England Won The 2nd ODI Against Sri Lanka, Levels Series 1-1
England showed a great team performance in 2nd ODI against Sri Lankan and by doing so they won the match and level the series 1-1. Its a great victory for England because they won the ODI match against Sri Lanka after a long time. The pace duo built on Man-of-the-Match Owais Shah’s superb 82 as England dismissed the World Cup runners-up for 169 after posting 234-8 to win their first One-Day International in Sri Lanka since 1982.
"It was very disappointing to lose the first game. The boys showed a lot of character to bounce back. We were fantastic in all departments of the game," said Collingwood.
"Owais played a magnificent innings, to get such a score on a pitch like this and play the shots. It was a good toss to win. We then took early wickets and put them under pressure."
Left-arm paceman Sidebottom (2-23) and Broad (2-42) troubled the Sri Lankan batsmen with pace and movement under lights to reduce the hosts to a paltry 38-4 in the opening 15 overs.
Scoreboard
England:
A. Cook b Jayawardene b Vaas 1
P. Mustard c Mubarak b Maharoof 28
I. Bell lbw b Maharoof 18
K. Pietersen c Jayawardene b Fernando 12
P. Collingwood lbw b Fernando 42
O. Shah c Silva b Maharoof 82
R. Bopara b Dilshan 1
G. Swann run out 34
S. Broad not out 8
R. Sidebottom not out 1
Extras (lb2, w5) 7
Total (for eight wickets) 234
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Cook), 2-25 (Bell), 3-56 (Mustard), 4-61 (Pietersen), 5-139 (Collingwood), 6-142 (Bopara), 7-212 (Swann), 8-230 (Shah).
Bowling: Vaas 8-1-27-1, Malinga 10-1-58-0 (w2), Maharoof 9-2-30-3, Fernando 10-0-45-2 (w1), Dilshan 10-0-49-1 (w2), Jayasuriya 3-0-23-0.
Overs: 50
Sri Lanka
U. Tharanga c Cook b Sidebottom 8
S. Jayasuriya c Bell b Sidebottom 10
K. Sangakkara c Mustard b Broad 9
M. Jayawardene c Pietersen b Collingwood 23
C. Silva c Collingwood b Broad 0
T. Dilshan b Swann 29
J. Mubarak not out 44
F. Maharoof c and b Swann 6
C. Vaas c Mustard b Collingwood 2
L. Malinga run out 0
D. Fernando run out 20
Extras (lb16, w2) 18
Total 169
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Tharanga), 2-21 (Jayasuriya), 3-38 (Sangakkara), 4-38 (Silva), 5-90 (Dilshan), 6-90 (Jayawardene), 7-121 (Maharoof), 8-126 (Vaas), 9-126 (Malinga).
Bowling: Anderson 8-1-30-0, Sidebottom 10-2-23-2 (w2), Broad 8.3-0-42-2, Collingwood 8-1-31-2, Swann 10-3-27-2.
Overs: 44.3
Result: England win by 65 runs
Source:Timesofindia
