England captain Harry Brook mentioned his aspect had been “challenged” in “quite a lot of completely different departments” after dropping to Sri Lanka by 19 runs within the first one-day worldwide in Colombo.
Kusal Mendis hit 93 as England had been set 272 to win on the R Premadasa Stadium, the place Ben Duckett replied with 62 and Joe Root posted 61 to provide Brook’s aspect hope.
A valiant final stand from Jamie Overton is not sufficient ❌
His 34 runs from 17 balls gave England a glimmer of hope however Sri Lanka take the primary ODI 🇱🇰
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Brook’s was one in every of eight wickets to fall for 84 runs, with the removing of Jamie Overton throughout a final-over chase of 20 consigning his workforce to an eleventh straight ODI away defeat.
Sri Lanka vs England: Brook praises spinners
“We bowled very well by the center and the spinners bowled exceptionally properly,” Brook instructed TNT Sports activities, having seen Adil Rashid document 3-44.
Caught and bowled 👏
Adil Rashid together with his third wicket to interrupt an 88-run partnership 💪
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“They received maintain of us in that final over. They challenged us in a lot of completely different departments. Sadly we misplaced a number of wickets in fast succession and that at all times places you on the again foot.”
The three-match sequence continues in the identical setting on Saturday in England’s second match since their 4-1 sequence defeat in Australia.
Harry Brook is stumped 🙁
He departs for simply 6 runs…
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Sri Lanka workforce vs England
Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Mendis (wk), Dhananjaya de Silva Charith Asalanka (c), Janith Liyanage, Pavan Rathnayake, Dunith Wellalage, Pramod Madushan, Jeffrey Vandersay, Asitha Fernando
England workforce vs Sri Lanka
Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Sam Curran, Rehan Ahmed, Jamie Overton, Liam Dawson, Adil Rashid
