Twitter Reactions: Hales-Roy storm England to a 10-wicket victory over Sri Lanka

Published - 25 Jun 2016, 11:12 IST | Updated - 25 Jun 2016, 11:12 IST

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After a brilliant tie in the first game, both England and Sri Lanka headed on to Birmingham for the second ODI of the series. Captain Angelo Mathews won the toss as Sri Lanka elected to bat first. Suraj Randiv came in for the islanders while England had an unchanged XI from their last game.

Batting first, Sri Lanka didn’t have a great start. Dinesh Chandimal who scored a splendid fifty along with Mathews who chipped in with 44 recovered Sri Lanka. However once the pair was dismissed, SL were further reduced to 191/7. Some excellent batting by Upul Tharanga who scored 54 (49)* and a supportive knock by Randiv took Sri Lanka to a respectable total of 254/7.

English bowlers rose to the occasion and didn’t allow the SL middle order to settle. Adil Rashid was the pick of the bowlers with 2/36 while Liam Plunkett also bowled a fiery spell and got a couple of wickets. David Willey took one wicket but was a bit expensive.

The English openers put up a dominant display with the bat as they crushed the SL bowlers. Both the openers went on to score centuries. While Alex Hales scored a magnificent 133 (110)*, Jason Roy also raced his way to a sumptuous 112 (95)*. The SL bowlers had no clue to stop them. The fielding was also below standard which hurt them dearly.

How did the match pan out? – Eng v SL 2nd, ODI Review: Tons from Roy, Hales crush Sri Lanka by 10 wickets

Twitter kept everyone entertained with some superb tweets throughout the game. While some were full of praise for Tharanga and Chandimal, some trolled the SL bowling. However, at the end of the day, Hales-Roy stole the show as they paved way for England to secure an astounding 10 wicket win. Here are some of the Twitter reactions that took place during the course of the game:

England win the 2nd ODI against Sri Lanka by 10 wickets, with @AlexHales1 & @JasonRoy20 both hitting 100s #EngvSL pic.twitter.com/s6xFbeFan5
— ICC (@ICC) June 24, 2016

Lol Sri Lanka. To lose by 10 wickets with 16 overs to spare after scoring 254… ? #smashed
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) June 24, 2016

This is also the highest opening partnership in ODIs against Sri Lanka, breaking Tendulkar-Ganguly's record… #ENGvSL
— Nikhil Mane ??? (@nikhiltait) June 24, 2016

27 runs off the over – joint-second most expensive for England in ODIs. Highest 30 runs by Mascarenhas vs Yuvraj, Oval, 2007 #ENGvSL
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) June 24, 2016

SL will be kicking themselves for not winning the last game
— Ghumman (@Emclub7) June 24, 2016

Alex Hales has hit 6 sixes in his innings so far. Most by an England opener in an ODI. #ENGvSL
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) June 24, 2016

Looks like Roy will get to 110 quicker than his Surrey team mates and with 10 fewer wickets
— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek) June 24, 2016

Prasanna to Hales – Four, Four, Six, Six, Six.. and this is now the highest opening stand for England in ODIs! #ENGvSL
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) June 24, 2016

England batsmen treating Sri Lankan bowlers like Taliban treats Artists. Brutal !
— ️Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) June 24, 2016

Most opening 100+ stands for ENG in ODIs:
4 Knight/Trescothick
3 HALES/ROY*
3 Strauss/Trescothick#ENGvSL
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) June 24, 2016

Huge pressure on Hales & Roy here, if England win then they win the super series
— Cricket Fan Bob (@CricketFanBob) June 24, 2016

https://twitter.com/altcricket/status/746371470796988418

Once SL had Muralitharan,
Now they have Suraj Randiv & Sekkuge Prasanna.
— Arfan ? (@Im__Arfan) June 24, 2016

Played @Upulthara44 great record great player. You have been missed. Amazing that you haven't played in a while
— Kumar Sangakkara (@KumarSanga2) June 24, 2016

Fifty for Dinesh Chandimal! Despite nursing a sore hamstring the Lankan vice-captain has done well to steady the innings#ENGvSL
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) June 24, 2016

https://twitter.com/altcricket/status/746367539526131712

Sense with Tharanga here but no options too with idiocy of dropping Shanaka. SL will end up with 240 if they mess up from here.
— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) June 24, 2016

Liam Plunkett….
22* in 11 balls, with a last ball six at Nottingham, 3 days ago!
2 wkts in 10 balls at Birmingham today!#EngvSL
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) June 24, 2016

Chandimal and Mathews have batted together 4 times in ODIs this year and all the 4 times they had 50+ partnerships. #ENGvSL
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) June 24, 2016

https://twitter.com/altcricket/status/746351323768102913