England’s Chris Woakes
Chris Woakes led the way to victory Joe Root England beat Sri Lanka by five wickets with 15 overs to spare in the first one-day international on Tuesday.
Woakes had bowled just seven overs for the national team since being named England’s Player of the Year in September, but it was his exemplary bowling that settled matters at Chester-le-Street.
They claimed 4-18 in their 10 overs, limiting the weak tourists to a less-competitive 185, when England won the toss and elected to field.
Jonny Bairstow The top-order scored 43 runs off target in a boundary-hitting frenzy and, after a brief wobble, Root saw the hosts finish with 79 runs as England reached 189-5 in 34.5 overs.
After losing 3-0 to England in the T20 series, Sri Lanka, weakened by the defeat of senior players, entered the ODI opening. Kusal Mendis, Niroshan Dickwella and Danushka Gunathilaka.
Sri Lanka suspended players and sent them home from their tour because they broke the squad’s anti-coronavirus rules by photographing outside the team’s hotel.
Kusal Perera For Sri Lanka, a hard-fought 73 with all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga scored 73 runs and shared a 99-run partnership. Hasaranga was promoted sequentially to number 5 and generally replied with Entrepreneur 54.
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