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England suffers heaviest ODI defeat

England suffers heaviest ODI defeat
England's stand-in captain Jos Buttler was dismissed for a duck from just his second ball[Photo:BBC Sport]

A dismal England fell to their heaviest defeat in one‑day international cricket as Sri Lanka thrashed the tourists by 219 runs in the final ODI in Colombo.

With England having already won the five‑match series, they made three changes, resting captain Eoin Morgan.

They bowled and fielded poorly scoring 95 as Sri Lanka posted 366‑6 ‑ the hosts' highest score against England in ODI cricket.

England slumped to 4‑3 in reply and were 132‑9 when rain stopped play.

England's previous biggest margin of defeat in terms of runs was 165 runs, which has happened twice ‑ against Pakistan at Karachi in 2005 and West Indies at Kingstown in 1994.

Having won the ODI series 3‑1, England now face Sri Lanka in the sole Twenty20 on Saturday before the three‑Test series starts on 6th November.

[Source: BBC Sports]

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