{"id":778808,"date":"2026-09-22T11:08:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T11:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/778808\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T11:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T11:08:14","slug":"england-v-sri-lanka-first-mens-one-day-cricket-international-live-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/778808\/","title":{"rendered":"England v Sri Lanka: first men\u2019s one-day cricket international \u2013 live | Cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"

Key events<\/p>\n

England win the toss and choose to bat first<\/p>\n

Wood is part of Sky\u2019s commentary team for this game, and he\u2019s joined by his former captain Eoin Morgan. They take in the toss \u2026 which is won by Harry Brook. England will have a hit.<\/p>\n

Share<\/a>Mark Wood retires from international cricket<\/p>\n

The big news this morning is that Mark Wood has called it a day at the highest level. Go to his Cricinfo profile and the numbers won\u2019t jump out \u2026 but that doesn\u2019t tell his story. You\u2019re better off heading to YouTube to watch that spell at Headingley or the one in St Lucia, bowling at absurd pace. The body, inevitably, suffered. He took 18 wickets when England won the 2019 World Cup and nine at 12 when they won the T20 equivalent in 2022. He won the Ashes at home and, while things didn\u2019t work out for the collective, he thrived in Australia, too. Some career.<\/p>\n

Share<\/a>Preamble<\/p>\n

Hello, hello, hello and welcome to the last series of the English summer, stretching its way right until the close of September. It\u2019s back to 50-over cricket, the forgotten child, with Sri Lanka hoping that the longer form gives them more of a chance; the T20 series was a miserable affair for the visitors, with defeats by 119 runs, six wickets (47 balls to spare) and eight wickets (62 balls).<\/p>\n

After a few lean years in the ODI game, England have won their last two series, away to Sri Lanka at the start of the year and then at home against India. Brendon McCullum has lost the Test job but his white-ball group have had a pretty impressive 2026. It would be quite the splash if Kusal Mendis\u2019 side halt the streak here. We get going in Durham at 12.30pm BST.<\/p>\n

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