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Sri Lanka
v England⁠

Result

Sri Lanka won by 2 runs

Sri Lanka
235 (50 ov)
England
233/8 (50 ov)
Date
Wednesday 4 April 2007 · England in 2007
Venue
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound

Last checked 24 October 2026

Scorecard

Sri Lanka v England ODI scorecard

England won the toss and chose to field

Sri Lanka · Innings 235 all out (50 overs)

Sri Lanka · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
WU Tharanga c KP Pietersen b A Flintoff 62 103 2 0 60.2
ST Jayasuriya b SI Mahmood 25 26 4 1 96.2
KC Sangakkara c PD Collingwood b SI Mahmood 17 33 2 0 51.5
DPMD Jayawardene c EC Joyce b PD Collingwood 56 61 4 0 91.8
LPC Silva b A Flintoff 23 37 2 0 62.2
TM Dilshan run out (IR Bell) 5 6 0 0 83.3
RP Arnold c EC Joyce b SI Mahmood 20 22 1 0 90.9
WPUJC Vaas c PD Collingwood b A Flintoff 4 5 0 0 80.0
SL Malinga c PA Nixon b SI Mahmood 2 7 0 0 28.6
M Muralitharan not out 2* 2 0 0 100.0
CRD Fernando run out (PA Nixon/KP Pietersen) 2 2 0 0 100.0
Extras (b 3, lb 6, w 4, nb 4) 17
Total 50 overs 235

Fall of wickets: 1-37 (ST Jayasuriya, 7.6 ov), 2-69 (KC Sangakkara, 18.1 ov), 3-160 (WU Tharanga, 34.5 ov), 4-175 (DPMD Jayawardene, 38.4 ov), 5-193 (TM Dilshan, 42.1 ov), 6-215 (LPC Silva, 46.1 ov), 7-219 (WPUJC Vaas, 46.6 ov), 8-226 (SL Malinga, 49.1 ov), 9-231 (RP Arnold, 49.4 ov), 10-235 (CRD Fernando, 49.6 ov)

Sri Lanka · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 10 1 38 0 3.80 0 0
Sajid Mahmood 9 0 50 4 5.56 1 3
Andrew Flintoff 10 0 35 3 3.50 0 1
Paul Collingwood 10 0 44 1 4.40 1 0
Monty Panesar 8 0 45 0 5.63 0 0
Michael Vaughan 3 0 14 0 4.67 0 0

England · Innings 233/8 (49.5 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Ed Joyce lbw b SL Malinga 10 21 1 0 47.6
Michael Vaughan c KC Sangakkara b WPUJC Vaas 0 3 0 0 0.0
Ian Bell run out (ST Jayasuriya) 47 71 4 0 66.2
Kevin Pietersen c & b M Muralitharan 58 80 5 1 72.5
Paul Collingwood lbw b CRD Fernando 14 20 2 0 70.0
Andrew Flintoff c SL Malinga b CRD Fernando 2 7 0 0 28.6
Ravi Bopara b CRD Fernando 52 53 4 0 98.1
Paul Nixon c DPMD Jayawardene b SL Malinga 42 44 2 1 95.5
Sajid Mahmood not out 2* 2 0 0 100.0
Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 2, nb 2) 6
Total 49.5 overs 233/8

Did not bat: JM Anderson, MS Panesar

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (MP Vaughan, 2.2 ov), 2-11 (EC Joyce, 5.2 ov), 3-101 (IR Bell, 25.2 ov), 4-126 (KP Pietersen, 30.5 ov), 5-133 (A Flintoff, 33.1 ov), 6-133 (PD Collingwood, 33.3 ov), 7-220 (PA Nixon, 48.5 ov), 8-233 (RS Bopara, 49.6 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
WPUJC Vaas 8 1 45 1 5.63 0 0
SL Malinga 10 1 50 2 5.00 0 2
CRD Fernando 9 0 41 3 4.56 0 0
ST Jayasuriya 7.5 0 31 0 3.96 0 0
TM Dilshan 5 1 16 0 3.20 1 0
M Muralitharan 10 1 48 1 4.80 1 0

Player of the match: Ravi Bopara · Umpires: Asad Rauf, BF Bowden · TV umpire: RE Koertzen · 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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