Leeds: Jofra Archer moved joint top of the World Cup bowling charts as England restricted Sri Lanka to 232-9 in a group match at Headingley on Friday.
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The fast bowler took 3-52 — his fifth three-wicket haul in six matches this World Cup — to join Australia’s Mitchell Starc on 15 wickets.
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Fellow quick Mark Wood followed up with 3-40.
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Sri Lanka’s total represented something of a recovery after a collapse to 3-2.
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Angelo Mathews’ painstaking 85 not out helped them bat their full 50 overs after Avishka Fernando revived the innings with a dashing 49 in his first match of the World Cup.
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“We started off brilliantly to get two early wickets and then spinners controlled it in the middle,” Wood said.
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“They didn’t get away from us at all. Angelo Mathews played well but we restricted them. It was a great team performance.
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“I’m in the form of my career and have got to keep this form going.”
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Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne won the toss and decided to bat under sunny skies — a welcome sight at a World Cup marred by washouts.
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But the skipper fell for one when, off the last ball of the second over, he edged Archer to wicketkeeper Jos Buttler.
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And two balls later, without another run on the board, Kusal Perera slashed Chris Woakes to third man where Moeen Ali, in his 100th one-day international, held a safe catch.
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But No. 3 batsman Fernando, in just his seventh match at this level, hit 14 runs off one Archer.
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And off the penultimate delivery off the 10-over power play, Fernando hooked Archer for a six out of the ground that saw the umpires call for a replacement ball.
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Fernando fell in similar fashion to Perera, with a loose uppercut, this time off Wood, caught by Adil Rashid at third man.
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It was the end of a 39-ball innings featuring two sixes and six fours, with Sri Lanka now 62-3 in the 13th over.
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Former captain Mathews looked badly out of touch during an 84-ball fifty — the slowest of the tournament so far — with Sri Lanka managing just six boundaries in total from the 11th to 40th overs.
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Sri Lanka’s fourth-wicket partnership of 71 ended when Kusal Mendis (46) slogged Rashid to England captain Eoin Morgan at short midwicket.
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And 133 for four became 133 for five when next ball leg-spinner Rashid, on his Yorkshire home ground, caught and bowled Jeevan Mendis for a duck after deceiving the batsman with a well-flighted delivery.
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Mathews, showing some belated aggression, hooked Archer’s first ball of the last over for six.
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England, third in the table, will go ahead of leaders Australia if they defeat Sri Lanka, currently sixth in the standings.
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The top four sides at the end of the 10-team round-robin group stage will qualify for the semi-finals.
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Scorecard
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Sri Lanka
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D. Karunaratne c Buttler b Archer 1
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K. Perera c Ali b Woakes 2
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A. Fernando c Rashid b Wood 49
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K. Mendis c Morgan b Rashid 46
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A. Mathews not out 85
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J. Mendis c and b Rashid 0
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D. De Silva c Root b Archer 29
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T. Perera c Rashid b Archer 2
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I. Udana c Root b Wood 6
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L. Malinga b Wood 1
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N. Pradeep not out 1
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Extras (lb4, w6) 10
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Total (nine wickets, 50 overs) 232
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Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Karunaratne), 2-3 (K. Perera), 3-62 (Fernando), 4-133 (K. Mendis), 5-133 (J. Mendis), 6-190 (De Silva), 7-200 (T. Perera), 8-209 (Udana), 9-220 (Malinga)
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Bowling: Woakes 5-0-22-1, Archer 10-2-52-3 (2w), Wood 8-0-40-3 (1w), Stokes 5-0-16-0, Ali 10-0-40-0 (3w), Rashid 10-0-45-2, Root 2-0-13-0