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This is an archive article published on October 8, 2007

England steal win over SL

England beat Sri Lanka by two wickets in the third limited-overs international to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series...

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England beat Sri Lanka by two wickets in the third limited-overs international to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium on Sunday.

With only seven balls to spare England’s lower order fought hard to chase 164 and Stuart Broad again showed character under pressure with an unbeaten 20.

Scoreboard

Sri Lanka: U Tharanga b Sidebottom 15, S Jayasuriya c Swann b Sidebottom 11, K Sangakkara c Mustard b Broad 9, M Jayawardene c Collingwood b Broad 2, C Silva c Mustard b Swann 11, T Dilshan c Collingwood b Swann 70, J Mubarak c & b Swann 6, F Maharoof c & b Swann 7, C Vaas run out 4, D Fernando c Collingwood b Sidebottom 11, L Malinga not out 0; Extras: (b 1, lb 11, w 6) 18; Total: (all out in 41.1 overs) 164

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Fall of wickets: 1-22, 2-33, 3-37, 4-42, 5-85, 6-93, 7-106, 8-118, 9-164

Bowling: Anderson 8-0-35-0, Sidebottom 8.1-1-19-3, Broad 8-0-26-2, Collingwood 7-0-38-0, Swann 10-2-34-4

England: A Cook c Sangakkara b Vaas 0, P Mustard b Maharoof 14, I Bell c Dilshan b Maharoof 16, K Pietersen lbw b Maharoof 8, P Collingwood lbw b Jayasuriya 31, O Shah b Jayasuriya 19, R Bopara lbw b Malinga 7, G Swann b Fernando 25, S Broad not out 20, R Sidebottom not out 7; Extras: (b-1, lb-8, w-6, nb-2) 17; Total: (8 wkts in 46.5 overs) 164*

Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-23, 3-44, 4-47, 5-94, 6-101, 7-107, 8-147

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Bowling: Vaas 6-1-20-1, Maharoof 10-0-34-3, Fernando 10-1-30-1, Malinga 7.5-1-39-1, Dilshan 3-0-8-0, Jayasuriya 10-1-24-2.

*Revised target according to Duckworth-Lewis method

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