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England men · ODI · International series

Sri Lanka
v England⁠

Result

Sri Lanka won by 25 runs

Sri Lanka
317/6
England
292
Date
Wednesday 26 November 2014 · England in 2014
Venue
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Competition
ODI · International series

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

Sri Lanka v England ODI scorecard

England won the toss and chose to field

Sri Lanka · Innings 317/6 (50 overs)

Sri Lanka · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
TM Dilshan c & b CR Woakes 88 98 10 0 89.8
MDKJ Perera run out (JE Root/RS Bopara/JC Buttler) 59 74 5 1 79.7
KC Sangakkara lbw b MM Ali 2 4 0 0 50.0
DPMD Jayawardene c JC Buttler b JC Tredwell 55 58 5 0 94.8
AD Mathews c BA Stokes b JC Tredwell 33 24 1 3 137.5
NLTC Perera c AN Cook b CR Woakes 4 6 0 0 66.7
HDRL Thirimanne not out 27* 22 3 0 122.7
BMAJ Mendis not out 30* 14 2 2 214.3
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 17, nb 0) 19
Total 50 overs 317/6

Did not bat: KTGD Prasad, HMRKB Herath, BAW Mendis

Fall of wickets: 1-120 (MDKJ Perera, 22.2 ov), 2-128 (KC Sangakkara, 23.4 ov), 3-204 (TM Dilshan, 37.1 ov), 4-253 (AD Mathews, 42.5 ov), 5-253 (DPMD Jayawardene, 42.6 ov), 6-263 (NLTC Perera, 45.1 ov)

Sri Lanka · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Chris Woakes 10 0 68 2 6.80 4 0
HF Gurney 10 0 66 0 6.60 6 0
James Tredwell 10 0 52 2 5.20 0 0
Ben Stokes 4 0 36 0 9.00 3 0
Moeen Ali 10 0 66 1 6.60 2 0
Joe Root 2 0 12 0 6.00 0 0
Ravi Bopara 4 0 15 0 3.75 1 0

England · Innings 292 all out (47.1 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook lbw b TM Dilshan 10 17 0 0 58.8
Moeen Ali c & b BMAJ Mendis 119 87 11 5 136.8
Ian Bell c DPMD Jayawardene b NLTC Perera 35 35 3 0 100.0
Joe Root c KC Sangakkara b NLTC Perera 2 8 0 0 25.0
Eoin Morgan b BAW Mendis 1 3 0 0 33.3
Jos Buttler b KTGD Prasad 21 21 1 1 100.0
Ravi Bopara c MDKJ Perera b NLTC Perera 65 62 4 2 104.8
Ben Stokes st KC Sangakkara b HMRKB Herath 16 27 0 0 59.3
Chris Woakes st KC Sangakkara b HMRKB Herath 7 11 1 0 63.6
James Tredwell b BAW Mendis 6 11 0 0 54.5
HF Gurney not out 1* 2 0 0 50.0
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 8, nb 1) 9
Total 47.1 overs 292

Fall of wickets: 1-51 (AN Cook, 6.1 ov), 2-107 (IR Bell, 15.1 ov), 3-121 (JE Root, 17.5 ov), 4-124 (EJG Morgan, 18.5 ov), 5-159 (JC Buttler, 23.4 ov), 6-203 (MM Ali, 30.6 ov), 7-243 (BA Stokes, 39.5 ov), 8-259 (CR Woakes, 42.3 ov), 9-286 (JC Tredwell, 46.1 ov), 10-292 (RS Bopara, 47.1 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
AD Mathews 3 1 17 0 5.67 0 0
KTGD Prasad 5 0 51 1 10.20 1 0
TM Dilshan 6 0 33 1 5.50 1 0
BAW Mendis 9 0 55 2 6.11 1 0
HMRKB Herath 9 0 58 2 6.44 0 0
NLTC Perera 9.1 1 44 3 4.80 3 1
BMAJ Mendis 6 0 34 1 5.67 0 0

Player of the match: TM Dilshan · Umpires: SD Fry, RSA Palliyaguruge · TV umpire: SJ Davis · 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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