The 2nd ODI match of the series played yesterday between England and Sri Lanka at Kennington Oval, London. In which England defeated Sri Lanka by 8 wickets, with this victory England also won this ODI series by 2-0 and still remains 1 more match, which will be played on July 4th at County Ground, Bristol.
England won the toss and elect to field first, Sri Lanka batted first scored 241 runs after losing 9 wickets in prescribed 50 over, Sri Lanka again started very badly lost 4 wickets in just 21 runs, Pathum Nissanka dismissed just for 5 runs, Kusal Perera dismissed without scoring, Avishka Fernando dismissed just for 2 runs, Charith Asalanka dismissed just for 3 runs, after that Dhananjaya de Silva and Wanindu Hasaranga handled the inning, and played a brilliant half-century partnership of 62 runs, the fifth wicket fall in 86 runs, Wanindu Hasaranga dismissed after scoring 26 runs in 49 balls, next batsman Dasun Shanaka came to bat, handled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partnership of 78 runs with Dhananjaya de Silva, the sixth wicket fall in 164 runs, Dhananjaya de Silva dismissed after playing a brilliant half-century inning of 91 runs with the help of 13 boundries in 91 balls, next batsman Chamika Karunaratne came to bat, and played well with Dasun Shanaka, the seventh wicket fall in 206 runs, Dasun Shanaka dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 47 runs in 67 balls, followed by Binura Fernando came to bat, and played well with Chamika Karunaratne, the eight wicket fall in 217 runs, Chamika Karunaratne dismissed after scoring 21 runs in 38 balls, next batsman Dushmantha Chameera came to bat, and played well with Binura Fernando, the ninth wicket fall in 229 runs, Binura Fernando dismissed after scoring 17 runs in 15 balls, followed by Asitha Fernando came to bat, and he remains unbeaten for 1 run with Dushmantha Chameera, and Dushmantha Chameera played an unbeaten inning of 14 runs in 12 balls. In this way, Sri Lanka batted first after losing the toss, scored 241 runs losing 9 wickets in the prescribed 50 over, and set a target of 242 runs in front of England.
England bowlers performed very brilliantly, Sam Curran took 5 wickets for 68 runs, and David Willey took 4 wickets for 64 runs.
England chasing 242 runs, they achieved the target very easily by losing just 2 wickets in 43 over and won the match very easily by 8 wickets. England started the inning very brilliantly, Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow came to start the inning and gave a brilliant start with a half-century partnership of 76 runs, the first wicket has gone in 76 runs, Jonny Bairstow dismissed after scoring 29 runs in 36 balls, next batsman Joe Root came to bat and played well with Jason Roy, the second wicket fall in 104 runs, Jason Roy dismissed after playing a brilliant half-century inning of 60 runs with the help of 10 boundries in 52 balls, followed by Eoin Morgan came to bat, and played a brilliant inning and took the match to the victory with Joe Root, Eoin Morgan played a brilliant fantastic unbeaten half-century inning of 75 runs with the help of 1 six and 8 boundries in 83 balls, and Joe Root also played a brilliant unbeaten victory and half-century inning of 68 runs with the help of 5 boundries in 87 balls. In this way, England chasing 242 runs in the second inning, achieved the target very easily by losing just 2 wickets in 43 overs and won the match very easily by 8 wickets, and with this victory, England also seals the series by 2-0.
Sri Lankan bowler Wanindu Hasaranga, and Chamika Karunaratne got 1-1 wicket.
England bowler Sam Curran selected as the best player of the match, he performed very brilliant bowling, took 5 wickets for 68 runs in his spell.
521.650 SRY