[Lord Snooty]

It will now Moeen's out.

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To call at Asda as well so no chance of catching the end.

[themaclad]

Get Asda to deliver

[Lord Snooty]

Well they did better than I thought and yes I would've been home for the end had I not gone to t' Asda.
It looks like the usual fare of not bowling well enough and the inevitable middle order collapse was our downfall yet again. A couple of good individual performances, when we needed a few more.

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Sri Lanka 317-6 (50)
England 292 (47.1)
Sri Lanka won by 25 runs

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Fri Nov 21: v Sri Lanka A - Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo - England won by 56 runs (D/L method) Scorecard
Sun Nov 23: v Sri Lanka A -  Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo - Match abandoned Scorecard
Weds Nov 26: 1st ODI v Sri Lanka - Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo - Sri Lanka won by 25 runs Scorecard
Sat Nov 29: 2nd ODI v Sri Lanka - Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo (10:00 local time, 04:30 GMT)

Wed Dec 3: 3rd ODI v Sri Lanka - Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota (14:30 local time, 09:00 GMT)
Sun Dec 7: 4th ODI v Sri Lanka - Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo (10:00 local time, 04:30 GMT)
Wed Dec 10: 5th ODI v Sri Lanka - Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy (14:30 local time, 09:00 GMT)
Sat Dec 13: 6th ODI v Sri Lanka - Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy (10:00 local time, 04:30 GMT)
Tue Dec 16: 7th ODI v Sri Lanka - Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo (14:30 local time, 09:00 GMT)

[Lord Snooty]

Sri Lanka v England

The 2nd ODI match
Saturday November 29th
at Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.
starting at 10:00 local time, 04:30 GMT.

Life goes on for the rest of us and tomorrow's match will be used to commemorate the life of Philip Hughes. There was talk of abandoning the match as a mark of respect, but instead the game goes ahead.




Steven Finn is still struggling to be fit and Sri Lanka have no injury problems.


England squad: Alastair Cook ©, Moeen Ali, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Jos Buttler (w), Steven Finn, Harry Gurney, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Eoin Morgan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, James Taylor, James Tredwell, Chris Woakes.

Sri Lanka squad: Angelo Mathews ©, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kusal Perera, Kumar Sangakkara (w), Mahela Jayawardena, Lahiru Thirimanne, Jeevan Mendis, Thilina Kandamby, Rangana Herath, Dilruwan Perera, Ajantha Mendis, Shaminda Eranga, Dhammika Prasad, Thisara Perera, Lahiru Gamage.

Scorecard

[themaclad]

Always nice to wake up to a batting collapse 135-6

[Lord Snooty]

185 all out. Didn't make use of the full amount of overs either. Pisch!

[Lord Snooty]

Sri Lanka cruising to victory.

[Lord Snooty]

England 185 (43)
Sri Lanka 186-2 (34.2)
Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets

[Lord Snooty]

Sri Lanka v England

The 3rd ODI match
Wednesday December 3rd
at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota.
starting at 14:30 local time, 09:00 GMT.

Mahela Jayawardene is missing this match for personal reasons. His place in the side will be taken by either Thilina Kandamby or Ashan Priyanjan.

England are likely to be unchanged though Chris Woakes has been missing training with a stomach upset.

The weather forecast isn't good, but we do have a reserve day, so all is not lost.


England squad: Alastair Cook ©, Moeen Ali, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Jos Buttler (w), Steven Finn, Harry Gurney, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Eoin Morgan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, James Taylor, James Tredwell, Chris Woakes.

Sri Lanka squad: Angelo Mathews ©, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kusal Perera, Kumar Sangakkara (w), Mahela Jayawardena, Lahiru Thirimanne, Jeevan Mendis, Thilina Kandamby, Rangana Herath, Dilruwan Perera, Ajantha Mendis, Shaminda Eranga, Dhammika Prasad, Thisara Perera, Lahiru Gamage.

Scorecard

[Lord Snooty]

Hales, Stokes and Jordan in for Bell, Gurney and Tredwell.

SL won the toss and put England in.