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England captain Harry Brooke said his side were « challenged » in « a lot of different departments » after losing to Sri Lanka by 19 runs in the first one-day international in Colombo.

Kusal Mendis scored 93 as England were 272 for victory at the R Premadasa Stadium, where Ben Duckett replied with 62 and Joe Root scored 61 to give Brooke’s side hope.

One brave last fight from Jamie Overton is not enough ❌

His 34 off 17 balls gave England a glimmer of hope but Sri Lanka took the first ODI 🇱🇰

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Brook’s was one of eight wickets to fall for 84 runs, with Jamie Overton’s dismissal during a final chase of 20 handing his side an 11th consecutive away ODI defeat.

Sri Lanka vs England: Brook praises spinners

« We batted really well through the middle and the spinners batted extremely well, » Brook told TNT Sports after watching Adil Rashid take 3-44.

Caught and dumped 👏

Adil Rashid with his third wicket to break a partnership of 88 runs 💪

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« They caught us in the last over. They challenged us in a lot of different departments. Unfortunately we lost a couple of wickets in quick succession and that always puts you on the back foot. »

The three-match series continues under the same circumstances on Saturday c of England second match after their 4-1 series loss in Australia.

Harry Brooke is confused 🙁

It only goes for 6 tracks…

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Sri Lanka team vs England

Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Mendis (wk), Dhananjaya de Silva Charith Asalanka (c), Janith Liyanage, Pavan Rathnayake, Dunith Wellalage, Pramod Madushan, Jeffrey Vandersay, Asitha Fernando

England team vs Sri Lanka

Zach Crowley, Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Jacob Bethel, Harry Brook (c), Jos Buttler (c), Sam Curran, Rehan Ahmed, Jamie Overton, Liam Dawson, Adil Rashid