England v Sri Lanka: first males’s one-day cricket cross-border – reside
Key occasions
eleventh over: England 68-2 (Brook 1, Root 23) Out comes the captain, who punches for one to maintain the strike.
WICKET! Duckett lbw Wellalage 32 (England 67-2)
Left-arm spinner Dunith Wellalage is on as Root and Duckett take their stand past 50. But Wellalage traps Duckett leg-before! It’s flat and fast, with Duckett failing to attach together with his sweep. The batter critiques instantly, hoping he’s been struck exterior the road of off-stump … however DRS reveals three reds. Spin provides Sri Lanka the breakthrough – a wise piece of bowling by Wellalage.
tenth over: England 64-1 (Root 21, Duckett 31) Fernando is again after altering ends … and Root performs an immaculate cowl drive for 4. Nasser Hussain asks the query on comms: why don’t Sri Lanka convey the keeper as much as the stumps? Root then marches out of his crease to information the ball via the covers once more. Duckett clips for an additional boundary and the powerplay belongs to England. Sri Lanka must type out their strains.
ninth over: England 51-1 (Root 12, Duckett 27) Time for Dushmantha Chameera, changing Fernando. Sri Lanka are bowling a bit too straight to Root, who clips once more for 4. Duckett copies his accomplice, discovering the midwicket boundary to maneuver to 27.
eighth over: England 42-1 (Root 7, Duckett 23) Root opens up his blade to play his trademark information to 3rd for a single. Duckett’s timing is getting higher, too, the ball beginning to ping off the bat.
seventh over: England 36-1 (Root 6, Duckett 18) Better from Duckett, who middles the minimize this time, off Fernando and away for 4. A whip via midwicket follows and Duckett is discovering his stream. Root, in the meantime, has grow to be the eighth man to hit 23,000 (!) cross-border runs. Duckett very almost items sq. leg a catch earlier than punching via the off-side for 3.
Adil Rashid dominated out of the ODI collection
sixth over: England 25-1 (Root 6, Duckett 7) Madushanka goes vast and Duckett can’t nail his minimize. An in-form model of the left-hander would in all probability have discovered the boundary. And some information from England: Adil Rashid has been dominated out of the collection with an damage to his bowling hand. Time for Rehan Ahmed to step up. Root closes the over with a beautiful clip via midwicket.
fifth over: England 20-1 (Root 2, Duckett 6) Asitha Fernando had a robust Test collection in England a pair years in the past, taking 17 wickets in three matches at 24.64. He goes a bit too straight towards Duckett, who clips away for one, and Root performs an identical shot for 2.
4th over: England 17-1 (Root 0, Duckett 5) A powerful follow-up over from Madushanka, who’s getting some tasty form. There’s a little bit of trouble for Kamindu Mendis, at slip, who takes a blow to the precise knee on the finish of the over.
third over: England 16-1 (Root 0, Duckett 4) In comes Joe Root.
WICKET! Banton b Fernando 10 (England 16-1)
Poor work at deep wonderful leg by Madushanka, who goes for a one-handed cease by the rope however lets it slip away for 4. Banton very almost presents a return seize to Fernando … earlier than a corker to hit the highest of off! Brilliant from Asitha Fernando, who nips it away from the right-hander, beating the prod ahead to take the off bail.
2nd over: England 12-0 (Banton 6, Duckett 4) Dilshan Madushanka is on from the opposite finish. The left-armer hoops the ball into Banton, who whips away for his first boundary. A large down the leg-side follows however Madushanka finally finds his spot, threatening the stumps together with his inswinger.
1st over: England 5-0 (Banton 1, Duckett 4) A little bit of form away from the right-hander for Fernando as Banton will get going with a single. Ben Duckett had a poor Test collection towards Pakistan however did hit 141 in England’s final ODI, towards India in July. He clips a full toss away for 4.
Right, time to get going. Tom Banton is opening in an ODI for the very first time. Asitha Fernando has the brand new ball.
There’s an cross-border debut for the legspinner Sachindu Colombage. Some ask to come back in and bowl at that England center order. I’m fascinated to see how Rehan Ahmed, carded at six, goes; he’s in as a result of Adil Rashid has a difficulty together with his bowling hand.
The groups
England: Ben Duckett, Tom Banton, Joe Root, Harry Brook (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Rehan Ahmed, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Josh Tongue
Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Kamindu Mendis, Kusal Mendis (c, wk), Pavan Rathnayake, Charith Asalanka, Janith Liyanage, Dunith Wellalage, Dushmantha Chameera, Sachindu Colombage, Asitha Fernando, Dilshan Madushanka
England win the toss and select to bat first
Wood is a part of Sky’s commentary group for this sport, and he’s joined by his former captain Eoin Morgan. They take within the toss … which is received by Harry Brook. England can have a success.
Mark Wood retires from cross-border cricket
The huge information this morning is that Mark Wood has known as it a day on the highest degree. Go to his Cricinfo profile and the numbers received’t leap out … however that doesn’t inform his story. You’re higher off heading to YouTube to look at that spell at Headingley or the one in St Lucia, bowling at absurd tempo. The physique, inevitably, suffered. He took 18 wickets when England received the 2019 World Cup and 9 at 12 once they received the T20 equal in 2022. He received the Ashes at residence and, whereas issues didn’t work out for the collective, he thrived in Australia, too. Some profession.
Preamble
Hello, good day, good day and welcome to the final collection of the English summer time, stretching its manner proper till the shut of September. It’s again to 50-over cricket, the forgotten youngster, with Sri Lanka hoping that the longer type provides them extra of an opportunity; the T20 collection was a depressing affair for the guests, with defeats by 119 runs, six wickets (47 balls to spare) and eight wickets (62 balls).
After just a few lean years within the ODI sport, England have received their final two collection, away to Sri Lanka initially of the 12 months after which at residence towards India. Brendon McCullum has misplaced the Test job however his white-ball group have had a reasonably spectacular 2026. It can be fairly the splash if Kusal Mendis’ aspect halt the streak right here. We get entering into Durham at 12.30pm BST.
