Sri Lanka vs England 3rd ODI at Hambantota, 03 Dec, 2014

Toss: Sri Lanka, who chose to bat first
Sri Lanka 242/8 (35)
England 236/5 (33.4)
England won by 5 wickets (D/L method)
Man of the Match: Jos Buttler
  • Jos Buttler 55 * (37)
  • Joe Root 48 * (48)

Over 25.5 Chris Jordan bowls a pitched up delivery to BMAJ Mendis, 1 run, hops in the crease and jabs it to fine leg for a single.

Over 26.2 ST Finn bowls a back of length delivery to HDRL Thirimanne, 1 run, goes on the back foot and turns it to deep square leg.

Over 26.4 ST Finn bowls a good length delivery to BMAJ Mendis, 1 run, comes across and works it down the leg-side.

Over 26.6 ST Finn bowls it short of length to BMAJ Mendis, 1 run, goes on to the back foot and works it down the leg-side.

Over 27.1 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to BMAJ Mendis, 1 run, gets forward and pushes it down to long-on for one.

Over 27.3 Ben Stokes bowls a slower one to BMAJ Mendis, 1 run, stays on the back foot and dabs it to short third man, the batsmen take a quick single.

Over 27.5 Ben Stokes bowls a pitched up delivery to BMAJ Mendis, 1 run, gets forward and drives it pass mid-off.

Over 27.5 Ben Stokes bowls a pitched up delivery to BMAJ Mendis, 1 run, gets forward and drives it pass mid-off.

Over 28.1 Joe Root bowls a tossed up delivery to BMAJ Mendis, 1 run, stays on the back foot and turns it to square leg for a single.

Over 28.3 Joe Root bowls a quicker arm ball to BMAJ Mendis, Boundary! Gets quickly onto it, the ball had enough legs to reach the sweeper cover boundary.

Over 28.4 Joe Root bowls a quicker arm ball to BMAJ Mendis, out Caught by Finn!! It was floated up on middle stump, Mendis moved across a touch and looked to sweep it through the gap between square leg and short fine leg, he hits it uppishly and Finn at square leg dives to his left to take a good catch. J Mendis c Finn b J Root 12(10)

Over 28.4 Joe Root bowls a quicker arm ball to BMAJ Mendis, out Caught by Finn!! It was floated up on middle stump, Mendis moved across a touch and looked to sweep it through the gap between square leg and short fine leg, he hits it uppishly and Finn at square leg dives to his left to take a good catch. J Mendis c Finn b J Root 12(10)