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England’s Woakes sinks Sri Lanka in rain-marred ODI

October 13, 2018 euronews Leave a Comment

Dambulla, Sri Lanka (Reuters) – England’s Eoin Morgan and Joe Root shone with the bat while team mate Chris Woakes was on fire with the ball in a 31-run victory against Sri Lanka via the Duckworth Lewis method in the rain-soaked second one day international on Saturday. Chasing 279 for victory, Sri Lanka overcame Woakes’ triple strikes to reach 140-5 in 29 overs when heavy rain stopped play and England won the match under the scoring method governing such rain-marred matches. Morgan’s men go 1-0 up in the five-match series which began with a washout on Wednesday and the teams now move to Kandy for the third match next Wednesday. Earlier, Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga rediscovered some of his old magic and claimed 5-44 to limit England to 278-9 after the tourists looked set for a 300-plus total. Morgan led from the front with nearly a run-a-ball 92, while test captain Root contributed 71. England lost Jason Roy in the first over but Root played with characteristic assuredness, hitting six crisp boundaries in his fluent innings. Root added 68 runs with Morgan, who initially struggled to middle the ball but soon got into a rhythm, often employing the sweep and reverse sweeps against the spinners. Akila Dananjaya dismissed Root but it was Malinga who denied the tourists a late surge, and Morgan his 12th ODI hundred, when he had the England captain caught and bowled in the 42nd over. Malinga’s bowling mastery was in full display again as the 35-year-old… [Read full story]




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