Brief Scores of the 5th ODI, SL v Eng at Khettarama on Tuesday, 23 October:
Sri Lanka 366 for 6 (Dickwella 95, Chandimal 80, Kusal Mendis 56, Samarawickrama 54) beat England 132 for 9 (Stokes 67, Dananjaya 4-19, Chameera 3-20) by 219 runs (by DLS method)
Dinesh Chandimal made his first ODI half-century in 18 innings (Photo: Pradeep Dambarage)
Records
* Sri Lanka inflicted upon England the heaviest defeat in terms of runs (219) in their ODI history.
* Coming into the match Sri Lanka had not won any of their five most recently completed ODIs.
* Sri Lanka’s top four batsmen scored half-centuries for the first time in the same ODI since 1998.
* 366 was Sri Lanka’s highest-ever ODI total against England.
* This was Sri Lanka’s highest since they scored 377 against Ireland in June 2016.
* The 219-run win by Sri Lanka: Only 21 times has an ODI been decided by a larger run margin. About half of those results were from games between Full Members and Associate Members.
* Sri Lanka passed 300 for only the second time in their 31 most recent ODIs.
* Niroshan Dickwella and Sadeera Samarawickrama provided Sri Lanka’s first century opening stand since July 2017.
* The 107 England conceded in the first 15 overs was the most scored off them since South Africa made 111 in February 2016.
* Kusal Mendis scored his first ODI half-century since June 2017 (after 24 innings). He came into the match having scored 0, 0, 0 and 5 in his four most recent ODI innings.
* Dinesh Chandimal made his first ODI half-century in 18 innings.
* Chandimal reached his 50 at a strike-rate better than a run a ball for the first time since The Oval ODI in June 2016. His final score (80) was his highest in ODIs since August 2016.
* The Curran brothers –Tom and Sam-- played international cricket together for the first time. It was the first time brothers had played international cricket together for England since Adam and Ben Hollioake did so in 1999.
(Records Courtesy Cricinfo)
Dinesh Chandimal made his first ODI half-century in 18 innings (Photo: Pradeep Dambarage)
Records
* Sri Lanka inflicted upon England the heaviest defeat in terms of runs (219) in their ODI history.
* Coming into the match Sri Lanka had not won any of their five most recently completed ODIs.
* Sri Lanka’s top four batsmen scored half-centuries for the first time in the same ODI since 1998.
* 366 was Sri Lanka’s highest-ever ODI total against England.
* This was Sri Lanka’s highest since they scored 377 against Ireland in June 2016.
* The 219-run win by Sri Lanka: Only 21 times has an ODI been decided by a larger run margin. About half of those results were from games between Full Members and Associate Members.
* Sri Lanka passed 300 for only the second time in their 31 most recent ODIs.
* Niroshan Dickwella and Sadeera Samarawickrama provided Sri Lanka’s first century opening stand since July 2017.
* The 107 England conceded in the first 15 overs was the most scored off them since South Africa made 111 in February 2016.
* Kusal Mendis scored his first ODI half-century since June 2017 (after 24 innings). He came into the match having scored 0, 0, 0 and 5 in his four most recent ODI innings.
* Dinesh Chandimal made his first ODI half-century in 18 innings.
* Chandimal reached his 50 at a strike-rate better than a run a ball for the first time since The Oval ODI in June 2016. His final score (80) was his highest in ODIs since August 2016.
* The Curran brothers –Tom and Sam-- played international cricket together for the first time. It was the first time brothers had played international cricket together for England since Adam and Ben Hollioake did so in 1999.
(Records Courtesy Cricinfo)