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England v Sri Lanka
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ICC World Cup - Super Eight

Sri Lanka beat England by 2 runs.


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England innings
Batsman     Runs Balls 4s 6s
EC Joyce lbw b Malinga 10 21 1 -
MP Vaughan c Sangakkara b Vaas 0 3 - -
IR Bell   run out 47 71 4 -
KP Pietersen c & b Muralitharan 58 80 5 1
PD Collingwood lbw b Fernando 14 21 2 -
A Flintoff c Malinga b Fernando 2 7 - -
RS Bopara   b Fernando 52 53 4 -
PA Nixon c D P M D Jayawardene b Malinga 42 44 2 1
SI Mahmood   not out 2 2 - -
Extras 1b 1lb 2w 2nb 6  
TOTAL: 8 wkts , 50 overs 233  
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (1 Vaughan, 9 mins), 2-11 (10 Joyce, 13 mins), 3-101 (90 Bell, 74 mins), 4-126 (25 Pietersen, 24 mins), 5-133 (7 Flintoff, 9 mins), 6-133 (0 Collingwood, 0 mins), 7-220 (87 Nixon, 72 mins), 8-233 (13 Bopara, 12 mins)
To bat: J M Anderson, M S Panesar
Bowler O M R W
W P U J C Vaas 8 1 45 1
S L Malinga 10 1 50 2
C R D Fernando 9 0 41 3
S T Jayasuriya 8 0 31 0
T M Dilshan 5 1 16 0
M Muralitharan 10 1 48 1

Sri Lanka innings
Batsman     Runs Balls 4s 6s
WU Tharanga c Pietersen b Flintoff 62 103 2 -
ST Jayasuriya   b Mahmood 25 26 4 1
KC Sangakkara c Collingwood b Mahmood 17 33 2 -
DPMD Jayawardene c Joyce b Collingwood 56 61 4 -
LPC Silva   b Flintoff 24 37 2 -
TM Dilshan   run out 5 6 - -
RP Arnold c Joyce b Mahmood 20 22 1 -
WPUJC Vaas c Collingwood b Flintoff 4 5 - -
SL Malinga c Nixon b Mahmood 2 7 - -
M Muralitharan   not out 2 2 - -
CRD Fernando   run out 2 2 - -
Extras 3b 5lb 4w 4nb 16  
TOTAL: all out , 50 overs
(overs completed) 		235  
Fall of wickets: 1-37 (37 Jayasuriya, 34 mins), 2-69 (32 Sangakkara, 46 mins), 3-160 (91 Tharanga, 69 mins), 4-175 (15 D P M D Jayawardene, 10 mins), 5-193 (18 Dilshan, 13 mins), 6-215 (22 L P C Silva, 22 mins), 7-219 (4 Vaas, 2 mins), 8-226 (7 Malinga, 8 mins), 9-231 (5 Arnold, 3 mins), 10-235 (4 Fernando, 1 mins)
Bowler O M R W
J M Anderson 10 1 39 0
S I Mahmood 9 0 50 4
A Flintoff 10 0 35 3
P D Collingwood 10 0 44 1
M S Panesar 8 0 45 0
M P Vaughan 3 0 14 0

England won the toss and decided to field

Umpires: Asad Rauf, B F Bowden
England:
E C Joyce , M P Vaughan (capt) , I R Bell , K P Pietersen , P D Collingwood , A Flintoff , R S Bopara , P A Nixon (wkt) , S I Mahmood , J M Anderson , M S Panesar
Sri Lanka:
S T Jayasuriya , W U Tharanga , D P M D Jayawardene (capt) , K C Sangakkara (wkt) , L P C Silva , R P Arnold , T M Dilshan , W P U J C Vaas , C R D Fernando , S L Malinga , M Muralitharan


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