Sri Lanka v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 – 2nd ODI – Match Recap
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 defeated England by a handsome margin of 69 runs in the second of the five-match One Day International (ODI) series against England at the Headingley, Leeds, on the July 1, 2011.
This means that the ODI series is leveled at 1-1 and any team can claim the title. Both the teams are in a re-building phase after the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricket World Cup 2011.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alastair-Nathan-Cook-c42852 won the toss for England and decided to field first. Initially, it turned out to be a good decision as the visitors lost a couple of wickets early in the innings.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779 showed their experience and class as they constructed a match-winning partnership, which took the game away from the home team.
Sangakkara played second-fiddle, while Jayawardene struck some extra-ordinary shots to bamboozle the English bowlers.
Jayawardene, who is normally a middle-order batsman, opened the innings for the Islanders and proved that he can play this role in the absence of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warushavithana-Upul-Tharanga-c96261.
The two former Sri Lankan captains accumulated 159 runs for the third wicket partnership and laid the platform for their team’s victory.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AD-Mathews-c913 played a solid little cameo at the end of the innings to make sure that Sri Lanka posts a healthy total of 309 runs for the loss of five wickets in their allotted 50 overs.
Mahela scored a magnificent ton and made 144 runs off 150 balls with the help of 14 fours. Sangakkara also shined with a crucial 69 runs for which he consumed 85 balls and struck five boundaries. Mathews remained unbeaten for his 46 runs which came off only
30 balls and included seven fours.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GP-Swann-c1501 was the pick of the bowlers for England as he grabbed a couple of wickets after giving away just 44 runs in his 10 overs.
Chasing a http://www.senore.com/Cricket/C-Kieswetter-c1206. However, they lost way pretty soon.
All of England’s top order batsmen got off to good starts but they all threw away their starts rather than making it count, just like Jayawardene did. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ian-Ronald-Bell-c63974 scored 57 runs for the fifth wicket partnership but could not carry on.
As a result, the home team was all out in the 46th over of the innings for just 240 runs on the board.
Left-handed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Morgan-c77707 remained the top scorer with 52 runs off just 40 balls, in which he struck three fours and a couple of meaty blows out of the park.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ranasinghe-Arachchige-Suranga-Lakmal-c83928 and Suraj Randiv remained the pick of the bowlers for Sri Lanka as they picked up three crucial wickets each.
Jayawardene was named as the Player of the Match for his outstanding hundred earlier in the day.
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