England v Sri Lanka: second ODI – live! | Sport

47th over: Sri Lanka 219-8 (B Fernando 9, Chameera 1) Curran has 5-44, and it’s not just his first five-for in ODIs – it’s his first in professional 50-over cricket. He’s a little guy who’s just made for the big occasion. And England’s lefties now have 8-96 today, while the right-armers have 0-122.

Five for Sam Curran! It’s another bumper, and you can hear the nick from North London. Sam looks thrilled, as well he may, on his home ground. “He’s not quick,” says Nasser, “but he’s quick enough.”

46th over: Sri Lanka 216-7 (Karunaratne 21, B Fernando 8) Tom Curran returns, to be carved over cover by Bilhura Fernando. That was a classy stroke, and it tripled Fernando’s career tally in ODIs. He likes it so much, he hits another four, via an inside edge. Ten off the over, and SL, according to CricViz, have risen to an 11pc chance of a win.

45th over: Sri Lanka 206-7 (Karunaratne 20, B Fernando 0) Before the wicket, Karunaratne shovelled Willey down the ground to bring up the 200. It’s been an innings of two halves: a feeble collapse (21-4), followed by a staunch recovery (185-3).

A right old long-hop, and Shanaka slaps it straight to the cover sweeper! But he did very well, holding the show together.

44th over: Sri Lanka 199-6 (Shanaka 42, Karunaratne 18) Dasun Shanaka has faced about 60 balls and hit none of them for four, although he did manage a six early on. He finally finds the rope with a sweep off a full toss from Rashid, and Karunaratne joins in with a meaty straight thump for four more. Rashid finishes with a row of round numbers: 10-0-50-0.

43rd over: Sri Lanka 189-6 (Shanaka 37, Karunaratne 13) Wood bowls his last over and collects his first maiden. The game has gone to sleep, and Nasser Hussain is so bored that he’s counting how often Wood falls over. “That’s four times,” he says, “in the last 10 balls.” Nass, for your next trick, we need a comparison with the Centre Court at Wimbledon.

42nd over: Sri Lanka 189-6 (Shanaka 37, Karunaratne 13) The batsmen take a few singles and a two off Rashid, who beats Shanaka with a beauty, drifting away like an outswinger in slow motion.

41st over: Sri Lanka 183-6 (Shanaka 33, Karunaratne 11) Mark Wood is still on and he’s got that big smile on his face. He fell over in his delivery stride, as he often does, and found himself in the right place at the right time to stop a well-timed push from Karunaratne that might otherwise have gone for four. Wood must have been reading Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies, which contain a line saying something like “Honour your error as a hidden intention”.

39th over: Sri Lanka 178-6 (Shanaka 30, Karunaratne 9) More turn for Rashid, but still no wicket. England’s two lefties have taken 6-86, while the right-armers have 0-91.

38th over: Sri Lanka 175-6 (Shanaka 28, Karunaratne 8) Wood carries on in his new role as the world’s fastest stock bowler. His two overs in this spell have gone for four runs between them. Meanwhile Sam Curran has slipped off the field: someone in the crowd must have told him about Abhijato’s email.

37th over: Sri Lanka 172-6 (Shanaka 26, Karunaratne 7) Rashid is back and with his first ball he finds some turn, with a leg-break not a googly. It draws an edge from Karunaratne which beats slip and goes for three. If that doesn’t get Moeen on, nothing will.

36th over: Sri Lanka 166-6 (Shanaka 25, Karunaratne 2) Another over goes for just a single, from Wood this time. I hope the Sri Lankans are planning a party for the last ten overs.

Here’s Dean Kinsella, and he’s not happy with the crowd. “Disappointing to see people staring at their phones instead of applauding a wonderful knock from de Silva as he made his way back to the dressing room. Makes one wonder why these people go to the cricket.”

I’m a bit torn here. Maybe they’d just taken a photo of the catch, and were uploading it to Instagram. I was once told off for being on my phone at a gig by The Who at the Hammersmith Apollo. “I’m reviewing it,” I said to the guy berating me. “Just taking notes.”

“I don’t care,” he replied.

35th over: Sri Lanka 165-6 (Shanaka 25, Karunaratne 1) Tom Curran, handed the chance to bowl at the new batsman, is eyeing his first maiden, but after five dots there’s a tickle down the leg side which Bairstow can’t quite stop.

“Things likely to get Sam Curran dropped for the next match,” says Abhijato Sensarma. “1 Someone discovers he’s still got Joe Denly’s number on his phone. 2 His Twitter feed throws up negative remarks about Dinesh Karthik’s attire. 3 He mistakenly uses Chris Woakes’ hairbrush to comb his hair. 4 He suggests that maybe Southgate’s not the worst manager of all time. 5 He asks Morgan a prodding question about his defence for overusing ‘Sir’ in his tweets.”

35th over: Sri Lanka 164-6 (Shanaka 25, Karunaratne 0) The short ball does the damage for the third time in this innings. de Silva’s 91 came at exactly a run a ball, and it was worth about 120.

Noooo! After easing into the 90s, de Silva is late on a hook, getting a top edge and giving Joe Root the simplest of catches at deep square. That is the end of a magnificent show of defiance.

34th over: Sri Lanka 159-5 (de Silva 87, Shanaka 24) Tom Curran, who replaced Mr Immaculate today, continues to be Mr Economical – until de Silva spots his slower ball and chips it to long-off, almost for six. This is now de Silva’s career-best in ODIs, and he has hit 80pc of his team’s fours. He has 12, while his mates have managed three between them.

33rd over: Sri Lanka 152-5 (de Silva 82, Shanaka 23) More singles, and a wide and a leg-bye, off Willey. You can almost hear the spectators going to sleep.

32nd over: Sri Lanka 145-5 (de Silva 79, Shanaka 21) Tom Curran continues and concedes a few singles. Sri Lanka, according to CricViz, now have a chance of winning: a 6pc chance, to be precise. England are on 92 and the tie is on 2. Do they know something we don’t?

31st over: Sri Lanka 141-5 (de Silva 77, Shanaka 19) Another change as Wood gives way to Willey. Either Moeen is injured or he’s done something to annoy Morgan. Shanaka swats a single to bring up the fifty partnership, and then de Silva upper-cuts for four, drawing a comparison from Kumar Sangakkara with Mahela Jayawardene. And that’s drinks, with Sri Lanka dreaming of respectability. The last hour or so has belonged firmly to Dhananjaya de Silva.

30th over: Sri Lanka 131-5 (de Silva 71, Shanaka 16) Rashid comes off and … Tom Curran comes back. It nearly pays off as a heave from de Silva turns out to be a Harrow cut onto the pad, but the ball just evades the leg bail. Recovering instantly, de Silva plays a pull for four, skimmed over the man at midwicket. Get Mo on!

29th over: Sri Lanka 125-5 (de Silva 66, Shanaka 15) Wood restores order, conceding only a single. It’s quite a feat for a super-fast bowler to be parsimonious at the Oval. I seem to remember Devon Malcolm managing it once.

“If we are already anointing Sam Curran as Player of the Match,” says Richard O’Hagan, “perhaps we could suggest fun things for him to do when he is inevitably dropped from the next match in accordance with England’s current policy of punishing the excessively successful?”

Good idea. How about brushing Chris Woakes’s hair?

28th over: Sri Lanka 124-5 (de Silva 66, Shanaka 14) Still no Mo as Rashid continues. Eoin Morgan, you should have listened to the OBO, you fool. de Silva starts the over off with a sweet little lap for four and a flick for two, and then every ball goes for a single, so that’s 10 off the over.

27th over: Sri Lanka 114-5 (de Silva 58, Shanaka 12) Morgan takes Sam Curran off and brings back Wood. Why it’s not Moeen is a bit of a mystery: maybe he’s about to replace Rashid. de Silva uses Wood’s pace to guide the first ball to wide third man for four. Nice deflection, as Bill Lawry used to say.

“‘Is this an ad?’” Richard Harman echoes back at me. “I can see why you might think that! But no – a lifesaver for me since I discovered it via a comment BTL on The Guardian about three years ago. Just trying to do unto others as was done unto me. Thanks for posting it!” My pleasure.

26th over: Sri Lanka 107-5 (de Silva 52, Shanaka 11) Rashid is still being economical and still not threatening at all. He has 5-0-15-0, joining Tom Curran in the Make Nothing Happen camp.

25th over: Sri Lanka 104-5 (de Silva 51, Shanaka 9) de Silva makes room to glide Curran square, comes back for two and reaches fifty, for the first time against England. He’s been superb. Shanaka decides to celebrate with a big old mow, inside-out over extra-cover, which goes for six! And brings up the hundred. Flickers of hope for Sri Lanka.

24th over: Sri Lanka 93-5 (de Silva 47, Shanaka 2) Another over from Rashid, another three runs. Sri Lanka, who more or less invented modern ODI batting in 1996, are now trying to undo all their good work.

23rd over: Sri Lanka 90-5 (de Silva 44, Shanaka 2) Sam Curran continues, conceding only a single or two. In England, there’s a strong case for playing him in all formats: he’s such an electric performer, and it’s typical of him to be feeding off the crowd.

Here’s Richard Harman, grabbing the gauntlet thrown down by Mark Francome in Switzerland. “I’m in Italy and this [clicking on the icon at the top of the BBC page] worked perfectly until about 18 months ago. I think the answer is that you now have to register on BBC Sport and then sign in every time in order to see and click on the icon. If you don’t do so, all you can do is read the instruction… Which is why I always listen on Guerilla Cricket (sporadically featuring the dulcet tones of Gary Naylor). Commentary available directly on their website or via YouTube, Facebook, CricTracker.” Hang on – is this an ad? “Beware of occasional swearing if listening with children present.”

22nd over: Sri Lanka 88-5 (de Silva 43, Shanaka 1) This innings is now all about de Silva, and whether he can get the hundred his team desperately need. He has lost momentum in the last 20 minutes, but he’s in no trouble, so fingers crossed.

21st over: Sri Lanka 86-5 (de Silva 42, Shanaka 0) That is a wicket-maiden for Curran, which is outrageous at this stage, when the swing has long gone. He has 4-28 and you might as well give him the Player of the Match award now.

Sam Curran makes things happen! He bounces Hasaranga, who plays the pull but gets it high on the bat and gives a simple catch to deep square. Shame for SL, great for Curran, who has his first four-for in ODIs.

20th over: Sri Lanka 86-4 (de Silva 42, Hasaranga 26) Better from Rashid: three singles and no wides.

An email comes in marked “Ibrahim Lalgie”. It’s from Peter Lovell, picking up on the 3rd over. “I can vouch that Ibrahim is in fact ‘delightfully shy’. He’s also a very good, elegant all-rounder who plays for Chiswick CC U13 with his father Rodney managing the team. I manage Ealing CC U13s and we’re playing against them this evening. Hopefully Sri Lanka will drag this out and Ibrahim can’t make it to the game in time!”

That’s live blogging at its best – thank you. His dad is the manager! Shades of the Stewarts. I can still hear Alec, on his first Test tour in the Caribbean in 1990, studiously addressing Micky as “Manager” at all times.

19th over: Sri Lanka 83-4 (de Silva 41, Hasaranga 24) It’s a double change as Morgan replaces Wood with Sam Curran, presumably to give him some practivce at bowling in the dull middle overs. Hasaranga celebrates by carting him for four over midwicket, then cover-driving for four more. One talented young player, up against another.

“Which side do we think is gaining less from this series?” asks Chris Parker. “Between these ODIs and the T20s, all England seem to be getting is a bit of fitness in their fast bowlers’ legs, and Sri Lanka just getting a bit of experience for their younger players (although how good an experience being dominated abroad is, I’m not sure either).” Harsh but fair.