England win on DLS with Morgan, Root and Woakes impressing
Saturday 13 October 2018 16:28, UK
England moved into a 1-0 lead in their five-match ODI series with Sri Lanka after winning Saturday's second match in Dambulla on DLS.
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Wednesday's opener at the same venue was abandoned after just 15 overs due to heavy rain and a muddy outfield - and the weather intervened at the weekend, too.
By then, though, Sri Lanka were 140-5 after 29 overs - 31 runs behind the DLS score of 171 - in pursuit of England's 278-9, meaning the tourists took the spoils ahead of the third match in Pallekele on Wednesday.
Eoin Morgan (92) and Joe Root (71) were the pick of the England batsmen before veteran Sri Lanka seamer Lasith Malinga completed a five-for as the away side lost five wickets for 36 runs.
That mattered not in the end with Sri Lanka's dreadful start to their reply costing them dear - Dinesh Chandimal's men sinking to 31-4 as Chris Woakes struck three times and Olly Stone claimed his first ODI wicket.
Watch the third ODI between Sri Lanka and England, in Pallekele, live on Sky Sports Cricket (channel 404) from 9.30am on Wednesday.
