| Match :  | NatWest Series [Sri Lanka   in England] | 
| Ground : | Headingley, Leeds | 
| Toss : | Eng won toss, elected to Bowl | 
| Match Refree : | AG Hurst | 
| Umpires : | BF Bowden,RA Kettleborough,NJ   Llong | 
| Match Status : | SL won by 69 runs | 
Batting - Sri Lanka
| Batting |  | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR(%) | 
| M Jayawardene | Stumped kieswetter B swann | 144 | 150 | 14 | 0 | 96 | 
| T M Dilshan | Run Out broad | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 100 | 
| LD Chandimal | Run Out anderson | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 71.43 | 
| K Sangakkara | C kieswetter B swann | 69 | 85 | 5 | 0 | 81.18 | 
| AD Mathews | Not Out | 46 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 148.39 | 
| KMDN Kulasekara | C pietersen B bresnan | 13 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 86.67 | 
| Jeevan Mendis | Not Out | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 233.33 | 
| SHT Kandamby | - | - | - | - | - | - | 
| Suraj Randiv | - | - | - | - | - | - | 
| Lasith Malinga | - | - | - | - | - | - | 
| Suranga Lakmal | - | - | - | - | - | - | 
| Extras:(b 0, lb 4, w 10, nb 0) | 14 |  |  |  |  | |
| Total:( 5 wkts, 50 overs) | 309 | Run Rate:   6.18 | ||||
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Bowling – England
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | N  | Wd | Econ. | 
| J Anderson | 10 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.4 | 
| T Bresnan | 9 | 0 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.78 | 
| SCJ Broad | 10 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 
| JW Dernbach | 9 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7.11 | 
| GP Swann | 10 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 
| Kevin Pietersen | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.5 | 
Batting – England
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| Batting |  | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR(%) | 
| A N Cook | C mathews B randiv | 48 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 92.31 | 
| C Kieswetter | C kulasekara B lakmal | 25 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 83.33 | 
| IJL Trott | B lakmal | 39 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 70.91 | 
| Kevin Pietersen | C malinga B mendis | 13 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 81.25 | 
| Eoin Morgan | Stumped sangakkara B randiv | 52 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 130 | 
| I Bell | C lakmal B kulasekara | 35 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 74.47 | 
| T Bresnan | C chandimal B randiv | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 16.67 | 
| SCJ Broad | Stumped sangakkara B mendis | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | 
| GP Swann | Not Out | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 108.33 | 
| J Anderson | B malinga | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| JW Dernbach | C kulasekara B lakmal | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 71.43 | 
| Extras:(b 0, lb 1, w 4, nb 0) | 5 |  |  |  |  | |
| Total:( 10 wkts, 45.5 overs) | 240 | Run Rate:   5.24 | ||||
| Fall of Wickets :  | 53/1(C Kieswetter), 85/2(A N Cook), 113/3(Kevin   Pietersen), 143/4(IJL Trott), 201/5(Eoin Morgan), 204/6(T Bresnan), 206/7(SCJ   Broad), 232/8(I Bell), 233/9(J Anderson   ), 240/10(JW Dernbach) | 
Bowling - Sri Lanka
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | N  | Wd | Econ. | 
| Lasith Malinga | 8 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5.12 | 
| KMDN Kulasekara | 9 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.33 | 
| Suranga Lakmal | 7.5 | 0 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.49 | 
| Jeevan Mendis | 6 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5.17 | 
| Suraj Randiv | 9 | 0 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4.78 | 
| T M Dilshan | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.25 | 
| AD Mathews | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 
