Summary

  • Hales 133* (110), Roy 112* (95)

  • England's highest ODI opening stand

  • England win with 15.5 overs to spare

  • Biggest ODI chase to win by 10 wkts

  • England lead 1-0 in five-match series

  1. Postpublished at 17:22 British Summer Time 24 June 2016

    Phil Tufnell
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "That partnership saved them a bit there. It's given them a shout. If they had lost a wicket, with the batting to come, they'd have got to 200, 220. Now with 250, they've got a chance."

  2. SL 254-7published at 50 overs

    Well bowled, Chris Woakes. No damage done in that final over. Sri Lanka end on 254-7, a recovery of sorts, but England still big favourites to win this. The home side have bowled and fielded smartly, especially since removing Angelo Mathews.

  3. SL 251-7published at 49.4 overs

    Randiv would have been gone had Jason Roy's throw hit but, for once, he's off target from point.

  4. How's stat?!published at 17:19 British Summer Time 24 June 2016

    Andy Zaltzman
    Comedian & BBC Test Match Special statistician

    "That's Tharanga's first ODI half-century since July 2013, when he made 174 not out against India in Jamaica."

  5. SL 250-7published at 49.3 overs

    No boundaries yet in this final over. Woakes doing a good job for England.

  6. Postpublished at 17:18 British Summer Time 24 June 2016

  7. 50 runs

    50 for Upul Tharangapublished at 49.1 overs

    SL 248-7

    Good knock given the circumstances. 46 balls. He's given his team half a sniff.

  8. Postpublished at 17:16 British Summer Time 24 June 2016

  9. SL 246-7 (Tharanga 49, Randiv 23)published at 49 overs

    Randiv also in to the act. Two straight and another couple to deep mid-wicket bringing up the 50 partnership in 48 balls. And an edge for four! Sri Lanka fans dance and wave their flags. The tourists are getting somewhere near.

  10. Postpublished at 17:14 British Summer Time 24 June 2016

    Phil Tufnell
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "England thought they would just blow this tail away. It's not been the case, is it? Tharanga's playing well."

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  11. SL 239-7published at 48.3 overs

    Tharanga is doing the bizo here. A smear off the back foot brings him four through the covers off Willey. He's on 49...

  12. How's stat?!published at 17:12 British Summer Time 24 June 2016

    Andy Zaltzman
    Comedian & BBC Test Match Special statistician

    "That is Upul Tharanga's first six in ODI cricket since July 2013, 18 games ago."

  13. SL 232-7published at 48 overs

    Tharanga is just starting to cook now, bringing the late impetus. When Woakes serves up a half-tracker, he rocks back to hammer a maximum over mid-wicket. That's the first six since the fifth over. On the PA, a man tells us to stay off the playing area. Not that we were thinking of going on...

  14. Postpublished at 17:07 British Summer Time 24 June 2016

    Phil Tufnell
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "That's the trouble with this Sri Lanka line-up. You've got the main guys up front, but the guys at the bottom haven't got the shots. It's not like the England lower order, who can find the boundary if the guys at the top can't."

  15. SL 222-7 (Tharanga 35, Randiv 14)published at 47 overs

    Willey and Woakes to complete England's 50 as the live text desk talks about ironing bed sheets. Seriously, is there a greater waste of time? Sri Lanka tickle the gas as Tharanga gets a thick edge to third man and Randiv plays an audacious scoop to fine leg. You just feel it isn't enough. 

  16. Postpublished at 17:03 British Summer Time 24 June 2016

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "It's been dull from a viewing perspective. England won't care because of how well they've bowled."

  17. SL 210-7 (Plunkett 10-0-49-2)published at 46 overs

    Plunkett, all beard and tattoos, charges in round the wicket to Tharanga, hammering the part of the pitch that is just back of a length. Tharanga can't do anything other than turn off his hips for a single. Time running our for the Lankans to have a dart.

  18. Postpublished at 16:59 British Summer Time 24 June 2016

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "When it comes to boundary sizes, I'll always be in the bowlers' union - the bigger the better, especially at deep mid-wicket."

  19. SL 208-7 (run rate 4.62)published at 45 overs

    Is Jonny Bairstow making friends out there on the boundary? A diving stop, the Hollis Stand erupts, two chaps dressed as lifeguards dance behind him. And again! More cheers and chants of "Jon-ny, Jon-ny". No reaction from JB, but a cheer tells me he might have managed a wave. Adulation taken in the stride.

  20. Postpublished at 16:55

    Two wickets for three runs in five balls not too long ago....