Duckett and Dawson steer England to victory over Sri Lanka in tri-series farewell

The Guardian

Duckett hits superb 167 as England make 386 in Lahore Dawson takes four wickets to deny Sri Lankan chase Not this time. Sri Lanka threatened a repeat of Rawalpindi , and a target of 387 in Lahore was within reach. Pavan Rathnayake was the thorn again with another century but, unlike his captain Harry Brook’s last week, Ben Duckett’s epic was not in vain. The left-hander struck 167 before Liam Dawson took four wickets, setting up a consolation 55-run victory for England. Sri Lanka had already booked their place in Saturday’s tri-series final against Pakistan but looked ready to take this dead…