England vs Sri Lanka Fourth ODI at Colombo 2007-08


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Fourth ODI at Colombo

SL vs ENG, 4th ODI : England register historic series win against Sri Lanka

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
211 for 9 (50.0 overs)
212 for 5 (46.5 overs)

Sri Lanka Innings - Close
 
 
Runs
Balls
4s
6s
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)

Bowler
O
M
R
W
Anderson 10.0 1 33 3
Sidebottom 10.0 2 27 3
Broad 10.0 0 54 2
Collingwood 6.0 0 28 1
Swann 10.0 0 48 0
Bopara 4.0 0 18 0
Fall of wicket
 
7 Tharanga
16 Jayasuriya
20 M Jayawardene
146 Silva
158 Sangakkara
166 Lokuarachchi
190 Dilshan
195 Vaas
206 Mubarak

England Innings - Close
 
 
Runs
Balls
4s
6s
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)

Bowler
O
M
R
W
Vaas 9.0 2 39 0
Malinga 9.0 1 39 2
D Fernando 10.0 1 38 2
Lokuarachchi 10.0 0 57 1
Jayasuriya 4.5 0 18 0
Dilshan 4.0 0 17 0
Fall of wicket
 
30 Mustard
84 Bell
194 Cook
194 Collingwood
208 Shah

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

Editor: Nishanth Gopinathan.