ENGLAND batsman Ben Stokes reacts as Sri Lankan paceman Lasith Malinga celebrates dismissing Jos Buttler at Headingley on Friday.—AFP
James Vince (14), deputising for the injured Jason Roy, then fell in familiar fashion when an edged drive off Malinga was caught by Mendis at slip.
England captain Eoin Morgan, fresh from his one-day international record 17 sixes against Afghanistan, made a cautious 21, featuring a mere two fours, before Isuru Udana held a sharp return catch to dismiss the Dubliner.
Joe Root made a patient 57 off 89 balls featuring just three fours.
But a fourth-wicket stand of 54 with Stokes ended when Root was caught behind down the legside off Malinga, who then produced a trademark toe-crushing yorker to have dangerman Jos Buttler lbw.
Stokes badly needed someone to stay with him. But he could only watch as de Silva took three wickets for three runs in nine balls.
Moeen Ali marked his 100th One-day International by hitting a six, only to hole out irresponsibly off the next ball from de Silva trying to repeat the shot.
Stokes should have been out for 57 when he hoisted Malinga to deep square leg, but Mendis dropped the catch.
That was the cue for a furious assault by Stokes, the all-rounder hitting two sixes in as many balls off Udana, but Wood was the last man to fall as England’s chase fell short on 212.
Earlier, England fast bowler Jofra Archer took 3-52 to join Australia’s Mitchell Starc as the leading bowler at this World Cup with 15 wickets.
Archer had opener Dimuth Karunaratne caught behind for one after the Sri Lanka captain had won the toss.
Two balls later, without another run on the board, Sri Lanka were three for two Perera slashed Chris Woakes to Moeen at third man.
But Avishka Fernando, in his first match of the tournament, revived the innings with a dashing 49 that saw him hit 14 runs off just one Archer over.
Scoreboard
SRI LANKA:
Batsmen & mode of dismissals R B 4s 6s SR
F.D.M. Karunaratne c Buttler b Archer 1 8 0 0 12.50
M.D.K.J. Perera c Moeen b Woakes 2 6 0 0 33.33
W.I.A. Fernando c Rashid b Wood 49 39 6 2 125.64
B.K.G. Mendis c Morgan b Rashid 46 68 2 0 67.64
A.D. Mathews not out 85 115 5 1 73.91
B.M.A.J. Mendis c and b Rashid 0 1 0 0 0.00
D.M. de Silva c Root b Archer 29 47 1 0 61.70
N.L.T.C. Perera c Rashid b Archer 2 6 0 0 33.33
I. Udana c Root b Wood 6 4 1 0 150.00
S.L. Malinga b Wood 1 5 0 0 20.00
N. Pradeep not out 1 1 0 0 100.00
EXTRAS (LB-4, W-6) 10 - - - --
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 232 - - - --
FALL OF WKTS: 1-3 (Karunaratne, 1.6 ov), 2-3 (M.D.K.J. Perera, 2.2 ov), 3-62 (Fernando, 12.5 ov), 4-133 (B.K.G. Mendis, 29.4 ov), 5-133 (B.M.A.J. Mendis, 29.5 ov), 6-190 (de Silva, 43.3 ov), 7-200 (N.L.T.C. Perera, 45.4 ov), 8-209 (Udana, 46.4 ov), 9-220 (Malinga, 48.3 ov).
BOWLING: Woakes 5-0-22-1; Archer 10-2-52-3 (2w); Wood 8-0-40-3 (1w); Stokes 5-0-16-0; Moeen Ali 10-0-40-0 (3w); Adil Rashid 10-0-45-2; Root 2-0-13-0.
ENGLAND:
Batsmen & mode of dismissals R B 4s 6s SR
J.M. Vince c B.K.G. Mendis b Malinga 14 18 2 0 77.77
J.M. Bairstow lbw b Malinga 0 1 0 0 0.00
J.E. Root c M.D.K.J. Perera b Malinga 57 89 3 0 64.04
E.J.G. Morgan c and b Udana 21 35 2 0 60.00
B.A. Stokes not out 82 89 7 4 92.13
J.C. Buttler lbw b Malinga 10 9 1 0 111.11
Moeen Ali c Udana b de Silva 16 20 0 1 80.00
C.R. Woakes c M.D.K.J. Perera b de Silva 1 2 0 0 50.00
Adil Rashid c M.D.K.J. Perera b de Silva 1 2 0 0 50.00
J.C. Archer c N.L.T.C. Perera b Udana 3 11 0 0 27.27
M.A. Wood c M.D.K.J. Perera b Pradeep 0 4 0 0 0.00
EXTRAS (LB-1, W-5) 6 - - - --
TOTAL (all out, 47 overs) 212 - - - --
FALL OF WKTS: 1-1 (Bairstow, 0.2 ov), 2-26 (Vince, 6.5 ov), 3-73 (Morgan, 18.4 ov), 4-127 (Root, 30.3 ov), 5-144 (Buttler, 32.3 ov), 6-170 (Moeen, 38.3 ov), 7-176 (Woakes, 40.1 ov), 8-178 (Rashid, 40.5 ov), 9-186 (Archer, 43.4 ov), 10-212 (Wood, 46.6 ov).
BOWLING: Malinga 10-1-43-4 (2w); Pradeep 10-1-38-1 (2w); de Silva 8-0-32-3; N.L.T.C. Perera 8-0-34-0; Udana 8-0-41-2 (1w); B.M.A.J. Mendis 3-0-23-0.
RESULT: Sri Lanka won by 20 runs.
UMPIRES: M. Erasmus (South Africa) and P. Wilson (Australia).
TV UMPIRE: B.N.J. Oxenford (Australia).
MATCH REFEREE: R.B. Richardson (West Indies).
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Lasith Malinga.
STANDINGS
(Tabulated under played, won, lost, no-result, points, net run-rate):
Australia 6 5 1 0 10 +0.849
New Zealand 5 4 0 1 9 +1.591
England 6 4 2 0 8 +1.457
India 4 3 0 1 7 +1.029
Sri Lanka 6 2 2 2 6 -1.119
Bangladesh 6 2 3 1 5 -0.407
West Indies 5 1 3 1 3 +0.272
South Africa 6 1 4 1 3 -0.193
Pakistan 5 1 3 1 3 -1.933
Afghanistan 5 0 5 0 0 -2.089
Updated after England vs Sri Lanka match on Friday
Published in Dawn, June 22nd, 2019