England win first tour match in Sri Lanka

ENGLAND WIN BY 43 RUNS (DLS METHOD)

SLC XI 287/9
England 215/2
First Warm-Up Match, England in Sri Lanka 2018, P Sara Oval, Colombo

England faced one of the rarest propositions in cricket during their first warm-up game in Sri Lanka, with ambidextrous spinner Kamindu Mendis bowling at the tourists with both left and right arms.

The 20-year-old from Galle had already scored a composed 61 for a strong Sri Lankan Board XI in Colombo – batting left-handed – when he took the chance to prove his true all-rounder status.

Asked to deliver the 14th over as England chased a target of 288, he bowled his first five deliveries as right-arm off-breaks to the left-hander Eoin Morgan and then informed the umpire he would be switching to slow left-armers when the right-handed Joe Root took guard.

He continued flipping throughout a tidy five-over spell, looking to keep the ball turning away from the batsmen at all times, with no discernible dip in the quality of his deliveries and figures of nought for 20.

It was not enough, however, as England went on to claim a 43-run win on the Duckworth/Lewis method.

Mendis demonstrated his unusual skill during two editions of the Under-19 World Cup – with one video from the 2016 tournament attracting more than 430,000 views on YouTube. The Indian bowler Ashkay Karnewar has a similar ability and surprised Australia during a warm-up match in Chennai last year.

Kamindu Mendis bowls right arm over to Eoin Morgan.
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 Kamindu Mendis bowls right arm over to Eoin Morgan. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images

In Colombo, Joe Root and Morgan made every attempt to get over the line before dark clouds returned – piling on 78 runs in 9.1 overs only to be cut short by a second and final bad light break. Root was unbeaten on 90 and Morgan on 91 when the end came.

SLC XI 1st Innings: 287/9

Run Rate 5.74
Batsmen Runs Balls
Strike Rate
4s 6s
Dimuth Karunaratne Headshot

Dimuth Karunaratneb Moeen Ali
25 23 108.69 2 0
Lahiru Thirimanne Headshot

Lahiru Thirimanneb Moeen Ali
23 36 63.88 3 0
Dinesh Chandimal Headshot

Dinesh Chandimal CPT WKTc Chris Woakes b Joe Root
77 85 90.58 7 1
Kusal Mendis Headshot

Kusal Mendislbw Moeen Ali
22 28 78.57 0 1
Sadeera Samarawickrama Headshot

Sadeera Samarawickramac Jonny Bairstow b Ben Stokes
4 11 36.36 0 0
Kamindu Mendis Headshot

Kamindu Mendisc Ben Stokes b Adil Rashid
61 72 84.72 5 0
Shehan Madushanka Headshot

Shehan Madushankab Ben Stokes
10 17 58.82 1 0
Isuru Udana Headshot

Isuru Udanac Jason Roy b Mark Wood
40 26 153.84 3 3
Jeffrey Vandersay Headshot

Jeffrey Vandersayb Mark Wood
1 2 50.00 0 0
Nishan Peiris Headshot

Nishan PeirisNOT OUT
0 0 0 0
Kasun Rajitha Headshot

Kasun Rajitha
Extras (w 16, b 1, lb 7) 24
Total (9 wickets, 50 overs) 287
Bowlers Overs Runs
Wickets
Economy
Maidens
Chris Woakes Headshot

6 55 0 9.16 0
Mark Wood Headshot

6 38 2 6.33 0
Moeen Ali Headshot

10 42 3 4.20 0
Olly Stone Headshot

6 32 0 5.33 0
Adil Rashid Headshot

10 46 1 4.60 0
Ben Stokes Headshot

5 33 2 6.60 0
Joe Root Headshot

7 33 1 4.71 0
Fall of wickets Batsman Over #
53-1 Lahiru Thirimanne 9.4
54-2 Dimuth Karunaratne 9.6
107-3 Kusal Mendis 21.1
128-4 Sadeera Samarawickrama 24.6
184-5 Dinesh Chandimal 35.5
216-6 Shehan Madushanka 41.5
276-7 Kamindu Mendis 48.6
287-8 Isuru Udana 49.5
287-9 Jeffrey Vandersay 49.6

England 1st Innings: 215/2

Run Rate 6.05
Batsmen Runs Balls
Strike Rate
4s 6s
Jason Roy Headshot

Jason Royc Isuru Udana b Kasun Rajitha
27 29 93.10 5 0
Jonny Bairstow Headshot

Jonny Bairstowlbw Isuru Udana
3 8 37.50 0 0
Joe Root Headshot

Joe RootNOT OUT
90 92 97.82 8 0
Eoin Morgan Headshot

Eoin Morgan CPTNOT OUT
91 84 108.33 9 3
Ben Stokes Headshot

Jos Buttler Headshot

Moeen Ali Headshot

Chris Woakes Headshot

Mark Wood Headshot

Olly Stone Headshot

Adil Rashid Headshot

Extras (w 2, lb 2) 4
Total (2 wickets, 35.3 overs) 215
Bowlers Overs Runs
Wickets
Economy
Maidens
Kasun Rajitha Headshot

Kasun Rajitha
6 26 1 4.33 0
Isuru Udana Headshot

Isuru Udana
4.3 27 1 6.00 0
Nishan Peiris Headshot

Nishan Peiris
8 59 0 7.37 0
Shehan Madushanka Headshot

Shehan Madushanka
4 30 0 7.50 0
Kamindu Mendis Headshot

Kamindu Mendis
8 37 0 4.62 0
Jeffrey Vandersay Headshot

Jeffrey Vandersay
5 34 0 6.80 0
Fall of wickets Batsman Over #
15-1 Jonny Bairstow 3.3
41-2 Jason Roy 8.1

 

 

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