Sri Lanka was scheduled to play a 5 Match ONE DAY International Series in England in 2011. Both teams have great players and all rounder’s and match winners and it would be interesting to see them battle in this series and who will be crowned as the winner after the series. The 5th ONE DAY international match was to be played on Old Trafford, Manchester, England on 9th July 2016. Sri Lanka earlier won the T 20 series 3-0.
England won the toss and opts to bat first; this is how England team and 11 was looking like in this 5th ONE DAY international match: Kevin Pietersen, Stuart Broad (c), J Trott, Eoin Morgan, Luke Wright, Graeme Swann, Samit Patel, Craig Kieswetter (wk), Michael L, Jade Dernbach, A Cook.
And Sri Lanka team and 11 was looking like this in this 5th ONE DAY international Match: Mahela Jayawardene, Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Thilina Kandamby (c), Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekara, Angelo Mathews, Suranga Lakmal, Dinesh C, Thisara Perera, Jeevan Mendis
England batted very well and was able to post total of 268 runs in 50 over’s at the loss of 9 wickets and with top scores of J Trott who made 72 runs in 87 balls with 3 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 83 runs in 100 balls and E Morgan who made 57 runs in 60 balls with 2 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 95 runs in 100 balls.
Sri Lanka was needed to score 269 runs in 50 over’s to win this match.
Sri Lanka batted well but was unable to chase the score of 269 and was only able to make total of 252 runs in 48.2 over’s at the loss of 10 wicket and lost the game by 16 runs and top scores by A Mathews who made 62 runs in 64 balls with 6 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 97 runs in 100 balls.
England won the match by 16 runs and now this 5 Match ONE DAY international series ends at 3-2 and England has won the series.
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