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England succumb to spin-bowling choke
Sri Lanka 271 for 6 (Mendis 93*, Liyanage 46, Rashid 3-44) beat England 252 (Duckett 62, Root 61, Overton 34, Madushan 3-39) by 19 runsF
Summary
There were glimmers of brilliance from England in a chase of 272. It had been Mendis, however, who had set Sri Lanka up in the first innings. Although Mendis hit only a single four after the 40th over, Sri Lanka had Wellalage to crash the finishing boundaries.
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- Jamie Overton2
- Dhananjaya de Silva
- Jeffrey Vandersay
- Janith Liyanage
- Pramod Madushan
- Jacob Bethell
- Madushan 3-39
- Kusal Mendis
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- Dunith Wellalage
- Bazball
- Overton
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- United Kingdom2
- South Asia
- Sri Lanka
- Colombo
- Overton
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- bowling2
- england2
- succumb2
- choke2
- spin2
- duckett
- rashid
- runsf
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