England spoil Jayasuriyas farewell

LONDON (AFP) - James Anderson inspired England to a 110-run win over Sri Lanka in the first one-day international here at The Oval on Tuesday. The Lancastrian took 4-18 as Sri Lanka slumped to 121 all out chasing a revised target of 232 in a rain-shortened match. England made 229 in their 32 overs after a storm halted play for three hours and Sri Lanka's target was subject to a Duckworth Lewis amendment. England captain Alastair Cook, in his first game in permanent charge of England's one-day side, was delighted with the performance. "It was an outstanding performance from all the bowlers with Jimmy up front," he said. "Full credit to him, he deserved the wickets and he was begging me for one more over so he could get five. Anderson's opening spell of 3 for 14 from four overs knocked the stuffing out of the Sri Lankan top order and their innings never recovered. He had Dilshan caught on the boundary by Tim Bresnan running in, trapped Mahela Jayawardene leg before and induced a return catch from Kumar Sangakkara. Sanath Jayasuriya - in his final one-day international two days before his 42nd birthday - was snared by a sharp catch from Eoin Morgan in the gully off Bresnan for just two although he did manage a wicket in England's innings. Anderson turned fielder to take a superb diving catch at midwicket to remove Angelo Mathews and an easier chance off Graeme Swann to dismiss Jeevan Mendis and Sri Lanka had slumped to 57 for six. The Lancastrian, closing in on 200 one-day international victims, returned to claim the wicket of Nuwan Kulasekara. From then on there was no way back for the tourists despite Lasith Malinga and Suraj Randiv throwing the bat late on for a record ninth wicket partnership, 52, for Sri Lanka against England. Morgan chipped in with 45, Kevin Pietersen 26 and Jonathan Trott 23 with Malinga picking up three wickets including two late on. England were on course for a much bigger total when Kieswetter and Morgan were at the wicket but their scoring rate slowed until a late flurry from Bresnan, who hit Suranga Lakmal for three successive fours in the penultimate over and Broad. ScoreBoard ENGLAND: A Cook c Sangakkara b Malinga 5 C Kieswetter c Lakmal b Randiv 61 J Trott lbw Lakmal 23 K Pietersen c Dilshan b Mendis 26 E Morgan c Kandamby b Lakmal 45 I Bell lbw Jayasuriya 12 T Bresnan lbw Malinga 23 S Broad c Kandamby b Malinga 13 G Swann not out 2 Did not bat: J Anderson, J Dernbach EXTRAS: (1b, 7lb, 10w, 1nb) 19 TOTAL: (8 wkts, 32 overs) 229 FOW: 1-6, 2-53, 3-109, 4-142, 5-175, 6-179, 7-226, 8-229 BOWLING: Malinga 7-0-40-3, Kulasekara 6-1-31-0, Lakmal 7-0-52-2, Jayasuriya 6-0-46-1, Randiv 4-0-34-1, Mendis 2-0-18-1 SRI LANKA: S Jayasuriya c Morgan b Bresnan 2 T Dilshan c Bresnan b Anderson 1 M Jayawardene lbw b Anderson 5 K Sangakkara c&b Anderson 4 T Kandamby c Broad Dernbach 19 A Mathews c Anderson b Dernbach 16 J Mendis c Anderson b Swann 9 N Kulasekara c Cook b Anderson 5 S Randiv st Kieswetter b Swann 24 L Malinga c sub b Swann 26 S Lakmal not out 0 EXTRAS: (2lb, 8w) 10 TOTAL: (10 wkts, 27 overs) 121 FOW: 1-2, 2-6, 3-14, 4-15, 5-40, 6-57, 7-65, 8-69 , 9-121, 10-121 BOWLING: Anderson 5-0-18-4, Bresnan 6-0-26-1, Broad 6-0-32-0, Dernbach 5-0-25-2, Swann 5-0-18-3