England vs Sri Lanka Cricket Series 2007-08
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England vs Sri Lanka Cricket Series 2007-08
England will play 5 ODIs and 3 test matches during the Sri Lanka tour starting October 01 2007.
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Cricket Matches Schedule
- Mon, 01 October 2007: First ODI, Sri Lanka v England at Dambulla
- Thu, 04 October 2007: Second ODI, Sri Lanka v England at Dambulla
- Sun, 07 October 2007: Third ODI, Sri Lanka v England at Dambulla
- Wed, 10 October 2007: Fourth ODI, Sri Lanka v England at Colombo
- Sat, 13 October 2007: Fifth ODI, Sri Lanka v England at Colombo
- Sat, 01 - Wed, 05 December 2007: First Test, Sri Lanka v England at Kandy
- Sun, 09 - Thu, 13 December 2007: Second Test, Sri Lanka v England at Colombo
- Tue, 18 - Sat, 22 December 2007: Third Test, Sri Lanka v England at Galle
England vs Sri Lanka Cricket Series 2007-08
Fourth ODI at Colombo
SL vs ENG, 4th ODI : England register historic series win against Sri Lanka
Oct 11, 2007
Alastair Cook hit a masterly 80 as England thrashed Sri Lanka by five wickets in the fourth one-day international here Wednesday to clinch their first series win in the subcontinent for 20 years.
The 22-year-old left-hander shared a 110-run stand for the third wicket with Kevin Pietersen (63 not out) to give England a memorable win in the day-night game. England last won a one-day series in the subcontinent in 1986-87 when they beat Pakistan 3-0. After restricting Sri Lanka to a modest 211-9, England reached the target with 19 balls to spare for an unbeatable 3-1 lead in the five-match series.
Earlier, the 29-year-old Sangakkara and Silva batted sensibly to put the innings back on the rails after the early setbacks. The wicketkeeper-batsman reached his 41st fifty in one day internationals with a single off Bopara while Silva followed suit before falling to Broad for a 101-ball 67, including five fours. Silva tried to play an uppercut to a wide bouncer, only for Bopara to take a fine running catch near the third man boundary.
Sangakkara fell to the same combination, with Bopara this time taking the catch near the square-leg fence. His 102-ball innings included four fours. The last match of the series will be played at the same venue on Saturday.
4th ODI Colombo: England 212-5 beat Sri Lanka 211-9 by five wickets
England vs Sri Lanka Cricket Series 2007-08
Fourth ODI at Colombo
Scores
Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat
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211 for 9 (50.0 overs)
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212 for 5 (46.5 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Tharanga | c Shah | b Sidebottom | 4 |
14 | 1 | 0 |
| Jayasuriya | c Pietersen | b Anderson | 3 |
22 | 0 | 0 |
| Sangakkara | c Bopara | b Broad | 69 |
102 | 4 | 0 |
| M Jayawardene | c Broad | b Anderson | 0 |
6 | 0 | 0 |
| Silva | c Bopara | b Broad | 67 |
101 | 5 | 0 |
| Lokuarachchi | lbw | b Collingwood | 9 |
10 | 0 | 0 |
| Dilshan | b Anderson | 17 |
13 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mubarak | b Sidebottom | 20 |
19 | 1 | 0 | |
| Vaas | c Pietersen | b Sidebottom | 2 |
5 | 0 | 0 |
| D Fernando | not out | 3 |
5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Malinga | not out | 3 |
3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 11w 3lb | 14 | ||||
| Total | for 9 | 211 | (50.0 ovs) | |||
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Cook | b D Fernando | 80 |
123 | 6 | 0 | |
| Mustard | c and b | Malinga | 19 |
18 | 4 | 0 |
| Bell | c Malinga | b Lokuarachchi | 25 |
49 | 3 | 0 |
| Pietersen | not out | 63 |
75 | 4 | 1 | |
| Collingwood | lbw | b D Fernando | 0 |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shah | b Malinga | 9 |
11 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bopara | not out | 1 |
4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 11w 4lb | 15 | ||||
| Total | for 5 | 212 | (46.5 ovs) | |||
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Umpires: R E Koertzen, T H Wijewardene
Sri Lanka: Tharanga, Jayasuriya, Sangakkara, M Jayawardene, Silva, Dilshan, Mubarak, Vaas, Malinga, D Fernando, Lokuarachchi
England: Cook, Mustard, Bell, Pietersen, Collingwood, Shah, Bopara, Swann, Broad, Sidebottom, Anderson