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England men · ODI · International series

Sri Lanka
v England⁠

Result

England won by 65 runs

Sri Lanka
169
England
234/8
Date
Thursday 4 October 2007 · England in 2007
Venue
Dambulla
Competition
ODI · International series

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

Sri Lanka v England ODI scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · Innings 234/8 (50 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c DPMD Jayawardene b WPUJC Vaas 1 12 0 0 8.3
P Mustard c J Mubarak b MF Maharoof 28 36 2 0 77.8
Ian Bell lbw b MF Maharoof 18 21 3 0 85.7
Kevin Pietersen c DPMD Jayawardene b CRD Fernando 12 41 1 0 29.3
Paul Collingwood lbw b CRD Fernando 42 50 2 1 84.0
Owais Shah c LPC Silva b MF Maharoof 82 92 5 0 89.1
Ravi Bopara b TM Dilshan 1 3 0 0 33.3
Graeme Swann run out (WU Tharanga/CRD Fernando) 34 37 0 0 91.9
Stuart Broad not out 8* 7 0 0 114.3
Ryan Sidebottom not out 1* 1 0 0 100.0
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 5, nb 0) 7
Total 50 overs 234/8

Did not bat: JM Anderson

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (AN Cook, 2.2 ov), 2-25 (IR Bell, 7.2 ov), 3-56 (P Mustard, 17.1 ov), 4-61 (KP Pietersen, 18.3 ov), 5-139 (PD Collingwood, 34.6 ov), 6-142 (RS Bopara, 35.5 ov), 7-212 (GP Swann, 47.2 ov), 8-230 (OA Shah, 49.4 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
WPUJC Vaas 8 1 27 1 3.38 0 0
SL Malinga 10 1 58 0 5.80 2 0
MF Maharoof 9 2 30 3 3.33 0 0
CRD Fernando 10 0 45 2 4.50 1 0
TM Dilshan 10 0 49 1 4.90 2 0
ST Jayasuriya 3 0 23 0 7.67 0 0

Sri Lanka · Innings 169 all out (44.3 overs)

Sri Lanka · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
WU Tharanga c AN Cook b RJ Sidebottom 8 7 1 0 114.3
ST Jayasuriya c IR Bell b RJ Sidebottom 10 16 1 0 62.5
KC Sangakkara c P Mustard b SCJ Broad 9 37 0 0 24.3
DPMD Jayawardene c KP Pietersen b PD Collingwood 23 51 3 0 45.1
LPC Silva c PD Collingwood b SCJ Broad 0 1 0 0 0.0
TM Dilshan b GP Swann 29 29 3 0 100.0
J Mubarak not out 44* 70 3 0 62.9
MF Maharoof c & b GP Swann 6 19 0 0 31.6
WPUJC Vaas c P Mustard b PD Collingwood 2 5 0 0 40.0
SL Malinga run out (IR Bell/GP Swann) 0 1 0 0 0.0
CRD Fernando run out (PD Collingwood) 20 31 2 0 64.5
Extras (b 0, lb 16, w 2, nb 0) 18
Total 44.3 overs 169

Fall of wickets: 1-9 (WU Tharanga, 1.2 ov), 2-21 (ST Jayasuriya, 5.4 ov), 3-38 (KC Sangakkara, 12.6 ov), 4-38 (LPC Silva, 14.1 ov), 5-90 (TM Dilshan, 22.3 ov), 6-90 (DPMD Jayawardene, 23.6 ov), 7-121 (MF Maharoof, 32.2 ov), 8-126 (WPUJC Vaas, 33.5 ov), 9-126 (SL Malinga, 34.3 ov), 10-169 (CRD Fernando, 44.3 ov)

Sri Lanka · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 8 1 30 0 3.75 0 0
Ryan Sidebottom 10 2 23 2 2.30 2 0
Stuart Broad 8.3 0 42 2 4.94 0 0
Paul Collingwood 8 1 31 2 3.88 0 0
Graeme Swann 10 3 27 2 2.70 0 0

Player of the match: Owais Shah · Umpires: RE Koertzen, TH Wijewardene · TV umpire: MG Silva · Match referee: J Srinath. 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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