Cricket:England ODI tour to Sri Lanka, 21 November-16th Dec

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7 ODI's. Two warm up matches, first one on the 21st, and the second on the 23rd. First ODI is on the 26th.

Big news for England is that no James Anderson. His been ruled out, still recovering from his knee injury.

England ODI squad to tour Sri Lanka:
Alastair Cook(captain), Moeen Ali, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Jos Buttler, Steven Finn, Harry Gurney, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Eoin Morgan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, James Taylor, James Tredwell, Chris Woakes.

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Sri Lanka making 317-6.

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Oohhh that was close Cook

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2 reviews in 2 balls for Cook!

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And he survives again!!

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Black can man said:

England are going to fall well short with this outfield being so slow,

19 off the 6th over, Moeen Ali scoring 4 boundaries in a row, 40 of just 20 deliveries.

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Moeen Ali is on fire, has to go on to make a century now.

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chimster said:

Giving it a go.

Lost couple of wickets in quick succession, 5 down :/

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Moeen Ali Fantastic innings and a very well deserved century.

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Dapster said:

KP has an opinion funnily enough...

https://twitter.com/KP24?original_referer=http%3A%...

Kevin Pietersen @KP24 · 2h 2 hours ago
Dear Alastair, if you care about England's chances this winter, pls resign and just concentrate on Test cricket...#getHalesin

He has a point, if your a batsmen and not scoring runs, you shouldn't be in the team. Don't know how Cook is still captain. His only made one half century in his last 18 innings. His last century was in June 2012.

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Challo said:

Not a bad effort from England's bowlers although we are struggling with our 4th and 5th choices. Stokes went for 28 off 2 overs which is not good.

Slow over rate again though which could see Cook get banned.

Lets hope we do not see another England collapse in the batting stakes

Cook made a good start, had the chance to go on and make a good innings, went on 34. Moeen Ali just got to his 50, classy player.

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What a game,plenty of drama.

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Sri Lanka victory. Take the series too. Alastair Cook has to be dropped and stripped of the captaincy.

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I'd be stunned if useless Cook isn't dropped and stripped off the captaincy very very soon. No way can England let this wker be the captain at the world cup.

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5 down now. Dilshan showed his class with the bat earlier on, now showing his class with the ball.

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hornetrider said:

Well. A 150 odd run defeat will surely send Cook to the canvas.

Don't understand why Ravi Bopara isn't playing?

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What a load of shambles. Sri Lanka were thrashed 5-0 by India before this series, so they were under pressure to perform. They've pretty much dominated this series. They've been heads and shoulders above England with the bat, ball and in the field.

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Fitting that Jayawardena takes the winning wicket. One of the all time greats, and of course Kumar Sangakara too.

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Cooks interview

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