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VB SeriesMatch 8 · ODI

Sri Lanka beat England by 31 runs - Commentary

Sydney Cricket Ground, . Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat.

Sri Lanka284/750 ov
England25349.2 ov
Sri Lanka won by 31 runs
Australia won the tournament
End of innings: ENG 253 (49.2 ov)
49.2W
PA de Silva to SJ Harmison, OUT
SJ Harmison c RP Arnold b PA de Silva 7(12) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 253/10 (49.2 ov)
49.11
PA de Silva to AR Caddick, 1 run
End of over 495 runsENG 252/912Lb0011Lb
AR Caddick 13(11)SJ Harmison 7(11)ST Jayasuriya 10-0-45-1
48.61Lb
ST Jayasuriya to AR Caddick, 1 leg bye
48.51
ST Jayasuriya to SJ Harmison, 1 run
48.40
ST Jayasuriya to SJ Harmison, no run
48.30
ST Jayasuriya to SJ Harmison, no run
48.22Lb
ST Jayasuriya to SJ Harmison, 2 leg byes
48.11
ST Jayasuriya to AR Caddick, 1 run
End of over 4810 runsENG 247/9216100
SJ Harmison 6(7)AR Caddick 12(9)PA de Silva 6-1-29-3
47.60
PA de Silva to SJ Harmison, no run
47.50
PA de Silva to SJ Harmison, no run
47.41
PA de Silva to AR Caddick, 1 run
47.36
PA de Silva to AR Caddick, SIX
47.21
PA de Silva to SJ Harmison, 1 run
47.12
PA de Silva to SJ Harmison, 2 runs
End of over 476 runs, 1 wktENG 237/93W0210
AR Caddick 5(7)SJ Harmison 3(3)M Muralitharan 10-1-36-1
46.60
M Muralitharan to AR Caddick, no run
46.51
M Muralitharan to SJ Harmison, 1 run
46.42
M Muralitharan to SJ Harmison, 2 runs
46.30
M Muralitharan to SJ Harmison, no run
46.2W
M Muralitharan to JM Anderson, OUT
JM Anderson b M Muralitharan 1(11) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 234/9 (46.2 ov)
46.13
M Muralitharan to AR Caddick, 3 runs
End of over 463 runsENG 231/810011Lb0
JM Anderson 1(10)AR Caddick 2(5)PA de Silva 5-1-19-3
45.60
PA de Silva to JM Anderson, no run
45.51Lb
PA de Silva to AR Caddick, 1 leg bye
45.41
PA de Silva to JM Anderson, 1 run
45.30
PA de Silva to JM Anderson, no run
45.20
PA de Silva to JM Anderson, no run
45.11
PA de Silva to AR Caddick, 1 run
End of over 451 runENG 228/8001000
JM Anderson 0(6)AR Caddick 1(3)M Muralitharan 9-1-30-0
44.60
M Muralitharan to JM Anderson, no run
44.50
M Muralitharan to JM Anderson, no run
44.40
M Muralitharan to JM Anderson, no run
44.31
M Muralitharan to AR Caddick, 1 run
44.20
M Muralitharan to AR Caddick, no run
44.10
M Muralitharan to AR Caddick, no run
End of over 440 runs, 2 wktsENG 227/80WW000
JM Anderson 0(3)AR Caddick 0(0)PA de Silva 4-1-17-3
43.60
PA de Silva to JM Anderson, no run
43.50
PA de Silva to JM Anderson, no run
43.40
PA de Silva to JM Anderson, no run
43.3W
PA de Silva to RC Irani, OUT
RC Irani c & b PA de Silva 2(10) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 227/8 (43.3 ov)
43.2W
PA de Silva to OA Shah, OUT
OA Shah c DPMD Jayawardene b PA de Silva 39(59) [4s-2 6s-0] · FoW 227/7 (43.2 ov)
43.10
PA de Silva to OA Shah, no run
End of over 439 runsENG 227/6210141
OA Shah 39(57)RC Irani 2(9)ST Jayasuriya 9-0-43-1
42.61
ST Jayasuriya to OA Shah, 1 run
42.54
ST Jayasuriya to OA Shah, FOUR
42.41
ST Jayasuriya to RC Irani, 1 run
42.30
ST Jayasuriya to RC Irani, no run
42.21
ST Jayasuriya to OA Shah, 1 run
42.12
ST Jayasuriya to OA Shah, 2 runs
End of over 420 runsENG 218/6000000
RC Irani 1(7)OA Shah 31(53)M Muralitharan 8-1-29-0
41.60
M Muralitharan to RC Irani, no run
41.50
M Muralitharan to RC Irani, no run
41.40
M Muralitharan to RC Irani, no run
41.30
M Muralitharan to RC Irani, no run
41.20
M Muralitharan to RC Irani, no run
41.10
M Muralitharan to RC Irani, no run
End of over 415 runs, 1 wktENG 218/61Lb03W10
OA Shah 31(53)RC Irani 1(1)PA de Silva 3-0-17-1