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England men · ODI · International series · 2nd ODI

England
v Sri Lanka⁠

Result

England won by 8 wickets

England
244/2
Sri Lanka
241/9
Date
Thursday 1 July 2021 · England in 2021
Start
13:00 UK
Venue
The Kia Oval, Kennington
Competition
ODI · International series · 2nd ODI

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Sri Lanka ODI scorecard

England won the toss and chose to field

Sri Lanka · Innings 241/9 (50 overs)

Sri Lanka · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
P Nissanka b SM Curran 5 12 1 0 41.7
MDKJ Perera lbw b SM Curran 0 2 0 0 0.0
WIA Fernando lbw b SM Curran 2 2 0 0 100.0
DM de Silva c JE Root b DJ Willey 91 91 13 0 100.0
KIC Asalanka c sub (GHS Garton) b DJ Willey 3 11 0 0 27.3
PWH de Silva c SW Billings b SM Curran 26 49 2 0 53.1
MD Shanaka c SM Curran b DJ Willey 47 67 2 1 70.1
C Karunaratne c JM Bairstow b SM Curran 21 38 1 0 55.3
B Fernando c AU Rashid b DJ Willey 17 15 3 0 113.3
PVD Chameera not out 14* 12 0 1 116.7
AM Fernando not out 1* 1 0 0 100.0
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 13, nb 0) 14
Total 50 overs 241/9

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (MDKJ Perera, 1.2 ov), 2-6 (WIA Fernando, 1.4 ov), 3-12 (P Nissanka, 3.3 ov), 4-21 (KIC Asalanka, 6.5 ov), 5-86 (PWH de Silva, 20.3 ov), 6-164 (DM de Silva, 34.3 ov), 7-206 (MD Shanaka, 44.6 ov), 8-217 (C Karunaratne, 46.1 ov), 9-229 (B Fernando, 49.1 ov)

Sri Lanka · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
David Willey 10 1 64 4 6.40 6 0
Sam Curran 10 1 48 5 4.80 2 0
Tom Curran 10 0 43 0 4.30 2 0
Mark Wood 10 1 35 0 3.50 1 0
Adil Rashid 10 0 50 0 5.00 2 0

England · Innings 244/2 (43 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Jason Roy c DM de Silva b C Karunaratne 60 52 10 0 115.4
Jonny Bairstow b PWH de Silva 29 36 3 1 80.6
Joe Root not out 68* 87 5 0 78.2
Eoin Morgan not out 75* 83 8 1 90.4
Extras (b 1, lb 0, w 11, nb 0) 12
Total 43 overs 244/2

Did not bat: SW Billings, MM Ali, SM Curran, TK Curran, DJ Willey, MA Wood, AU Rashid

Fall of wickets: 1-76 (JM Bairstow, 12.4 ov), 2-104 (JJ Roy, 17.1 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
PVD Chameera 9 0 46 0 5.11 0 0
B Fernando 9 0 53 0 5.89 3 0
AM Fernando 10 0 54 0 5.40 0 0
PWH de Silva 7 0 46 1 6.57 0 0
C Karunaratne 6 0 34 1 5.67 2 0
DM de Silva 2 0 10 0 5.00 1 0

Player of the match: Sam Curran · Umpires: RA Kettleborough, RJ Bailey · TV umpire: MA Gough · Match referee: BC Broad. 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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Sri Lanka wins40Sri Lanka victories

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