Sri Lanka vs England 2014, 4th ODI at Colombo: Joe Root bowled by Rangana Herath

Dec 7, 2014

Joe Root was bowled by Rangana Herath in the fourth One-Day International (ODI) between England and Sri Lanka at Colombo on Sunday. Having scored an attractive 36 off 49 balls, Root was beaten for pace by the wily spin of Herath.

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Earlier, comeback man James Taylor scored his maiden ODI half-century off 69 balls. Alex Hales was out for a first-ball duck. Dhammika Prasad took the wicket, as Hales’ attempted drive found the outside edge to Mahela Jayawardene at slip. Moeen Ali could only manage 19 runs, though he was batting well. Moeen was drawn out of the crease by Tillakaratne Dilshan and beaten. He edged behind to Kumar Sangakkara, who also had the stumps out in a flash.

England won the toss and elected to bat first. James Taylor got to play only his third ODI at the cost of the suspended Alastair Cook, who had to miss out due to a slow over rate in the last game, while James Tredwell continued to miss out. Jayawardene came back into the side after missing the last game due to personal reasons.

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