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Report, 4th ODI: England defeated Sri Lanka 18 points via the Duckworth-Lewis method, Saturday taking a not inconsiderable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.

Chasing a goal of 274 at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, England comfortably placed at 132 for two after 27, when rain forced players to leave the field.

No other game was possible in the penultimate game of the series and England had 18 points in advance at this point, depending on the method of calculation used for the matches shortened by the rain.

Dinesh Chandimal, with Jos Buttler, captains of Sri Lanka and England in this match. AFP

England captain Joe Root was unbeaten at age 32 but his ODI counterpart, Eoin Morgan, was not eliminated. The duo added 56 for the uninterrupted partnership of the third wicket to keep his team at the top of the race pace. 19659003] Sri Lanka was lucky to leave the stand when Root was caught by the ball, Dhananjaya de Silva, but the delivery was declared illegal by the referee, as the hosts had more players outside the circle of 30 meters than the authorized one. [19659003] Sri Lankan director Akila Dananjaya rejected opener Jason Roy for attacking 45 times out of 49 deliveries and Alex Hales for 12, but the organizers did nothing more.

Some useful contributions from the lower clbad helped Sri Lanka to score 273 to 7 after being eliminated.

Dickwella hit the 52 ball with 52 and with the captain, Dinesh Chandimal, laid the groundwork for the second leg of Sri Lanka. partnership of 70 points.

But the hosts lost to the bad pbad of Moeen Ali and opponent Adil Rashid, losing three wickets for thirteen points and having been reduced to 102-4.

Shanaka then launched the counterattack, taking the air route to hit the six and four spinners. He added 52 points for the fifth wicket with Dhananjaya de Silva to start the recovery of Sri Lanka.

The 27-year-old scored five points and four bounds in his run-off heats before escaping.

Rounder Thisara Perera made 44 of 41 balls while he and Shanaka added 58 for the sixth wicket. He then shared 56 points with Akila Dananjaya, who made 32 out of 26.

The fifth and final day will be played in Colombo on Tuesday.

With the contributions of Reuters

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