| ICC Cricket World Cup - 2011 England vs Sri Lanka Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets (with 63 balls remaining) Scores :England:229 Sri Lanka:231 | Played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 26 March 2011 - day/night (50-over match) |
| England Innings (50 overs maximum) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| AJ Strauss | b Dilshan | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 26.31 |
| IR Bell | c Samaraweera b Mathews | 25 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 78.12 |
| IJL Trott | c Jayawardene b Muralitharan | 86 | 115 | 2 | 0 | 74.78 |
| RS Bopara | lbw b Muralitharan | 31 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 55.35 |
| EJG Morgan | c Mathews b Malinga | 50 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 90.90 |
| GP Swann | lbw b Mendis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| MJ Prior | not out | 22 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 115.78 |
| LJ Wright | not out | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Extras | (lb 3, w 6) | 9 | ||||
| Total | (6 wickets; 50 overs; 212 mins) | 229 | (4.58 runs per over) | |||
| Did not bat: TT Bresnan, JC Tredwell, CT Tremlett | ||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ |
| SL Malinga | 10 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 4.60 |
| TM Dilshan | 6 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 4.16 |
| AD Mathews | 5 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 4.00 |
| HMRKB Herath | 10 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 4.70 |
| BAW Mendis | 10 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 3.40 |
| M Muralitharan | 9 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 6.00 |
| Sri Lanka Innings (target: 230 runs from 50 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| WU Tharanga | not out | 102 | 122 | 12 | 1 | 83.60 |
| TM Dilshan | not out | 108 | 115 | 10 | 2 | 93.91 |
| Extras | (b 9, lb 6, w 6) | 21 | ||||
| Total | (0 wickets; 39.3 overs; 175 mins) | 231 | (5.84 runs per over) | |||
| Did not bat: KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene, TT Samaraweera, LPC Silva, AD Mathews, SL Malinga, HMRKB Herath, BAW Mendis, M Muralitharan | ||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ |
| TT Bresnan | 8 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 5.00 |
| GP Swann | 9 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 6.77 |
| CT Tremlett | 7 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 5.06 |
| RS Bopara | 5 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 4.40 |
| JC Tredwell | 6 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 6.33 |
| LJ Wright | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4.25 |
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Toss England, who chose to bat Series Sri Lanka advanced Man of the match TM Dilshan |
