: Third ODI: Rain prevents England’s imminent clean sweep after Sri Lanka crumble again #IndiaNEWS Tom Curran followed in brother Sam’s footsteps against Sri Lanka only for rain to deny England a

Third ODI: Rain prevents England’s imminent clean sweep after Sri Lanka crumble again #IndiaNEWS
Tom Curran followed in brother Sam’s footsteps against Sri Lanka only for rain to deny England a series clean sweep in the third and final one-day international at Bristol on Sunday .Having won the preceding T20 series 3-0, England were on course to end the ODI campaign with a similar scoreline after dismissing Sri Lanka for a meagre 166, with Curran taking 4-35 in his maximum 10 overs.That followed Sam’s return of 5-48 during an eight-wicket win at the Oval – the brothers’ Surrey home ground – on Thursday that put England 2-0 up.But a huge downpour after Sri Lanka’s innings meant the match was abandoned before England’s reply could start.Tom Curran’s wickets represented the right-arm paceman’s first for England in six white-ball appearances. He had previously bowled 34 overs in T20s and ODIs without success.Only Dasun Shanaka, with 48 not out, offered significant resistance with the bat.Sri Lanka’s top order have struggled during the past fortnight, repeatedly losing wickets to the new ball.And it was an all-too familiar story at the County Ground as they suffered another collapse to 63-5 inside 15 overs after losing the toss as Chris Woakes and David Willey made early inroads.Woakes, the only change to the England side, struck in his second...Read more

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