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England men · ODI · International series

Sri Lanka
v England⁠

Result

England won by 31 runs

Sri Lanka
140/5
England
278/9
Date
Saturday 13 October 2018 · England in 2018
Venue
Dambulla
Competition
ODI · International series

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

Sri Lanka v England ODI scorecard

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field

England · Innings 278/9 (50 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Jason Roy c A Dananjaya b SL Malinga 0 4 0 0 0.0
Jonny Bairstow b NLTC Perera 26 40 3 0 65.0
Joe Root c A Dananjaya b DM de Silva 71 83 6 0 85.5
Eoin Morgan c & b SL Malinga 92 91 11 2 101.1
Ben Stokes c DM de Silva b A Dananjaya 15 22 1 0 68.2
Jos Buttler b N Pradeep 28 25 2 0 112.0
Moeen Ali b SL Malinga 0 1 0 0 0.0
Chris Woakes lbw b SL Malinga 5 10 0 0 50.0
Liam Dawson b SL Malinga 4 4 1 0 100.0
Adil Rashid not out 19* 15 3 0 126.7
OP Stone not out 9* 7 1 0 128.6
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 4, nb 2) 9
Total 50 overs 278/9

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (JJ Roy, 0.4 ov), 2-72 (JM Bairstow, 13.6 ov), 3-140 (JE Root, 28.6 ov), 4-190 (BA Stokes, 36.5 ov), 5-218 (EJG Morgan, 41.4 ov), 6-218 (MM Ali, 41.5 ov), 7-245 (JC Buttler, 45.3 ov), 8-249 (CR Woakes, 46.1 ov), 9-254 (LA Dawson, 46.6 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
SL Malinga 10 1 44 5 4.40 1 1
N Pradeep 10 0 52 1 5.20 2 0
A Dananjaya 10 0 64 1 6.40 0 0
NLTC Perera 7 0 37 1 5.29 0 0
PADLR Sandakan 9 0 59 0 6.56 1 1
DM de Silva 4 0 19 1 4.75 0 0

Sri Lanka · Innings 140/5 (29 overs)

Sri Lanka · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
N Dickwella c JC Buttler b OP Stone 9 9 2 0 100.0
WU Tharanga c JC Buttler b CR Woakes 0 1 0 0 0.0
LD Chandimal b CR Woakes 6 13 1 0 46.2
MDKJ Perera c JJ Roy b LA Dawson 30 37 4 0 81.1
MD Shanaka c JC Buttler b CR Woakes 8 15 1 0 53.3
DM de Silva not out 36* 50 2 1 72.0
NLTC Perera not out 44* 49 1 3 89.8
Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 4, nb 0) 7
Total 29 overs 140/5

Did not bat: A Dananjaya, PADLR Sandakan, SL Malinga, N Pradeep

Fall of wickets: 1-9 (WU Tharanga, 0.6 ov), 2-16 (N Dickwella, 3.1 ov), 3-20 (LD Chandimal, 4.4 ov), 4-31 (MD Shanaka, 8.5 ov), 5-74 (MDKJ Perera, 15.6 ov)

Sri Lanka · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Chris Woakes 5 0 26 3 5.20 1 0
OP Stone 6 0 23 1 3.83 2 0
Liam Dawson 6 0 26 1 4.33 0 0
Moeen Ali 10 0 47 0 4.70 1 0
Adil Rashid 2 0 15 0 7.50 0 0

Player of the match: Eoin Morgan · Umpires: REJ Martinesz, PR Reiffel · TV umpire: Aleem Dar · Match referee: RB Richardson. 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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