Sri Lanka Vs England 1St Odi
England tour of Sri Lanka - 2014 (2014/15) · R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo · 26 November 2014
Sri Lanka won by 25 runs
Sri Lanka won by 25 runs. Moeen Ali top-scored with 119 for England.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
- Date
- 26 November 2014
- Toss
- England, chose to field
- Result
- Sri Lanka won by 25 runs
- Player of the match
- Tillakaratne Dilshan
- Captains
- Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka), Alastair Cook (England)
- Umpires
- RSA Palliyaguruge and SD Fry
- Match referee
- DC Boon
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
England won the toss and chose to field.
Sri Lanka batted first and made 317 for 6. Tillakaratne Dilshan top-scored with 88 off 98 balls, and Kusal Perera made 59. The innings was built on a 120-run stand for the first wicket between Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kusal Perera. That was well above the 2010s average first-innings total at R Premadasa Stadium, 245 across 35 ODIs.
Chasing 318, England made 292 all out. Moeen Ali top-scored with 119 off 87 balls, and Ravi Bopara made 65. Thisara Perera took 3 for 44 for Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka won by 25 runs.
SRI LANKA: 317 FOR 6
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | c & b Chris Woakes | 88 | 98 |
| Kusal Perera | run out (Joe Root, Ravi Bopara, Jos Buttler) | 59 | 74 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | lbw b Moeen Ali | 2 | 4 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | c Jos Buttler b James Tredwell | 55 | 58 |
| Angelo Mathews | c Ben Stokes b James Tredwell | 33 | 24 |
| Thisara Perera | c Alastair Cook b Chris Woakes | 4 | 6 |
| Lahiru Thirimanne | not out | 27 | 22 |
| Jeevan Mendis | not out | 30 | 14 |
Did not bat: Dhammika Prasad, Rangana Herath, Ajantha Mendis
Extras 19 · Total 317 for 6
| Bowler (England) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Woakes | 10 | 0 | 68 | 2 |
| Harry Gurney | 10 | 0 | 66 | 0 |
| James Tredwell | 10 | 0 | 52 | 2 |
| Ben Stokes | 4 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| Moeen Ali | 10 | 0 | 66 | 1 |
| Joe Root | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ravi Bopara | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-120 (Kusal Perera, 22.2 ov), 2-128 (Kumar Sangakkara, 23.4 ov), 3-204 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 37.1 ov), 4-253 (Angelo Mathews, 42.5 ov), 5-253 (Mahela Jayawardene, 42.6 ov), 6-263 (Thisara Perera, 45.1 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Tillakaratne Dilshan (57) and Kusal Perera (59) | 120 | 134 |
| second | Tillakaratne Dilshan (5) and Kumar Sangakkara (2) | 8 | 8 |
| third | Mahela Jayawardene (41) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (26) | 76 | 81 |
| fourth | Mahela Jayawardene (14) and Angelo Mathews (33) | 49 | 34 |
| fifth | Mahela Jayawardene (0) and Thisara Perera (0) | 0 | 1 |
| sixth | Thisara Perera (4) and Lahiru Thirimanne (6) | 10 | 13 |
| seventh | Jeevan Mendis (30) and Lahiru Thirimanne (21) | 54 | 29 |
ENGLAND: 292 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alastair Cook | lbw b Tillakaratne Dilshan | 10 | 17 |
| Moeen Ali | c & b Jeevan Mendis | 119 | 87 |
| Ian Bell | c Mahela Jayawardene b Thisara Perera | 35 | 35 |
| Joe Root | c Kumar Sangakkara b Thisara Perera | 2 | 8 |
| Eoin Morgan | b Ajantha Mendis | 1 | 3 |
| Jos Buttler | b Dhammika Prasad | 21 | 21 |
| Ravi Bopara | c Kusal Perera b Thisara Perera | 65 | 62 |
| Ben Stokes | st Kumar Sangakkara b Rangana Herath | 16 | 27 |
| Chris Woakes | st Kumar Sangakkara b Rangana Herath | 7 | 11 |
| James Tredwell | b Ajantha Mendis | 6 | 11 |
| Harry Gurney | not out | 1 | 2 |
Extras 9 · Total 292 all out
| Bowler (Sri Lanka) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angelo Mathews | 3 | 1 | 17 | 0 |
| Dhammika Prasad | 5 | 0 | 51 | 1 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 6 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| Ajantha Mendis | 9 | 0 | 55 | 2 |
| Rangana Herath | 9 | 0 | 58 | 2 |
| Thisara Perera | 9.1 | 1 | 44 | 3 |
| Jeevan Mendis | 6 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-51 (Alastair Cook, 6.1 ov), 2-107 (Ian Bell, 15.1 ov), 3-121 (Joe Root, 17.5 ov), 4-124 (Eoin Morgan, 18.5 ov), 5-159 (Jos Buttler, 23.4 ov), 6-203 (Moeen Ali, 30.6 ov), 7-243 (Ben Stokes, 39.5 ov), 8-259 (Chris Woakes, 42.3 ov), 9-286 (James Tredwell, 46.1 ov), 10-292 (Ravi Bopara, 47.1 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Alastair Cook (10) and Moeen Ali (40) | 51 | 37 |
| second | Ian Bell (35) and Moeen Ali (20) | 56 | 54 |
| third | Moeen Ali (12) and Joe Root (2) | 14 | 16 |
| fourth | Moeen Ali (2) and Eoin Morgan (1) | 3 | 6 |
| fifth | Moeen Ali (10) and Jos Buttler (21) | 35 | 29 |
| sixth | Ravi Bopara (9) and Moeen Ali (35) | 44 | 44 |
| seventh | Ravi Bopara (23) and Ben Stokes (16) | 40 | 53 |
| eighth | Ravi Bopara (8) and Chris Woakes (7) | 16 | 16 |
| ninth | James Tredwell (6) and Ravi Bopara (20) | 27 | 23 |
| tenth | Ravi Bopara (5) and Harry Gurney (1) | 6 | 6 |
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