LONDON, Sept 27 : England’s Tom Banton struck a primary One Day Worldwide century earlier than England’s bowlers romped by the Sri Lanka line-up to make sure a 2-1 sequence victory, successful the deciding conflict by an imposing 223 runs at The Oval on Sunday.
Banton scored 126 after England selected to bat and laid the inspiration for a formidable whole of 355-7 earlier than dismissing Sri Lanka for a modest 132.
Banton’s innings, which highlighted his expansive vary of pictures, included 5 sixes and 16 fours as he mercilessly took to the visiting bowling after fellow opener Ben Duckett had been castled within the second over.
England captain Harry Brook, who was dropped when he had seven runs, punished Sri Lanka’s poor fielding show with 77 off 66 balls whereas Jordan Cox, changing the injured Jos Buttler, made 76 from 52 balls on his return to the ODI aspect for the primary time in virtually two years.
“I assumed it was a close to excellent efficiency with everybody chipping in superbly,” stated Brook.
England had gained the primary ODI at Chester-le-Road on Tuesday by 89 runs however misplaced by 16 runs in Leeds two days later, establishing Sunday’s deciding tie which become a one-sided contest with Sri Lanka bowled out in 29.1 overs.
Sonny Baker took two balls on his second ODI look, one yr after his debut, to snag the wicket of Pathum Nissanka, who touched one behind to wicketkeeper Cox, starting a gentle stream of dismissals.
Six of the seven bowlers that England used acquired among the many wickets, with Liam Dawson ending with 3-26 in eight overs and Gus Atkinson taking 2-26 from 5 overs.
Captain Kusal Mendis, who scored a ton within the second ODI, top-scored for the guests with 36 as Sri Lanka by no means seemed like having the ability to chase down the imposing goal.
“I believe we have solely misplaced two white ball video games all summer time, so this group’s doing extremely properly, bettering, studying on a regular basis, and shifting in the fitting course with the World Cup across the nook,” stated Joe Root after selecting up an award as England’s greatest ODI participant of the summer time.
“I believe we’re trending in a very great way so lengthy might that proceed, and that starvation stays there, and we will preserve successful match-winning performances and sequence wins earlier than that comes spherical,” he added.
(Writing by Mark Gleeson in Cape City; Modifying by Clare Fallon)