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England men · ODI · International series

England
v Sri Lanka⁠

Result

No result

England
16/1
Sri Lanka
248/9
Date
Sunday 26 June 2016 · England in 2016
Venue
Bristol
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 248/9 (50 overs)

Sri Lanka · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
MDKJ Perera c JC Buttler b LE Plunkett 9 25 0 0 36.0
MD Gunathilaka b DJ Willey 1 2 0 0 50.0
BKG Mendis c AD Hales b LE Plunkett 53 66 5 1 80.3
LD Chandimal c CJ Jordan b CR Woakes 62 77 5 0 80.5
AD Mathews c JC Buttler b CJ Jordan 56 67 3 1 83.6
S Prasanna c JM Bairstow b LE Plunkett 2 5 0 0 40.0
WU Tharanga b CR Woakes 40 33 2 1 121.2
MD Shanaka run out (JE Root/JC Buttler) 2 8 0 0 25.0
MF Maharoof c JM Bairstow b CR Woakes 9 11 0 0 81.8
RAS Lakmal not out 3* 4 0 0 75.0
N Pradeep not out 2* 2 0 0 100.0
Extras (b 0, lb 4, w 5, nb 0) 9
Total 50 overs 248/9

Fall of wickets: 1-3 (MD Gunathilaka, 0.5 ov), 2-32 (MDKJ Perera, 8.2 ov), 3-88 (BKG Mendis, 21.2 ov), 4-168 (LD Chandimal, 35.5 ov), 5-171 (S Prasanna, 36.5 ov), 6-209 (AD Mathews, 43.1 ov), 7-215 (MD Shanaka, 44.6 ov), 8-242 (MF Maharoof, 48.5 ov), 9-242 (WU Tharanga, 48.6 ov)

Sri Lanka · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
David Willey 10 0 55 1 5.50 1 0
Chris Woakes 10 1 34 3 3.40 1 0
Liam Plunkett 10 0 46 3 4.60 1 0
Chris Jordan 10 0 49 1 4.90 2 0
Adil Rashid 10 0 60 0 6.00 0 0

England · Innings 16/1 (4 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Jason Roy not out 5* 7 0 0 71.4
Alex Hales c LD Chandimal b RAS Lakmal 0 1 0 0 0.0
Joe Root not out 11* 16 1 0 68.8
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 0) 0
Total 4 overs 16/1

Did not bat: EJG Morgan, JM Bairstow, JC Buttler, CR Woakes, CJ Jordan, DJ Willey, LE Plunkett, AU Rashid

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (AD Hales, 0.3 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
RAS Lakmal 2 0 8 1 4.00 0 0
AD Mathews 2 0 8 0 4.00 0 0

Umpires: PR Reiffel, RT Robinson · TV umpire: BNJ Oxenford · 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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2014 – 2016

03 1 Mar 2015
ODI · ICC Cricket World Cup · Pool A Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington

England 309/6 (50 ov) – 312/1 (47.2 ov) Sri Lanka England lost

Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets

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Draws, ties & NR4Drawn, tied or no result
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