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England men · ODI · International series

Sri Lanka
v England⁠

Result

Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets

Sri Lanka
186/2
England
185
Date
Saturday 29 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 bat

England · Innings 185 all out (43 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c MDKJ Perera b TM Dilshan 22 37 3 0 59.5
Moeen Ali b TM Dilshan 2 7 0 0 28.6
Ian Bell c NLTC Perera b HMRKB Herath 11 12 0 0 91.7
Joe Root lbw b AD Mathews 42 57 1 0 73.7
Eoin Morgan c HDRL Thirimanne b NLTC Perera 17 29 1 0 58.6
Ravi Bopara c AD Mathews b BAW Mendis 51 69 1 0 73.9
Jos Buttler b KTGD Prasad 7 14 0 0 50.0
Chris Woakes st KC Sangakkara b BAW Mendis 15 20 2 0 75.0
James Tredwell not out 9* 8 0 0 112.5
Steven Finn b BAW Mendis 0 2 0 0 0.0
HF Gurney b KTGD Prasad 1 5 0 0 20.0
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 3, nb 2) 8
Total 43 overs 185

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (MM Ali, 1.6 ov), 2-36 (IR Bell, 8.1 ov), 3-37 (AN Cook, 9.2 ov), 4-75 (EJG Morgan, 19.3 ov), 5-117 (JE Root, 27.1 ov), 6-132 (JC Buttler, 31.4 ov), 7-173 (CR Woakes, 39.5 ov), 8-180 (RS Bopara, 41.2 ov), 9-180 (ST Finn, 41.4 ov), 10-185 (HF Gurney, 42.6 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
AD Mathews 6 0 23 1 3.83 2 0
TM Dilshan 9 0 32 2 3.56 0 0
HMRKB Herath 9 0 40 1 4.44 0 0
BAW Mendis 7 1 33 3 4.71 1 0
NLTC Perera 3 0 16 1 5.33 0 0
BMAJ Mendis 5 0 22 0 4.40 0 1
KTGD Prasad 4 0 16 2 4.00 0 1

Sri Lanka · Innings 186/2 (34.2 overs)

Sri Lanka · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
TM Dilshan c CR Woakes b MM Ali 26 23 5 0 113.0
MDKJ Perera c RS Bopara b ST Finn 9 10 1 0 90.0
KC Sangakkara not out 67* 93 8 0 72.0
DPMD Jayawardene not out 77* 80 8 1 96.3
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 4, nb 0) 7
Total 34.2 overs 186/2

Did not bat: AD Mathews, NLTC Perera, HDRL Thirimanne, BMAJ Mendis, KTGD Prasad, HMRKB Herath, BAW Mendis

Fall of wickets: 1-27 (MDKJ Perera, 4.1 ov), 2-37 (TM Dilshan, 7.4 ov)

Sri Lanka · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Steven Finn 6 1 35 1 5.83 1 0
Chris Woakes 5 0 23 0 4.60 0 0
Moeen Ali 7 0 38 1 5.43 2 0
HF Gurney 5.2 0 32 0 6.00 1 0
James Tredwell 9 0 47 0 5.22 0 0
Ravi Bopara 2 0 8 0 4.00 0 0

Player of the match: DPMD Jayawardene · Umpires: SJ Davis, RR Wimalasiri · TV umpire: SD Fry · 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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