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Sri Lanka Overcome Brook's Record 202 to Win by Two Wickets
Confirmed
In Short: England's Harry Brook set a new record with a 202-run innings, but Sri Lanka's team effort saw them chase down the mammoth total.
Brook's innings included 10 sixes and 21 fours, helping England post a first 400-plus ODI total in Pakistan.
Sri Lanka's comeback was spearheaded by Pavan Rathnayake, who scored 130 runs, and Avishka Fernando and Dasun Shanaka, who both made 97.
Rathnayake and Shanaka combined for a rapid 133-run stand off just 79 balls, providing the momentum needed to challenge England's total.
Janith Liyanage sealed the victory with a six off the penultimate ball, securing a two-wicket win with one ball to spare.
England's Joe Root also contributed significantly, scoring a 66-ball 69 and becoming the first England batter to complete 8,000 runs in his 197th one-day international.
Sri Lanka's chase was not without its challenges, losing two early wickets and needing 109 runs from the final 10 overs.
Despite the loss, Brook expressed satisfaction with his match-winning contribution, saying, 'I always say I want to make match-winning contributions and have a match-winning impact.'
What this adds
Sri Lanka's victory is the second-highest successful run chase in ODI history.
Harry Brook's 202-run innings is the fastest double century in ODI cricket history.
Background
In a stunning turn of events, Sri Lanka managed to chase down England's mammoth total of 429-4, scoring 430-8 to win by two wickets in a dramatic one-day international (ODI) match in Rawalpindi.
Harry Brook made history on Wednesday, becoming the first England batter to score a double century in a one-day international (ODI) with a sensational 202 against Sri Lanka in Rawalpindi.
What's confirmed
- Brook was joined in the fireworks by Joe Root, who scored a 66-ball 69 and became the first England batter to complete 8,000 runs, in his 197th one-day international.
- Brook clobbered 10 sixes and 21 fours as England posted a first 400-plus ODI total in Pakistan.
- A word from KP on his return! 💬 pic.twitter.com/p7fRSPmeHF “I am immensely proud to have been asked to help this team on their journey to win a World Cup in South Africa,” Pietersen said.
What's still developing
- Sri Lanka slid to 24-2 before Rathnayake and Avishka set about transforming the innings, putting on 166 for the third wicket.
- Rathnayake hit 15 fours and three sixes while Shanaka’s blazing knock featured eight sixes and six fours, as Sri Lanka delivered a powerful response to Brook’s earlier masterclass.
- Liyanage then led them over the line with a blistering 61 not out off 27 balls.
- The England captain hit the fastest-ever ODI double hundred, making 202 off 116 balls to propel his team to a mammoth 429-4 after they were put in to bat.
- Janith Liyanage smashed a six off the penultimate ball as Sri Lanka completed the second-highest successful run chase in ODI history, scoring 430-8 to beat England in Rawalpindi on Thursday.
- Needing eight to win off the last over, Sri Lanka lost two wickets to paceman Josh Tongue, but Liyanage kept his cool to achieve an astonishing victory and overshadow Harry Brook’s record-setting knock.
- Batters thoroughly dominated in Rawalpindi as Brook also hit the first ODI double century by an England player.
- RAWALPINDI: An inspired Harry Brook scored the fastest double hundred in ODI history as England piled up 429-4 against Sri Lanka in the tri-series in Rawalpindi on Thursday.
- Up with the required rate throughout their innings, Sri Lanka needed 109 from the final 10 overs and were able to absorb the losses of Rathnayake and Shanaka.
- By David Charlesworth, Press Association Cricket Reporter, Rawalpindi Harry Brook’s record-breaking 202 was put in the shade as Sri Lanka pulled off an unforgettable heist to leave England on the brink in the tri-series in Pakistan.
- Harry Brook scored the fastest-ever double century in ODI cricket history as England amassed a whopping 429/4 against Sri Lanka in Rawalpindi.
- ‘The England captain will take a well earned drink and a shower, but not before he gets a pat on the back from every single member of England’s touring side,’ Mark Butcher said on Sky Sports.