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England men · ODI · International series

England
v Sri Lanka⁠

Result

England won by 81 runs

England
247/6
Sri Lanka
144
Date
Thursday 22 May 2014 · England in 2014
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 field

England · Innings 247/6 (39 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c KC Sangakkara b KMDN Kulasekara 11 23 1 0 47.8
Ian Bell c SL Malinga b AD Mathews 50 56 4 1 89.3
Gary Ballance c LD Chandimal b SMSM Senanayake 64 72 5 1 88.9
Eoin Morgan b SMSM Senanayake 3 3 0 0 100.0
Joe Root lbw b KMDN Kulasekara 45 41 2 1 109.8
Ravi Bopara lbw b SMSM Senanayake 3 6 0 0 50.0
Jos Buttler not out 26* 20 1 1 130.0
Chris Jordan not out 38* 13 5 2 292.3
Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 5, nb 0) 7
Total 39 overs 247/6

Did not bat: JC Tredwell, JM Anderson, HF Gurney

Fall of wickets: 1-22 (AN Cook, 5.2 ov), 2-101 (IR Bell, 20.4 ov), 3-104 (EJG Morgan, 21.2 ov), 4-145 (GS Ballance, 29.2 ov), 5-152 (RS Bopara, 31.2 ov), 6-193 (JE Root, 35.3 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
SL Malinga 8 0 71 0 8.88 4 0
KMDN Kulasekara 8 1 60 2 7.50 0 0
RAS Lakmal 6 0 34 0 5.67 0 0
NLTC Perera 3 0 25 0 8.33 0 0
AD Mathews 6 0 25 1 4.17 1 0
SMSM Senanayake 8 0 30 3 3.75 0 0

Sri Lanka · Innings 144 all out (27.5 overs)

Sri Lanka · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
HDRL Thirimanne lbw b JM Anderson 0 5 0 0 0.0
TM Dilshan c GS Ballance b CJ Jordan 33 40 5 0 82.5
KC Sangakkara b HF Gurney 8 13 2 0 61.5
DPMD Jayawardene c EJG Morgan b JC Tredwell 35 41 4 0 85.4
AD Mathews c AN Cook b JC Tredwell 18 21 2 0 85.7
LD Chandimal c JC Buttler b CJ Jordan 8 8 1 0 100.0
KMDN Kulasekara c JC Buttler b CJ Jordan 0 3 0 0 0.0
NLTC Perera c JE Root b JC Tredwell 2 6 0 0 33.3
SMSM Senanayake c IR Bell b HF Gurney 11 11 1 0 100.0
SL Malinga b RS Bopara 10 16 1 0 62.5
RAS Lakmal not out 4* 5 0 0 80.0
Extras (b 5, lb 2, w 6, nb 2) 15
Total 27.5 overs 144

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (HDRL Thirimanne, 0.5 ov), 2-19 (KC Sangakkara, 5.3 ov), 3-63 (TM Dilshan, 14.1 ov), 4-88 (DPMD Jayawardene, 17.3 ov), 5-108 (LD Chandimal, 20.3 ov), 6-108 (KMDN Kulasekara, 20.6 ov), 7-114 (AD Mathews, 21.6 ov), 8-118 (NLTC Perera, 23.2 ov), 9-138 (SMSM Senanayake, 26.3 ov), 10-144 (SL Malinga, 27.5 ov)

Sri Lanka · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 5 1 22 1 4.40 0 0
HF Gurney 5 0 20 2 4.00 2 2
Chris Jordan 6 0 25 3 4.17 2 0
Joe Root 1 0 7 0 7.00 0 0
Ravi Bopara 4.5 0 25 1 5.17 2 0
James Tredwell 6 0 38 3 6.33 0 0

Player of the match: Chris Jordan · Umpires: RJ Bailey, CB Gaffaney · TV umpire: M Erasmus · 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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