Summary

  • England end tri-series with consolation win - report

  • Four wickets for Dawson and two for Baker

  • Rathnayake falls for 118 after giving SL hope

  • Dangerous Kusal (89) removed by Root

  • Duckett hits 167, his second century in two games

  • Banton 74, Brook 44, Cox 43

Have your say on England men this winter

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Live Reporting

by Mike Peter, Ffion Wynne & George Booth

  1. How's stat?!

    Since Adil Rashid became a mainstay in England's ODI team (summer 2015), they have won 56% of the 160 matches with him in the side, and 44% of the 32 games without him.

  2. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on Test Match Special

    Sri Lanka are keeping up with the rate, and they are keeping themselves in the game.

    At 20 overs, England had a few more on the board at 144-0 compared to Sri Lanka's 119-2.

  3. SL 123-2

    Thanks Ffion.

    In the last ODI, Jamie Overton took 3-43 and bowled every ball at one end from the 12th over to the 30th - the first seamer to bowl 10 on the spin for England in a 50-over match since Jake Ball vs South Africa at Lord's in 2017.

    With Overton missing today, England need a different strategy at one end. At the other end they've got Liam Dawson, who concedes four singles from his sixth over.

  4. SL 119-2

    Target 387

    Sonny Baker of England bowlsGetty Images

    Baker recovers impressively, just another single taken from the next five balls.

    And that is my cue to hand you over to Mike Peter to guide you expertly through the rest of this game.

  5. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on Test Match Special

    This is a curious bowling change for me, unless Henry Crocombe is going to come on from Liam Dawson's end.

  6. 6 runs

    SL 118-2

    Something tells me Sri Lanka want to put Sonny Baker under the pump.

    Kusal Mendis launches the first ball of his over for six!

  7. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on Test Match Special

    England are being tested again. They just need to create some pressure.

  8. SL 112-2

    Target 387

    Kusal Mendis picks up the length so quickly again, as Liam Dawson bowls slightly short and he pounces to pull for four.

    Dawson continues to hold up an end well, however, with 1-25 off five. How long does Harry Brook keep him on for?

  9. 50 runs

    50 for Kusal Mendis

    SL 107-2

    Sri Lanka's captain Kusal Mendis (L) plays a shotGetty Images

    Good response from Henry Crocombe after his expensive opening over.

    Kusal Mendis is accelerating nicely though, taking a single from the final ball of the over to bring up a composed fifty from 47 balls.

  10. SL 103-2

    Target 387

    Kusal Mendis is undeterred by the wicket, cutting Dawson for four as the spinner drops a little short.

    Kusal is joined by Pavan Rathnayake, who scored a sensational 130 in Sri Lanka's chase of 430 last week.

  11. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on Test Match Special

    Will Jacks covered a lot of ground.

    Avishka Fernando going up and over extra cover and Jacks, from long-off has run all the way around the boundary sponge.

    He has judged it really nicely. He makes it look very simple.

  12. Aatif Nawaz
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    What a catch from Will Jacks! Judged to perfection.

  13. wicket

    WICKET

    Avishka c Jacks b Dawson 48 (SL 97-2)

    Liam Dawson is rewarded for the pressure he's built.

    Avishka Fernando looked in fine touch again, and even this shot looks like it's going to the boundary.

    He plays a lofted drive off Dawson that hangs in the air for an age, but Will Jacks reads it perfectly and steadies himself for the catch.

    A much-needed breakthrough for England after drinks.

  14. How's stat?!

    Away from home since the start of 2024, England take a wicket in the middle phase (overs 11-40) every 53 runs scored - only the West Indies concede more runs per wicket on the road in the timeframe.

  15. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on Test Match Special

    It's a good partnership between Avishka Fernando and Kusal Mendis. They are at 83 together now.

    It was a huge over this with 13 runs coming off it. They have put the younger bowler, Henry Crocombe, under pressure from the start of his spell.

  16. SL 96-1

    Target 387

    Henry Crocombe of England reactsGetty Images

    Yep, it looks like they've picked Crocombe's inexperience to go after.

    Avishka Fernando takes three boundaries from it, a pull to fine leg sandwiched between two thumps over mid-wicket.

    There's the big over Sri Lanka were crying out for.

  17. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on Test Match Special

    Sri Lanka have only lost one wicket going into the 16th over. It is definitely on.

    These two can definitely go at eight an over.

  18. How stat?!

    England have comfortably been the best bowling side in the powerplay in this series:

    • England: 8 wickets | Avg 26.62 | Econ 5.32
    • Pakistan: 7 wickets | Avg 33.28 | Econ 5.82
    • Sri Lanka: 5 wickets | Avg 43.40 | Econ 5.42

  19. Another bowling change.

    It's the newbie, Henry Crocombe, who replaces Sam Curran. Will he be the one Sri Lanka choose to target?

  20. SL 83-1

    Target 387

    Liam Dawson continues to keep Sri Lanka's scoring in check. Three from it and they need a big over to keep themselves up with the run-rate.

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