Tied Match Between Sri lanka and England in 2016 Series

Sri Lanka was scheduled to play a 5 Match One Day International Series in England in 2016. This series was important as both teams were playing very good cricket and it would be great to witness them playing in bilateral series. The 1st ONE DAY International Match was to be played on Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England on 21st June, 2016.

England won the toss and opts to bowl first; this is how Sri Lanka team and 11 was looking like in this 1st ONE DAY International Match International match: Farveez Maharoof, Upul Tharanga, Angelo Mathews (c), Suranga Lakmal, Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Nuwan Pradeep, Seekkuge Prasanna, Kusal Perera, Danushka Gunathilaka, Dasun Shanaka, Kusal Mendis

And England team and 11 was looking like this in this 1stONE DAY International Match International match: Liam Plunkett, Eoin Morgan (c), Adil Rashid, Jos Buttler (wk), Jonny Bairstow, Jason Roy, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Moeen Ali, Alex Hales, Joe Root

Sri Lanka started well and aggressively and set total of 286 runs 50 over’s at the loss of 9 wickets and top scored by Skipper A Mathews who made 73 runs in 109 balls with 5 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 67 runs in 100 balls.

And S Prasanna who made 59 runs in 28 balls with 8 4’s and 4 six at the strike rate of 211 runs in 100 balls.

England was needed to score 287 runs in 50 over’s to won this 1^st ONE DAY International Match and to take lead in the series 1-0.

England batted very well and was on the way to victory  but needed 7 runs to win on the last ball of the match and Liam P hit that ball for six runs and the match finished as tie at the loss of only 8 wickets and top scored by Chris W who made 95 runs in 92 balls with 4 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 103 runs in 100 balls and Jos B who made 93 runs in 99 balls with 6 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 94 runs in 100 balls.

Match Ended as tie.

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