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Sri Lanka vs England 1st ODI Highlights: Sri Lanka has defeated England by 19 runs in the first ODI match. In this match played at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka, batting first, scored 271 runs. In reply, it was all out for 252 runs. Jamie Overton tried his best to lead his team to victory, but his stormy innings of 34 runs could not prevent England’s defeat.
Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat first. Kusal Mendis played an unbeaten inning of 93 runs for the host team. Apart from him, Janith Liyanage contributed 46 runs. In the last overs, Dunith Vellage played an inning of 25 runs in 12 balls, helping Sri Lanka reach its score of 271.
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The England team, which came to chase the target of 272 runs, got off to a bad start as opener Jack Crawley was out after scoring only 6 runs. But Joe Root and Ben Duckett increased England’s hopes of victory by making a partnership of 117 runs. But in the span of 15 runs, both Root and Duckett lost their wickets. Root scored 61 runs and Duckett scored 61 runs.
At one time England had scored 129 runs at the loss of only one wicket, but within the next 36 runs they lost 5 wickets. Rehan Ahmed’s 27 runs brought England back into the match. Meanwhile, there came the storm of Jamie Overton, who played an inning of 34 runs in 17 balls. But in the end the England team could not even play the full 50 overs and the entire team was reduced to 252 runs.
This is a matter of concern for the England team just before the T20 World Cup 2026. England recently suffered a 1-4 defeat at the hands of Australia in the Ashes. After that, Sri Lanka has also defeated England in the first ODI match.
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