• Sri Lanka 150-9 (21 overs); England 153-3 (18.3 overs)• England win by seven wickets with 15 balls to spareEngland eased into a 2-0 series lead over Sri Lanka as Eoin Morgan’s unbeaten 58 and a disciplined bowling performance delivered victory in a r…
Over-by-over updates from the third ODI in Kandy Sri Lanka ‘not distracted’ by Jayasuriya caseDrop Tim an email | Tweet @TimdeLisle 9.47am BST The start is delayed, which at least makes a change from the mid-afternoon downpour. We will have to wait a l…
• Hampshire all-rounder suffered side strain in Saturday’s win• Extra seamer likely to play in Wednesday’s third ODILiam Dawson has suffered a possible World Cup body blow after sitting out England’s training session in Kandy on Monday with a side stra…
The fast bowler announced himself in second ODI with Sri Lanka and Eoin Morgan says he is already in shake-up for World CupBefore what could generously be described as nice weather for ducks, a fast bowler who started out with Vauxhall Mallards of the …
• Captain praises Stone’s bowling in first outing against Sri Lanka• ‘You can’t disregard Olly from World Cup based on today’Eoin Morgan expects that with Alex Hales kicking his heels in reserve, and the back-up bowlers watching Olly Stone’s encouragin…
• England 278-9; Sri Lanka 140-5 (29 ov, target 279)• Tourists win by 31 runs via DLS method as rain stops playEoin Morgan paved the way for a comfortable England victory over Sri Lanka with a captain’s innings of 92 in the second one-day international…
Live updates from the Rangiri Dambulla International StadiumEngland’s recent record against spin is one of the best, says RootEmail or tweet your thoughts 5.15am BST The players are out, and the sun is still shining! Let’s watch some cricket! 4.58am BS…
• Test captain backs Adil Rashid and Moeen Khan• England prepare for second ODI with Sri LankaJoe Root is confident England can banish the notion they are vulnerable to spin once and for all in Sri Lanka.The prevalence of seam bowlers in England has of…
Batsman has not played as much first-class cricket as he would have liked and aims to build a case for selection with the LionsJos Buttler’s unqualified success in Test cricket during the summer, despite a light back catalogue in the first-class game, …
Roguish newcomer who stole radio rights to England’s winter tours bowls tidy opening over for listeners fearing loss of TMSThe barbarians are at the gates. The lunatics are on the grass. Ten kilo bags of mixed gravel aggregate are two?for?one at your l…
Roguish newcomer who stole radio rights to England’s winter tours bowls tidy opening over for listeners fearing loss of TMSThe barbarians are at the gates. The lunatics are on the grass. Ten kilo bags of mixed gravel aggregate are two?for?one at your l…
• Play wiped out after just 15 overs with England on 92-2• Tourists also lost a warmup match to rain in ColomboEoin Morgan is confident England’s tour to Sri Lanka during the monsoon season can still produce worthwhile cricket after the one-day series …
Live updates as the five -match ODI series starts in DambullaHow Sri Lanka’s magical 1996 cocktail paved way for Morgan’s menSend John an email | Tweet @John_Ashdown 10.11am BST 2nd over: England 7-0 (Roy 6, Bairstow 1) Pradeep, returning to the Sri L…
Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid have the experience but the hosts’ spinners could produce the unorthodox in DambullaIt was a visit to Sri Lanka in late 2014 and a 5-2 series defeat that proved the circuit breaker for Alastair Cook’s time as the England one-d…
• Batsman joining Rangpur Riders but missed England’s 2016 trip• Withdrawal from ODI series followed Dhaka terrorist attacksAlex Hales is braced for criticism after agreeing to play in the Bangladesh Premier League some two years on from declining to t…
Jos Buttler says England are relishing being favourites going into their one-day series against Sri Lanka.Eoin Morgan’s side overtook India to seize the top spot in the ICC rankings in May – just seven months before England and Wales host the Cricket W…
Echoes of Arjuna Ranatunga’s World Cup-winning blueprint – potent spinners, pinch-hitting openers, bucket loads of confidence – can be seen in the England ODI side todayAs England and Sri Lanka prepare to face off in the five-match one-day series start…
• ‘If I am not good enough to be in the team I will say it’• England captain preparing for series in Sri LankaEoin Morgan has said he would be willing to drop himself at next year’s World Cup if he were out of form.England, who are No 1 in the one-day …
• India beat Windies by innings and 272 runs in Rajkot• England match against Sri Lanka Board XI abandonedIndia have achieved their biggest ever Test victory, thrashing the West Indies by an innings and 272 runs inside three days in Rajkot.Forced to fo…
• Spinner bowls with both left and right arm in Colombo• Joe Root scores 90 as Board XI are beaten by 43 runsEngland faced one of the rarest propositions in cricket during their first warm-up fixture in Sri Lanka, with ambidextrous spinner Kamindu Mend…
