Barcelona hope that a renovated Camp Nou will play a decisive role in convincing Erling Haaland to join from Manchester City in the near future.

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• Barca dreaming of Haaland signing
• May move for striker in summer of 2025
• La Liga side need Lewandowski replacement

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  The Catalan club are making plans for the summer of 2025 and have their heart set on luring Haaland away from City, reports. Barca are currently struggling with financial issues but they hope the refurbishment of Camp Nou will help solve their troubles and provide the funds to sign the Norwegian striker ahead of the 2025-26 season.

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  The Blaugrana are currently relying on Robert Lewandowski up front and are satisfied with the Polish striker, who recently rejected an offer of a €100 million salary from a club in Saudi Arabia. They are, however, in need of a replacement given the ex-Bayern Munich star is now 35 years old.

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  Haaland's agent, Rafaela Pimenta, has a good relationship with Barca and could prove crucial in the club's bid to beat Real Madrid to his signing. The Santiago Bernabeu side are expected to sign Kylian Mbappe this year but have also been linked to Haaland in recent transfer windows.

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  City superstar Haaland will hope to fire the Premier League team to further silverware this season, having helped them to European and domestic glory last term. It remains to be seen whether he will opt for a new challenge when Barca come calling in 2025.

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India women wrapped up a dominant tour of Sri Lanka with a 51-run victory in the final T20I in Katunayake. The victory meant India won the series 4-0, with the second game in Colombo being washed out. They had also won the preceding three-match ODI series 2-1.Early on, the Sri Lanka bowlers validated their captain Chamari Atapattu’s decision to field first by dismissing both India openers, Smriti Mandhana and Mithali Raj, inside the first five overs to reduce them to 30 for 2. That left the onus on the in-form Jemimah Rodrigues, coming into the match on the back of successive half-centuries, to repair the innings, and she once again did the job, joining hands with captain Harmanpreet Kaur to put on 75 for the third wicket. However, once Sri Lanka found a way past the duo, with the wicket of Rodrigues for 46, the end was swift as India lost their last eight wickets for 51 runs. Harmanpreet was the eighth batsman dismissed, for 63 off 38 balls – an innings that contained three fours and five sixes. As was the case when Sri Lanka batted, spinners did the bulk of the damage, with the offspinning duo of Shashikala Siriwardene and Inoshi Priyadarshini snaring three wickets each.Sri Lanka lost Atapattu on the fourth ball of their chase and never quite recovered. Anushka Sanjeewani (29), Siriwardene (22) and Oshadi Ranasinghe (22) got the starts, but Sri Lanka needed them to stay on and steer the chase. The hosts also did not help themselves with three run-outs, including that of Priyadarshini, who was the last batsman dismissed as Sri Lanka crashed to 105 all out. Poonam Yadav was the most successful bowler, picking up 3 for 18 in four overs. Deepti Sharma, who opened the bowling, and Radha Yadav grabbed two wickets each from their respective three overs.

At 20 years and 257 days, he became the eighth youngest to hit a double-hundred in the Sheffield Shield

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Twenty-year-old Victoria batsman Will Pucovski announced his arrival in Australian domestic cricket with a stunning double-century to punish Western Australia at the WACA ground.Pucovski’s 243 from 311 balls was his second Sheffield Shield century, having scored 188 against Queensland at the end of last summer. Noted statistician Lawrie Colliver pointed out that he joined some elite company among the youngest players in history to score a double-century in the Sheffield Shield.At 20 years and 257 days, he became the eighth youngest to achieve the mark, just 106 days older than Sir Donald Bradman and behind Clem Hill, Doug Walters, Darren Lehmann, Ricky Ponting, Paul Sheahan and Ian Chappell, all of whom went on to make Test hundreds for Australia.Pucovski got good support from Matthew Short who made 80 in a 159-run stand for the fifth wicket. He was the second last man out with the score at 9 for 503.WA allrounder Marcus Stoinis took 4 for 73 to follow up his 80 with the bat in the first innings.Chris Tremain continued his wicket-taking form from last season, bagging two early scalps late in the afternoon as WA’s top order crumbled for the second straight day. Stoinis and Josh Philippe survived to stumps but the Warriors will do well just to make Victoria back again.

Former Australia legspinner believes Big Bash contract will put Lancashire youngster on path to fulfilling his potential

Matt Roller24-Oct-2018Former Australia spinner Stuart MacGill is “really, really excited” by Matt Parkinson’s deal with the Melbourne Stars, and thinks that the young legspinner can use the Big Bash as a platform to stake an England claim.Parkinson, a 22-year-old who has starred for Lancashire in white-ball cricket, will play half the season for the Stars, sharing an overseas berth with Nepal legspinner Sandeep Lamichhane.He was mentored by MacGill in Sydney last winter as part of the ECB’s Pathways programme, while playing grade cricket for Gordon and when training with the England Lions, and the pair have kept in regular contact since.”I’m over the moon for him,” MacGill told ESPNcricinfo. “I think he’ll benefit from the experience immensely, and I think the Stars will too.”The big thing with Matt is how genuinely enthusiastic he is. He trains like crazy, and he plays at 100mph. Whenever he gets the ball in his hand he’s super excited, and he watches a lot of cricket, which is quite unusual for young pros nowadays. He’s always looking to improve himself: he wants to know what other people are doing so that he can keep up.Parkinson has established himself as one of the best limited-overs spinners on the county circuit since his first appearance in July 2017. He took 18 wickets in the Royal London Cup this year to finish as the tournament’s leading wicket-taker, and nobody has taken more than his 39 Blast wickets since his match-winning debut against Derbyshire.And in the days leading up to his man-of-the-match performance in this year’s T20 quarter-final win at Kent, Parkinson was effusive in his praise for his mentor.”I did some tweaks with Stuart to give me more energy and momentum towards the target and I’m now probably using my front arm a bit more,” he told ESPNcricinfo. “The six months with him were fantastic because they gave me confidence I could take with me into this season. They really helped me to understand my game more and to deal with the off days. I’m not saying it was s*** or bust for me last year, but this year I’m a lot more consistent and I’ve grown as a bowler. I understand my own bowling better.”For the ECB, Parkinson’s Big Bash deal represents a success for their development programmes. MacGill has now worked with several young English spinners, starting with Mason Crane in the 2016-17 season, as well as Josh Poysden, Matt Critchley and Delray Rawlins last winter, and his role as a mentor rather than just as a coach seems to be working perfectly.”All I did with him, as with any of the guys I work with, was really encourage him to become increasingly familiar with his cricket,” MacGill said. “Not just with his mental and tactical stuff, but with his actual action itself: make sure there’s that consistency, routines, and processes.”The opportunity the guys have when they come out to work here is that they just do get a little bit more time and less pressure – more training time I guess – and to really get to know themselves on the cricket field and in the cricketing context. Consequently, their consistency and the clarity with which they look at wicket-taking improves, so they know how they take their wickets. It’s different for each individual, but they just know their game a lot better.”[Parkinson] stays in touch almost religiously,” he said, “which is really nice for me to be honest, because when you’re a former player you do tend to feel like a bit of a grandpa!”But he lets me know how he’s going, what he’s doing – we flick messages backwards and forwards – and he was great with my family. He’s a good kid: he trains hard, he runs hard, and he really takes pride in everything he does, so I’m really really excited for him and I know he’s very excited as well.”Whether he gets on the field every game or just some games, I know that he’ll never let himself down – he’s one person who you know will never leave anything in the sheds.”Parkinson’s Lancashire performances have already won him England Lions recognition, and it is understood that an IPL franchise was interested in securing his services ahead of last year’s auction, so it comes as no surprise that MacGill thinks the Big Bash stage could further his case for international selection down the line.”It’s certainly good timing. If I were a young cricketer around the world at the moment, I’d be pretty keen to get involved in the Big Bash next season.”With the World T20 in Australia on the horizon, he couldn’t get a better training field, and he’s working with some good people there: Trent Woodhill [the Stars’ list manager and assistant coach] in particular is a very good operator. He’s in great shape.”

Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino has commented on Cole Palmer's electric recent form, calling it "difficult to explain".

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• Palmer hat-trick blew away United in 4-3 thriller
• He has 16 goals and eight assists this season
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  Following boyhood Manchester United fan Palmer's hat-trick against the Red Devils on Thursday, Pochettino has spoken out about the 21-year-old's excellent performances since joining Chelsea from Manchester City last summer, saying "no one expected him to perform like this".

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  "It is difficult to explain," said Pochettino when asked about Palmer's form. "Sometimes expectation plays a role in a player when they are young. I think when we signed him, no one expected him to perform like this. For sure, we have talented players and they need time. We have a young team that needs to grow. This process is painful when you are not in a position the club is used to. The club want to build this new project. We know what we are doing but the process is not so fast."

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  Palmer made all the difference against the Red Devils, tucking away a confident penalty in the first half before dispatching a second spot kick and a dramatic winner in the dying moments of the game, after over 10 minutes of stoppage time. His hat-trick brings his goal tally for the season to 16, and he's also notched eight assists in the Premier League in 2023-24.

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  The games are coming thick and fast for Chelsea right now; their next fixture is a trip north to Sheffield United on Sunday 7 April, where they'll be expected to follow up Thursday's dramatic victory with another three points.

England coach Trevor Bayliss said Moeen Ali had not taken his chance batting at three and signalled the possibility of a reshuffle for the second Test

George Dobell10-Nov-2018Moeen Ali has not taken his chance at No. 3 and could be replaced by either Jos Buttler or Ben Stokes for the second Test in Pallekele, according to England coach, Trevor Bayliss.Moeen scored just three runs at Galle and suffered a golden duck in the first innings, leaving him with an average of 14.50 after six Test innings at No. 3. Four of those six innings have been single-figure scores, though he did make a first-innings half-century in the final Test of the English summer against India.He has batted everywhere from No. 1 to No. 9 for England and before the first warm-up game, where he scored 60 at at No. 7, was told he would definitely be at three in Galle. While Bayliss accepts Moeen has been “thrown around a bit” by England, he also hinted that they could well make a change ahead of Pallekele.In an ideal world, Bayliss would like Joe Root to move to No. 3. But he respects the captain’s point of view – Root has invariably said he would prefer to go in at No. 4 – and feels that should take precedence. Jonny Bairstow, who is recovering from an ankle injury, is one option to bat at No. 3, but Bayliss suggested that Buttler, who may have batted there anyway had England bowled first in Galle, and Stokes, whose technique won more praise from the coach, were more realistic candidates.”Moeen has had a few opportunities, let’s be honest, up the order, and at this stage hasn’t really taken them,” Bayliss said. “He’s obviously going to be in the team somewhere. And there’s still a chance he’ll bat at No. 3 in Kandy, but I think he’s had the most success in that middle-lower order.”He sees himself as a batter first and a bowler second. And yes, he’s been a guy we have thrown around a little bit. That’s sometimes the lot of an all-rounder in the team. But he has had the most success in that middle-lower order and we’re starting to get a little closer to a stable order.”Everyone knows my thoughts on the captain batting at three. But Buttler and Stokes are quite capable of batting there. It’ll be a bit of a discussion and we’ll sit down with those two as well.”In the Galle Test, if we had bowled first and Moeen had bowled 40 overs, Buttler was going to bat at No 3. Jonny Bairstow is an option and Ben Stokes as well. We feel, in England, that Stokes has as good a technique as anyone else to bat No 3. So we’ll sit down with Buttler and Stokes. They are quite capable of batting there.”Moeen Ali loses his off stump•Getty Images

Despite Ben Foakes modestly suggesting Bairstow may reclaim the gloves for the Pallekele Test, Bayliss strongly hinted Foakes was likely to retain them for the long term.”Look, he’s done exceptionally well,” Bayliss said. “He kept like we knew he could. And his batting… we knew he was a good player. But his innings the other day was top class. I envisage that he’ll play a lot of Test cricket for England.”So one of the possibilities is that Jonny plays as a specialist batsman. But Foakesy’s one of our better fielders as well. We’ve got three keepers in the team who are all pretty good fielders. We’re not going to give too much away just yet because I’m not sure we’re 100% certain ourselves exactly what the make-up of the team is going to be.”If Bairstow is fit – and that’s not yet certain – England face some tough selection decisions. But while Bayliss was sympathetic to the individuals nervously awaiting the outcome of the next meeting, he urged all the players to see the bigger picture: it’s about the team; not the individual.”Look, Buttler was disappointed he wasn’t keeping at Galle. We’ve got three guys who want to keep so I don’t think it matters who misses out, they are going to be disappointed. They all see themselves as a wicketkeeper.”Stuart Broad took being left out extremely well. He knew exactly where we were at and who we were going to pick in conditions we were confronted with. He actually said to me he’d have gone with that team as well. He had no worries about missing out.”But I’m not going to make any excuses for some of these younger players coming in and putting pressure on these guys in the team. Long term that is what England wants. We want pressure on every position in the team, which we haven’t had that over the last two or three years. It ups the standard of the guys in the team who have to look over their shoulder and think ‘I’ve got to score runs and take wickets here or I’m going to miss out’.”The good thing about this team is that they all take it on the chin and understand it is all for the good of the team. And if players aren’t happy with their predicament then they might find themselves out of the team because they are not scoring runs and taking wickets. That is just a fact of life at this level.”

Brazil boss Dorival Junior has come in for criticism for praising Robinho after the former forward was jailed for rape.

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Robinho jailed for nine years in Brazil for rapeDorival Junior calls Robinho 'fantastic person'Brazil coach criticised for his commentsWHAT HAPPENED?

Former Real Madrid and Manchester City forward Robinho has been jailed for nine years after being ordered to serve the prison sentence in Brazil, having been found guilty in an Italian court in 2017. Brazil coach Dorival Junior, who is currently in England preparing for a friendly at Wembley, has spoken out about the situation and attracted criticism for his comments about the former forward.

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He said: "As the coach of the national team, I have an obligation to speak out. First, I think it's a very delicate situation. Robinho was my player [at Santos in 2010], a fantastic person, such a professional … I didn't have the opportunity to work with Daniel [Alves], but we all know his story within football. It's a difficult time for us to express any and all situations.

"First, I think about the families of the people involved. Especially the victims involved in these episodes, which happen in our country and around the world and which, suddenly, are not addressed. They are hushed up because people don't have a voice. If there was a type of crime that was proven, it must be penalized.

"As much as it hurts my heart to talk about this, about a person with whom I had an exceptional relationship, I care much more for the victims, for the families, as well as for their families too. I know how painful it must have been for each of them to go through a moment like this.

"I don't wish this on anyone, I feel for everything they will go through from then on in their lives, everyone who is involved, what I can do is help them with prayers, nothing more."

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Brazil midfielder Ary Borges responds to the coach's words on social media: “This is unbelievable, it really is."

Palmeiras president Leila Pereira has also spoken out about how the media has handled the rape convictions of Robinho and Dani Alves. She told UOL: "Nobody says anything, but I, as a woman here at the head of the delegation, have to take a stand on the cases of Robinho and Daniel Alves. It's a slap in the face for all of us women, especially the case of Daniel Alves, who paid for (his) freedom. It is important for me to position myself. Each case of impunity is the seed of the next crime."

Commentator Natalia Lara applauded Pereira's speech and also criticised Dorival's words in an interview with Sport TV. She said: "Dorival Junior’s speech hurts my heart. Because there is no 'if'. Robinho was sentenced to 9 years in prison. There is no 'if', Dorival. He was convicted. Brazilian football needs to stop being lax and talking about rape. Because it hurts the victim's skin. It doesn't hurt for you, Dorival. It hurts for us, it's a slap in the face, as Leila Pereira so rightly said. Yes, she has the courage to speak, something you didn’t have.”

Brazil midfielder Kerolin also spoke out in a post on X: "How long will women continue to suffer these and other types of crimes and the people who commit them go unharmed?!?!"

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Robinho's rape conviction follows that of former Brazil international Dani Alves. The ex-Barcelona star was sentenced to four years and six months in jail in February 2024 after being found guilty of raping a woman in a nightclub. Alves has appealed the conviction and will be released if he can pay bail of €1m (£853,000/$108m) and give up his passports.

JP Duminy will miss both South Africa’s upcoming limited-overs tour of Australia and the Mzansi Super League to undergo surgery for an injury to his right shoulder.Duminy had been announced as the marquee South African player for the Cape Town Blitz in the MSL, but he will now be replaced by Quinton de Kock. Duminy’s time out for surgery means that South Africa will be without two of their most experienced players on their trip to Australia. Earlier this week, it was announced that Hashim Amla would also not be touring as he is given time to fully recover from a finger tendon injury picked up during the Caribbean Premier League.”JP aggravated a pre-existing shoulder injury during the recently-concluded series against Zimbabwe,” South Africa team manager Dr Mohammed Moosajee said. “The injury will require surgical management, thus ruling him out of the immediate tour of Australia and the upcoming MSL. At the moment, we can’t say how long he will be out for, that is dependent on the results from the surgery.”South Africa’s squad for the Australia tour, consisting of three one-day internationals and a solitary T20 international, will be announced later this week. The tour begins with a warm-up game against a Prime Minister’s XI on October 31, while the MSL kicks off on 16 November and runs until 16 December.

ESPNcricnfo understands that one reason for this could be because the probe panel has not yet sent the transcripts to everyone who deposed before it in the past week

Nagraj Gollapudi15-Nov-2018

The inquiry committee probing allegations of sexual harrassment against BCCI CEO Rahul Johri has sought more time to finish its investigation. The inquiry committee was originally given a fortnight to complete its probe by the Committee of Administrators (CoA), with the deadline ending today.However, the inquiry committee – comprising Rakesh Sharma (retired judge of Allahabad High Court), Barkha Singh (former chairperson of the Delhi Women’s Commission) and Veena Gowda (women’s rights lawyer) – wrote to the CoA on Thurday seeking more time, saying it would finish the probe at the earliest. The CoA has approved the request with no specific deadline.ESPNcricnfo understands that one reason the committee has sought more time could be because it has not yet sent the transcripts to everyone who deposed before it in the past week. It is understood that those who have not yet received the transcripts include the two women complainants, both of whom reside overseas. Both women, who are not with BCCI, testified over Skype in the last week.The others that testified include former Mumbai captain Shishir Hattangadi, CoA members Vinod Rai and Diana Edulji, BCCI treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry, and whistleblower Aditya Verma and his legal counsel Sanjeev Mishra. Johri was the last person to be face the inquiry committee and his deposition stretched to two days.Once it finalises the transcripts, the three-person inquiry committee will evaluate the depositions and all evidence put in front of it before arriving at a conclusion. It is understood the CoA will ask Johri to resign if the verdict of the inquiry committee is unanimous or a majority one, with no confirmation over how the dissenting view will be managed.Johri was appointed as BCCI’s first CEO in June 2016 with his contract lasting until May 2021. In case Johri is found guilty by the inquiry committee and is asked to resign, the BCCI will appoint an interim CEO. A new CEO will only be appointed once the BCCI elects its fresh general body and apex council post elections.

England are targetting a 4-0 series win, but may field a much-changed side in the final and final match of the rubber

The Preview by Andrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo22-Oct-2018

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Maybe the rains have done Sri Lanka a favour. At least there is no chance England can beat them 5-0, as India and South Africa have done over the past 21 months. But although the visitors have been comfortable victors – as expected – in the matches that have been completed, there are slivers of hope for Sri Lanka. Firstly, the middle order has been semi-competent – Dasun Shanaka producing Sri Lanka’s best innings of the series in the fourth ODI, while Thisara Perera has maintained his good 2018 form with the bat. Akila Dananjaya’s bowling continues to impress as well, even if Sri Lanka are hugely over-reliant on him for breakthroughs through the middle overs. After the Asia Cup debacle, even these minor positives are worth celebrating.For England, the fifth ODI will be an exercise in a) not taking their boots off opposition throats and b) trialling the fringe players in their side, as they seek to confirm who deserves a place in the World Cup squad, which must be named in April. So dominant has their middle order been in this series that it seems, as long as England don’t rest too many key members of their batting line-up, Sri Lanka will have to score 30 or 40 runs more than the par score in order to have a chance of denying the visitors a 4-0 victory.Rain, as usual, has a chance of preventing a full match. Thunderstorms are expected at some point in the afternoon. If a match cannot be completed on Tuesday, the remainder will be completed on Wednesday.

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Niroshan Dickwella was not in the Asia Cup squad, and has had a point to prove in this series, even if he hasn’t gone all the way to making it. His aggressive 36 in the 21-over match last Wednesday helped Sri Lanka make a rollicking start, but he didn’t quite get them all the way to a good score. He changed tack for Saturday’s game, and tried a more patient approach with 52 off 70. On both occasions, there remained the feeling that Dickwella was leaving the job half done, given the kind of form he is obviously in. Sri Lanka’s coaches have been trying to impress upon him, that when he gets the kinds of starts that he has got, he needs to ferry the team to a position of greater strength before he gets out.England have managed to keep winning while dodging the showers in Sri Lanka, but several batsmen have been left in want of a workout. Jos Buttler has faced only 25 balls, with one innings in four matches, and would surely be keen on some middle time in Colombo. There are many who advocate pushing Buttler up the order in limited-overs internationals, to make full use of his destructive power, something England have shown flexibility on in the past. One way they could ensure him extra opportunity might be for captain Eoin Morgan – England’s star batsman with 195 runs for once out in the series – to rest himself, as he has done on previous occasions.

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England have a clutch of players they will want to try out: Joe Denly, Sam Curran and Mark Wood among them. Jason Roy, Olly Stone, Ben Stokes and Chris Woakes may make way, with Liam Plunkett looking for a game as well having joined the squad late following his wedding. Jonny Bairstow has been ruled out of the remainder of the white-ball leg of this tour after damaging ankle ligaments while playing football last week. He will be assessed in the lead-up to the Test series next month.England (possible): 1 Joe Denly, 2 Alex Hales, 3 Joe Root, 4 Eoin Morgan (capt), 5 Jos Buttler (wk), 6 Moeen Ali, 7 Sam Curran, 8 Tom Curran, 9 Liam Plunkett, 10 Adil Rashid, 11 Mark WoodKusal Mendis’ awful form may pave the way back for Upul Tharanga. Dushmantha Chameera or Nuwan Pradeep may also be in the reckoning for a game, in place of Kasun Rajitha, whose lack of awareness of the fielding restrictions in the fourth match cost Sri Lanka the vital wicket of Joe Root.Sri Lanka (possible): 1 Niroshan Dickwella (wk), 2 Sadeera Samarawickrama , 3 Dinesh Chandimal (capt.), 4 Kusal Mendis, 5 Dhananjaya de Silva, 6 Dasun Shanaka, 7 Thisara Perera, 8 Akila Dananjaya, 9 Amila Aponso, 10 Lasith Malinga, 11 Dushmantha Chameera

Pitch and conditions

The pitch looks good for batting. Khettarama is naturally the most spin-friendly venues among the ODI grounds in Sri Lanka, so expect some turn as well. Rain will likely interrupt or delay play at some point.

Stats and trivia

• Dickwella has made at least 20 in 11 of his last 25 ODI innings. From those 11 occasions, he has crossed 50 only three times, and has a high score of 69.
• In general, Sri Lanka’s batsmen have been woeful at putting together big scores. No one has made an ODI hundred this year – the last came from Angelo Mathews in December.
• Joe Root needs 64 runs to reach 5000 in ODIs. If he gets there in Colombo, he will be the fourth-fastest batsman to the mark, behind Hashim Amla, Viv Richards and Virat Kohli
• Adil Rashid has been the most impressive bowler of the series so far. He has taken an equal-highest tally of five wickets, at an average of 17.4.

Quotes

“The top order and middle order has to click to help us to get to a big total. As a batting unit, we did well in the last match. We didn’t lose by a big margin, so we’re satisfied with the effort.”