First blood to England in ODI series after Will Jacks helps see off Sri Lanka
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What happened
All-rounder takes five wickets after vital 46 not out Harry Brook top-scores with 67 in comfortable win Harry Brook had called on his England players to continue the “high octane” cricket witnessed during their clean sweep in the Twenty20s but this latest victory over Sri Lanka in the first one-day international was more of a slow-burn affair. Gone was the neck-arching carnage of the previous week and in its place,…
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