[Cricket] 2nd ODI: England v Sri Lanka at Birmingham, Jun 24, 2016

[Titanic]

England lead 11-3 in the 'Super Series' after the extraordinary tied game at Trent Bridge - thanks to Liam Plunkett's SIX off the last ball! Four ODIs and a T20 to play.

Sri Lanka win the toss and bat, so they will be setting a target again. Mathews declares himself fit, happy it's not much of a gamble. Suraj Randiv comes in for Dasun Shanaka in the only change for SL.

Eoin Morgan says he would have batted first, too (apparently that is the preferred MO for this side, although they bowled on Tuesday). England stick with the same XI.
England: 1 Jason Roy, 2 Alex Hales, 3 Joe Root, 4 Eoin Morgan (capt), 5 Jos Buttler (wk), 6 Jonny Bairstow, 7 Moeen Ali, 8 Chris Woakes, 9 David Willey, 10 Liam Plunkett, 11 Adil Rashid.

Sri Lanka 1 Kusal Perera, 2 Danushka Gunathilaka, 3 Kusal Mendis, 4 Dinesh Chandimal (wk), 5 Angelo Mathews (capt), 6 Upul Tharanga, 7 Seekkuge Prasanna, 8 Suraj Randiv, 9 Farveez Maharoof 10 Suranga Lakmal, 11 Nuwan Pradeep

 

[Titanic]

Sri Lanka 47-2 (8.5 overs)

Both wickets for the man of the moment, Liam Plunkett.

 

[pasty]

Oh thank God for that. Thanks Titanic, with some other news going on today I'd forgotten all about the cricket.

 

[pasty]

Jason Roy

Pick up, turn, throw, direct hit. OUT!

Perera run out 37

SL 77/3 16.4 ovs

 

[Titanic]

Jason Roy

Pick up, turn, throw, direct hit. OUT!

77-3 (16.4 overs)

 

[Titanic]

Sri Lanka 100-3 (21.4 overs, RR4.59)

A bit slow, but this is a dangerous partnership building between Mathews and Chandimal.

 

[Titanic]

SL 151-3 (31 overs)

Mathews and Chandimal both in the forties.

280-300 seems to be the target range.

 

[Titanic]

Breakthrough for Rashid... top-edge sweeping by Mathews... caught by Plunkett at backward square.

159-4 (32.5 overs, RR 4.84)

 

[pasty]

Massive top edge, straight up........... and Matthews gone

Mathews c Plunkett b Rashid 44

SL 159/4 32.5 ovs

 

[Titanic]

High, high catch by Willey at mid-on... another wicket for Rashid, the dangerous Prasanna gone

163-5 (34.1 overs)

34.1 Rashid to Prasanna, OUT, stunning catch! David Willey is so impressed with himself, he can only kneel on the sponsor's mat behind the bowler's head, grinning like a loon! A madcap wipe to a good-length ball, the chance spirals into the heavens, drops absolutely vertically at a rate of knots, and Willey sprints full length and skids his fingers underneath from mid-on as he all but collides with Alex Hales!
S Prasanna c Willey b Rashid 2 (6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33

280 looking some way off now for SL.

 

[pasty]

Excellent catch

 

[Titanic]

Mare. Run out. Never a run. Sent back from half way down. Good work from Roy again.

Chandimal gone for 52

188-6 (40 overs)... look like falling well short.

 

[pasty]

And another one for Willey

Maharoof b Willey 2

191/7 40.4 ovs

 

[jakarta]

If England get going early then this should be easy but I said SL were 40 runs short last time so what do I know?

 

[Badger]

If England get going early then this should be easy but I said SL were 40 runs short last time so what do I know?

Poor effort from our openers in the end.

 

[Mackenzie]

An unsatisfactory match, but well done England.

 

[Eric Potts]

A thorough tolchoking

 

[sagaman]

Amazing effort

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