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England men · ODI · ICC Cricket World Cup · Quarter-final
Result
Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets
Last checked 24 October 2026
Scorecard
England won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Strauss | b TM Dilshan | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 26.3 |
| Ian Bell | c TT Samaraweera b AD Mathews | 25 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 78.1 |
| Jonathan Trott | c DPMD Jayawardene b M Muralitharan | 86 | 115 | 2 | 0 | 74.8 |
| Ravi Bopara | lbw b M Muralitharan | 31 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 55.4 |
| Eoin Morgan | c AD Mathews b SL Malinga | 50 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 90.9 |
| Graeme Swann | lbw b BAW Mendis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Matt Prior | not out | 22* | 19 | 2 | 0 | 115.8 |
| Luke Wright | not out | 1* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 3, w 6, nb 0) | 9 | ||||
| Total | 50 overs | 229/6 | ||||
Did not bat: TT Bresnan, JC Tredwell, CT Tremlett
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (AJ Strauss, 7.6 ov), 2-31 (IR Bell, 8.6 ov), 3-95 (RS Bopara, 26.6 ov), 4-186 (EJG Morgan, 42.6 ov), 5-186 (GP Swann, 43.1 ov), 6-212 (IJL Trott, 48.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SL Malinga | 10 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 4.60 | 2 | 0 |
| TM Dilshan | 6 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 4.17 | 1 | 0 |
| AD Mathews | 5 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
| HMRKB Herath | 10 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 4.70 | 0 | 0 |
| BAW Mendis | 10 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 3.40 | 0 | 0 |
| M Muralitharan | 9 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WU Tharanga | not out | 102* | 122 | 12 | 1 | 83.6 |
| TM Dilshan | not out | 108* | 115 | 10 | 2 | 93.9 |
| Extras | (b 9, lb 6, w 6, nb 0) | 21 | ||||
| Total | 39.3 overs | 231/0 | ||||
Did not bat: KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene, TT Samaraweera, LPC Silva, AD Mathews, SL Malinga, HMRKB Herath, BAW Mendis, M Muralitharan
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Bresnan | 8 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Graeme Swann | 9 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 6.78 | 2 | 0 |
| Chris Tremlett | 7.3 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 5.07 | 1 | 0 |
| Ravi Bopara | 5 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 4.40 | 0 | 0 |
| James Tredwell | 6 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 6.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Wright | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4.25 | 1 | 0 |
Player of the match: TM Dilshan · Umpires: BR Doctrove, SJA Taufel · TV umpire: AL Hill · Match referee: JJ Crowe. 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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