PLAYER RATINGS: Sri Lanka shine on all fronts

Sri Lanka hammered England in the fifth ODI at Colombo on Tuesday. The Cricketer looks at the individual performances of the 22 players...

SRI LANKA

Niroshan Dickwella (95): A lovely knock from the impressive opener. Deserved a hundred but went for one shot too many as he approached three figures. 9

Sadeera Samarawickrama (54): Showed aggression, hitting over the top with flourish. Put England instantly on the back foot alongside Dickwella. 8

Dinesh Chandimal (80): A captain’s knock backing up his openers and keeping things tick over while Mendis upped the ante at the other end. Brave against Rashid. 8.5

Kusal Mendis (56): A belligerent 30-ball fifty and took a high-quality catch to dismiss Hales. 8.5

Dasun Shanaka (18): A swift cameo with the bat. 6

Thisara Perera (11 & 0-18): Couldn't fire with the bat like the top order. A costly two overs. 5

Dhananjaya de Silva (19* & 1-18): Useful with the bat towards the end of the innings then picked up one wicket. 7

Akila Dananjaya (18* & 4-19): Quick runs, claimed the key wickets of Moeen and Stokes and ended up with a four-for. 9

Dushmantha Chameera (3-20): Blew England's top order away. 9

Kasun Rajitha (1-21): Jaffa first up to Roy and dismissed the opener five balls later with a yorker. 8

Lakshan Sandakan (0-35): Went for 11.66 an over. 3

^{The skipper hit his 22nd half-century in ODIs}

ENGLAND

Jason Roy (4): Beaten by a beauty first up. Whipped his third ball for four. Stumps everywhere sixth ball. Two catches. 3

Alex Hales (0): A second-ball duck for the Notts man. One grab in the field. 2

Joe Root (10): Managed more than those around him but didn’t escape Chameera’s charge. 3

Jos Buttler (0): Cantered down the wicket to Chameera and edged through to Dickwella. Disappointing for the stand-in skipper. 2

Ben Stokes (0-34 & 67): While England floundered in the field, Stokes raged. Battled valiantly with the bat while fighting a serious case of cramp. 8

Moeen Ali (2-57 & 37): Picked up a brace of wickets and performed well alongside Stokes as England briefly threatened to be competitive. 7

Sam Curran (0-46 & 2): Tight start but the openers soon went after him. 5

Adil Rashid (1-52 & 4): Caused Sri Lanka more problems than most but couldn’t arrest the hosts’ strike rate. 6 

Tom Curran (2-72 & 1*): Poor drop of Chandimal off Moeen. Expensive but once again managed to winkle out a couple of wickets through his variations. 5

Liam Plunkett (1-44 & 5): One wicket but an expensive five-over spell from the seamer. 4

Mark Wood (0-55 & DNB): Not at his best. Struggled to find his line early on. Five wides. 4