England win rain-hit ODI against Sri Lanka

AFP

Published at 11:50 am October 13th, 2018

England's Eoin Morgan (R) plays a shot next to Sri Lanka's wicketkeeper Niroshan Dickwella during their 2nd ODI match at Dambulla Saturday Reuters

Heavy rain was still falling an hour after the suspension and England recorded a 31-run victory under the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern run rate system

England were awarded victory in the second one-day international against Sri Lanka on a faster run rate Saturday after play was halted by heavy rain.

The tourists scored 278-9, with Eoin Morgan smashing 92, but umpires stopped play at Dambulla with Sri Lanka on 140-5 after 29 of their overs.

It's all over in Dambulla.

England have beaten Sri Lanka by 31 runs on Duckworth-Lewis in the second ODI.

Live text & Cricket Social 👉 https://t.co/Z4kR9mxxfb #bbccricket #SRIvENG pic.twitter.com/QQ30Ji0VOQ
— Test Match Special (@bbctms) October 13, 2018

Thisara Perera was on 44 and Dhananjaya da Silva on 36 when play was halted. The pair had put on 66 for the sixth wicket after Sri Lanka looked in deep trouble at 74 for five.

Heavy rain was still falling an hour after the suspension and England recorded a 31-run victory under the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern run rate system.

Only 15 overs of the first ODI between the two sides was possible on Wednesday before the game had to be abandoned without a result.

Rain has unfortunately forced a premature end to today's play, meaning England win by 31 runs (DLS method).

Eoin Morgan's 92 was the standout contribution, but England's bowlers did well to peg Sri Lanka back to 140/5.#SLvENG 👇https://t.co/PEDmyTHOiY pic.twitter.com/xig0lGhoSF
— ICC (@ICC) October 13, 2018

A warm up game against a Sri Lanka Cricket XI on October 6 did not start because of rain.

The third 50-over match is in Pallekele on Wednesday. England will also play two Tests and a Twenty20 international against Sri Lanka on the tour, which runs through November 27.