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Thursday, February 26, 2015

2015 ICC Cricket World Cup Match 22 Pool A England Vs Sri Lanka @ Wellington Sunday March 01,2015

 



England won the toss and chose to bat first

Squads

England

Moeen Ali
Ian Bell
Gary Ballance
Joe Root
Eoin Morgan (C)
James Taylor
Jos Buttler (W)
Chris Woakes
Stuart Broad
Steven Finn
James Anderson

Sri Lanka
Lahiru Thirimanne
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Kumar Sangakkara (W)
Mahela Jayawardene
Angelo Mathews (C)
Dimuth Karunaratne
Dinesh Chandimal
Thisara Perera
Rangana Herath
Lasith Malinga
Suranga Lakmal



England slipped to a third crushing defeat in four 2015WC Matches as Sri Lanka comfortably chased 310 to win by nine wickets in Wellington
Lahiru Thirimanne scored 139* and Kumar Sangakkara 117* to seal victory with 16 balls to spare. 
Lahiru Thirimanne
Kumar Sangakkara
Earlier, Joe Root made 121 as England accelerated late on to post 309-6
Joe Root
England are only the second team to lose an ODI by nine wickets after posting 300 in the first innings
England have lost nine ODIs after making at least 300 batting first, the most by any team
Sri Lanka are the first team in World Cup history to chase down a target of 300-plus for the loss of one wicket
Sri Lanka are effectively 644-2 in their past two ODIs (332-1 & 312-1) and 543-1 in their last two World Cup matches against England (231-0 & 312-1)
Kumar Sangakkara's 70-ball century was the joint fifth fastest in World Cup history

Tillakaratne Dilshan catches Gary Ballance off his own bowling, his 100th ODI wicket
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Scorecard
England 309-6 (50 overs)
Sri Lanka 312-1 (47.2 overs)
Match Result - SL won by 9 wickets
MOM  Kumar Sangakkara(SL)

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