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Sri Lanka
v England⁠

Result

England won by 5 wickets

Sri Lanka
211/9
England
212/5
Date
Wednesday 10 October 2007 · England in 2007
Venue
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Competition
ODI · International series

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

Sri Lanka v England ODI scorecard

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat

Sri Lanka · Innings 211/9 (50 overs)

Sri Lanka · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
WU Tharanga c OA Shah b RJ Sidebottom 4 14 1 0 28.6
ST Jayasuriya c KP Pietersen b JM Anderson 3 22 0 0 13.6
KC Sangakkara c RS Bopara b SCJ Broad 69 102 4 0 67.6
DPMD Jayawardene c SCJ Broad b JM Anderson 0 6 0 0 0.0
LPC Silva c RS Bopara b SCJ Broad 67 101 5 0 66.3
KS Lokuarachchi lbw b PD Collingwood 9 10 0 0 90.0
TM Dilshan b JM Anderson 17 13 1 0 130.8
J Mubarak b RJ Sidebottom 20 19 1 0 105.3
WPUJC Vaas c KP Pietersen b RJ Sidebottom 2 5 0 0 40.0
CRD Fernando not out 3* 5 0 0 60.0
SL Malinga not out 3* 3 0 0 100.0
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 11, nb 0) 14
Total 50 overs 211/9

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (WU Tharanga, 3.6 ov), 2-16 (ST Jayasuriya, 6.6 ov), 3-20 (DPMD Jayawardene, 10.2 ov), 4-146 (LPC Silva, 39.4 ov), 5-158 (KC Sangakkara, 41.4 ov), 6-166 (KS Lokuarachchi, 42.6 ov), 7-190 (TM Dilshan, 46.2 ov), 8-195 (WPUJC Vaas, 47.4 ov), 9-206 (J Mubarak, 49.1 ov)

Sri Lanka · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 10 1 33 3 3.30 5 0
Ryan Sidebottom 10 2 27 3 2.70 3 0
Stuart Broad 10 0 54 2 5.40 1 0
Paul Collingwood 6 0 28 1 4.67 0 0
Graeme Swann 10 0 48 0 4.80 2 0
Ravi Bopara 4 0 18 0 4.50 0 0

England · Innings 212/5 (46.5 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook b CRD Fernando 80 123 6 0 65.0
P Mustard c & b SL Malinga 19 18 4 0 105.6
Ian Bell c SL Malinga b KS Lokuarachchi 25 49 3 0 51.0
Kevin Pietersen not out 63* 75 4 1 84.0
Paul Collingwood lbw b CRD Fernando 0 1 0 0 0.0
Owais Shah b SL Malinga 9 11 1 0 81.8
Ravi Bopara not out 1* 4 0 0 25.0
Extras (b 0, lb 4, w 11, nb 0) 15
Total 46.5 overs 212/5

Did not bat: GP Swann, SCJ Broad, RJ Sidebottom, JM Anderson

Fall of wickets: 1-30 (P Mustard, 5.5 ov), 2-84 (IR Bell, 19.6 ov), 3-194 (AN Cook, 42.4 ov), 4-194 (PD Collingwood, 42.5 ov), 5-208 (OA Shah, 45.4 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
WPUJC Vaas 9 2 39 0 4.33 2 0
SL Malinga 9 1 39 2 4.33 2 0
CRD Fernando 10 1 38 2 3.80 3 0
KS Lokuarachchi 10 0 57 1 5.70 0 0
ST Jayasuriya 4.5 0 18 0 3.72 0 0
TM Dilshan 4 0 17 0 4.25 0 0

Player of the match: Alastair Cook · Umpires: RE Koertzen, TH Wijewardene · TV umpire: EAR de 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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