England Captain won the toss and decided to filed first.It was fair decision from England captain as Sri Lankan batsmen failed to face English bowling attack.Only Kumar Sangakkara took the responsibility on his shoulder and scored 75 crucial runs for England team.James Anderson and Dernbach picked 3 wickets each whereas 2 wickets went inot the pocket of Broad and Bresnan. Sri Lankan team was losing wickets at every interval and the whole team was bowled out in just 43.4 overs at the score of 174 runs.
It was not a big target to win as they were playing under home conditions.Openers Cook and Kieswetter scored 171 runs partnership for the first wicket. Game was forced to stop and the result was declared by DL method where good and sold start from England lead them towards emphatic win.Cook scored 95 runs whereas 72 runs were scored by Kieswetter.Last ODI will be decider of this series. It will be exciting contest to watch where both teams will fight for series victory.
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