England defeated Sri Lanka by five wickets in the rain-affected third one-day international in Hambantota on Wednesday to record their first win in the seven-match series. Catch all the highlights here:
The tourists, chasing a revised Duckworth-Lewis target of 236 in 35 overs, cruised home with eight balls to spare.
Sri Lanka had made 242-8 after electing to bat in a game that had to be reduced to 35 overs-a-side when heavy rain interrupted play after just two overs.
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Jos Buttler is awarded the Man of the Match for his match-winning knock. The series now stands 2-1 in favour of Sri Lanka with four ODIs to go. Do join us for the fourth ODI on 7th December at 1000 IST. Until then, it's good bye and cheers!!!
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Hard fought win for England as they keep themselves alive in the series! This match swung like a pendulum. Alastair Cook and Moeen Ali gave England a flying start to the chase with the latter once again looking in fine touch. Things slowed down a bit in the middle overs when England lost Cook and Ali within a span of three overs. Ravi Bopara and Eoin Morgan flopped with the bat and Sri Lanka made a superb comeback in the game. They almost had the match in their pocket but the 84 off 63 balls stand between Jos Buttler and Joe Root snatched victory from them.
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33.41Ajantha Mendis to Joe Root
VICTORY! Flatter on off, Root turns it through mid on for a single. That's it! ENGLAND WIN BY 5 WICKETS! (D/L method)
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33.36Ajantha Mendis to Joe Root
SIX! SCORES LEVEL! Floated on off, Root comes down and hits it high and handsome over the bowler's head for a maximum.
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33.20Ajantha Mendis to Joe Root
Floated outside off, Root comes down on it but misses.
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33.11Ajantha Mendis to Jos Buttler
Flatter outside off, Buttler hits it through point for a single.
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32.60Rangana Herath to Joe Root
Fuller on middle, Root mistimes it back to the bowler. 8 needed in 12 balls. Formalities left!
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32.51Rangana Herath to Jos Buttler
Fuller on off, Buttler comes down and drives it to long off for a single.
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5th ODI fifty for Jos Buttler!
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32.44Rangana Herath to Jos Buttler
FOUR! FIFTY! Fuller on off, Buttler gets under it and sends it over extra cover again for another boundary. What a knock this has been!