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Scorecard of England vs Sri Lanka, Pool A Match at Wellington (Mar 1): ICC World Cup 2015

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Venue: Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Toss: England won the toss and chose to bat
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Australia) and Rod Tucker (Australia)
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets
Man of the Match: Kumar Sangakkara

England (50 Overs Maximum) Runs Balls 4s 6s
Moeen Ali c Lakmal b Mathews 15 26 3
Ian Bell b Lakmal 49 54 7
Gary Ballance c and b Dilshan 6 14 1
Joe Root lbw b Herath 121 108 14 2
Eoin Morgan (C) c Dilshan b Perera 27 47 2 1
James Taylor c Dilshan b Malinga 25 26 1 1
Jos Buttler (WK) not out 39 19 6 1
Chris Woakes not out 9 8 1
Steven Finn
Stuart Broad
James Anderson
Extras 18 (4 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 9 w)
Total 309/6 (50 overs)
Fall of wickets: 1-62 (Ali, 9.2 ov), 2-71 (Ballance, 12.2 ov), 3-101 (Bell, 20.2 ov), 4-161 (Morgan, 34.3 ov), 5-259 (Taylor, 45.3 ov), 6-265 (Root, 46.3 ov)
Sri Lanka bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls
Malinga 10 0 63 1 2
Lakmal 7.4 0 71 1 2 2
Mathews 10 1 43 1 1
Dilshan 8.2 0 35 1
Herath 5.5 0 35 1
Perera 8.1 0 55 1
Sri Lanka (Target : 310 from 50 Overs) Runs Balls 4s 6s
Lahiru Thirimanne not out 139 143 13 2
Tillakaratne Dilshan c Morgan b Ali 44 55 4 2
Kumar Sangakkara (WK) not out 117 86 11 2
Mahela Jayawardene
Dimuth Karunaratne
Angelo Mathews (C)
Dinesh Chandimal
Thisara Perera
Rangana Herath
Lasith Malinga
Suranga Lakmal
Extras 12 (8 b, 1 lb, 3 w)
Total 312/1 (47.2 overs)
Fall of wickets: 1-100 (Dilshan, 18.6 ov)
England bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls
Anderson 8 0 48 0
Broad 10 1 67 0 1
Woakes 9.2 0 72 0 1
Finn 8 0 54 0 1
Ali 10 0 50 1
Root 2 0 12 0