England won the toss and chose to bat first
Squads
England
| Moeen Ali |
| Ian Bell |
| Gary Ballance |
| Joe Root |
| Eoin Morgan (C) |
| James Taylor |
| Jos Buttler (W) |
| Chris Woakes |
| Stuart Broad |
| Steven Finn |
| James Anderson |
Sri Lanka
| Lahiru Thirimanne |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan |
| Kumar Sangakkara (W) |
| Mahela Jayawardene |
| Angelo Mathews (C) |
| Dimuth Karunaratne |
| Dinesh Chandimal |
| Thisara Perera |
| Rangana Herath |
| Lasith Malinga |
| Suranga Lakmal |
England slipped to a third crushing defeat in four 2015WC Matches as
Sri Lanka comfortably chased 310 to win by nine wickets in Wellington
Lahiru Thirimanne scored 139* and Kumar Sangakkara 117* to seal victory with 16 balls to spare.
Earlier, Joe Root made 121 as England accelerated late on to post 309-6
| England are only the second team to lose an ODI by nine wickets after posting 300 in the first innings |
| England have lost nine ODIs after making at least 300 batting first, the most by any team |
| Sri Lanka are the first team in World Cup history to chase down a target of 300-plus for the loss of one wicket |
| Sri Lanka are effectively 644-2 in their past two ODIs (332-1 & 312-1) and 543-1 in their last two World Cup matches against England (231-0 & 312-1) |
| Kumar Sangakkara's 70-ball century was the joint fifth fastest in World Cup history Tillakaratne Dilshan catches Gary Ballance off his own bowling, his 100th ODI wicket  |
Scorecard
England 309-6 (50 overs)
Sri Lanka 312-1 (47.2 overs)
Match Result - SL won by 9 wickets
MOM Kumar Sangakkara(SL)
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