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England men · ODI · International series

Sri Lanka
v England⁠

Result

Sri Lanka won by 87 runs

Sri Lanka
302/6
England
215
Date
Tuesday 16 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

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat

Sri Lanka · Innings 302/6 (50 overs)

Sri Lanka · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
DPMD Jayawardene c CR Woakes b HF Gurney 28 22 5 0 127.3
TM Dilshan c MM Ali b CJ Jordan 101 124 9 1 81.5
KC Sangakkara c JC Tredwell b MM Ali 33 50 3 0 66.0
AD Mathews b MM Ali 20 27 1 0 74.1
LD Chandimal not out 55* 50 2 1 110.0
NLTC Perera c & b CJ Jordan 54 26 7 1 207.7
S Prasanna run out (CJ Jordan) 0 0 0 0 –
BMAJ Mendis not out 1* 1 0 0 100.0
Extras (b 0, lb 5, w 5, nb 0) 10
Total 50 overs 302/6

Did not bat: HDRL Thirimanne, RAS Lakmal, MDK Perera

Fall of wickets: 1-55 (DPMD Jayawardene, 7.6 ov), 2-120 (KC Sangakkara, 23.5 ov), 3-156 (AD Mathews, 31.6 ov), 4-236 (TM Dilshan, 43.3 ov), 5-299 (NLTC Perera, 49.2 ov), 6-299 (S Prasanna, 49.3 ov)

Sri Lanka · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Chris Woakes 9 0 71 0 7.89 1 0
HF Gurney 9 0 60 1 6.67 2 0
James Tredwell 7 0 50 0 7.14 0 0
Joe Root 5 0 22 0 4.40 1 0
Chris Jordan 10 0 55 2 5.50 1 0
Moeen Ali 10 0 39 2 3.90 0 0

England · Innings 215 all out (45.5 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c DPMD Jayawardene b RAS Lakmal 32 49 3 1 65.3
Moeen Ali b TM Dilshan 0 1 0 0 0.0
Alex Hales c S Prasanna b TM Dilshan 7 15 0 0 46.7
Joe Root lbw b S Prasanna 80 99 5 0 80.8
James Taylor c KC Sangakkara b RAS Lakmal 2 4 0 0 50.0
Eoin Morgan lbw b TM Dilshan 4 14 0 0 28.6
Jos Buttler c LD Chandimal b S Prasanna 23 23 2 0 100.0
Chris Woakes b MDK Perera 34 37 2 0 91.9
Chris Jordan lbw b S Prasanna 0 1 0 0 0.0
James Tredwell st KC Sangakkara b DPMD Jayawardene 17 21 1 1 81.0
HF Gurney not out 6* 11 0 0 54.5
Extras (b 4, lb 3, w 3, nb 0) 10
Total 45.5 overs 215

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (MM Ali, 1.2 ov), 2-28 (AD Hales, 7.2 ov), 3-51 (AN Cook, 12.6 ov), 4-57 (JWA Taylor, 14.2 ov), 5-78 (EJG Morgan, 19.1 ov), 6-126 (JC Buttler, 27.3 ov), 7-192 (CR Woakes, 39.6 ov), 8-192 (JE Root, 40.2 ov), 9-193 (CJ Jordan, 40.6 ov), 10-215 (JC Tredwell, 45.5 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MDK Perera 9 0 53 1 5.89 1 0
TM Dilshan 10 0 37 3 3.70 1 0
RAS Lakmal 8 1 25 2 3.13 0 0
NLTC Perera 3 0 22 0 7.33 0 0
AD Mathews 2 0 3 0 1.50 0 0
S Prasanna 8 0 35 3 4.38 1 0
BMAJ Mendis 4 0 28 0 7.00 0 0
DPMD Jayawardene 1.5 0 5 1 2.73 0 0

Player of the match: TM Dilshan · Umpires: REJ Martinesz, 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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