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Saturday, July 9, 2011

England win final ODI to pip Sri Lanka to series victory

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – A studious 72 from Jonathan Trott helped England to a 16-run win over Sri Lanka in a last one-dayer during Old Trafford upon Saturday, giving a hosts a 3-2 array win that authorised them to benefit a little punish for their 10-wicket World Cup quarter-final humiliation.

A century sixth-wicket partnership in between Angelo Mathews (62) as well as Jeevan Mendis (48), that discovered Sri Lanka from 131-5, in jeopardy to dissapoint England though a little positive catches during a finish as well as excellent bowling put paid to a tourists’ chances.

Young paceman Jade Dernbach accomplished with dual wickets off a last dual balls, whilst James Anderson additionally picked up dual victims as well as Tim Bresnan was a collect of a conflict with 3-49.

Earlier a rocksteady Trott notched up 72 off 87 deliveries to beam England to 268-9 off their 50 overs, a hosts carrying proposed strongly with captain Alastair Cook (31) as well as Craig Kieswetter (43).

Eoin Morgan (57) total with Trott whilst Anderson struck a consequential late twelve runs, Suraj Randiv heading a Sri Lankan conflict receiving 5-42.

England forsaken Twenty20 captain Stuart Broad prior to a match, whilst Cook, who transposed Andrew Strauss as one-day skipper following a World Cup, led from a front to drive his group to a array victory.

He crushed an dominant 95 in a fourth compare to palm England a 10-wicket win, as well as accomplished with 298 runs during an normal of 74.50.

Cook was not in a World Cup squad, where England were demolished by contingent runners-up Sri Lanka.

(Reporting by Tom Pilcher in London, Editing by Pritha Sarkar; To question or criticism upon this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)

England win last ODI to trill Sri Lanka to array victory

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