England has won the Champions Trophy match against Sri Lanka by 6 wickets with 30 balls remaining. After a moderate Sri Lankan total English batsmen played beautifully. Morgan hit a half century. Owais Shah and Collingwood too played beautifully for their 40s. Sri Lankan spinners were not as useful in the pitch as Murali bowled 10 overs giving 60 runs.
Sri Lanka:212
England : 213 in 45 overs.
Sri Lanka propelled their total to 212 after being 17/4 at one stage. Matthews and Kandambi made fifties for them to take to this total which is considered to be a good total at this pitch. England pacers Anderson and Onions bowled beautifully against Sri Lanka and took the first 4 wickets cheaply. In a bowling pitch, the batsmen struggled against the superb bowling. Anderson was in superb touch bowled economic and took two very early wickets.
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