England Beat Sri Lanka in 5th ODI played in Series,2016

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 3rd ODI match was washed out due to rain the 5th ONE DAY International Match was to be played on Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, England on 2nd July, 2016. Sri Lanka already lost the series 2-0 and this last game is just like a dead rubber match.

Sri Lanka won the toss and opts to bowl first; this is how Sri Lanka team and 11 was looking like in this 5thONE DAY International Match International match: Farveez Maharoof, Upul Tharanga, Angelo Mathews (c), S Lakmal, Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Nuwan Pradeep, Seekkuge Prasanna, Kusal Perera, D Gunathilaka, D Shanaka, Kusal Mendis

And England team and 11 was looking like this in this 5thONE DAY International Match International match: Liam Plunkett, Eoin Morgan (c), Adil Rashid, Jos Buttler (wk), Jonny B, Jason Roy, David Willey, Chris W, M Ali, Alex Hales, Joe Root

England started well and aggressively and set total of 324 runs 50 over’s at the loss of 7 wickets and top scored by J root who made 93 runs in 106 balls with 6 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 88 runs in 100 balls.

And Jos B who made 70 runs in 45 balls with 7 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 156 runs in 100 balls.

Sri Lanka was needed to score 325 runs in 50 over’s to won this 5^th ONE DAY International Match.

Sri Lanka batted poorly and was bowled out for only 202 runs in only 42.4 over’s and top scored by Dinesh C who made 53 runs in 66 balls with 2 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 80 runs in 100 balls and D Guna who made 48 runs in 45 balls with 6 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 107 runs in 100 balls.

England won the match by 122 runs and won the series 3-0.

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