5th ODI : England vs Sri Lanka (Winner: ENG)

England won by 16 runs (Dominance : England 95% \| Sri Lanka 5%)
	Match Scorecard
Man of the Match : J Trott	Old Trafford, Manchester (9 July 2011)

Batting first in the series decider England once again raced off to 75/0 after 10 with 55% COW. This was followed by a mandatory collapse as Eng reached 95/3 after 16 with COW down to 49%. Morgan and Trott but together a century stand before Morgan threw away his wicket after reaching his fifty, Trott too succumbed to Randiv who ran through the middle lower order as England ended with 268/9 with 51% COW. SL seemed out of depth and fight at 30/3 after 9 with 37% COW before Sangakkara and Chandimal launched a counter attack. Just when they threatened to balance the keel Chandimal fell short of a fifty. Sanga fell soon after but Mathews and Mendis raised hopes of an unlikely win with a century stand before it all came crashing down with SL all out for 252 in 48.2 overs to lose by 16 runs.

1st Innings (England) - 50 overs Maximum

13 overs: ENG 85/1

ENG 52%

Cook and Kieswetter got England

off to a great start before Cook had his woodwork dismantled (don’t laugh) by Prasad. England’s chances had increased by 3% during this period.

25 overs: ENG 149/3

ENG 53%

England got a little bit of a

mid-life crisis when they lost 3 quick wickets for 10 runs but Morgan and Trott ensured England were still in a dominant position. England’s chances had increased by 1% during this period.

37 overs: ENG 218/4

ENG 56%

Morgan departed after a quickfire

innings but just when England really needed him to fire. England’s chances had increased by 3% during this period.

50 overs: ENG 268/9

ENG 51%

The death overs horribly backfired

for England as they lost a bunch of wickets but scored only 50 runs in the last 13 overs. England’s chances had decreased by 5% during this period.

2nd Innings (Sri Lanka : Target 269) - 50 overs Maximum

12 overs: SL 61/3	SL 40%	Dilshan horror ODI series
		continued and the debutant Karunaratne failed to push his case forward and even Jayawardene had a rare failure as Sri Lanka found the going tough . Sri Lanka’s chances had decreased by 9% during this period.
24 overs: SL 107/3	SL 38%	Sanga and Chandimal got going
		but not fast enough that the required rate dropped, nope , that kept rising. Sri Lanka’s chances had decreased by 2% during this period.
36 overs: SL 165/5	SL 26%	Sanga and Chandimal got out
		and so it seemed did Sri Lanka’s chances of winning the series. Sri Lanka’s chances had decreased by 12% during this period.
48.2 overs: SL 252/10	SL 0%	Mathews and Mendis kept Sri
		Lanka in the game with a century partnership but once that was broken Sri Lanka’s innings crumbled and England took the series. England won by 16 runs.

5th ODI : England vs Sri Lanka (Winner: ENG)

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