Sri Lanka pulled off the second-highest successful run chase in one-day international history to beat England in the third match of the tri-series at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Thursday. Chasing 430, they hit the winning runs with one ball of the innings still to be bowled.
England had built the target around a huge innings from Harry Brook, whose 202 helped the visitors reach 429-4, the largest one-day international score recorded in Pakistan.
Harry Brook double century lifts England to 429-4
Brook was dismissed on the final ball of England’s innings after facing 116 balls, with 21 fours and 10 sixes in his knock. Tom Banton and Ben Duckett had earlier put on 74 runs in 13.2 overs, but Sri Lanka’s bowlers removed both in quick succession, leaving England 85-2 after 16 overs.
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Joe Root and Brook then added 159 for the third wicket. Root made 69 from 66 balls, hitting eight fours, and became the first England player to pass 8000 ODI runs. England reached 244-3 in 37.1 overs, and Brook and Will Jacks shared a 179-run stand from just 79 deliveries.
England scored 185 in the last 13 overs. Jacks made 66 from 30 balls, including three sixes and eight fours, while Banton scored 50 off 51 and Duckett made 29 off 39.
Rathnayake’s 130 powers Sri Lanka’s chase at Rawalpindi
Pavan Rathnayake top-scored with 130 from 106 balls, striking three sixes and 15 fours. Avishka Fernando and Dasun Shanaka were both dismissed on identical scores of 97.
Dunith Wellalage was the best of Sri Lanka’s bowlers, taking two wickets in his 10 overs while conceding 56 runs.
