2007 Cricket World Cup: Sri Lanka vs England
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Sri Lanka beat England in a breathless finish by just 2 runs in the Super 8 phase in the World Cup at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda.
In addition, Sanath Jayasuriya became the most capped ODI player, in his 385th ODI, overtaking Sachin Tendulkar.
Toss: England won, and elected to field first.
 Sri Lanka innings
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Upul Tharanga | c Pietersen b Flintoff | 62 | 103 | 2 | 0 | 60.19 | |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | b Mahmood | 25 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 96.15 | |
| Kumar Sangakkara | c Collingwood b Mahmood | 17 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 51.51 | |
| Mahela Jayawardene | c Joyce b Collingwood | 56 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 91.80 | |
| Chamara Silva | b Flintoff | 24 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 64.86 | |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | run out (Bell) | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 83.33 | |
| Russel Arnold | c Joyce b Mahmood | 20 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 90.90 | |
| Chaminda Vaas | c Collingwood b Flintoff | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 80.00 | |
| Lasith Malinga | c Nixon b Mahmood | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | not out | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Dilhara Fernando | run out (Pietersen/Nixon) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (b 3; lb 5; w 4; nb 4) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out; 50 overs) | 235 | 15 | 1 | |||
Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Jayasuriya, 7.6 ov), 2-69 (Sangakkara, 18.1 ov), 3-160 (Tharanga, 34.5 ov), 4-175 (Jayawardene, 38.4 ov), 5-193 (Dilshan, 42.1 ov), 6-215 (Silva, 46.1 ov), 7-219 (Vaas, 46.6 ov), 8-226 (Malinga, 49.1 ov), 9-231 (Arnold, 49.4 ov), 10-235 (Fernando, 49.6 ov)
 England bowling
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | |
| James Anderson | 10 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 3.90 | |
| Sajid Mahmood | 9 | 0 | 49 | 4 | 5.44 | |
| Andrew Flintoff | 10 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 3.50 | |
| Paul Collingwood | 10 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 4.40 | |
| Monty Panesar | 8 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 5.62 | |
| Michael Vaughan | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4.66 | |
| England innings (Target: 236 runs from 50 overs)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Ed Joyce | lbw b Malinga | 10 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 47.61 | |
| Michael Vaughan | c Sangakkara b Vaas | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Ian Bell | run out (Jayasuriya) | 47 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 66.19 | |
| Kevin Pietersen | c & b Muralitharan | 58 | 80 | 5 | 1 | 72.50 | |
| Paul Collingwood | lbw b Fernando | 14 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 70.00 | |
| Andrew Flintoff | c Malinga b Fernando | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |
| Ravinder Bopara | b Fernando | 52 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 98.11 | |
| Paul Nixon | c Jayawardene b Malinga | 42 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 95.45 | |
| Sajid Mahmood | not out | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (b 1; lb 1; w 2; nb 2) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (8 Wickets; 50 overs) | 233 | 16 | 2 | |||
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Vaughan, 2.2 ov), 2-11 (Joyce, 5.2 ov), 3-101 (Bell, 25.2 ov), 4-126 (Pietersen, 30.5 ov), 5-133 (Flintoff, 33.1 ov), 6-133 (Collingwood, 33.3 ov), 7-220 (Nixon, 48.5 ov), 8-233 (Bopara, 49.6 ov)
| Sri Lanka bowling
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | |
| Chaminda Vaas | 8 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 5.62 | |
| Lasith Malinga | 10 | 1 | 50 | 2 | 5.00 | |
| Dilhara Fernando | 9 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 4.55 | |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 8 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 3.87 | |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 5 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 3.20 | |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 4.80 | |
Sri Lanka: W U Tharanga, S T Jayasuriya, K C Sangakkara (wkt), D P M D Jayawardene (capt), L P C Silva, T M Dilshan, C R D Fernando, R P Arnold, W P U J C Vaas, S L Malinga, M Muralitharan
England: E C Joyce, M P Vaughan (capt), I R Bell, K P Pietersen, P D Collingwood, A Flintoff, R S Bopara, P A Nixon (wkt), S I Mahmood, J M Anderson, M S Panesar
Player of the match: R S Bopara (England)
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and B F Bowden (New Zealand)
TV umpire: R E Koertzen (South Africa)
Match referee: J J Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve umpire: Aleem Dar (Pakistan)
Sources
[edit]- "33rd Match, Super Eights: England v Sri Lanka at North Sound, Apr 4, 2007" — Cricinfo, April 4, 2007
