England v Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets
ICC Men's Cricket World Cup, Match 221 March 2015Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Englandbatted first
309/650 ov
Sri Lankatarget 310 in 50 overs
312/147.2 ov
England won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match KC Sangakkara
England innings
309/650 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MM Ali | c RAS Lakmal b AD Mathews | 15 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 57.7 |
| IR Bell | b RAS Lakmal | 49 | 54 | 7 | 0 | 90.7 |
| GS Ballance | c & b TM Dilshan | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 42.9 |
| JE Root | lbw b HMRKB Herath | 121 | 108 | 14 | 2 | 112.0 |
| EJG Morgan | c TM Dilshan b NLTC Perera | 27 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 57.4 |
| JWA Taylor | c TM Dilshan b SL Malinga | 25 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 96.2 |
| JC Buttler | not out | 39* | 19 | 6 | 1 | 205.3 |
| CR Woakes | not out | 9* | 8 | 1 | 0 | 112.5 |
| Extras | b 4, lb 3, w 9, nb 2 | 18 | ||||
| Total | 6 wickets, 50 overs, run rate 6.18 | 309 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 320
1-62 MM Ali2-71 GS Ballance3-101 IR Bell4-161 EJG Morgan5-259 JWA Taylor6-265 JE Root
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SL Malinga | 10 | 0 | 63 | 1 | 6.30 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| RAS Lakmal | 7.4 | 0 | 71 | 1 | 9.26 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| AD Mathews | 10 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 4.30 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| TM Dilshan | 8.2 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 4.20 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| HMRKB Herath | 5.5 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 6.00 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NLTC Perera | 8.1 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 6.73 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Sri Lanka innings chasing 310
312/147.2 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HDRL Thirimanne | not out | 139* | 143 | 13 | 2 | 97.2 |
| TM Dilshan | c EJG Morgan b MM Ali | 44 | 55 | 4 | 2 | 80.0 |
| KC Sangakkara | not out | 117* | 86 | 11 | 2 | 136.0 |
| Extras | b 8, lb 1, w 3 | 12 | ||||
| Total | 1 wicket, 47.2 overs, run rate 6.59 | 312 | ||||
Did not batDPMD Jayawardene, AD Mathews, FDM Karunaratne, LD Chandimal, NLTC Perera, HMRKB Herath, SL Malinga, RAS Lakmal
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 320
1-100 TM Dilshan
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