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England vs Sri Lanka Scorecard, 2nd ODI, Sri Lanka vs England 2018
Result · Oct 13 2018, Sat - 09:45 AM (IST)
2nd ODI, - Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla, Sri Lanka
ENGLAND278/9
SRI LANKA140/5
England won by 31 runs (DLS Method)
CRR:4.83
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | England in Sri Lanka 2018 |
| Date: | Oct 13 2018, Sat - 09:45 AM (IST) |
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| City: | Dambulla |
| Venue: | Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium |
| Toss: | Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| Sri Lanka Playing XI: | Upul Tharanga, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Dinesh Chandimal (c), Kusal Perera, Dhananjaya de Silva, Thisara Perera, Dasun Shanaka, Akila Dananjaya, Nuwan Pradeep, Lakshan Sandakan, Lasith Malinga |
| England Playing XI: | Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (c), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (wk), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Liam Dawson, Adil Rashid, Olly Stone |
- Sri Lanka have failed to win any of their last four completed One-Day Internationals versus England (T1 L3); they had won three on the spin immediately beforehand against them.
- England have only managed to record victory once before in their five bilateral ODI series to have taken place in Sri Lanka, losing three of them (D1).
- Sri Lanka have registered wins in seven of their last nine completed ODI fixtures on home soil against England (L2); recording victories in the last two such meetings.
- The Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium has hosted five completed ODI fixtures between Sri Lanka and England; the Lions winning three of those encounters although the last two such meetings there have been won by England.
- England have won 76% of their completed ODIs since June 2016 (W38 L11 T1), the best rate of any side in that time; Sri Lanka have only mustered a win percentage of just 29.1% over the same period.
- Seven of the last eight ODI games played at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium have been won by the chasing side (L1); Sri Lanka have tasted defeat in each of their last seven completed ODI matches at this venue, having previous won four in succession there beforehand.
- Jos Buttler is set to record his 100th ODI knock for England (99 innings, 117 matches); he's scored 3,148 runs at an average of 40.4 to date, only Glenn Maxwell (121.3) has a higher batting strike rate than the Englishman (117.1 - 1,000+ runs).
- Jonny Bairstow (995) needs five runs to reach 1,000 ODI runs in 2018, only five England batsmen have managed this in a calendar year before (Trott 2011, Gower 1983, Bell 2007, Collingwood 2007, C Broad 1987); 92 runs will see Bairstow go second for most runs in a calendar year for England behind Trott's 1,315 in 2011.
- Lasith Malinga has taken more ODI wickets in games between Sri Lanka and England than any other bowler ever (39); only four players (Brett Lee, Glenn McGrath, Malcolm Marshall and Shaun Pollock) have ever managed more against them.
- Joe Root is averaging 63.5 across his 20 ODI innings so far in 2018; he recorded a rate of 60+ in 2016 (61.2 from 14 knocks) and 2017 (70.2 from 18 innings) too.