LONDON, May 23 (AP): A new-look England unexpectedly gave Sri Lanka its first defeat in a one-day international this year, an impressive 81-run thrashing in a rain-interrupted match at The Oval Thursday.
Chris Jordan, in his ninth ODI, starred for England, first with 38 runs off 13 balls to put pressure on Sri Lanka's chase, which he undermined with three wickets for 25 runs.
Thanks to Jordan and Jos Buttler plundering 54 off the last four overs, England posted a challenging 247-6 off 39 overs. Set 259 to win on the Duckworth/Lewis method, Sri Lanka started badly and slowly, and another rain delay put the winning target well out of reach. The visitors were all out in 28 overs for 144.
England 247 for 6 (Ballance 64, Bell 50, Root 45, Jordan 38*, Senanayake 3-30) beat Sri Lanka 144 (Jayawardene 35, Dilshan 33, Jordan 3-25, Tredwell 3-38) by 81 runs (D/L method).
England beat SL by 81 runs in rainy 1st ODI
FE Team | Published: May 24, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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