England’s Plunkett secures stunning tie against Lanka SCOREBOARD

Nottingham, June 22: Tailender Liam Plunkett hit a six off the last ball of the match as England achieved a remarkable tie in the first one-day international against Sri Lanka in Nottingham on Tuesday.

England, set 287 to win, collapsed to 30 for four and 82 for six. But a stand of 138 between man-of-the-match Chris Woakes, who made an ODI-best 95 not out, and Jos Buttler (93) revived their chances. After England had seen their hopes of victory disappear in a final over where they needed 14 to win, Plunkett drove the last ball from Nuwan Pradeep for a six over long-off to the delight of a capacity crowd at Trent Bridge.

England finished on 286 for eight in just their eighth tie at this level, with Sri Lanka having thrashed them by nine wickets in their previous ODI encounter in Wellington at the 2015 World Cup.

Woakes and Plunkett put on an unbroken 50 in 28 balls. “It was nice to get Sri Lanka: K. Perera c Roy b Willey 24, D. Gunathilaka c Bairstow b Willey 9, K. Mendis c Buttler b Woakes 17, D. Chandimal c Woakes b Ali 37, A. Mathews c Woakes b Plunkett 73, S. Prasanna c & b Woakes 59, U. Tharanga c Buttler b Plunkett 3, D. Shanaka (run out) 20, F. Maharoof (not out) 31, S. Lakmal (run out) 7. Extras (lb2, w3, nb1) 6. Total (for nine wickets in 50 overs) 286. FoW: 1-27, 2-50, 3-56, 4-120, 5-188, 6-197, 7-225, 8-266, 9-286. Bowling: Woakes 10-0-56-2, Willey 10-0-56-2, Rashid 10-0-360, Plunkett 10-0-67-2, Ali 10-0-69-1. England: J. Roy lbw b Mathews 3, A. Hales c Perera b Lakmal 4, J. Root b Mathews 2, E. Morgan c Chandimal b Pradeep 43, J. Bairstow c Gunathilaka b Lakmal 3, J. Buttler c Shanaka b Prasanna 93, M. Ali b Pradeep 7, C. Woakes (not out) 95, D. Willey c Mendis b Maharoof 7, L. Plunkett (not out) 22. Extras (lb2, w5) 7. Total (for eight wickets in 50 overs) 286. FoW: 1-3, 2-7, 3-17, 4-30, 5-72, 6-82, 7-220, 8-235. Bowling: Lakmal 10-0-65-2, Mathews 6-0-22-2, Shanaka 3-0-210, Pradeep 10-0-64-2, Maharoof 10-0-59-1, Prasanna 10-0-43-1, Gunathilaka 1-0-10-0. that one out,” Plunkett told Sky Sports.

“Woakesy put us in a great position and we bat all the way down. It’s good for the team... if you have a wobble up top you can carry on.”

England captain Eoin Morgan added: “Jos Buttler, Chris Woakes and Liam Plunkett have got us out of a hole at the end.

“Jos Buttler called on his experience to guide the innings through and Chris Woakes played out of his skin.” Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews top-scored for his side with 73 and Seekkuge Prasanna blasted a quickfire 59 after England captain Eoin Morgan won the toss. Warwickshire allrounder Woakes took two for 56. Mathews then took two early wickets as England collapsed before they bounced back under the floodlights. — AFP SCOREBOARD West Indies: J. Charles c Smith b Starc 0, A. Fletcher c Marsh b Starc 9, D. Bravo c Smith b Hazlewood 15, M. Samuels c Marsh b Faulkner 125, D. Ramdin b Starc 91, K. Pollard c Marsh b Boland 20, C. Brathwaite b Boland 7, J. Holder c Marsh b Faulkner 1, S. Narine (not out) 1. Extras (lb4, w9) 13. Total (for eight wickets in 50 overs) 282. FoW: 1-0, 2-29, 3-31, 4-223, 5-247, 6-269, 7-274, 8-282. Bowling: Starc 10-1-51-3, Hazlewood 10-3-40-1, Faulkner 10-0-56-2, Boland 10-0-69-2, Marsh 5-0-36- 0, Finch 3-0-16-0, Maxwell 2-0-10-0. Australia: U. Khawaja c Ramdin b Gabriel 17, A. Finch c Samuels b Brathwaite 16, S. Smith (run out) 78, G. Bailey c Pollard b Benn 34, M. Marsh (not out) 79, G. Maxwell (not out) 46. Extras (b3, lb4, w6) 13. Total (for four wickets in 48.4 overs) 283. FoW: 1-35, 2-35, 3-99, 4-221. Bowling: Holder 2-0-20-0, Gabriel 9-1-43-1, Brathwaite 9-0-62-1, Benn 10-0-47-1, Narine 10-0-49-0, Pollard 5.4-0-42-0, Fletcher 3-0-13-0.