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England men · ODI · International series

England
v Sri Lanka⁠

Result

Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets

England
219
Sri Lanka
222/4
Date
Tuesday 3 June 2014 · England in 2014
Venue
Birmingham
Competition
ODI · International series

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Sri Lanka ODI scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · Innings 219 all out (48.1 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c KC Sangakkara b SMSM Senanayake 56 85 3 0 65.9
Ian Bell c & b BAW Mendis 37 42 3 0 88.1
Gary Ballance c & b SL Malinga 10 15 0 0 66.7
Joe Root c KC Sangakkara b SMA Priyanjan 10 11 1 0 90.9
Eoin Morgan c DPMD Jayawardene b AD Mathews 17 27 0 1 63.0
Ravi Bopara b BAW Mendis 17 30 0 0 56.7
Jos Buttler run out (SMSM Senanayake) 21 24 1 0 87.5
Chris Jordan run out (MDKJ Perera/BAW Mendis) 30 42 3 0 71.4
James Tredwell b SL Malinga 0 5 0 0 0.0
James Anderson b SL Malinga 5 7 0 0 71.4
HF Gurney not out 0* 2 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 12, nb 1) 16
Total 48.1 overs 219

Fall of wickets: 1-76 (IR Bell, 14.6 ov), 2-98 (GS Ballance, 20.1 ov), 3-116 (JE Root, 23.2 ov), 4-136 (AN Cook, 29.2 ov), 5-142 (EJG Morgan, 30.5 ov), 6-170 (RS Bopara, 37.2 ov), 7-199 (JC Buttler, 43.2 ov), 8-201 (JC Tredwell, 44.6 ov), 9-218 (CJ Jordan, 47.3 ov), 10-219 (JM Anderson, 48.1 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
KMDN Kulasekara 5 0 22 0 4.40 0 0
SL Malinga 9.1 0 50 3 5.45 3 0
SMSM Senanayake 10 0 36 1 3.60 0 0
BAW Mendis 9 0 50 2 5.56 2 1
TM Dilshan 5 0 17 0 3.40 0 0
SMA Priyanjan 4 0 18 1 4.50 1 0
AD Mathews 6 0 23 1 3.83 3 0

Sri Lanka · Innings 222/4 (48.2 overs)

Sri Lanka · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
TM Dilshan c JE Root b JC Tredwell 28 23 5 0 121.7
MDKJ Perera lbw b JM Anderson 19 29 2 0 65.5
KC Sangakkara c CJ Jordan b JC Tredwell 2 13 0 0 15.4
DPMD Jayawardene c JM Anderson b CJ Jordan 53 90 4 0 58.9
HDRL Thirimanne not out 60* 101 2 1 59.4
AD Mathews not out 42* 34 6 0 123.5
Extras (b 0, lb 6, w 12, nb 0) 18
Total 48.2 overs 222/4

Did not bat: SMA Priyanjan, KMDN Kulasekara, SMSM Senanayake, BAW Mendis, SL Malinga

Fall of wickets: 1-55 (TM Dilshan, 7.2 ov), 2-59 (KC Sangakkara, 9.6 ov), 3-62 (MDKJ Perera, 10.5 ov), 4-160 (DPMD Jayawardene, 38.4 ov)

Sri Lanka · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 10 1 33 1 3.30 3 0
HF Gurney 10 1 46 0 4.60 2 0
Chris Jordan 8 0 55 1 6.88 5 0
James Tredwell 10 2 30 2 3.00 0 0
Joe Root 6 0 25 0 4.17 0 0
Ravi Bopara 4.2 0 27 0 6.23 0 0

Player of the match: HDRL Thirimanne · Umpires: CB Gaffaney, MA Gough · 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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