Banton holes out for 126 - his first international century
Duckett bowled for duck and Root trapped lbw on review for 18
Three changes as Cox, Dawson & Baker replace injured Buttler, Ahmed & Tongue
Third ODI, The Oval - series level at 1-1
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Image source, PA MediaHe looked scratchy early on, but credit Jordan Cox for hanging in. He’s played a little gem of an innings here on a tricky surface.
Steve, Haywards Heath
Eng 310-5
Up comes Jordan Cox's fifty, and his first ever in one-day cricket would you believe!
He sends a single out to deep square off Eshan Malinga.
Russel Arnold
Ex-Sri Lanka all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special
It will come down to how well Sri Lanka bat their first overs in the chase.
Sri Lanka have been set 300+ eight times previously in ODIs this decade, successfully chasing only one of those eight totals (314 chased in 49.4 overs v Afghanistan, Pallekele, November 2022).
Image source, Getty ImagesMore runs for Jordan Cox - a leg-side two off Sachindu Colombage brings up England's 300, while a reverse-swept four through third brings four in the later.
Cox adds a single off the final ball of the over and runs straight into Jamie Overton, almost falling over, but gets home safely to move to 48.
That's Colombage done with figures of 2-72.
Average turn - first innings in ODIs this summer:
Phil Tufnell
Former England spinner on Test Match Special
Cox definitely picked that spot, it wasn't just a whack at a full toss - very nicely played.
Jordan Cox is moving along nicely, hitting Eshan Malinga for two fours in this over.
He plays wide of long-on and then times a shot well through the covers, beating the fielder on the rope.
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Root looking over his shoulder? Jumping to crazy conclusions after one bad series, he was unplayable against India not that long ago.
Tom, Nottingham
Phil Tufnell
Former England spinner on Test Match Special
287 is not a bad score, with more to come for England.
We might just see the pitch take a bit of a turn.
Jacks c Asalanka b Colombage 25 (Eng 287-5)
Big top-edge... and caught.
Will Jacks goes for a big swing into the leg side off Sachindu Colombage and instead skews the ball into the air at mid-off, where Charith Asalanka takes the catch.
A second wicket today for Colombage.
Will Jacks on the attack!
He goes four-six-four off Dunith Wellalage, lifting the ball high over long-off in between shots through long-on and third.
Having endured that, Wellalage does end the over with a dot ball.
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Competition for batting places in limited over game is hotting up. Joe Root will be looking over his shoulder.
Tony Harman, Chorley
Five runs off Sachindu Colombage's over, with Will Jacks knocking the final ball between mid-wicket and long-on for four.
Phil Tufnell
Former England spinner on Test Match Special
Jordan Cox, even though he struggled earlier on, is now playing nicely.
Some big turn for Dunith Wellalage.
It's not to his benefit though, as the spinner sees his delivery beat Jordan Cox and Kusal Mendis and race away past the fielder at third for four byes.
England have scored 143-2 in the second half of PP2 (overs 26-40) at 9.53 runs per over.
The last time they scored as many runs in this phase was against Bangladesh in Dharamsala in the 2023 World Cup (149-2).
Phil Tufnell
Former England spinner on Test Match Special
You can see what it meant to Tom Banton, tenth ODI, he gets his 100.
A couple of singles off Sachindu Colombage's over, with England moving past 250.
The spinner has figures of 1-49 off seven overs thus far.
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Sorry, but that is so, so poor. England had 12 overs to bat, and Banton had just hit a couple of boundaries. Take the single. Now Jacks has to start again, and the run rate will stall. Hard surface to start on top!
Cameron, Birkenhead
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Banton,caught Malinga, bowled Colombage Banton, caught Malinga, bowled Colombage | 126 | 105 | 56 | 16 | 5 | 176 | 120.00 |
Duckett,bowled Madushanka Duckett, bowled Madushanka | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.00 |
Root,leg before wicket, bowled Liyanage Root, leg before wicket, bowled Liyanage | 18 | 37 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 48.65 |
Brook,caught Wellalage, bowled A Fernando Brook, caught Wellalage, bowled A Fernando | 77 | 66 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 83 | 116.67 |
batting,Cox,not out batting, Cox, not out | 56 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 57 | 127.27 |
Jacks,caught Asalanka, bowled Colombage Jacks, caught Asalanka, bowled Colombage | 25 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 119.05 |
batting,Overton,not out batting, Overton, not out | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 133.33 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 4, byes 4, leg byes 3, total 11 Extras, no balls 0, wides 4, byes 4, leg byes 3, total 11 | |||||||
Total,321 for 5 47.2 overs Total,321 for 5 47.2 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A Fernando, bowling | 7.2 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5.59 |
Madushanka | 7.0 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7.00 |
Malinga | 8.0 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6.75 |
Wellalage | 9.0 | 1 | 62 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6.88 |
Liyanage | 6.0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6.16 |
Colombage | 10.0 | 0 | 71 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7.10 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
6 for 1(1.2 overs) | Duckett |
68 for 2(15.1 overs) | Root |
218 for 3(34.4 overs) | Brook |
242 for 4(37.6 overs) | Banton |
287 for 5(43.6 overs) | Jacks |
