Sri Lanka stun England with second-highest ODI chase despite Brook’s 202
Sri Lanka defeated England in Rawalpindi on Tuesday, chasing down a target of 430 to win the ODI match, the second-highest successful chase in the history of the format.
England’s Harry Brook pulverised his way to the fastest double hundred in ODI history, but it was not enough to secure a win for his team.
Sri Lanka were the victors in this absurd contest, hauling down a target of 430 in Rawalpindi, the second-highest successful chase in the history of the format.
Only that magical 438 game, 20 years ago, trumps it.
Sri Lanka's fightback
Pavan Rathnayake, Dasun Shanaka and Avishka Fernando were the headliners, somehow turning it around for Sri Lanka after they were reduced to 24 for two.
Rathnayake top-scored with 130, Fernando struck 97, and Shanaka – with 97 of his own – was the most brutal of the lot.
After being taken apart with the ball, his revenge act included eight sixes.
None of the trio were there at the close, as England suddenly found themselves back in it.
Final over drama
With eight needed off the final over, Josh Tongue rattled the stumps of Dunith Wellalage and Eshan Malinga with consecutive deliveries, but the cold-blooded Janith Liyanage walloped a six down the ground to close the night, finishing his stay on 61.
Somehow, a ball remained.
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