Sri Lanka Vs England 7Th Odi
England tour of Sri Lanka - 2014 (2014/15) · R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo · 16 December 2014
Sri Lanka won by 87 runs
Sri Lanka won by 87 runs. Tillakaratne Dilshan top-scored with 101 for Sri Lanka.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
- Date
- 16 December 2014
- Toss
- Sri Lanka, chose to bat
- Result
- Sri Lanka won by 87 runs
- Player of the match
- Tillakaratne Dilshan
- Captains
- Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka), Alastair Cook (England)
- Umpires
- REJ Martinesz and RJ Tucker
- Match referee
- DC Boon
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat.
Sri Lanka batted first and made 302 for 6. Tillakaratne Dilshan top-scored with 101 off 124 balls, and Dinesh Chandimal made 55. The innings was built on a 80-run stand for the fourth wicket between Tillakaratne Dilshan and Dinesh Chandimal. That was well above the 2010s average first-innings total at R Premadasa Stadium, 245 across 35 ODIs.
Chasing 303, England made 215 all out. Joe Root top-scored with 80 off 99 balls, and Chris Woakes made 34. Seekkuge Prasanna took 3 for 35 for Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka won by 87 runs.
SRI LANKA: 302 FOR 6
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahela Jayawardene | c Chris Woakes b Harry Gurney | 28 | 22 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | c Moeen Ali b Chris Jordan | 101 | 124 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | c James Tredwell b Moeen Ali | 33 | 50 |
| Angelo Mathews | b Moeen Ali | 20 | 27 |
| Dinesh Chandimal | not out | 55 | 50 |
| Thisara Perera | c & b Chris Jordan | 54 | 26 |
| Seekkuge Prasanna | run out (Chris Jordan) | 0 | – |
| Jeevan Mendis | not out | 1 | 1 |
Did not bat: Lahiru Thirimanne, Suranga Lakmal, Dilruwan Perera
Extras 10 · Total 302 for 6
| Bowler (England) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Woakes | 9 | 0 | 71 | 0 |
| Harry Gurney | 9 | 0 | 60 | 1 |
| James Tredwell | 7 | 0 | 50 | 0 |
| Joe Root | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Chris Jordan | 10 | 0 | 55 | 2 |
| Moeen Ali | 10 | 0 | 39 | 2 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-55 (Mahela Jayawardene, 7.6 ov), 2-120 (Kumar Sangakkara, 23.5 ov), 3-156 (Angelo Mathews, 31.6 ov), 4-236 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 43.3 ov), 5-299 (Thisara Perera, 49.2 ov), 6-299 (Seekkuge Prasanna, 49.3 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Mahela Jayawardene (28) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (26) | 55 | 48 |
| second | Tillakaratne Dilshan (31) and Kumar Sangakkara (33) | 65 | 95 |
| third | Tillakaratne Dilshan (15) and Angelo Mathews (20) | 36 | 49 |
| fourth | Tillakaratne Dilshan (29) and Dinesh Chandimal (48) | 80 | 69 |
| fifth | Thisara Perera (54) and Dinesh Chandimal (5) | 63 | 35 |
| sixth | Seekkuge Prasanna (0) and Dinesh Chandimal (0) | 0 | 1 |
| seventh | Jeevan Mendis (1) and Dinesh Chandimal (2) | 3 | 3 |
ENGLAND: 215 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alastair Cook | c Mahela Jayawardene b Suranga Lakmal | 32 | 49 |
| Moeen Ali | b Tillakaratne Dilshan | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Hales | c Seekkuge Prasanna b Tillakaratne Dilshan | 7 | 15 |
| Joe Root | lbw b Seekkuge Prasanna | 80 | 99 |
| James Taylor | c Kumar Sangakkara b Suranga Lakmal | 2 | 4 |
| Eoin Morgan | lbw b Tillakaratne Dilshan | 4 | 14 |
| Jos Buttler | c Dinesh Chandimal b Seekkuge Prasanna | 23 | 23 |
| Chris Woakes | b Dilruwan Perera | 34 | 37 |
| Chris Jordan | lbw b Seekkuge Prasanna | 0 | 1 |
| James Tredwell | st Kumar Sangakkara b Mahela Jayawardene | 17 | 21 |
| Harry Gurney | not out | 6 | 11 |
Extras 10 · Total 215 all out
| Bowler (Sri Lanka) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dilruwan Perera | 9 | 0 | 53 | 1 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 10 | 0 | 37 | 3 |
| Suranga Lakmal | 8 | 1 | 25 | 2 |
| Thisara Perera | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Angelo Mathews | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Seekkuge Prasanna | 8 | 0 | 35 | 3 |
| Jeevan Mendis | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 1.5 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-2 (Moeen Ali, 1.2 ov), 2-28 (Alex Hales, 7.2 ov), 3-51 (Alastair Cook, 12.6 ov), 4-57 (James Taylor, 14.2 ov), 5-78 (Eoin Morgan, 19.1 ov), 6-126 (Jos Buttler, 27.3 ov), 7-192 (Chris Woakes, 39.6 ov), 8-192 (Joe Root, 40.2 ov), 9-193 (Chris Jordan, 40.6 ov), 10-215 (James Tredwell, 45.5 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Alastair Cook (2) and Moeen Ali (0) | 2 | 8 |
| second | Alastair Cook (18) and Alex Hales (7) | 26 | 36 |
| third | Alastair Cook (12) and Joe Root (11) | 23 | 34 |
| fourth | James Taylor (2) and Joe Root (4) | 6 | 8 |
| fifth | Eoin Morgan (4) and Joe Root (13) | 21 | 29 |
| sixth | Joe Root (22) and Jos Buttler (23) | 48 | 50 |
| seventh | Chris Woakes (34) and Joe Root (30) | 66 | 75 |
| eighth | Chris Jordan (0) and Joe Root (0) | 0 | 2 |
| ninth | James Tredwell (1) and Chris Jordan (0) | 1 | 4 |
| tenth | James Tredwell (16) and Harry Gurney (6) | 22 | 29 |
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