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Summary Sri Lanka Defeated England in the third ODI and took a 2-1 lead in five match series.
English captain Alastair Cook helped his side setting a target by scoring 119 but got not much support from rest of the batting.Kevin Peterson was the next top scorer with 41. England could manage 247 in their 50 overs.Malinga, Lakmal and Mendis took two wickets each.Mahela Jayawardene made 79, giving a good start to his sid.But the precocious Dinesh Chandimal survived a testing spell from Stuart Broad to make an unbeaten 105 from 126 balls, reaching his century with a six over longon from Bresnan.Sri Lanka reached the target comfortably with the loss of only four wickets.
