England take a grip before rain arrives

Oct 13, 2018

Dinesh Chandimal won the toss for Sri Lanka and asked England to bat first once again•Getty Images

Lasith Malinga claimed the early breakthrough for Sri Lanka•Getty Images

Root brought up his fifty as England built a strong platform•Getty Images

...and Morgan then fell to the returning Malinga for 92•Getty Images

Malinga added the wickets of Chris Woakes and Liam Dawson to claim his eighth ODI five-for•Getty Images

...and Dinesh Chandimal fell cheaply, as Sri Lanka stuttered to 31 for 4•Getty Images

Thisara Perera struck some solid blows as he and Dhananjaya rallied for Sri Lanka•Associated Press

Jason Roy fell for a duck in the opening over•Getty Images

Joe Root was quickly out of the blocks•Getty Images

Dhananjaya de Silva provided some handy overs, as well as removing Root for 71•Getty Images

Moeen Ali departed next ball for a golden duck as Malinga rolled back the years•Getty Images

Woakes gave England the perfect start with the ball, as Sri Lanka set about chasing 279•AFP

Dhananjaya took the attack back as Sri Lanka tried to regroup with the threat of rain looming•Getty Images

But the skies above Dambulla were darkening as rain swept in...•AFP

Eoin Morgan reverse-sweeps•Getty Images

Morgan continued to score at a good rate but Sri Lanka were chipping away...•Getty Images

Jos Buttler was bowled for 28 by a low full toss•Getty Images

Olly Stone struck early on his ODI debut...•Getty Images

Dawson has Kusal Perera caught at midwicket to break a stand worth 43•AFP

There was only one outcome likely once the heavens opened, England winning by 31 runs on DLS•AFP