{"id":93081,"date":"2021-06-30T05:51:51","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T05:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=93081"},"modified":"2021-06-30T05:58:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T05:58:08","slug":"woakes-and-root-star-as-england-overwhelm-sri-lanka-in-1st-odi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=93081","title":{"rendered":"Woakes and Root star as England overwhelm Sri Lanka in 1st ODI"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chester-le-Street: Chris Woakes set up a comfortable five-wicket win finished by Joe Root as England again proved too strong for Sri Lanka in the opening one-day international at the Riverside on Tuesday to go 1-0 up in a three-match series. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Woakes, in only his third international in over nine months, finished with excellent figures of 4-18 from his full 10 overs as 50-over world champions England dismissed Sri Lanka for a meagre 185 at Durham’s headquarters.<\/p>\n

Root, in his 150th match at this level, then made 79 not out as England cantered home with more than 15 overs to spare after a brief wobble.<\/p>\n

‘Felt good’<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Warwickshire all-rounder Woakes, named player of the match, told BBC Radio: “I felt good today, it is always nice to get a couple (of wickets) early.<\/p>\n

“I try to assess conditions early, and work out what it is best to do on the wicket, while taking wickets. I just try and make it as hard as possible for the batter on that wicket.”<\/p>\n

Read:\u00a0Sri Lanka\u2019s Mendis, Dickwella breach bio-bubble in England, video goes viral<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Sri Lanka’s batting had faltered repeatedly during a preceding 3-0 T20 series loss to England and it was no great surprise to see them dismissed cheaply after England captain Eoin Morgan won the toss.<\/p>\n

The tourists were missing three senior players after Kusal Mendis, Niroshan Dickwella and Danushka Gunathilaka were all sent home following a breach of team Covid-19 regulations.<\/p>\n

Sri Lanka captain Kusal Perera made a valuable 73 for a Sri Lanka side featuring three debutants.<\/p>\n

Together with Wanindu Hasaranga (54) he shared a stand of 99.<\/p>\n

Perera and Hasaranga kept England at bay, the former with stylish top-order and the latter aggressively taking 22 in boundaries off fellow leg-spinner Adil Rashid.<\/p>\n

Woakes’ return ended the partnership, with Hasaranga holing out in the deep.<\/p>\n

That was the start of a collapse that saw seven wickets lost for 40 runs, with left-arm quick Willey removing Perera on his way to 3-44.<\/p>\n

Jonny Bairstow hit the first two balls of England’s reply for four before he played on to paceman Binura Fernando for 43.<\/p>\n

Morgan and Sam Billings both fell cheaply to fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera.<\/p>\n

But Sri Lanka, defending such a low total, needed every chance to go to hand if they were to achieve an improbable victory.<\/p>\n

Instead wicketkeeper Perera dropped Moeen Ali first ball. Had he clung on, England would have been 80-5 — by the time Moeen was out for 28 they had all but won the game at 171-5.<\/p>\n

Test captain Root batted serenely, hitting just two fours in a 58-ball fifty, before Sam Curran struck the winning runs.<\/p>\n

“Joe Root is one of the best in the world in most situations,” said Morgan. “Today he showed his class.”<\/p>\n

Such are the demands upon Root, he has been left out of England’s T20 side in recent times as much as to help give him a break from the demands of Test and ODI\u00a0cricket\u00a0as much as on form grounds.<\/p>\n

But Morgan, speaking on a day where it was confirmed the Twenty20 World Cup starting in October had been moved from India to the United Arab Emirates and Oman because of Covid-19 concerns, said of Root: “You can’t rule him out of the T20 World Cup. He went a long way to getting us to the final in 2016.”<\/p>\n

Also read:\u00a0Malan and Willey star as England sweep Sri Lanka in T20 series<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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