England 268 for 9 (Trott 72, Morgan 57, Randiv 5-42) beat Sri Lanka 252 (Mathews 62, Chandimal 54, Bresnan 3-49) by 16 runs
Four one-sided games preceded this match at Old Trafford, but with the series at chance England and Sri Lanka traded blows in a see-sawing meet that had no clear champ until the closing minutes of the match. England prevailed by 16 runs in a thrilling finale to Sri Lanka's tour, the bowling attack operating as a unit to defend 268 for 9 as the visitors were dismissed for 252 in the 49th over.
Two confident partnerships, first between Alastair Cook and Craig Kieswetter then from Jonathan Trott and Eoin Morgan, had carried England's innings. Sri Lanka, who showed their weakness against the new ball at The Oval, when the damage was 20 for 4, once again struggled first up, the first a counter-attacking 94 between Dinesh Chandimal and Kumar Sangakkara, and the second a backs-to-the-wall 102 between Angelo Mathews and Jeevan Mendis to get close before Jade Dernbach's two wickets in successive balls sealed the result.
Four one-sided games preceded this match at Old Trafford, but with the series at chance England and Sri Lanka traded blows in a see-sawing meet that had no clear champ until the closing minutes of the match. England prevailed by 16 runs in a thrilling finale to Sri Lanka's tour, the bowling attack operating as a unit to defend 268 for 9 as the visitors were dismissed for 252 in the 49th over.
Two confident partnerships, first between Alastair Cook and Craig Kieswetter then from Jonathan Trott and Eoin Morgan, had carried England's innings. Sri Lanka, who showed their weakness against the new ball at The Oval, when the damage was 20 for 4, once again struggled first up, the first a counter-attacking 94 between Dinesh Chandimal and Kumar Sangakkara, and the second a backs-to-the-wall 102 between Angelo Mathews and Jeevan Mendis to get close before Jade Dernbach's two wickets in successive balls sealed the result.
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