Skipper again shows Lanka the winning way

Sri Lanka’s resurgence in the triangular one-day series continued on Monday with a 31-run win over England as off spinner Muttiah Mural...

Sri Lanka’s resurgence in the triangular one-day series continued on Monday with a 31-run win over England as off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan became only the fourth player to claim 300 wickets in one-day internationals.

Sri Lanka scored 284 for seven in their 50 overs before dismissing England for 253 in 49.2 overs. Muralitharan took 1-36 from his 10 overs, dismissing tailender Jimmy Anderson for one as England again failed to build on a century opening stand.

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Sri Lanka: M Atapattu c Knight b Caddick 0, S Jayasuriya c Knight b Blackwell 106, H Tillakaratne c Trescothick b Collingwood 44, A de Silva c Stewart b Caddick 51, K Sangakkara c&b Anderson 10, M Jayawardene c Collingwood b Anderson 33, R Arnold run out 0, C Vaas not out 6, M Muralitharan not out 3; Extras: (b-1, lb-10, nb-4, w-16) 31 Total: (For 7 wkts, in 50 overs) 284 Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-144, 3-199, 4-224, 5-264, 6-269, 7-277 Bowling: Caddick 10-3-29-2, Anderson 9-0-58-2, Harmison 9-0-59-0, Irani 9-0-53-0, Blackwell 10-0-54-1, Collingwood 3-0-20-1 England: M Trescothick run out 85, N Knight c Sangakkara b D Fernando 42, N Hussain c Sangakkara b D Fernando 13, O Shah c Jayawardene b De Silva 19, P Collingwood b Jayasuriya 2, A Stewart run out 6, I Blackwell c Atapattu b De Silva 16, R Irani c&b De Silva 2, A Caddick not out 14, J Anderson b Muralitharan 1, S Harmison c Arnold b De Silva 7; Extras: (b-1, lb-13, nb-5, w-7) 26 Total: (All out, in 49.2 overs) 253 Fall of wickets: 1-115, 2-146, 3-161, 4-167, 5-179, 6-217, 7-227, 8-227, 9-234 Bowling: Vaas 9-1-54-0, B Fernando 7-0-36-0, De Silva 6.2-1-30-4, D Fernando 7-0-38-2, Muralitharan 10-1-36-1, Jayasuriya 10-0-45-1 Story continues below this ad

Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya won the toss and batted, hitting his second successive century as Sri Lanka smashed 284 for seven. It was the left-hander’s 15th century in his 277th One-day International and he put on 144 for the second wicket with Hashan Tillakaratne, who made 44. Nick Knight (42) and Marcus Trescothick, who was run out for 85, made 115 for England’s first wicket, their second successive century stand.

England lost five wickets for 64 including a piece of schoolboy cricket from Alec Stewart (six) and Owais Shah who wee both stranded mid-pitch after Shah sent the veteran back from an attempted single. Shah made 39 before he became one of slow bowler Aravinda de Silva’s four victims. De Silva’s 4-30 was his career-best and he also made 51.

Sri Lanka’s win, their second in succession after starting the series with three straight losses, keeps them in contention for the finals with 12 points. Australia have 22 from five games with England on 14 from six matches.

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