Live updates from the Rangiri Dambulla International StadiumEngland 278-9 (Morgan 92, Root 71, Malinga 5-44)England´s recent record against spin is one of the best, says RootEmail your thoughts to Rob 8.57am BST An imperfect effort from England, but a decent total I think. There´s no doubt who will be hogging the headlines, though. Lasith Malinga says he thinks he can play `not like previous but I can do something for the team`, which is charmingly understated.That´s all from me. Rob Smyth will be here shortly for Sri Lanka´s reply. Bye! 8.55am BST 50th over: England 278-9 (Rashid 19, Stone 9) Thisara bowls, and Rashid shuffles across and tries to ramp the ball over his shoulder, but the bowler sees him go, Rashid changes his mind and in the end gets nothing on the ball at all. But from there Rashid gets plenty of bat on ball, spearing the penultimate delivery past point for four, and then scooping the last in an identical direction but high, over the fielder for another! Continue reading...
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