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England men · ODI · International series

England
v Sri Lanka⁠

Result

Sri Lanka won by 46 runs

England
273
Sri Lanka
319/8
Date
Tuesday 20 June 2006 · England in 2006
Venue
The Oval, London
Competition
ODI · International series

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Sri Lanka ODI scorecard

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat

Sri Lanka · Innings 319/8 (50 overs)

Sri Lanka · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
WU Tharanga c ME Trescothick b SJ Harmison 17 30 2 0 56.7
ST Jayasuriya c TT Bresnan b SJ Harmison 122 136 15 2 89.7
DPMD Jayawardene run out (IR Bell/JWM Dalrymple) 66 62 5 1 106.5
KC Sangakkara c KP Pietersen b SI Mahmood 51 41 5 1 124.4
TM Dilshan b TT Bresnan 9 11 1 0 81.8
RP Arnold c AJ Strauss b SJ Harmison 5 8 0 0 62.5
MF Maharoof run out (PD Collingwood) 0 0 0 0 –
WPUJC Vaas c GO Jones b SI Mahmood 13 9 2 0 144.4
SL Malinga not out 2* 3 0 0 66.7
M Muralitharan not out 1* 1 0 0 100.0
Extras (b 4, lb 7, w 21, nb 1) 33
Total 50 overs 319/8

Did not bat: PDRL Perera

Fall of wickets: 1-34 (WU Tharanga, 8.6 ov), 2-194 (DPMD Jayawardene, 32.1 ov), 3-259 (ST Jayasuriya, 42.3 ov), 4-283 (TM Dilshan, 45.4 ov), 5-298 (KC Sangakkara, 47.2 ov), 6-298 (MF Maharoof, 47.3 ov), 7-304 (RP Arnold, 48.1 ov), 8-317 (WPUJC Vaas, 49.4 ov)

Sri Lanka · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Steve Harmison 10 2 31 3 3.10 2 0
Liam Plunkett 8 0 58 0 7.25 2 0
Tim Bresnan 6 0 38 1 6.33 4 0
Sajid Mahmood 7 0 80 2 11.43 4 1
Paul Collingwood 5 0 30 0 6.00 1 0
Jamie Dalrymple 10 0 45 0 4.50 4 0
Kevin Pietersen 4 0 26 0 6.50 3 0

England · Innings 273 all out (46.4 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Marcus Trescothick c TM Dilshan b SL Malinga 9 8 2 0 112.5
Andrew Strauss c M Muralitharan b MF Maharoof 18 23 2 0 78.3
Ian Bell c M Muralitharan b SL Malinga 40 50 4 1 80.0
Kevin Pietersen b ST Jayasuriya 73 77 9 1 94.8
Paul Collingwood b ST Jayasuriya 56 61 2 0 91.8
Jamie Dalrymple st KC Sangakkara b ST Jayasuriya 37 34 2 1 108.8
Geraint Jones c KC Sangakkara b M Muralitharan 8 10 0 1 80.0
Tim Bresnan not out 11* 9 0 1 122.2
Sajid Mahmood run out (KC Sangakkara/M Muralitharan) 4 4 1 0 100.0
Liam Plunkett run out (TM Dilshan) 3 3 0 0 100.0
Steve Harmison run out (KC Sangakkara/M Muralitharan) 2 3 0 0 66.7
Extras (b 0, lb 5, w 5, nb 2) 12
Total 46.4 overs 273

Fall of wickets: 1-10 (ME Trescothick, 1.2 ov), 2-48 (AJ Strauss, 9.4 ov), 3-116 (IR Bell, 19.4 ov), 4-176 (KP Pietersen, 31.5 ov), 5-222 (PD Collingwood, 39.5 ov), 6-235 (GO Jones, 42.2 ov), 7-253 (JWM Dalrymple, 43.6 ov), 8-258 (SI Mahmood, 44.5 ov), 9-263 (LE Plunkett, 45.4 ov), 10-273 (SJ Harmison, 46.4 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
WPUJC Vaas 8 0 42 0 5.25 0 0
SL Malinga 8 0 45 2 5.63 2 0
MF Maharoof 7 0 39 1 5.57 0 1
PDRL Perera 5 0 40 0 8.00 1 1
M Muralitharan 9.4 0 51 1 5.28 1 0
ST Jayasuriya 9 0 51 3 5.67 1 0

Player of the match: ST Jayasuriya · Umpires: IJ Gould, DB Hair · TV umpire: PJ Hartley · 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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