
Article Published: Friday 25 September 2009
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England defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets in their opening match of the Champions Trophy here on Friday.
Brief scores:
Sri Lanka 212 in 47.3 overs; England 213-4 in 45 overs
Complete scoreboard of the Champions Trophy match between England and Sri Lanka here on Friday:
Sri Lanka:
T. Dilshan c Morgan b Anderson 2
S. Jayasuriya c Prior b Onions 0
K. Sangakkara c Strauss b Onions 1
M. Jayawardene lbw b Anderson 9
T. Samaraweera c Collingwood b Broad 30
T. Kandamby run out 53
A. Mathews c Prior b Wright 52
N. Kulasekara not out 17
M. Muralitharan b Broad 18
L. Malinga b Broad 0
A. Mendis c Strauss b Anderson 5
Extras (b4, w21) 25
Total (for all out; 47.3 overs) 212
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Jayasuriya), 2-7 (Dilshan), 3-17 (Jayawardene), 4-17 (Sangakkara), 5-81 (Samaraweera), 6-163 (Kandamby), 7-176 (Mathews), 8-197 (Muralitharan), 9-197 (Malinga), 10-212 (Mendis)
Bowling: Anderson 9.3-2-20-3 (w3), Onions 10-0-58-2 (w9), Broad 10-0-49-3 (w5), Wright 6-0-34-1 (w1), Collingwood 8-0-24-0 (w2), Swann 4-0-23-0 (w1)
England:
A. Strauss c Kandamby b Kulasekara 9
J. Denly lbw b Kulasekara 5
O. Shah c Sangakkara b Muralitharan 44
P. Collingwood b Malinga 46
E. Morgan not out 62
M. Prior not out 28
Extras (lb7, nb1, w11) 19
Total (for four wickets; 45 overs) 213
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Denly), 2-19 (Strauss), 3-82
(Collingwood), 4-158 (Shah).
Bowling: Malinga 9-0-43-1 (nb1, w3), Kulasekara 9-1-42-2 (w3), Mathews 8-2-26-0 (w1), Mendis 9-0-35-0 (w1), Muralitharan 10-0-60-1 (w3).
Result: England win by six wickets
Toss: England
Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Billy Bowden (NZL)
TV umpire: Tony Hill (NZL)
Match referee: Javagal Srinath (IND)
Saturday's matches: Australia v West Indies (Johannesburg);
India v Pakistan (Centurion)
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