England win rain-marred fourth ODI to bag series
Poms beat Sri Lanka by 18 runs
PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka, Oct 20, (RTRS): England beat Sri Lanka by 18 runs via the Duckworth Lewis method in the rain-marred fourth one-day international on Saturday to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.
Chasing a target of 274 at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, England were comfortably placed at 132 for two after 27 overs when rain forced the players off.
No further play was possible in the penultimate match of the series and England were 18 runs ahead at that stage under the scoring method governing such rain-shortened fixtures.
England’s test captain Joe Root was unbeaten on 32 at the crease with his ODI counterpart Eoin Morgan 31 not out, the duo adding England cricket captain Eoin Morgan (center) is watched by Sri Lankan wicketkeeper Niroshan Dickwella as he plays a shot during the fourth one day international (ODI) cricket match between Sri Lanka and England at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy
on Oct 20. (AFP) KANDY, Sri Lanka, Oct 20, (AFP): Scoreboard from the fourth one day international between Sri Lanka and England in Kandy on Saturday.
SRI LANKA N.DickwellalbwbAli ............... 52 S. Samarawickrama c Buttler
bWoakes ............................... 1 D. Chandimal b Ali .................... 33 K. Mendis lbw b Rashid .............. 5 D. de Silva c Buttler b Curran...17 D. Shanaka run out ................... 66 N. Perera run out ...................... 44 A. Dananjaya not out ................ 32 S. Malinga not out ....................... 4 Extras: (lb 10, w 9) .................... 19 Total: (7 wickets, 50 overs) ..... 273 thaDid not bat: M. Aponso, C. Raji
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Samarawickrama), 2-89 (Chandimal), 3-102 (Dickwella), 4-102 (Mendis), 5-154 (de Silva), 6-212 (Shanaka), 7-268 (Perera)
Bowling: Woakes 10-0-45-1, Stone 7-0-50-0, Curran 9-1-50-1, Ali 10-0-55-2, Rashid 10-0-36-1, Stokes 4-0-27-0
ENGLAND J.RoylbwbDananjaya ............ 45 A. Hales st Dickwella
b Dananjaya ......................... 12 J. Root not out .......................... 32 E. Morgan not out ..................... 31 Extras (b 8, nb 1, w 3) .............. 12 Total: (27 overs, 2 wickets) ..... 132
Did not bat: B. Stokes, J. Buttler, M. Ali, C. Woakes, T. Curran, A. Rashid, O. Stone
Fall of wickets: 1-52 (Hales), 2-76 (Roy)
Bowling: Malinga 5-0-15-0, Aponso 6-0-37-0, Rajitha 5-0-270, Dananjaya 7-0-27-2, de Silva 4-0-18-0
England won toss and put Sri Lanka in to bat
England won by 18 runs under Duckworth Lewis Stern run rate rule
England lead five match series 3-0