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England men · ODI · International series

England
v Sri Lanka⁠

Result

Sri Lanka won by 33 runs

England
285
Sri Lanka
318/7
Date
Wednesday 28 June 2006 · England in 2006
Venue
Manchester
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 318/7 (50 overs)

Sri Lanka · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
WU Tharanga c VS Solanki b JWM Dalrymple 60 80 5 0 75.0
ST Jayasuriya c JWM Dalrymple b SJ Harmison 14 20 3 0 70.0
DPMD Jayawardene c & b JWM Dalrymple 100 83 9 0 120.5
KC Sangakkara c GO Jones b SJ Harmison 7 15 0 0 46.7
TM Dilshan b LE Plunkett 7 11 1 0 63.6
RP Arnold c GO Jones b IR Bell 7 7 0 0 100.0
MF Maharoof not out 58* 50 5 2 116.0
WPUJC Vaas c GO Jones b LE Plunkett 7 15 0 0 46.7
HMCM Bandara not out 28* 22 3 1 127.3
Extras (b 0, lb 6, w 21, nb 3) 30
Total 50 overs 318/7

Did not bat: SL Malinga, CRD Fernando

Fall of wickets: 1-23 (ST Jayasuriya, 4.5 ov), 2-160 (WU Tharanga, 24.5 ov), 3-173 (KC Sangakkara, 28.2 ov), 4-196 (TM Dilshan, 32.4 ov), 5-214 (RP Arnold, 35.3 ov), 6-220 (DPMD Jayawardene, 36.4 ov), 7-250 (WPUJC Vaas, 43.5 ov)

Sri Lanka · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Steve Harmison 10 0 51 2 5.10 9 0
Kabir Ali 10 0 77 0 7.70 2 2
Liam Plunkett 9 0 60 2 6.67 2 0
Tim Bresnan 8 0 58 0 7.25 1 1
Jamie Dalrymple 10 0 44 2 4.40 2 0
Vikram Solanki 1 0 9 0 9.00 1 0
Ian Bell 2 0 13 1 6.50 0 0

England · Innings 285 all out (48.3 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Marcus Trescothick c HMCM Bandara b SL Malinga 44 40 7 1 110.0
Alastair Cook b CRD Fernando 39 38 8 0 102.6
Ian Bell st KC Sangakkara b HMCM Bandara 30 48 1 0 62.5
Andrew Strauss c KC Sangakkara b TM Dilshan 45 44 5 0 102.3
Vikram Solanki st KC Sangakkara b HMCM Bandara 10 18 0 0 55.6
Jamie Dalrymple b CRD Fernando 33 49 1 0 67.3
Geraint Jones c MF Maharoof b TM Dilshan 23 20 1 1 115.0
Tim Bresnan run out (WU Tharanga/KC Sangakkara) 20 13 2 0 153.8
Liam Plunkett c DPMD Jayawardene b SL Malinga 29 18 1 2 161.1
Kabir Ali run out (CRD Fernando) 0 1 0 0 0.0
Steve Harmison not out 2* 3 0 0 66.7
Extras (b 1, lb 3, w 5, nb 1) 10
Total 48.3 overs 285

Fall of wickets: 1-77 (ME Trescothick, 11.6 ov), 2-85 (AN Cook, 12.6 ov), 3-161 (AJ Strauss, 27.6 ov), 4-161 (IR Bell, 28.2 ov), 5-178 (VS Solanki, 34.2 ov), 6-212 (GO Jones, 39.5 ov), 7-241 (TT Bresnan, 42.6 ov), 8-273 (JWM Dalrymple, 47.1 ov), 9-273 (Kabir Ali, 47.2 ov), 10-285 (LE Plunkett, 48.4 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
WPUJC Vaas 7.5 0 45 0 5.74 0 0
SL Malinga 9.4 0 63 2 6.52 4 0
CRD Fernando 7 0 47 2 6.71 0 0
MF Maharoof 1 0 11 0 11.00 0 1
HMCM Bandara 10 1 43 2 4.30 1 0
TM Dilshan 10 0 46 2 4.60 0 0
ST Jayasuriya 3 0 26 0 8.67 0 0

Player of the match: DPMD Jayawardene · Umpires: BR Doctrove, NJ Llong · TV umpire: MR Benson · 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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