although he did have his eyes on it. Good test for a dodgy finger
25.4
1
Bopara to Senanayake, 1 run
driven to deep cover
25.3
2
Bopara to Senanayake, 2 runs
a full slower ball outside off, lofted into the off side and falls into space
25.2
4
Bopara to Senanayake, FOUR runs
short and angled into the pads, pulled backward of square and despite getting to the ball Anderson can't flick the ball back
25.1
•
Bopara to Senanayake, no run
driven firmly back and well fielded, diving to his left, by Bopara
Bopara back into the attack
end of over 254 runs
SL: 127/8CRR: 5.08 • RRR: 14.14
Lasith Malinga9 (10b 1x4)
Sachithra Senanayake3 (3b)
Chris Jordan 6-0-25-3
James Tredwell 6-0-38-3
24.6
•
Jordan to Malinga, no run
nearly bowls him...Malinga goes well outside off stump, it's a length delivery, he misses his swing but the ball carries over the timber
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