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England men · ODI · International series

England
v Sri Lanka⁠

Result

Sri Lanka won by 157 runs

England
99
Sri Lanka
256/8
Date
Sunday 25 May 2014 · England in 2014
Venue
Chester-le-Street
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 256/8 (50 overs)

Sri Lanka · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
HDRL Thirimanne c JC Tredwell b JM Anderson 10 37 0 1 27.0
TM Dilshan b CJ Jordan 88 101 7 0 87.1
KC Sangakkara c JC Buttler b JC Tredwell 40 67 2 0 59.7
DPMD Jayawardene run out (GS Ballance/JC Buttler) 2 8 0 0 25.0
AD Mathews c RS Bopara b HF Gurney 30 35 2 0 85.7
SMA Priyanjan c EJG Morgan b JM Anderson 43 33 2 2 130.3
LD Chandimal c RS Bopara b HF Gurney 14 9 2 0 155.6
KMDN Kulasekara c JE Root b HF Gurney 0 2 0 0 0.0
SMSM Senanayake not out 2* 2 0 0 100.0
KTGD Prasad not out 7* 6 0 0 116.7
Extras (b 0, lb 5, w 15, nb 0) 20
Total 50 overs 256/8

Did not bat: SL Malinga

Fall of wickets: 1-33 (HDRL Thirimanne, 8.6 ov), 2-129 (KC Sangakkara, 30.4 ov), 3-136 (DPMD Jayawardene, 32.5 ov), 4-159 (TM Dilshan, 37.1 ov), 5-225 (AD Mathews, 46.2 ov), 6-236 (SMA Priyanjan, 47.2 ov), 7-247 (LD Chandimal, 48.3 ov), 8-248 (KMDN Kulasekara, 48.5 ov)

Sri Lanka · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 10 1 38 2 3.80 4 0
HF Gurney 10 0 59 3 5.90 5 0
Chris Jordan 10 0 56 1 5.60 5 0
Ravi Bopara 9 0 40 0 4.44 1 0
James Tredwell 10 0 57 1 5.70 0 0
Joe Root 1 0 1 0 1.00 0 0

England · Innings 99 all out (26.1 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
MA Carberry c KC Sangakkara b KMDN Kulasekara 6 8 0 0 75.0
Ian Bell c KC Sangakkara b KMDN Kulasekara 12 17 1 0 70.6
Gary Ballance lbw b KMDN Kulasekara 5 7 1 0 71.4
Joe Root b SL Malinga 0 3 0 0 0.0
Eoin Morgan c LD Chandimal b KTGD Prasad 40 58 3 2 69.0
Ravi Bopara b SMSM Senanayake 7 24 1 0 29.2
Jos Buttler c SMSM Senanayake b AD Mathews 4 6 1 0 66.7
Chris Jordan lbw b SMSM Senanayake 1 3 0 0 33.3
James Tredwell c KMDN Kulasekara b SMSM Senanayake 4 14 0 0 28.6
James Anderson b SMSM Senanayake 7 14 1 0 50.0
HF Gurney not out 4* 4 1 0 100.0
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 5, nb 1) 9
Total 26.1 overs 99

Fall of wickets: 1-19 (MA Carberry, 2.4 ov), 2-26 (IR Bell, 4.4 ov), 3-27 (JE Root, 5.2 ov), 4-29 (GS Ballance, 6.2 ov), 5-46 (RS Bopara, 14.6 ov), 6-55 (JC Buttler, 17.1 ov), 7-63 (CJ Jordan, 18.2 ov), 8-73 (JC Tredwell, 22.1 ov), 9-95 (EJG Morgan, 25.2 ov), 10-99 (JM Anderson, 26.1 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
KMDN Kulasekara 6 3 15 3 2.50 0 0
SL Malinga 4 1 17 1 4.25 0 1
KTGD Prasad 6 0 36 1 6.00 4 0
SMSM Senanayake 7.1 1 13 4 1.81 0 0
AD Mathews 2 0 9 1 4.50 1 0
TM Dilshan 1 0 6 0 6.00 0 0

Player of the match: TM Dilshan · Umpires: M Erasmus, RT Robinson · TV umpire: CB Gaffaney · 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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