Lasith Malinga and Angelo Mathews played key roles in Sri Lanka’s stunning 20-run World Cup win over England that revived the race for semi-final berths at Headingley on Friday.
England were all but out of the match after slumping to 186-9 as they chased 233 for victory.
Ben Stokes’ blistering 82 not out off 89 balls, including seven fours and fours sixes, got them to within sight of their target.
Watch - England vs Sri Lanka highlights: Malinga shines as hosts fall to their second defeat
But Stokes’ gamble on giving Durham team-mate Mark Wood a ball to face at the end of a Nuwan Pradeep over backfired when the No.11 was caught behind as Sri Lanka won with three overs to spare.
Even though termed as an ‘upset’, this was Sri Lanka’s fourth straight win over England at World Cups. There were a few more interesting numbers that came out of the match. Here’s a statistical roundup of the game
With AFP inputs
England 🏴 in #CWC against senior Asian Test sides: 15-15
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) June 21, 2019
v Pak 🇵🇰4-5
v SL 🇱🇰 6-5
v Ind 🇮🇳3-3
v Ban 🇧🇩 2-2#EngvSL#SLvENG#CWC19#CWC2019
The last time England failed to chase down a sub-250 target in an ODI before today was in October 2016 vs Bangladesh at Mirpur (Dhaka). #ENGvSL #CWC19
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) June 21, 2019
Most wickets in ODI WCs:
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) June 21, 2019
71 - Glenn McGrath
68 - Muttiah Muralitharan
55 - Wasim Akram
51 - LASITH MALINGA* (Aand counting)
49 - Chaminda Vaas#ENGvSL
Dhananjaya de Silva has been immaculate here. Aware of the pressure building on England's tail, he's given them no get out shots - just 4% of his deliveries have been wide. The pressure intensified, and both Woakes and Rashid succumbed. #CWC19
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) June 21, 2019
Most 50-plus scores for England in an edition of ODI WC:
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) June 21, 2019
5 - Kevin Pietersen, 2007
5 - Jonathan Trott, 2011
5 - Joe Root, 2019*#ENGvSL
Bowler delivering 100+ balls without conceding a six in #CWC19 #CWC2019
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) June 21, 2019
282 - Imran Tahir
216 - Mohd Amir
172 - Oshane Thomas
169 - Jasprit Bumrah
144 - Hamid Hassan
143 - Ben Stokes
136 - Bhuvneshwar Kumar#EngvSL#SLvENG
Golden ducks for Bairstow in ODIs:
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) June 21, 2019
Till 2018 - 0
In 2019 - 3*#ENGvsSL
It's been 11 years since England failed to chase a target of 233 or below at home in completed ODIs. #EngvSL
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) June 21, 2019
The last team to defeat England in an ODI at Headingley was also Sri Lanka in 2011. England won six consecutive ODIs since then. #ENGvSL #CWC19
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) June 21, 2019