Bell scores England’s first century
CRICKET: Ian Bell scored England’s first century of their one-day
tour of Sri Lanka, and James Anderson excelled with three wickets as
they warmed up for their five-match one-day series by defeating a Sri
Lanka Board XI by 80 runs at the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium yesterday.
Bell finished unbeaten on 131 from 121 balls, stroking 12 fours and
four sixes in all, and was joined in the runs by Alastair Cook, who made
a steady 66, and Kevin Pietersen, who needed just 29 balls for his even
50.
Despite a flu bug that has swept through the camp, England managed to
field a full-strength side with Collingwood winning the toss and batting
first.
Cook and Bell took the attack to the bowlers in a second-wicket stand
of 89, Cook batting with increasing freedom before he holed out to
long-on after an 88-ball stay. That brought Pietersen to the crease, and
he wasted no time in picking up the same form he had shown in South
Africa last week, cracking 17 in a single over to push England up
towards the 300 mark.
In reply, the Sri Lankan innings was never able to get going despite
a solid 75 from Test batsman Chamara Kapugedera who held the innings
together.
The ninth-wicket pair of Ashan Priyanjan and Malinga Bandara kept
England waiting with a 54-run stand, but Broad bagged Bandara lbw for
27, and Monty Panesar wrapped up the game with his first wicket of the
tour.
ENGLAND XI innings
AN Cook c Perera b Fernando 66
P Mustard c Ganegama b WRS de Silva 17
IR Bell not out 131
KP Pietersen c Perera b Rupasinghe 50
RS Bopara lbw b Rupasinghe 22
OA Shah not out 19
EXTRAS (b 1, lb 2, w 5, nb 1) 9
TOTAL 4 wickets; 50 overs 314
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-33 2-122 3-213 4-264
BOWLING: KMDN Kulasekara 7-1-23-0, WRS de Silva 7-0-34-1,
WCA Ganegama 6-0-42-0, WJMR Dias 5-0-26-0, WLP Fernando 6-0-28-1,
CM Bandara 7- 0-65-0, RGMJM Rupasinghe 9-0-66-2, SHT Kandamby 3-0-27-0.
SRI LANKA CRICKET
XI innings
MMDPV Perera c Broad b Sidebottom 12
DA Gunawardene c Broad b Anderson 11
CK Kapugedera c Mustard b Anderson 75
SI de Saram c & b Broad 25
HT Kandamby c Shah b Collingwood 1
GT de Silva c Mustard b Collingwood 7
WJMR Dias c Cook b Anderson 20
SMA Priyanjan not out 30
RGMJM Rupasinghe c Collingwood b Sidebottom 1
CM Bandara lbw b Broad 27
WLP Fernando c Swann b Panesar 4
EXTRAS (lb 5, w 16) 21
TOTAL ALL OUT: 45.2 overs; 234
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-28 2-30 3-85 4-86 5-108 6-150 7-170 8-172 9-226
BOWLING: JM Anderson 8-0-43-3, RJ Sidebottom 7-1-27-2,
SCJ Broad 7-0- 34-2, CT Tremlett 4-0-26-0, PD Collingwood 5-0-18-2,
MS Panesar 8.2-0-50-1, GP Swann 6-0-31-0.
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