England vs Sri Lanka 39th Match at Sydney, 05 Nov, 2022

Toss: Sri Lanka, who chose to bat
Sri Lanka 141/8 (20)
England 144/6 (19.4)
England won by 4 wickets
Man of the Match: Adil Rashid
  • Chris Woakes 5 * (3)
  • Ben Stokes 42 * (36)

Over 10.5 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, no run, gets back in the crease and went for a cut but misses.

Over 10.6 Ben Stokes bowls it short of length to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, no run, goes on to the back foot and  looks to tuck it away, gets hit on the shoulder though. He got surprised due to the pace and bounce

Over 11.2 Liam Livingstone bowls it flat in the air to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,1 run, gets forward and drives this to long-on for one

Over 11.4 Liam Livingstone tossed up delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, no run,  driven to the fielder at cover by Rajapaksa

Over 11.5 Liam Livingstone tossed up delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,1 run, gets forward and drives it through cover for a single.

Over 12.5: Boundary!. Ben Stokes to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,

Over 12.6: No runs. Ben Stokes to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,

Over 13.2: No runs. Adil Rashid to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,

Over 13.3: No runs. Adil Rashid to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,

Over 13.4: Single. Adil Rashid to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,

Over 14.6: Boundary!. Chris Woakes to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,

Over 15.2 Adil Rashid tossed up delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,1 run, goes down on his knee and swept to deep backward square leg for a single.

Over 15.6 Adil Rashid tossed up delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,1 run, gets forward and drives it to sweeper cover and picks up one more.

Over 16.1 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,1 leg bye, gets forward and misses his clips and steals the leg bye as the ball deflects to the off side

Over 16.3 Sam Curran bowls a pitched up delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,1 run, gets forward and blocked towards cover point

Over 17.1 Mark Wood bowls a good length delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, no run, gets beaten by the pace as he fails to connect his pull

Over 17.2 Mark Wood bowls it short of length to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,1 run, goes on to the back foot and top-edges the pull this time towards the third-man fielder

Over 17.4 Mark Wood bowls it short of length to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,1 run, gets on top of the bounce and pulls it through square leg.

Over 17.4 Mark Wood bowls it short of length to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,1 run, gets on top of the bounce and pulls it through square leg.

Over 19.1 Mark Wood bowls a good length delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Boundary! Stays back and plays a drive pretty late through covers. The timing was solid, and although Livinsgtone made a solid effort diving from sweeper,

Over 19.2 Mark Wood bowls a good length delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, out Caught by Sam Curran!!  Rajapaksa tried to pull it away. When it's that quick, high possibility that the batter will be late, and that's what happened here. Lobs into the air and easy catch for Curran at mid-on.