England vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI Live: Brook's England opt to bat, series on the line at Oval

Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 9/1 (3.1 overs) 3.1: Sonny Baker to Kusal Mendis, Ooh, that nearly sneaked past the inside edge. Good length on off, slides back in. Kusal Mendis looks to push it towards cover but gets it off the inside edge and in front of square leg for a couple of runs..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 7/1 (3.1 overs) 3.1: Sonny Baker to Kusal Mendis, WIDE! Darted in towards the pads, but this one angles down leg..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 6/1 (2.6 overs) 2.6: Gus Atkinson to Kamindu Mendis, Good length, angling back in from outside off. Kamindu Mendis jabs it out..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 6/1 (2.5 overs) 2.5: Gus Atkinson to Kamindu Mendis, FOUR! Aerial, but well over the infield and that's the first boundary of the chase. Slightly pitched up and wide of the off stump, Mendis lifts it over cover-point and the ball dribbles away into the vacant fence behind..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 2/1 (2.4 overs) 2.4: Gus Atkinson to Kamindu Mendis, Crunching drive, but it's equally well-stopped. Full and outside off, Kamindu Mendis drills it hard into the turf and towards cover, where Tom Banton springs to his left and makes a good save..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 2/1 (2.3 overs) 2.3: Gus Atkinson to Kamindu Mendis, Atkinson goes a bit wide on the crease, and slants it back in towards the top of off stump. Kamindu hops up a bit to block it off..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 2/1 (2.2 overs) 2.2: Gus Atkinson to Kamindu Mendis, Back of a length, slightly outside off, and hit away off the back foot to backward point..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 2/1 (2.1 overs) 2.1: Gus Atkinson to Kamindu Mendis, On a hard length, tighter line around off. Kamindu Mendis hops to the off side to defend it down..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 2/1 (1.6 overs) 1.6: Sonny Baker to Kusal Mendis, A wide and a big wicket off Baker's first over. Full and outside off, Kusal Mendis collapses the front knee to drive but smothers it away to mid off..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 2/1 (1.5 overs) 1.5: Sonny Baker to Kusal Mendis, Oh, my! That's moved away so sharply. Pitched up, outside off at 143 clicks, and moving away late. Kusal watches it all the way and makes a late leave as well to avoid the outside edge..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 2/1 (1.4 overs) 1.4: Sonny Baker to Kusal Mendis, Just back of a length, over off and middle, Kusal Mendis gets right behind the line of the ball to make the block..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 2/1 (1.4 overs) 1.4: Sonny Baker to Kusal Mendis, WIDE! A bit more aggression from Baker, as he brings out the bouncer. This is dug in short and at the batter, but the ball angles down leg. Kusal ducks under it..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 1/1 (1.3 overs) 1.3: Sonny Baker to Kusal Mendis, A bit fuller on off, shaping away and this one hits the bat hard as Kusal Mendis defends it right under the eyes.. The skipper, Kusal Mendis, walks in at number 3..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 1/1 (1.2 overs) 1.2: Sonny Baker to Pathum Nissanka, OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Sonny Baker has his maiden ODI wicket, and it is another jaffa of a delivery. Baker hits a good length at 143 kph, getting the ball to move away sharply from the off stump line. Pathum Nissanka camps back and just has a poke at it, nicking it behind to the keeper. Jordan Cox does the rest with the gloves on, and Sri Lanka are rocked early..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 1/0 (1.1 overs) 1.1: Sonny Baker to Pathum Nissanka, Ooh, that's a lovely start from Baker. Full and on off, it is the outswinger that swings late, and Nissanka is squared up completely as he looks to keep it out.. Sonny Baker to take the other new ball..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 1/0 (0.6 overs) 0.6: Gus Atkinson to Kamindu Mendis, A bit of extra bounce to end the over, and that's a very tidy first over from Gus Atkinson. Good length on off, angling it in. Kamindu Mendis stays back and fends it down to the off side. Just a single off the over..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 1/0 (0.5 overs) 0.5: Gus Atkinson to Kamindu Mendis, Beautifully bowled. Fuller now, angled in from outside off, but Gus gets it to move across the left-hander. Mendis is sucked into the drive but the ball breezes past the outside edge..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 1/0 (0.4 overs) 0.4: Gus Atkinson to Kamindu Mendis, Back of a length, just outside off, Mendis stays upright again and punches it down to point..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 1/0 (0.3 overs) 0.3: Gus Atkinson to Kamindu Mendis, Good length again, outside off, Mendis laces the drive while standing tall but finds the fielder at cover-point..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 1/0 (0.2 overs) 0.2: Gus Atkinson to Kamindu Mendis, Lovely channel from Gus. Around the wicket to the left-hander, pitching it a touch fuller than a good length, and getting it to nibble away. Kamindu Mendis looks to drive it away but is beaten on the outside edge..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 1/0 (0.1 overs) 0.1: Gus Atkinson to Pathum Nissanka, Off the mark right away. Atkinson hits the perfect length, keeping the line in and around off. Pathum Nissanka presses forward and insid-edge it past square leg for a single.. We are back for the chase. The umpires are out there in the middle, and so are the players of England. It will be the duo of Pathum Nissanka and Kamindu Mendis to open the innings for Sri Lanka. Gus Atkinson will get things underway with the ball. Let's go.... ... The Run Chase .... Cox's late carnage seals a mammoth total - Sri Lanka clawed their way back with a few strikes, but Jordan Cox ensured the innings finished with a bang. Cox shifted through the gears effortlessly, hammering 76 off 52 balls and combining with Jamie Overton's 21 for a whirlwind 68-run partnership. Despite Asitha Fernando striking at the death, England powered all the way to 355/7, leaving Sri Lanka a mountainous target of 356 to take the series decider. Can Sri Lanka come up with something special? We shall find out. Chase coming up shortly.... Banton and Brook take full control - The middle overs turned into a run feast as Banton joined forces with skipper Harry Brook to snatch the game away from the visitors. The pair dominated the bowling in a sparkling 150-run stand off just 117 balls. Brook looked fluent right from ball one, stroking a rapid 77, while Banton anchored the assault with a scintillating 126 packed with boundaries. By the time both departed, England were firmly cruising toward a massive score.. A shaky start - England’s decision to bat first in the series decider began on a shaky note when Dilshan Madushanka knocked over Ben Duckett for a duck in the second over. Sri Lanka had a golden chance to blow the contest wide open, but a dropped catch gave Joe Root an early lifeline. While Root had to work hard for his 18 off 37 deliveries before falling to Janith Liyanage, Tom Banton kept the scoring ticking with a brisk counter-attack that steadied the ship..England vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 355/7 (49.6 overs) 49.6: Asitha Fernando to Liam Dawson, OUT! BOWLED'EM! Asitha Fernando goes bang-bang to end the innings, but England have ended wth a massive 355/7 on the board. Fernando gets the yorker spot-on, getting it to tail back into the toes. Liam Dawson is caught back on the crease and tries to jam it out but the ball hits the boot and goes on to castle into the stumps. Dawson goes for a golden duck, as Fernando ends with 3 wickets to his name.. Liam Dawson walks in to face the last ball of the innings..England vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 355/6 (49.5 overs) 49.5: Asitha Fernando to Jordan Cox, OUT! TIMBER! A consolation wicket for Asitha Fernando, as Jordan Cox walks back distraught with himself. Length ball on off, tailing back in a bit. Cox shuffles to the off side, sits down and looks to lap it down to fine leg. He is beaten for pace and the ball clips the top of the stumps. End of a fine knock from Cox, anjd he too gets a standing ovation from the crowd..England vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 355/5 (49.4 overs) 49.4: Asitha Fernando to Jamie Overton, Full and swinging into the pads, flicked away firmly to deep mid-wicket for a run..England vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 354/5 (49.3 overs) 49.3: Asitha Fernando to Jordan Cox, Back-of-the-hand slower ball. Cox steps out and goes after it, ending up miscuing it off the inside edge through backward square leg for a single..England vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 353/5 (49.2 overs) 49.2: Asitha Fernando to Jordan Cox, FOUR! Cox has played a golden knock here, and up comes the 350 for England. Another yorker missed, and it turns out to be a low full toss on the pads. Cox swipes it away behind square leg for a boundary..England vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 349/5 (49.1 overs) 49.1: Asitha Fernando to Jamie Overton, Pitched up on middle and leg, Overton clears the front leg and heaves it off the toe end of the bat. The ball goes on the bounce to the long on fielder and a single is taken..England vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 348/5 (48.6 overs) 48.6: Eshan Malinga to Jordan Cox, Asalanka recovers well in the end. Full and straight, swung away towards deep mid-wicket. The ball is dipping and Asalanka picks it very late, scampers through and puts in a late dive, put his body behind the line of the ball as the batters get back for two runs..England vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 346/5 (48.5 overs) 48.5: Eshan Malinga to Jordan Cox, FOUR! Another slower one, well outside off. Jordan Cox brings out the reverse, reaches for it and gets the reverse lap up and over short third, and very fine for a boundary..England vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 342/5 (48.4 overs) 48.4: Eshan Malinga to Jordan Cox, Pace off from Malinga, wide outside off. Cox goes after it, and ends up dragging it flat and back past the umpire for a couple of runs down the ground..England vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 340/5 (48.3 overs) 48.3: Eshan Malinga to Jamie Overton, Pitched fuller on middle and leg, reversing in. Overton leans ahead and chips it down to long on for another single..England vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 339/5 (48.2 overs) 48.2: Eshan Malinga to Jordan Cox, A wide yorker, slings away from the batter. Cox reaches out and squeezes it to deep point for one more..England vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 338/5 (48.1 overs) 48.1: Eshan Malinga to Jamie Overton, Hard length around off, stabbed down wide of the bowler. Malinga scampers to his left and makes a half stop as the batters pick up a single..England vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 337/5 (47.6 overs) 47.6: Asitha Fernando to Jordan Cox, SIX! That's skillful from Jordan Cox, and up comes the 50-run stand between these two. Fernando misses the mark, serving a full toss on middle and leg. Cox sits down and gets inside the line, lapping it flat over fine leg for a biggie. 20 off the over..England vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 331/5 (47.5 overs) 47.5: Asitha Fernando to Jamie Overton, Fernando keeps the length full, attacking off stump now. Overton drives it down to long off for a single..England vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 330/5 (47.4 overs) 47.4: Asitha Fernando to Jamie Overton, Yorker length at the batter, Overton gets forward and knocks it through wide mid on, pinching another comfortable couple of runs. A fourth double in this over..England vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 328/5 (47.4 overs) 47.4: Asitha Fernando to Jamie Overton, No ball! Things are going from bad to worse for Sri Lanka. Full and straight again, jammed down to long on for a couple of runs more. Asitha has now overstepped, a Free Hit will now follow. Already 11 off the over..England vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 325/5 (47.3 overs) 47.3: Asitha Fernando to Jamie Overton, FOUR! That is shocking from Charith Asalanka. A low full toss on leg stump, Jamie Overton heaves across the line again, hitting it along the turf and in between long on and deep mid-wicket. Asalanka gets around to his right and goes down with the right hand, but it slips through and rolls into the fence..England vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 321/5 (47.2 overs) 47.2: Asitha Fernando to Jamie Overton, Full and straight, Overton heaves it away wide of long on for two more runs.