Chameera destroys England top order

Oct 23, 2018

England rang the changes for the fifth ODI, with Sam and Tom Curran picked to play together for the first time•Getty Images

Niroshan Dickwella helped get Sri Lanka off to a good start•Getty Images

Samarawickrama and Dickwella put on a century opening stand•Getty Images

Dickwella fell to Moeen for 95, but Chandimal kicked on for his first fifty of the series•Getty Images

England's reply started badly, when Kasun Rajitha bowled Jason Roy for 4 in the first over•AFP

Ben Stokes fought back with a fifty•Getty Images

...and England were nine down when the rain arrived, eventually condemning them to a record 219-run defeat on DLS•Getty Images

Jos Buttler stood in as captain, but Dinesh Chandimal won the toss and chose to bat•Getty Images

Sam Curran took some punishment...•Getty Images

Moeen Ali made the breakthrough for England, bowling Samarawickrama•Getty Images

Kusal Mendis found some form after a rough trot...•Getty Images

Dushmantha Chameera then removed Alex Hales and Jos Buttler for ducks...•Getty Images

Akila Dananjaya removed Moeen to break England's fifth-wicket stand•Getty Images

...as Sadeera Samarawickrama attacked on the way to a maiden ODI fifty•Getty Images

Rested captain Eoin Morgan carries the drinks•Getty Images

...hammering his way to a 30-ball half-century. England pegged things back, but Sri Lanka were still able to post a daunting total of 366 for 6•AFP

...leaving England in trouble on 4 for 3•AFP

Stokes' resistance was also ended by Dananjaya...•Getty Images