1st ODI: England v Sri Lanka at Nottingham

94 - 6 at the 21 over mark

Jos  28*

Current partnership 13 runs, 3.2 overs, RR: 3.90 (Woakes 5, Buttler 8)

213 - 6 after 41 overs

Jos  90*

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Current partnership  132 runs, 23.4 overs, RR: 5.57 (Woakes 58, Buttler 71)

220 - 7

42.3  Prasanna to Buttler, OUT, what a catch!

JC Buttler c Shanaka b Prasanna 93.

254 - 8

Woakes 79*

33 runs with 2 wickets and 14 balls remaining

286 - 8 after 50

Woakes 95*

Match TIED

49.6
Pradeep to Plunkett, SIX, wow! Plunkett clears the front dog, leans back for glory, and blatters

the ball high over long-off! Pradeep's yorker was a millimetre shy of perfection,

and that was all the excuse the big man needed!

What a roller coaster of a ride that game was. So many twists and turns. England once again bailed out by their lower middle order. Woakes' good run of form continues. The game will be remembered for Plunkett's last ball six, but the three runs scrambled off the ball before should not be forgotten.

How many more opportunities does Jason Roy get before the selectors move on from him? An average of 28 in 20 innings is putrid. Moeen has been equally as poor in ODIs over the last 12 months with both bat and ball. Might be time to give Liam Dawson a run out. By contrast, I thought Rashid looked pretty good today.

I involuntarily screamed at the outcome.....

What a game which Sri Lanka should have won but great fight by Jos and Woakes and the rest is history.

I am so chuffed to see Plunkett playing and really hope he gets a run in all formats, even at the expense of my man Finny.

Sort out that batting lads on what was a fine batting strip you made it look difficult.

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Takbir is recommended !

From my kindergarten memory, now vaguely recalled :

The Takbīr in nastaliq Arabic as well as English, usually translated as "God is Great" !