England beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets in rain affected 3rd ODI in Kandy

by Alastair Symondson Wednesday 17 October 2018

Ben Stokes 36* in great form England

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Adil Rashid 4-35 for England

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Sri Lanka celebrate the dismissal of Jonny Bairstow

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LD Chandimal 34 for Sri Lanka

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Damp start to the 3rd ODI in Kandy

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England won the toss and decided to bowl against Sri Lanka in the 3^rd ODI, at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy today.

This rain affected match was reduced to 21 overs per side with a bowling restriction of 5 overs per bowler allowed.

Sri Lanka 150-9 (DPDN Dickwella 35, Sadeera Samarawickrama 35, LD Chandimal 34; Adil Rashid 4-35, Tom Curran 3-17)

England 153-3 (Ben Stokes 36*, Eoin Morgan 58*, Jason Roy 41)

Result - England beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets

Scorecard

Well played lads! ??

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— England Cricket (@englandcricket) October 17, 2018

Sri Lanka scored an impressive 150-9 in the circumstances , but it could have been a lot more as they were going along at 10 runs an over from the start. However, some great bowling from Adil Rashid 4-35 and Tom Curran 3-17 stopped the flow of runs and kept Sri Lanka below a target of 8 runs an over for the England batsmen.

In reply, England cruised to victory by 7 wickets with Morgan top scoring with 58 runs and he was ably supported by Jason Roy and Ben Stokes 36*, who is looking like he is getting back to his old form once again.

England are now 2-0 up in the 5 match series, with 2 games to play.

Sri Lanka - Kusal Mendis, Niroshan Dickwella(wk), Dinesh Chandimal(c), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Dhananjaya de Silva, Thisara Perera, Dasun Shanaka, Akila Dananjaya, Nuwan Pradeep, Amila Aponso, Lasith Malinga

England - Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan(c), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler(wk), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Tom Curran, Adil Rashid, Olly Stone