England vs Sri Lanka ODI Series 2021


The cricket team of Sri Lanka will be on tour to England for an ODI series in 2021. They will play an ODI series of 3 matches in June-July of 2021 at England. It will be challenging for the Sri Lankan side to defeat the strong England team in England. Both teams are very strong, and there is also a strong cricketing rivalry between England and Sri Lanka. Eoin Morgan will be the captain of the English team while Dimuth Karunaratne will be the captain of Sri Lankan team. The squad of both sides are not announced yet, but England Cricket Board will look forward to giving a chance to the talented youngsters available on the bench. Seam bowlers always love bowling in England as pace bowlers get help from the surface. Both teams also have good quality pace bowling attack. It will be a real test for batsmen of both sides to perform against good bowling attack. 

The 1st match of the series will be held on June 29, Tuesday at Emirates Riverside, Chester-le-Street, England. Both teams will give their best to show their early dominance in the series by winning the first match. The 2nd game of the series will be played on July 1, Thursday. This match will be held at The Oval, England. Probably the fans will be there to support their favourite team and enjoy the game. The 3rd and the last match of the 3 matches OD series will be played on July 4, 2021, Sunday at The Bristol County Ground, Bristol England.

Head to head record in ODI is very neutral between these two sides. Both England and Sri Lanka have played 75 ODI matches against each other. Both teams have won equal matches (36). Therefore the result of the series cannot be predicted as both sides are capable of winning it.

Series Result England Won the 3 Match ODI Series By 2-0
Player Of the Series David Jonathan Willey
Start Date 2021-06-29
End Date 2021-07-04
Host Country England

Schedule

England vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI Match 2021
Match 1
Date - 2021-06-29
Day - Tuesday
Time - 11:00(Local)

Scorecard
England
Player of the Match
Chris Woakes
Sri Lanka Venue
Riverside Ground
England vs Sri Lanka 2nd ODI Match 2021
Match 2
Date - 2021-07-01
Day - Thursday
Time - 01:00(Local)

Scorecard
England
Player of the Match
Sam Curran
Sri Lanka Venue
The Oval
England vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI Match 2021
Match 3
Date - 2021-07-04
Day - Sunday
Time - 11:00(Local)

Scorecard
England
Sri Lanka Venue
County Ground Bristol
Teams
Sri Lanka England

Squad

Sri Lanka Team Squad
Kusal Janith Perera Akila Dananjaya Nuwan Pradeep Isuru Udana
Dhananjaya de Silva Niroshan Dickwella Ishan Jayaratne Danushka Gunathilaka
Dushmantha Chameera Dasun Shanaka Lakshan Sandakan Binura Fernando
Kusal Mendis Pathum Nissanka Oshada Fernando Avishka Fernando
Wanindu Hasaranga Chamika Karunaratne Asitha Fernando Ramesh Mendis
Dhananjaya Lakshan Charith Asalanka Praveen Jayawickrama Shiran Fernando

England Team Squad
Eoin Morgan Joe Root Chris Woakes Jonny Bairstow
Adil Rashid Moeen Ali Dawid Malan Jason Roy
Mark Wood Liam Dawson Sam Billings David Willey
Liam Livingstone Sam Curran Tom Curran George Garton