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2nd ODI Highlights - England tour of Sri Lanka 2018


hot humid sunny but crucially dry for this second one-day international between sri lanka and england sri lanka have won the toss and yet again they will be in the field just a hint of swing we might see a bit more in the pitch stayed in the pitch and it's a gift Jason Roy looks down at the surface and slowly makes the walk back to the dressing room didn't meet ocula Dan and Jer to ball didn't need the spinner to ball but it was ocular that MJ who takes the catch now that's what you can expect on this page there should be a little bit of moisture and that ball can hold up a bit more so a little bit of Swing earlier on in the over just a hint going away from Roy at that may have moved off the seam or just stopped to touch anyway Roy was through the shot and he's gone for a fourth ball duck he lived at none for one well England's much vaunted opening partnership has been broken from the fourth ball of the game that's nicely played winger drifting leg side first boundary of the game [Applause] must be played by Joe root wow what a shot that is behind square on the offside this is excellent batting from root these toying with malinga and malinger isn't up to it at the moment no one out there Johnny Bairstow did that well the other day the slog sweep over wide Madonn for four oh yes that was coming just from the build-up of pressure Ferreira really has made a difference in this attack line and Lent nothing special apart from making the batsman do something different according that he's trying to go over the top or be nothing short little bit of a movement they still got stuck in the crease whereas happy Bairstow made a start again he's gone for 26 it's 72 for two after 14 dart the wicked he comes it's gone on the way for six it's a great start for Linux hence the all honor high inland 84 to trademark Morgan this is where he just uses his feet gets momentum so he gets power just a flick it's a problem with the key to back he's gonna do that often that's a 50 it's be the very fine innings he's 2915 audios and it's sixth versus Srilanka and fight England's test captain he's looking good touch on this tour the little we seen will he try something different but very very effective boundary break that Wharf Dawn's hundred and fifteen for two new batsmen you tend to attack he look to attack and try and get back-to-back wickets but the set batsman he can continue playing shots like that one pretty one for two no one in the beep or the 1 for the sweep shots he picks up another boundary oh this is not the leading edge that's taken but under de Silva has given the breakthrough it doesn't really dirty skids on and Joe root going up a leading edge they did Srilanka need this sir wicked massive blow for Sri Lanka roots judgment on when to score when to defend when to go forward when to go back has been absolutely spot on throughout his innings just on this occasion he's tried to turn it a little bit too sharply towards the leg front foot is fine legal delivery Bulls in prey ground the wicket he turns it and it just slides on leading edge and a simple catch to extra cover massive wicket for Sri Lanka not the real meaningful innings the England of Joe root would have wanted 71 440 to 3 this is not and got all the way get out of jail shucks from Morgan the monthly fees up there boss pressure building good response counter-puncher mo Morgan that's a wonderful strike straight down the ground high wide and handsome very full and he's got such power and his forearms and his wrists big fat lovely shot Morgan goes 250 nicely done by England's one day captain 50 or 57 deliveries with five Falls and a couple of City that's his 40th ODI half-century and his sixth versus Sri Lanka it's been a good innings by Morgan 57 balls punched serve before so much of power-packed index shot down the ground that's a lovely shot just the couple of steps to go meet the ball happy easy chance received him with spend flight Stewart's disappointed he negates the spin or just Marcin picked the googly actually look like a leg spinner at first Stokes didn't pick the fact it was the googly ended up chipping up a simple catch initial anchor taking wickets in the middle Ben Stokes now goes for 15 194 for swept officially again this time does he get the gap he does excellent again from Morgan spoken of all these options one down the ground and the next one through those key fielders the very well executed sweep hard layer to stop as excellent batting from the England captain so we'll chip back it is not to be a hundred for Olive Morgan that's its malinga that is exactly.

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