Lord : Srilanka and England play their 4th ODI match today at Lord. Srilanka beat England by 7 runs in this match. England won the toss and decided to bowl first because weather was sunny and pitch contain more swing in first bowling so they choose fielding first.
TM Dilshan and Sangakara gave a good partnership to set a good total. TM Dilshan made 71 runs on 109 balls and Sangakara 112 runs on 104 balls. Jayawardene again fail to play good knock and caught on 7 runs. Senanayake play an excellent knock of 12 on just 5 balls in last overs when they are loosing their wickets continously. HF Gurney got 4 wickets for 55 runs, JM Anderson 2 for 60 runs, CJ Jordan 2 in last over for 67 runs, JC Tredwell 1 wicket for 39 runs.
England also in batting lost couple of their wickets earlier and AN Cook lbw by Malinga, IR Bell caught on 7 runs, GS Ballance 42 runs on 69 balls, JC Buttler 121 on 74 balls. RS Bopara 51 on 47 balls. Malinga 3 for 60 runs, Mendis got 2, Senanayake got 1, Mathews got 1 wicket.
Man of the Match = JC Buttler for 121 runs on 74 balls
Srilanka now level the 5-Match ODI Series by 2 - 2 .
Match Umpires :
IJ Gold and M Erasmus
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