The Guardian · 23d ago

Sri Lanka stun England with second-highest ODI chase despite Brook’s 202

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Liyanage hits six for win with one ball to spare England captain’s record innings not enough Harry Brook pulverised his way to the fastest double hundred in ODI history and still ended up on the losing side. This was an absurd contest, with Sri Lanka hauling down a target of 430 in Rawalpindi, the second-highest successful chase in the history of the format. Only that magical 438 game, 20 years ago, trumps it. Pavan Rathnayake, Dasun Shanaka and Avishka Fernando were the headliners, turning it around for Sri Lanka after they were reduced to 24 for two. Rathnayake top-scored with 130, Fernando…

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