Sri Lanka vs England 5th ODI at Colombo, 23 Oct, 2018

Toss: Sri Lanka, who chose to bat
Sri Lanka 366/6 (50)
England 132/9 (26.1)
Sri Lanka won by 219 runs (DLS method)
Man of the Match: Niroshan Dickwella
  • Tom Curran 1 * (8)

Over 3.1 PVD Chameera bowls a pitched up delivery to Joe Root,1 run, gets forward and plays it through the off-side with soft hands and picks up a single.

Over 4.1 Kasun Rajitha bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root, no run, gets back in the crease and flicks it straight to the man at mid-wicket.

Over 4.2 Kasun Rajitha bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to Joe Root, no run, goes deep in the crease and digs it out back to the bowler.

Over 4.3 Kasun Rajitha bowls it short of length to Joe Root, no run, gets on top of the bounce and punches it straight to the man at cover.

Over 4.4 Kasun Rajitha bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root, no run, goes on to the back foot and looks to punch through the off-side, the ball beats the inside edge of the bat.

Over 4.5 Kasun Rajitha bowls a pitched up delivery to Joe Root,1 run, gets forward and drives it through cover for a single.

Over 5.1 PVD Chameera bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root,1 run, gets hurried on the defense and chopped a bottom edge near the stumps.

Over 5.3 PVD Chameera bowls a pitched up delivery to Joe Root, no run, gets across  the line and flicks it straight to the man at mid-wicket.

Over 5.4 PVD Chameera bowls a back of length delivery to Joe Root, no run, gets inside the line and punched off the back foot towards point.

Over 5.5 PVD Chameera bowls it short of length to Joe Root, no run, gets on top of the bounce and cuts it straight to the man at backward point.

Over 5.6 PVD Chameera bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root, 3 runs, stands tall and punches it through the gap between extra cover and mid-off, picks up three runs.

Over 6.1 Kasun Rajitha bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root, no run, stays on the back foot and blocks it towards cover.

Over 6.2 Kasun Rajitha bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root,1 run, shuffles across the stumps and eases it to deep backward point.

Over 6.6 Kasun Rajitha bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root, 3 runs, gets across the line on the back foot and flicks it down to deep mid-wicket and picks up three runs.

Over 7.1 PVD Chameera bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root, no run, stays back in the crease and punches it straight to the man at cover.

Over 7.2 PVD Chameera bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root, out Caught by Samarawickrama!!