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Sri Lanka
v England⁠

Result

England won by 5 wickets

Sri Lanka
239
England
240/5
Date
Wednesday 10 December 2014 · England in 2014
Venue
Pallekele
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 239 all out (49 overs)

Sri Lanka · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
TM Dilshan b CJ Jordan 35 31 6 0 112.9
MDKJ Perera c CJ Jordan b ST Finn 0 2 0 0 0.0
KC Sangakkara c JE Root b CR Woakes 91 123 10 0 74.0
DPMD Jayawardene c CJ Jordan b CR Woakes 2 3 0 0 66.7
AD Mathews c CR Woakes b CJ Jordan 40 76 4 0 52.6
HDRL Thirimanne lbw b JC Tredwell 8 19 1 0 42.1
BMAJ Mendis c & b CR Woakes 12 15 0 0 80.0
NLTC Perera c JE Root b CR Woakes 27 17 4 1 158.8
SMSM Senanayake b CR Woakes 0 2 0 0 0.0
KTGD Prasad not out 5* 5 0 0 100.0
BAW Mendis b CR Woakes 0 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 2, lb 2, w 15, nb 0) 19
Total 49 overs 239

Fall of wickets: 1-3 (MDKJ Perera, 0.3 ov), 2-54 (TM Dilshan, 9.4 ov), 3-59 (DPMD Jayawardene, 10.5 ov), 4-144 (AD Mathews, 33.6 ov), 5-173 (HDRL Thirimanne, 40.2 ov), 6-199 (KC Sangakkara, 44.2 ov), 7-202 (BMAJ Mendis, 44.6 ov), 8-212 (SMSM Senanayake, 46.5 ov), 9-238 (NLTC Perera, 48.4 ov), 10-239 (BAW Mendis, 48.6 ov)

Sri Lanka · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Steven Finn 6 0 28 1 4.67 0 0
Chris Woakes 8 0 47 6 5.88 5 0
Moeen Ali 10 0 50 0 5.00 3 0
Chris Jordan 10 0 56 2 5.60 2 0
James Tredwell 10 2 33 1 3.30 1 0
Joe Root 5 0 21 0 4.20 2 0

England · Innings 240/5 (49.1 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook lbw b SMSM Senanayake 20 30 3 0 66.7
Moeen Ali b SMSM Senanayake 4 4 1 0 100.0
James Taylor c BAW Mendis b NLTC Perera 68 90 5 1 75.6
Joe Root not out 104* 117 7 1 88.9
Ravi Bopara c HDRL Thirimanne b TM Dilshan 28 49 1 0 57.1
Eoin Morgan c NLTC Perera b BAW Mendis 5 5 1 0 100.0
Jos Buttler not out 2* 1 0 0 200.0
Extras (b 0, lb 6, w 2, nb 1) 9
Total 49.1 overs 240/5

Did not bat: CR Woakes, CJ Jordan, JC Tredwell, ST Finn

Fall of wickets: 1-12 (MM Ali, 1.4 ov), 2-35 (AN Cook, 7.6 ov), 3-139 (JWA Taylor, 28.5 ov), 4-225 (RS Bopara, 47.4 ov), 5-238 (EJG Morgan, 48.6 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
TM Dilshan 9.1 0 45 1 4.91 0 0
SMSM Senanayake 10 0 35 2 3.50 0 0
AD Mathews 4 0 14 0 3.50 0 0
KTGD Prasad 4 0 24 0 6.00 2 0
BMAJ Mendis 7 0 41 0 5.86 0 0
BAW Mendis 9 0 49 1 5.44 0 1
NLTC Perera 6 0 26 1 4.33 0 0

Player of the match: Joe Root · Umpires: RSA Palliyaguruge, RJ Tucker · TV umpire: BNJ Oxenford · 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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