England and Sri Lanka played a total of 32 ODI’s since 1983 till now. One ODI was tied, one got no result, 16 won by England, 14 won by Sri Lanka. Three Sri Lanka players have breached the bio-Buble and sent to their homes in Sri Lanka. So Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya Lakshan, Praveen Jayawickrama are the debutants today.
338 is the highest total of the venue scored by the Sri Lankan team on 1 July 2019 against the West Indies. The English team’s highest total at this ground is 314 scored against Australia on 21 Jun 2018.
Morgan won the toss and chose to bowl first.
Eng vs SL 1st ODI Highlights today Tuesday, 6-29-2021 – 1st ODI, Sri Lanka tour of England from Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street.
England team: 1 Liam Livingstone, 2 Jonny Bairstow (wk), 3 Joe Root, 4 Eoin Morgan (capt), 5 Sam Billings, 6 Moeen Ali, 7 Sam Curran, 8 Chris Woakes, 9 David Willey, 10 Mark Wood, 11 Adil Rashid.
Sri Lanka team: 1 Kusal Perera (capt/wk), 2 Pathum Nissanka, 3 Charith Asalanka, 4 Ramesh Mendis, 5 Dasun Shanaka, 6 Wanindu Hasaranga, 7 Dhananjaya Lakshan, 8 Chamika Karunaratne, 9 Binura Fernando, 10 Dushmantha Chameera, 11 Praveen Jayawickrama.
Match Timings: 10:00 GMT | 11:00 Local
Umpires – Michael Gough, Tim Robinson
TV Umpires – Richard Kettleborough
Match Referee – Chris Broad
Reserve Umpire – Rob Bailey
Match number – ODI no. 4296
