Both teams chase their first win in the Pakistan ODI tri-series.
Third match of the series at Rawalpindi. Starts at 1:00 PM local time.
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl first against England.
Both teams lost their openers to Pakistan. The loser faces a hard road to the final.
Root needs 64 runs for 8000 ODI runs. He would be the first Englishman to reach it.
Liam Dawson got the spin spot. Adil Rashid was left out after a poor game.
Dunith Wellalage is back in the side. He is five wickets from 50 in ODIs.
England lost their last nine wickets for 95 runs. Minhas took six for 40.
Liyanage and Rathnayake scored fifties in the opener. The chase fell 37 runs short.
They met last month in England. England won that one-day series 2-1.
The series moves to Lahore after today. The final is on October 31.
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