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England men · ODI · International series

England
v Sri Lanka⁠

Result

Sri Lanka won by 20 runs

England
237/9
Sri Lanka
257/9
Date
Saturday 17 June 2006 · England in 2006
Venue
Lord's, London
Competition
ODI · International series

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Sri Lanka ODI scorecard

England won the toss and chose to field

Sri Lanka · Innings 257/9 (50 overs)

Sri Lanka · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
WU Tharanga c JWM Dalrymple b SI Mahmood 120 156 14 0 76.9
ST Jayasuriya c GO Jones b SJ Harmison 11 22 2 0 50.0
DPMD Jayawardene c AJ Strauss b PD Collingwood 24 36 0 1 66.7
KC Sangakkara run out (PD Collingwood/SI Mahmood) 15 18 2 0 83.3
TM Dilshan c PD Collingwood b SJ Harmison 13 15 0 0 86.7
RP Arnold c GO Jones b PD Collingwood 8 15 0 0 53.3
CK Kapugedera c KP Pietersen b LE Plunkett 1 6 0 0 16.7
WPUJC Vaas c AJ Strauss b SJ Harmison 10 15 0 0 66.7
SL Malinga b TT Bresnan 3 8 0 0 37.5
CRD Fernando not out 10* 9 1 0 111.1
M Muralitharan not out 0* 4 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 2, lb 13, w 23, nb 4) 42
Total 50 overs 257/9

Fall of wickets: 1-25 (ST Jayasuriya, 4.6 ov), 2-124 (DPMD Jayawardene, 21.3 ov), 3-153 (KC Sangakkara, 27.2 ov), 4-187 (TM Dilshan, 33.3 ov), 5-204 (RP Arnold, 38.3 ov), 6-207 (CK Kapugedera, 39.5 ov), 7-227 (WPUJC Vaas, 45.2 ov), 8-236 (SL Malinga, 47.2 ov), 9-248 (WU Tharanga, 48.4 ov)

Sri Lanka · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Steve Harmison 10 0 52 3 5.20 8 0
Liam Plunkett 7 0 32 1 4.57 6 0
Tim Bresnan 9 1 44 1 4.89 5 1
Sajid Mahmood 9 0 57 1 6.33 2 3
Paul Collingwood 10 1 29 2 2.90 0 0
Jamie Dalrymple 5 0 28 0 5.60 1 0

England · Innings 237/9 (50 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Marcus Trescothick b TM Dilshan 67 99 6 1 67.7
Andrew Strauss c KC Sangakkara b CRD Fernando 12 16 1 0 75.0
Ian Bell b CRD Fernando 7 9 1 0 77.8
Kevin Pietersen c DPMD Jayawardene b SL Malinga 10 14 1 0 71.4
Paul Collingwood lbw b CRD Fernando 0 7 0 0 0.0
Jamie Dalrymple b M Muralitharan 67 87 5 0 77.0
Geraint Jones c CK Kapugedera b ST Jayasuriya 19 23 0 0 82.6
Tim Bresnan b SL Malinga 16 21 1 0 76.2
Sajid Mahmood b SL Malinga 8 7 0 0 114.3
Liam Plunkett not out 14* 14 1 0 100.0
Steve Harmison not out 5* 5 0 0 100.0
Extras (b 0, lb 7, w 3, nb 2) 12
Total 50 overs 237/9

Fall of wickets: 1-31 (AJ Strauss, 8.1 ov), 2-44 (IR Bell, 10.3 ov), 3-65 (KP Pietersen, 15.1 ov), 4-66 (PD Collingwood, 16.3 ov), 5-138 (ME Trescothick, 31.6 ov), 6-172 (GO Jones, 39.2 ov), 7-208 (TT Bresnan, 45.3 ov), 8-214 (JWM Dalrymple, 46.3 ov), 9-220 (SI Mahmood, 47.5 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
WPUJC Vaas 8 0 37 0 4.63 0 0
SL Malinga 9 2 26 3 2.89 1 0
CRD Fernando 8 0 51 3 6.38 2 2
M Muralitharan 10 0 47 1 4.70 0 0
TM Dilshan 6 0 23 1 3.83 0 0
ST Jayasuriya 9 0 46 1 5.11 0 0

Player of the match: WU Tharanga · Umpires: DB Hair, NJ Llong · TV umpire: IJ Gould · Match referee: CH Lloyd. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.

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