Cricket tri-series: Sri Lanka beat England by two wickets
Sri Lanka chase 430 with one ball remaining, overcoming Harry Brook’s fastest ODI double-century and leaving England winless in the tournament.
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Sri Lanka chase 430 with one ball remaining, overcoming Harry Brook’s fastest ODI double-century and leaving England winless in the tournament.
Sri Lanka beat England by two wickets in Rawalpindi on 22 October, reaching 430–8 with one ball remaining in the men’s cricket tri-series. BBC Cricket reported a record 123 boundaries across the match, which left England winless after two games.
England captain Harry Brook had scored 202, including the fastest double-century in one-day international (ODI) history, to set Sri Lanka a target of 430. Janith Liyanage’s winning six completed what Guardian Sport described as the second-highest successful chase in the format’s history.
BBC Cricket reported that the two innings, or turns batting, produced 93 fours and 30 sixes—an ODI record of 123 boundaries. A four normally reaches the boundary after bouncing; a six clears it without bouncing.
England’s 429–4—429 runs with four batters dismissed—was briefly the highest ODI total made in Pakistan, before Sri Lanka overtook it. BBC Cricket also reported that Brook became the first man to score an ODI double-century and finish on the losing side.
Sri Lanka slipped to 24 runs for two wickets before Pavan Rathnayake and Avishka Fernando added 166 together for the third wicket. Fernando fell three runs short of a century, but Dasun Shanaka maintained the scoring pace.
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The council also reprimands the Pakistan fast bowler for his exchange with Will Jacks in Lahore, adding a fifth demerit point to his record. England’s players are fined after finishing three overs short of their bowling target.
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| Pavan Rathnayake | 130 | Sri Lanka’s top scorer. |
| Avishka Fernando | 97 | Shared a 166-run partnership with Rathnayake. |
| Dasun Shanaka | 97 | Hit eight sixes. |
| Janith Liyanage | 61 not out | Hit the winning six. |
Sri Lanka needed 109 runs from the final 10 overs and kept the chase on course despite losing Rathnayake and Shanaka. Eight were needed from the final over, a set of six legal deliveries.
Josh Tongue bowled Dunith Wellalage and Eshan Malinga with consecutive balls, hitting their stumps to dismiss them. With six runs needed from two balls, Liyanage struck Tongue’s next delivery down the ground for six, completing the chase after 49 overs and five balls.
Brook reached 200 from 114 balls and finished with 202 from 116, becoming England’s first ODI double-centurion. He surpassed Shubman Gill’s 117-ball double-century against West Indies in Guwahati and England’s previous highest individual ODI score, Ben Stokes’s 182 not out against New Zealand in 2023.
After scoring only 13 from his first 24 balls, Brook added 189 from his remaining 92. His innings included 21 fours and 10 sixes. England scored 296 runs in the final 25 overs of their 50-over innings.
| Batter | Runs | Details |
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| Harry Brook | 202 | 116 balls; caught from the final ball of the innings. |
| Joe Root | 69 | 66 balls; became the first England player to reach 8,000 career ODI runs. |
| Will Jacks | 66 | 30 balls; unbeaten at the end of England’s innings. |
Before the match, Guardian Sport reported that the losing side would be bottom of the three-team tournament at its halfway stage, with no points. England’s defeat leaves them without a win after two games.
England next face Pakistan in Lahore on 25 October. BBC Cricket reported that England face the prospect of needing to win that match to stay in the competition.
Sri Lanka’s win eliminates England and sets up Saturday’s final against Pakistan, leaving Thursday’s England–Sri Lanka match with no bearing on qualification.
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In Lahore, Shadab Khan’s unbeaten 113 and an unbroken 89-run last-wicket stand with Haris Rauf secure Pakistan a place in the final.
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