In the second ODI match against Sri Lanka, England suffered a loss by 16 runs at the Headingley Cricket Ground in Headingley.
Despite the loss, <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/jos-buttler-powers-england-to-3-0-t20i-series-sweep-over-sri-lanka-23650926" rel="nofollow">England's wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler</a> achieved a historic feat. During the match, the swashbuckling batsman delivered a knock of 69 runs off 49 deliveries. His knock was laced with five boundaries and the same number of maximums.
With this, Buttler became the first batsman from his country to reach an aggregate of over 10,000 runs across ODIs and T20Is combined.
Currently, in 204 <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/ind-vs-wi-odis-west-indies-alzarri-joseph-set-to-complete-150-wickets-in-format-history-23651678" rel="nofollow">ODI</a> matches, he has garnered 5678 runs with 11 centuries and 30 half-centuries. His best score in the 50-over format is an unbeaten 162 runs. In the T20Is, he has played 163 matches and has smashed 4384 runs, with two tons and 30 half-centuries.
Across his 367 white-ball outings and 326 innings, Buttler has managed 10,062 runs at an average of 37.12, including 13 centuries and 60 fifties, with a best score of an unbeaten 162 runs.
<h2>ENG vs SL 2nd ODI: Match summary</h2>
Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bat first. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/mendis-nissanka-ruled-out-of-first-test-vs-india-23644538" rel="nofollow">Pathum Nissanka</a> (25 in 33 balls, with three fours and a six) had a 45-run opening stand with Kamindu Mendis, who went on to score a well-compiled 54 in 65 balls, including four boundaries and three sixes.
Kamindu later had a 137-run partnership for the second wicket with Kusal (121 in 100 balls, with 14 fours and three sixes). With his seventh ODI century, Kusal also reached the 5,000-run mark in ODIs. In 158 ODIs, he has made 5,125 runs in 154 innings at an average of 36.34, with seven centuries and 36 fifties.
Knocks from Pavan Rathnayake (48 in 39 balls, with two fours and a six) and Janith Liyanage (32 in 26 balls, with four boundaries) helped SL reach 321/6 in 50 overs, with Gus Atkinson (2/54) and Rehan Ahmed (2/48) getting two wickets each. Jofra Archer also managed one wicket.
England was off to a fiery start, with openers Tom Banton (73 in 62 balls, with seven fours and three sixes) and Ben Duckett (67 in 63 balls, with nine fours) putting up a 143-run opening stand. From there, England slipped to 157/3. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/eng-vs-sl-1st-odi-joe-root-joins-sachin-tendulkar-virat-kohli-ricky-ponting-in-elite-23000-international-runs-club-23651333" rel="nofollow">Joe Root</a> (15) and Jos Buttler took England past 200-run mark with a 46-run stand.
Buttler (69 in 49 balls, with five fours and five sixes) and Will Jacks (52 in 61 balls, with four boundaries and two sixes) kept the fight alive for England. But some serious death bowling from Dilshan Madushanka (2/54) and Eshan Malinga (2/50) left England at 305/9 in 50 overs. Dunith Wellalage (3/49) was the pick of the bowlers for Sri Lanka.
(With ANI Inputs)

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