Sri Lanka 222-4 (48.2) beat England 219 all out (48.1) by 6 wickets (Sri Lanka win Series 3-2)
Sri Lanka defeated England by six wickets in the fifth one day international to win the Series 3-2. England were bowled out for 219 whilst Lasith Malinga took three wickets. Thirimanne (64*) and Jayawardene (53) both hit fifties whilst Mathews struck an unbeaten 42* at the end of the innings to help Sri Lanka seal victory in the penultimate over of the innings.
My Opinion:
England started their innings well, passing fifty without the loss of a wicket. However, from then on wickets just kept falling which eventually led to the team being bowled out. Bell and Ballance were the first two wickets to go but Cook managed to pass fifty. Root, Cook and Morgan were all dismissed in the space of seven overs, leaving England struggling on 142-5. Things only got worse as Bopara, Buttler and Tredwell failed to provide a key innings between them whilst a spirited 30 from Jordan wasn't enough at the end of the innings to save a poor England batting display. It just wasn't good enough and it gave the bowlers too low a target to aim for in the end.
Sri Lanka, similarly to England, made a great start to their innings. Dilshan and Perera put on an opening fifty partnership but England fought back with three quick wickets. Tredwell struck twice as Sri Lanka were reduced from 55-0 to 62-3 in the space of 3 overs. However, Jayawardene and Thirimanne put the visitors back in control with a fifty partnership. Jordan dismissed Jayawardene (53) but Thirimanne and and Mathews comfortably saw Sri Lanka over the winning line with ten balls to go. A disappointing way to lose the Series for England but delight for Sri Lanka who turned it around in the last the two games.
Match Guide: Key Moments
England won the toss and elected to bat.
England Innings:
(11) 55-0, Fifty Partnership between Cook 25* and Bell 28*.
(15) 76-1, Bell 37 (42), 3 fours, caught and bowled by Mendis.
(20.1) 98-2, Ballance 10 (15), caught and bowled by Malinga.
(21) 102-2, Cook 48*, Root 2*
(22) 106-2, Fifty for Cook off 69 balls.
(23.2) 116-3, Root 10 (11), 1 four, caught Sangakkara, Priyanjan.
(29.2) 136-4, Cook 56 (85), 3 fours, caught Sangakkara, Senanayake.
(30.5) 142-5, Morgan 17 (27), 1 six, caught Jayawardene, Mathews.
(33) 152-5, Bopara 7*, Buttler 6*.
(37.2) 170-6, Bopara 17 (30), bowled by Mendis.
(43.3) 199-7, Buttler 21 (24), 1 four, run out by Senanayake.
(45) 201-8, Tredwell 0 (5), bowled by Malinga.
(47.3) 218-9, Jordan 30 (42), 3 fours, run out by Perera.
(48.1) 219 all out, Anderson 5 (7), bowled by Malinga. Gurney 0*(2).
Batsman of the Innings: Cook 56 (85)
Bowler of the Innings: Malinga 3-50 from 9.1 overs.
Sri Lanka Innings:
(7) 51-0, Fifty partnership between Dilshan 24* and Perera 15*.
(7.2) 55-1, Dilshan 28 (23), 5 fours, caught Root, Tredwell.
(10) 59-2, Sangakkara 2 (13), caught Jordan, Tredwell.
(10.5) 62-3, Perera 19 (29), 2 fours, lbw Anderson.
(26) 106-3, Jayawardene 20*, Thirimanne 22*.
(30) 119-3, Fifty partnership between Jayawardene 28* and Thirimanne 27*.
(37) 155-3, Jayawardene 49*, Thirimanne 41*.
(38) 156-3, Fifty for Jayawardene off 87 balls.
(38.4) 160-4, Jayawardene 53 (90), 4 fours, caught Anderson, Jordan.
(44) 181-4, Fifty for Thirimanne from 89 balls.
(46) 201-4, Thirimanne 54*, Mathews 27*.
(48) 214-4, Fifty partnership between Thirimanne 60* and Mathews 34*.
(48.2) 222-4, Thirimanne 60*(101), 2 fours, 1 six and Mathews 42*(34), 6 fours.
Sri Lanka win by 6 wickets and win the Series 3-2.
Batsman of the Innings: Thirimanne 60*(101)
Bowler of the Innings: Tredwell 2-30 from 10 overs.
England Player of the Series - L. Plunkett
England Batsman of the Series - J. Buttler scored 172 runs from 124 balls faced.
England Bowler of the Series - L. Plunkett took 11 wickets with an average of 29.09 runs.
Sri Lanka Player of the Series - T. Dilshan
Sri Lanka Batsman of the Series - T. Dilshan scored 222 runs from 284 balls.
Sri Lanka Bowler of the Series - R. Eranga took 10 wickets with an average of 31.90 runs.
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