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England men · ODI · International series

England
v Sri Lanka⁠

Result

Sri Lanka won by 7 runs

England
293/8
Sri Lanka
300/9
Date
Saturday 31 May 2014 · England in 2014
Venue
Lord's, London
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 300/9 (50 overs)

Sri Lanka · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
TM Dilshan b JM Anderson 71 109 5 0 65.1
MDKJ Perera c CJ Jordan b HF Gurney 19 15 2 1 126.7
KC Sangakkara st JC Buttler b JC Tredwell 112 104 14 0 107.7
DPMD Jayawardene c JM Anderson b HF Gurney 7 14 1 0 50.0
AD Mathews c JM Anderson b CJ Jordan 30 30 4 0 100.0
HDRL Thirimanne c GS Ballance b JM Anderson 16 14 2 0 114.3
SMA Priyanjan c EJG Morgan b HF Gurney 9 7 0 0 128.6
KMDN Kulasekara b CJ Jordan 0 2 0 0 0.0
SMSM Senanayake c AN Cook b HF Gurney 12 5 1 1 240.0
BAW Mendis not out 4* 1 1 0 400.0
SL Malinga not out 0* 0 0 0 –
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 16, nb 1) 20
Total 50 overs 300/9

Fall of wickets: 1-26 (MDKJ Perera, 5.1 ov), 2-198 (TM Dilshan, 35.4 ov), 3-217 (DPMD Jayawardene, 39.3 ov), 4-233 (KC Sangakkara, 42.1 ov), 5-261 (HDRL Thirimanne, 46.2 ov), 6-279 (AD Mathews, 48.1 ov), 7-280 (KMDN Kulasekara, 48.4 ov), 8-292 (SMA Priyanjan, 49.3 ov), 9-296 (SMSM Senanayake, 49.5 ov)

Sri Lanka · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 10 1 60 2 6.00 0 1
HF Gurney 10 2 55 4 5.50 3 0
Joe Root 6 0 40 0 6.67 0 0
Chris Jordan 10 0 67 2 6.70 8 0
James Tredwell 10 0 39 1 3.90 0 0
Ravi Bopara 4 0 36 0 9.00 1 0

England · Innings 293/8 (50 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook lbw b SL Malinga 1 6 0 0 16.7
Ian Bell c DPMD Jayawardene b SL Malinga 7 8 1 0 87.5
Gary Ballance c KC Sangakkara b BAW Mendis 42 69 2 0 60.9
Joe Root c BAW Mendis b AD Mathews 43 68 1 0 63.2
Eoin Morgan st KC Sangakkara b SMSM Senanayake 12 17 0 0 70.6
Ravi Bopara c HDRL Thirimanne b BAW Mendis 51 47 1 0 108.5
Jos Buttler run out (SL Malinga) 121 74 11 4 163.5
Chris Jordan c TM Dilshan b SL Malinga 5 10 0 0 50.0
James Tredwell not out 1* 2 0 0 50.0
James Anderson not out 0* 0 0 0 –
Extras (b 0, lb 6, w 3, nb 1) 10
Total 50 overs 293/8

Did not bat: HF Gurney

Fall of wickets: 1-3 (AN Cook, 1.1 ov), 2-10 (IR Bell, 3.2 ov), 3-94 (GS Ballance, 23.2 ov), 4-107 (JE Root, 27.2 ov), 5-111 (EJG Morgan, 28.2 ov), 6-244 (RS Bopara, 44.4 ov), 7-290 (CJ Jordan, 49.2 ov), 8-292 (JC Buttler, 49.4 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
KMDN Kulasekara 10 0 81 0 8.10 0 0
SL Malinga 10 2 52 3 5.20 1 1
AD Mathews 7 1 30 1 4.29 1 0
SMSM Senanayake 10 0 49 1 4.90 0 0
BAW Mendis 10 0 60 2 6.00 1 0
SMA Priyanjan 3 0 15 0 5.00 0 0

Player of the match: Jos Buttler · Umpires: M Erasmus, IJ Gould · 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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England v Sri Lanka stats

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Meetings87In our results database
England wins43England perspective
Draws, ties & NR4Drawn, tied or no result
Sri Lanka wins40Sri Lanka victories

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