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Duckett and Dawson Earn England Consolation Win over Sri Lanka in ODI Tri-Series
Ben Duckett hit 167 and Liam Dawson took 4-49 as England posted 386-5 and sealed a 55-run consolation win.
- On Thursday, England defeated Sri Lanka by 55 runs at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, securing their first ODI win in Pakistan since 2005 in a tri-series consolation match.
- England had lost their first three matches in the tri-series, leaving them out of contention for Saturday's final after previously squandering winning positions including a heartbreaking loss last week when Sri Lanka chased 430.
- Ben Duckett struck a career-best 167 off 132 balls, powering England to 386-5, while spinner Liam Dawson claimed career-best figures of 4-49, dismissing Pavan Rathnayake in the 45th over.
- Pavan Rathnayake scored 118 off 77 balls and skipper Kusal Mendis added 89, but Sri Lanka lost their last five wickets for just 16 runs, ending at 331.
- Sri Lanka faces Pakistan in Saturday's final in Lahore, while England departs for Australia to play three ODIs and five T20s in November.
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"England again looked a frontline bowler short but will be cheered to have come away from the tri-series with something, the World Cup now less than a year away"
ENGLAND had spent the previous week demonstrating that there is apparently no position from which a one-day international cannot be lost.
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