England v Sri Lanka, 2nd ODI – Statistical Highlights

England came back strong in the 2nd ODI after a thrilling tie in the first game as they thrashed Sri Lanka to secure a 10-wicket win. With this win, England win the first ever Super Series with 3 ODIs and a T20I still to be played. After electing to bat, Sri Lanka posted 254/7 in their 50 overs which was chased by the hosts without losing a wicket in just 34.1 overs. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game.

2 – Only the 2nd time England has used 3 spinners in a home ODI. They used Dalrymple, Yardy and Pietersen vs Pakistan at Nottingham in 2006.

2 – Only the 2nd time two England openers scored centuries in the same ODI game. Trescothick and Solanki scored tons vs SA at Oval in 2003.

3 – Number of century stands Jason Roy and Alex Hales have between them while opening. Among England pairs, only Marcus Trescothick and Nick Knight pair had more (4 century stands).

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4 – Number of 9 or more wicket wins that have been recorded in last 7 List A games at Edgbaston. In fact, including this game, 12 of the last 13 List A games at this venue have produced results of 100+ runs or 6+ wickets margin.

6 – Number of fifty plus scores Alex Hales has scored in the 7 ODI innings he has played in 2016. He has 2 centuries as well.

6 – Number of sixes Alex Hales hit in this game, the most by an England opener in an ODI.

8.65 – Economy rate of Sri Lanka spinners in this game. This is their worst in an ODI from among occasions when more than 15 overs have been bowled. Overall, this is the 4th worst economy rate by a team’s spinners in an ODI.

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10 – England’s 10-wicket win is their 6th 10-wicket win in ODIs with 3 of them coming against Sri Lanka.

10 – Number of sixes England openers hit in this game. They never hit more than 5 sixes in an ODI before this.

27 – Runs conceded by Seekkuge Prasanna in England innings’ 29th over. These are the joint 2nd most runs scored by England in an over in ODI cricket. Yuvraj Singh conceded 30 runs to Dimitri Mascarenhas in 2007 at The Oval.

63* – Partnership stand between Upul Tharanga and Suraj Randiv for the 8th wicket. This is the first fifty stand for Sri Lanka since 2014 in ODIs for 8th or lower wicket.

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95 – England’s win with 95 balls to spare is now the highest margin of victory in a 250-plus chase in ODIs. The previous best was 86 by Kenya against Netherlands at Lincoln in 2014.

133* – Alex Hales’ 133* is now the highest individual score by an England player vs Sri Lanka in ODIs. Previous best was 130 by David Gower in 1983.

255 – For the first time, a team has chased down a target over 250 successfully in ODIs without losing a wicket. Previously the highest was 236 by New Zealand vs Zimbabwe in 2015.

256* – Partnership stand between Jason Roy and Alex Hales in this game for England’s opening wicket. This is now the highest opening stand in ODIs for England and also the highest opening stand for any team against Sri Lanka.

256* – Partnership stand between Jason Roy and Alex Hales in this game is now the highest stand for any wicket in ODIs for England. Previous highest was 250 for the 2nd wicket between Andrew Strauss and Jonathan Trott vs Bangladesh in 2010.

2013 – Last time Upul Tharanga recorded a fifty plus score in ODIs was 174* vs India in WI tri-series in 2013. This was his first fifty plus score in 19 ODI innings.