England vs Sri Lanka Cricket Series 2007-08

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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England vs Sri Lanka Cricket Series 2007-08

Third ODI at Dambulla

SL vs ENG, 3rd ODI : England beat Sri Lanka by 2 wickets

Oct 05, 2007

Englands lower order held their nerve to edge a thrilling two-wicket win at Dambulla to take a 2-1 lead in the series.
They made hard work of chasing 164, but Stuart Broad again showed his calmness under pressure with an unbeaten 20 as the win came with seven balls to spare. Graeme Swanns outstanding series continued with a Man-of-the-Match display as he followed four for 34 with a vital 25, but when he was bowled with 17 still needed, it was left to Ryan Sidebottom to accompany Broad. It is the second time in six one-dayers that Broad has helped England across the line in a tense scenario after he and Ravi Bopara completed a thrilling chase against India, at Old Trafford, in August.
As in that match, the run rate was never a major issue for England even when they slumped to 107 for seven. It meant Swann and Broad were able to bat time and tick off the runs in ones and twos. Swann hit two crucial boundaries off the extra pace of Lasith Malinga, who was also driven for a four by Broad to take England within two runs of their target. A low, slow pitch became even tougher for batting as the day wore on and Sri Lanka fought hard to defend 164.

3rd ODI Dambulla: England 164-8 beat Sri Lanka 164 by two wickets

England vs Sri Lanka Cricket Series 2007-08

Third ODI at Dambulla

Scores

Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat

Sri Lanka Innings

164 all out (41.1 overs)

England Innings

164 for 8 (46.5 overs)

Sri Lanka Innings - All out

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Tharanga		b Sidebottom	15	21	1	0
Jayasuriya	c Swann	b Sidebottom	11	24	1	0
Sangakkara	c Mustard	b Broad	9	25	0	0
M Jayawardene	c Collingwood	b Broad	2	8	0	0
Silva	c Mustard	b Swann	11	29	1	0
Dilshan	c Collingwood	b Swann	70	84	6	0
Mubarak	c and b	Swann	6	10	0	1
Maharoof	c and b	Swann	7	13	0	0
Vaas	run out		4	10	0	0
D Fernando	c Collingwood	b Sidebottom	11	18	0	0
Malinga	not out		0	5	0	0
Extras		6w 1b 11lb	18
Total		all out	164	(41.1 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Anderson	8.0	0	35	0
Sidebottom	8.1	1	19	3
Broad	8.0	0	26	2
Collingwood	7.0	0	38	0
Swann	10.0	2	34	4

Fall of wicket
22	Tharanga
33	Jayasuriya
37	M Jayawardene
42	Sangakkara
85	Silva
93	Mubarak
106	Maharoof
118	Vaas
164	Dilshan
164	D Fernando

England Innings - Close

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Cook	c Sangakkara	b Vaas	0	7	0	0
Mustard		b Maharoof	14	15	3	0
Bell	c Dilshan	b Maharoof	16	24	3	0
Pietersen	lbw	b Maharoof	8	10	1	0
Collingwood	lbw	b Jayasuriya	32	70	1	0
Shah		b Jayasuriya	19	53	2	0
Bopara	lbw	b Malinga	6	13	0	0
Swann		b D Fernando	25	37	2	0
Broad	not out		20	44	1	0
Sidebottom	not out		7	10	0	0
Extras		2nb 6w 1b 8lb	17
Total		for 8	164	(46.5 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Vaas	6.0	1	20	1
Maharoof	10.0	0	34	3
D Fernando	10.0	1	31	1
Malinga	7.5	1	39	1
Dilshan	3.0	0	8	0
Jayasuriya	10.0	1	23	2

Fall of wicket
5	Cook
23	Mustard
44	Pietersen
47	Bell
94	Shah
101	Collingwood
107	Bopara
147	Swann

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Umpires: E A R de Silva, R E Koertzen
Sri Lanka: Tharanga, Jayasuriya, Sangakkara, M Jayawardene, Silva, Dilshan, Mubarak, Maharoof, Vaas, Malinga, D Fernando
England: Cook, Mustard, Bell, Pietersen, Collingwood, Shah, Bopara, Swann, Broad, Sidebottom, Anderson