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NatWest SeriesMatch 2 · ODI

Sri Lanka beat England by 69 runs - Commentary

Headingley, Leeds, . England won the toss and chose to bowl.

England24045.5 ov
Sri Lanka309/550 ov
Sri Lanka won by 69 runs
End of innings: ENG 240 (45.5 ov)
45.5W
RAS Lakmal to JW Dernbach, OUT
JW Dernbach c KMDN Kulasekara b RAS Lakmal 5(7) [4s-1 6s-0] · FoW 240/10 (45.5 ov)
45.41
RAS Lakmal to GP Swann, 1 run
45.31
RAS Lakmal to JW Dernbach, 1 run
45.24
RAS Lakmal to JW Dernbach, FOUR
45.11Lb
RAS Lakmal to GP Swann, 1 leg bye
End of over 451 run, 1 wktENG 233/91W0000
JW Dernbach 0(4)GP Swann 12(10)SL Malinga 8-0-41-1
44.60
SL Malinga to JW Dernbach, no run
44.50
SL Malinga to JW Dernbach, no run
44.40
SL Malinga to JW Dernbach, no run
44.30
SL Malinga to JW Dernbach, no run
44.2W
SL Malinga to JM Anderson, OUT
JM Anderson b SL Malinga 0(2) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 233/9 (44.2 ov)
44.11
SL Malinga to GP Swann, 1 run
End of over 444 runs, 1 wktENG 232/81111W0
JM Anderson 0(1)GP Swann 11(9)KMDN Kulasekara 9-0-39-1
43.60
KMDN Kulasekara to JM Anderson, no run
43.5W
KMDN Kulasekara to IR Bell, OUT
IR Bell c RAS Lakmal b KMDN Kulasekara 35(47) [4s-2 6s-0] · FoW 232/8 (43.5 ov)
43.41
KMDN Kulasekara to GP Swann, 1 run
43.31
KMDN Kulasekara to IR Bell, 1 run
43.21
KMDN Kulasekara to GP Swann, 1 run
43.11
KMDN Kulasekara to IR Bell, 1 run
End of over 4310 runsENG 228/7004Wd140
GP Swann 9(7)IR Bell 33(44)SL Malinga 7-0-40-0
42.60
SL Malinga to GP Swann, no run
42.54
SL Malinga to GP Swann, FOUR
42.41
SL Malinga to IR Bell, 1 run
42.4Wd
SL Malinga to IR Bell, wide
42.34
SL Malinga to IR Bell, FOUR
42.20
SL Malinga to IR Bell, no run
42.10
SL Malinga to IR Bell, no run
End of over 428 runsENG 218/7214010
GP Swann 5(5)IR Bell 28(40)KMDN Kulasekara 8-0-35-0
41.60
KMDN Kulasekara to GP Swann, no run
41.51
KMDN Kulasekara to IR Bell, 1 run
41.40
KMDN Kulasekara to IR Bell, no run
41.34
KMDN Kulasekara to IR Bell, FOUR
41.21
KMDN Kulasekara to GP Swann, 1 run
41.12
KMDN Kulasekara to GP Swann, 2 runs
End of over 413 runsENG 210/7100002
IR Bell 23(37)GP Swann 2(2)SL Malinga 6-0-30-0
40.62
SL Malinga to IR Bell, 2 runs
40.50
SL Malinga to IR Bell, no run
40.40
SL Malinga to IR Bell, no run
40.30
SL Malinga to IR Bell, no run
40.20
SL Malinga to IR Bell, no run
40.11
SL Malinga to GP Swann, 1 run
End of over 401 run, 1 wktENG 207/70W1000
IR Bell 21(32)GP Swann 1(1)BMAJ Mendis 6-0-31-2
39.60
BMAJ Mendis to IR Bell, no run
39.50
BMAJ Mendis to IR Bell, no run
39.40
BMAJ Mendis to IR Bell, no run
39.31
BMAJ Mendis to GP Swann, 1 run
39.2W
BMAJ Mendis to SCJ Broad, OUT
SCJ Broad st †KC Sangakkara b BMAJ Mendis 1(3) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 206/7 (39.2 ov)
39.10
BMAJ Mendis to SCJ Broad, no run
End of over 392 runs, 1 wktENG 206/600W011
SCJ Broad 1(1)IR Bell 21(29)S Randiv 9-0-43-3
38.61
S Randiv to SCJ Broad, 1 run
38.51
S Randiv to IR Bell, 1 run
38.40
S Randiv to IR Bell, no run
38.3W
S Randiv to TT Bresnan, OUT
TT Bresnan c LD Chandimal b S Randiv 2(12) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 204/6 (38.3 ov)
38.20
S Randiv to TT Bresnan, no run
38.10
S Randiv to TT Bresnan, no run
End of over 381 runENG 204/5000001
TT Bresnan 2(9)IR Bell 20(27)BMAJ Mendis 5-0-30-1
37.61
BMAJ Mendis to TT Bresnan, 1 run
37.50
BMAJ Mendis to TT Bresnan, no run
37.40
BMAJ Mendis to TT Bresnan, no run