Colombo: Scoreboard after Sri Lanka defeated England by 25 runs in first ODI of the 7-match series played at R Premadasa Stadium here Wednesday.
Sri Lanka innings: 317/6 in 50 overs
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | c & b Woakes | 88 |
| Kusal Perera | run out (Root/Bopara/Buttler) | 59 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | lbw b Ali | 2 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | c Buttler b Tredwell | 55 |
| Angelo Mathews | c Stokes b Tredwell | 33 |
| Thisara Perera | c Cook b Woakes | 4 |
| Lahiru Thirimanne | not out | 27* |
| Jeevan Mendis | not out | 30* |
| Extras | (lb 2, w 17) | 19 |
| Total | for 6 wickets | 317 |
| Overs | innings break | 50 |
| Fall of wickets | 1-120 (Kusal Perera, 22.2 ov), 2-128 (Sangakkara, 23.4 ov), 3-204 (Dilshan, 37.1 ov), 4-253 (Mathews, 42.5 ov), 5-253 (Jayawardene, 42.6 ov), 6-263 (Thisara Perera, 45.1 ov) |
Did not bat: Dhammika Prasad, Rangana Herath, Ajantha Mendis
Bowling
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets |
| Chris Woakes | 10 | 0 | 68 | 2 |
| Harry Gurney | 10 | 0 | 66 | 0 |
| James Tredwell | 10 | 0 | 52 | 2 |
| Ben Stokes | 4 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| Moeen Ali | 10 | 0 | 66 | 1 |
| Joe Root | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ravi Bopara | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
England innings: 292 all out in 47.1 overs
| Alastair Cook | lbw b Dilshan | 10 |
| Moeen Ali | c & b Jeevan Mendis | 119 |
| Ian Bell | c Jayawardene b Thisara Perera | 35 |
| Joe Root | c Sangakkara b Thisara Perera | 2 |
| Eoin Morgan | b Ajantha Mendis | 1 |
| Jos Buttler | b Prasad | 21 |
| Ravi Bopara | c Kusal Perera b Thisara Perera | 65 |
| Ben Stokes | st Sangakkara b Herath | 16 |
| Chris Woakes | st Sangakkara b Herath | 7 |
| James Tredwell | b Ajantha Mendis | 6 |
| Harry Gurney | not out | 1 |
| Extras | (w 8, nb 1) | 9 |
| Total | all out | 292 |
| Overs | match over | 47.1 |
| Fall of wickets | 1-51 (Cook, 6.1 ov), 2-107 (Bell, 15.1 ov), 3-121 (Root, 17.5 ov), 4-124 (Morgan, 18.5 ov), 5-159 (Buttler, 23.4 ov), 6-203 (Ali, 30.6 ov), 7-243 (Stokes, 39.5 ov), 8-259 (Woakes, 42.3 ov), 9-286 (Tredwell, 46.1 ov), 10-292 (Bopara, 47.1 ov) |
Bowling
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets |
| Angelo Mathews | 3 | 1 | 17 | 0 |
| Dhammika Prasad | 5 | 0 | 51 | 1 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 6 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| Ajantha Mendis | 9 | 0 | 55 | 2 |
| Rangana Herath | 9 | 0 | 58 | 2 |
| Thisara Perera | 9.1 | 1 | 44 | 3 |
| Jeevan Mendis | 6 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
Result: Sri Lanka won by 25 runs
