Summary

  • Buttler sees England home with 33* off 21 balls - report

  • Root hits 75 off 90, Brook adds 42, Duckett 39

  • England bowl out SL for 219

  • Overton, Rashid & Root take two wickets each

  • Asalanka (45) anchors SL with patient middle-order knock

  • England bowl a national ODI record 40.3 overs of spin

  • Series now level at 1-1 with one to play

  • Final match of series on Tuesday (09:00 GMT)

Your views on England's tour of Sri Lanka

Live Reporting

by Tim Oscroft & Timothy Abraham

  1. SL 68-2

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    Adil Rashid with a peach of a leg-break which he tosses up and it turns to strike Kusal Mendis on the pad. England appeal but it's turned down.

    Rashid starting to threaten.

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    Lasith Malinga is a shoo-in for the haircut XI. What a man. What an action.

    Charlie

  3. SL 66-2

    Dhananjaya de Silva with a nice flick off Liam Dawson which brings him four through mid-wicket. Sri Lanka will look to punish the bad ball from England's slow bowlers.

  4. David Gower
    Ex-England captain on TNT Sports

    Pathum Nissanka will be very unhappy with that dismissal. His hand came off the bat so he wasn't able to get the distance. It was good judgement from Will Jacks in the deep. Another gift for England and spin is going to be key

  5. SL 60-2

    Dhananjaya de Silva is the new batter for Sri Lanka.

  6. How's Stat?!

    Soham Sarkhel
    CricViz analyst

    Another start and then a dismissal for Pathum Nissanka. He has now crossed 20 in each of his last five ODIs without getting past the 30-run mark. Adil Rashid continues his wicket-taking form, having taken at least a wicket in each of his last 17 ODIs.

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    Nissanka c Jacks b Rashid 26 (SL 58-2)

    Pathum Nissanka kind of gives it away, here.

    He's spent a few overs patiently knocking it about then watches at the non-striker's end as Kusal Mendis plays a couple of positive strokes.

    The Sri Lanka opener is suckered into hitting inside out against Adil Rashid and Will Jacks scuttles round to take good catch at long-off.

  8. SL 57-1

    Why not, Harry. Over to you, folks. Cricket Haircuts XI. Let's see what you have got.

    In Colombo, Kusal Mendis picks up a couple of four off Jacob Bethell including a deft sweep.

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    Good start from England here. Since spending half an hour watching Jacob Bethell's majestic mop projected in high definition across my wall, I thought about making a crazy cricketing haircuts XI. Any thoughts?

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  10. SL 49-1

    Adil Rashid gets a few up above the eyeline but neither Pathum Nissanka nor Kusal Mendis take the bait.

  11. SL 45-1

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    Jacob Bethell, his striking bleach blonde haircut reminiscent of former Liverpool, Everton and Portugal defender Abel Xavier, is now given his chance with the ball.

    Once again Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis work the ball into the gaps for ones and twos.

  12. Steve Harmison
    Ex-England pace bowler on TNT Sports

    There's been a lot of noise around Brendon McCullum, especially after the Ashes but if you look at his tenure as a whole, I think it's been positive.

  13. SL 40-1

    It's spin bonanza as Adil Rashid is the latest man brought into the attack. Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis, prod an poke him into the gaps for singles.

  14. SL 36-1

    Will Jacks, England's, ahem, first-choice Ashes spinner into the attack.

    A bit of grip and turn as he spins one past the edge of Pathum Nissanka with his third ball.

    Next ball, though, Nissanka gets on the back foot quickly and pulls Jacks through mid-wicket for four.

  15. SL 29-1

    After taking a look at Liam Dawson's first over, Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis work the ball into the gaps to pick up singles.

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    SL 26-1

    A big waft of the willow from Pathum Nissanka as he attempts to pull a delivery darted across him by Sam Curran, but fails to make contact.

    A few balls later Nissanka picks a floaty slower ball from Curran and goes down on one knee to hammer it for six over long on.

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    Soham Sarkhel
    CricViz analyst

    Kamil Mishara is naturally very strong off his back foot against pacers. Jamie Overton has adjusted his lengths against him compared to his spell in the 1st ODI, going almost about a metre fuller today. A sharp catch by Ben Duckett as well, who had dropped seven out of his 13 chances in international cricket before that grab.

  18. SL 18-1

    Liam Dawson is straight into his business. There's not much turn but he offers Kusal Mendis, who sees off a maiden over, absolutely nothing to work with.

  19. SL 18-1

    Sam Curran is accurate and on the money rather than going through his variations.

    Harry Brook turns to spin early in Colombo as Liam Dawson is thrown the ball.

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    Tom Sweeney: Are the England cricket teams a social experiment? To see how far they can push the fans before a revolt happens? You’ve got a white-ball opener shoved into the middle order and a guy who bats middle order shoved at the top.