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Sri Lanka
v England⁠

Result

Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets

Sri Lanka
267/4
England
265
Date
Sunday 7 December 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 265 all out (50 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Moeen Ali c KC Sangakkara b TM Dilshan 19 20 3 0 95.0
Alex Hales c DPMD Jayawardene b KTGD Prasad 0 1 0 0 0.0
James Taylor c MDKJ Perera b BAW Mendis 90 109 6 2 82.6
Joe Root b HMRKB Herath 36 49 1 1 73.5
Ravi Bopara b TM Dilshan 22 31 0 0 71.0
Eoin Morgan c KC Sangakkara b TM Dilshan 62 47 4 3 131.9
Jos Buttler c DPMD Jayawardene b HMRKB Herath 15 22 0 1 68.2
Ben Stokes c NLTC Perera b BAW Mendis 6 6 1 0 100.0
Chris Woakes b HMRKB Herath 6 9 0 0 66.7
Chris Jordan c NLTC Perera b BAW Mendis 1 2 0 0 50.0
Steven Finn not out 1* 4 0 0 25.0
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 6, nb 0) 7
Total 50 overs 265

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (AD Hales, 1.1 ov), 2-29 (MM Ali, 7.2 ov), 3-122 (JE Root, 25.3 ov), 4-170 (JWA Taylor, 34.4 ov), 5-173 (RS Bopara, 35.3 ov), 6-203 (JC Buttler, 42.4 ov), 7-219 (BA Stokes, 44.6 ov), 8-238 (CR Woakes, 47.3 ov), 9-245 (CJ Jordan, 48.1 ov), 10-265 (EJG Morgan, 49.6 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
AD Mathews 6 0 21 0 3.50 0 0
KTGD Prasad 6 1 29 1 4.83 2 0
TM Dilshan 10 0 64 3 6.40 2 0
NLTC Perera 2 0 19 0 9.50 1 0
HMRKB Herath 10 0 36 3 3.60 0 0
BMAJ Mendis 7 1 39 0 5.57 0 0
BAW Mendis 9 0 56 3 6.22 1 0

Sri Lanka · Innings 267/4 (49.4 overs)

Sri Lanka · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
TM Dilshan c EJG Morgan b CR Woakes 16 21 3 0 76.2
MDKJ Perera c CJ Jordan b MM Ali 31 41 3 0 75.6
KC Sangakkara c CR Woakes b CJ Jordan 86 105 7 0 81.9
DPMD Jayawardene b CJ Jordan 44 50 4 0 88.0
AD Mathews not out 51* 60 5 0 85.0
HDRL Thirimanne not out 19* 21 2 0 90.5
Extras (b 4, lb 4, w 12, nb 0) 20
Total 49.4 overs 267/4

Did not bat: BMAJ Mendis, NLTC Perera, KTGD Prasad, HMRKB Herath, BAW Mendis

Fall of wickets: 1-28 (TM Dilshan, 5.1 ov), 2-69 (MDKJ Perera, 14.1 ov), 3-165 (DPMD Jayawardene, 31.2 ov), 4-214 (KC Sangakkara, 41.1 ov)

Sri Lanka · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Steven Finn 9.4 1 61 0 6.31 3 0
Chris Woakes 9 0 53 1 5.89 1 0
Moeen Ali 10 0 44 1 4.40 0 0
Chris Jordan 10 0 35 2 3.50 3 0
Joe Root 6 0 29 0 4.83 3 0
Ravi Bopara 3 0 16 0 5.33 0 0
Ben Stokes 2 0 21 0 10.50 2 0

Player of the match: KC Sangakkara · Umpires: SJ Davis, REJ Martinesz · 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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