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England men · ODI · International series

Sri Lanka
v England⁠

Result

Sri Lanka won by 219 runs

Sri Lanka
366/6
England
132/9
Date
Tuesday 23 October 2018 · England in 2018
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 366/6 (50 overs)

Sri Lanka · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
N Dickwella c JE Root b MM Ali 95 97 12 0 97.9
S Samarawickrama b MM Ali 54 48 8 0 112.5
LD Chandimal c JJ Roy b TK Curran 80 73 6 2 109.6
BKG Mendis c BA Stokes b LE Plunkett 56 33 1 6 169.7
MD Shanaka c JJ Roy b AU Rashid 18 11 3 0 163.6
NLTC Perera c AD Hales b TK Curran 11 12 0 1 91.7
DM de Silva not out 19* 15 1 1 126.7
A Dananjaya not out 18* 11 1 1 163.6
Extras (b 4, lb 3, w 8, nb 0) 15
Total 50 overs 366/6

Did not bat: PVD Chameera, CAK Rajitha, PADLR Sandakan

Fall of wickets: 1-137 (S Samarawickrama, 19.1 ov), 2-168 (N Dickwella, 25.4 ov), 3-270 (BKG Mendis, 38.2 ov), 4-300 (MD Shanaka, 41.3 ov), 5-328 (LD Chandimal, 45.3 ov), 6-328 (NLTC Perera, 45.4 ov)

Sri Lanka · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Mark Wood 8 0 55 0 6.88 5 0
Sam Curran 6 0 46 0 7.67 0 0
Tom Curran 8 0 71 2 8.88 0 0
Moeen Ali 8 0 57 2 7.13 1 0
Adil Rashid 10 0 52 1 5.20 0 0
Liam Plunkett 5 0 44 1 8.80 1 0
Ben Stokes 5 0 34 0 6.80 1 0

England · Innings 132/9 (26.1 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Jason Roy b CAK Rajitha 4 6 1 0 66.7
Alex Hales c BKG Mendis b PVD Chameera 0 2 0 0 0.0
Joe Root c S Samarawickrama b PVD Chameera 10 16 0 0 62.5
Jos Buttler c N Dickwella b PVD Chameera 0 2 0 0 0.0
Ben Stokes c NLTC Perera b A Dananjaya 67 60 12 0 111.7
Moeen Ali c LD Chandimal b A Dananjaya 37 37 5 1 100.0
Sam Curran c PADLR Sandakan b DM de Silva 2 8 0 0 25.0
Adil Rashid b A Dananjaya 4 8 0 0 50.0
Liam Plunkett lbw b A Dananjaya 5 10 0 0 50.0
Tom Curran not out 1* 8 0 0 12.5
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 1, nb 0) 2
Total 26.1 overs 132/9

Did not bat: MA Wood

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (JJ Roy, 0.6 ov), 2-4 (AD Hales, 1.2 ov), 3-4 (JC Buttler, 1.4 ov), 4-28 (JE Root, 7.2 ov), 5-107 (MM Ali, 18.2 ov), 6-121 (SM Curran, 21.1 ov), 7-122 (BA Stokes, 22.1 ov), 8-129 (AU Rashid, 24.2 ov), 9-132 (LE Plunkett, 26.1 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
CAK Rajitha 5 0 21 1 4.20 0 0
PVD Chameera 6 0 20 3 3.33 1 0
NLTC Perera 2 0 18 0 9.00 0 0
DM de Silva 4 0 18 1 4.50 0 0
A Dananjaya 6.1 0 19 4 3.08 0 0
PADLR Sandakan 3 0 35 0 11.67 0 0

Player of the match: N Dickwella · Umpires: Aleem Dar, RSA Palliyaguruge · TV umpire: PR Reiffel · 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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