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England
v Sri Lanka⁠

Result

Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets

England
309/6 (50 ov)
Sri Lanka
312/1 (47.2 ov)
Date
Sunday 1 March 2015 · England in 2015
Venue
Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington

Last checked 24 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Sri Lanka ODI scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · Innings 309/6 (50 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Moeen Ali c RAS Lakmal b AD Mathews 15 26 3 0 57.7
Ian Bell b RAS Lakmal 49 54 7 0 90.7
Gary Ballance c & b TM Dilshan 6 14 1 0 42.9
Joe Root lbw b HMRKB Herath 121 108 14 2 112.0
Eoin Morgan c TM Dilshan b NLTC Perera 27 47 2 1 57.4
James Taylor c TM Dilshan b SL Malinga 25 26 1 1 96.2
Jos Buttler not out 39* 19 6 1 205.3
Chris Woakes not out 9* 8 1 0 112.5
Extras (b 4, lb 3, w 9, nb 2) 18
Total 50 overs 309/6

Did not bat: SCJ Broad, ST Finn, JM Anderson

Fall of wickets: 1-62 (MM Ali, 9.2 ov), 2-71 (GS Ballance, 12.2 ov), 3-101 (IR Bell, 20.2 ov), 4-161 (EJG Morgan, 34.3 ov), 5-259 (JWA Taylor, 45.3 ov), 6-265 (JE Root, 46.3 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
SL Malinga 10 0 63 1 6.30 2 0
RAS Lakmal 7.4 0 71 1 9.26 2 2
AD Mathews 10 1 43 1 4.30 1 0
TM Dilshan 8.2 0 35 1 4.20 0 0
HMRKB Herath 5.5 0 35 1 6.00 0 0
NLTC Perera 8.1 0 55 1 6.73 0 0

Sri Lanka · Innings 312/1 (47.2 overs)

Sri Lanka · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
HDRL Thirimanne not out 139* 143 13 2 97.2
TM Dilshan c EJG Morgan b MM Ali 44 55 4 2 80.0
KC Sangakkara not out 117* 86 11 2 136.0
Extras (b 8, lb 1, w 3, nb 0) 12
Total 47.2 overs 312/1

Did not bat: DPMD Jayawardene, AD Mathews, FDM Karunaratne, LD Chandimal, NLTC Perera, HMRKB Herath, SL Malinga, RAS Lakmal

Fall of wickets: 1-100 (TM Dilshan, 18.6 ov)

Sri Lanka · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 8 0 48 0 6.00 0 0
Stuart Broad 10 1 67 0 6.70 1 0
Chris Woakes 9.2 0 72 0 7.71 1 0
Steven Finn 8 0 54 0 6.75 1 0
Moeen Ali 10 0 50 1 5.00 0 0
Joe Root 2 0 12 0 6.00 0 0

Player of the match: KC Sangakkara · Umpires: BNJ Oxenford, RJ Tucker · TV umpire: CB Gaffaney · Match referee: DC Boon. 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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