Britain captain Morgan elated by "noteworthy" run pursue

Britain captain Morgan elated by "noteworthy" run pursue

                             

BIRMINGHAM: England skipper Eoin Morgan hailed a "surprising" pursue his side pounded Sri Lanka by 10 wickets to win Friday's second one-day worldwide at Edgbaston. 

Unbeaten hundreds from Jason Roy (112 not out) and Alex Hales (133 not out) took England to an objective of 255 with about 16 overs to save. 

Both openers made their most elevated ODI scores as England completed on 256 without misfortune to go 1-0 up in the five-match arrangement taking after Tuesday's emotional tie at Trent Bridge. 

Roy and Hales' stand set another England ODI association record, beating the 250 for the second wicket ordered by Andrew Strauss and Jonathan Trott against Bangladesh at Edgbaston in 2010. 

This triumph was additionally simply the 6th time England had won an ODI by 10 wickets. 

"I think the pursuit was totally surprising," Morgan told correspondents after England's first win in five ODIs taking after three straight thrashings in South Africa and the Trent Bridge tie. 

"I've never experienced anything that way, where we were so in control without being neglectful," the previous Ireland batsman included in front of Sunday's third match in Bristol. 

"I thought the two young men were remarkable, exceptionally forcing. They simply played splendid cricket, exceptionally exciting." Roy, who pushed out Hales for the man-of-the-match recompense subsequent to affecting two run-outs in Sri Lanka's innings, said: "We bolstered off each other entirely well. 

"The bowlers kept them [Sri Lanka] to an aggregate where we didn't feel under a colossal measure of weight going out there." 

"Feelings" 

Roy denoted his lady ODI century in England – simply the second of his profession – with a gigantic thunder of enjoyment after he drove leg-spinner Seekkugge Prasanna for six to go to three figures. 

"A ton of diligent work goes into batting, and a considerable measure of feelings," said the 25-year-old Roy, conceived in South Africa yet instructed in England from the age of 10. 

"So once those runs came to me, everything turned out," he included. "I'm simply super-upbeat we got over the line in such a forcing way." 

Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Mathews was in most likely of the England first-wicket couple's quality. 

"They are hazardous openers and in the event that you give them a chance or a begin then that is the thing that they can do; they can pulverize any assault," he said. "I thought Jason and Alex batted splendidly to get them home." 

Roy and Hales' hundreds took after a fine show in the field by England, who confined Sri Lanka to an unassuming 254 for seven contrasted with the 286 for nine they posted at Trent Bridge. 

Leg-spinner Adil Rashid took two for 34, with quick bowler Liam Plunkett making early advances on his approach to two for 49. 

"I said after Trent Bridge that we were off track with the ball," said Morgan. "Here, I didn't think we did anything extraordinary [here] – yet we did the nuts and bolts truly well. 

"The other test we generally discuss is keeping the restriction from runs and building weight by slamming a length and utilizing your bouncer. 

"Today, we did that - which brought about us taking wickets." 

Mathews said the best thing Sri Lanka could do was relegate Friday's match to the record books. 

"We need to attempt to flush it out of the framework and disregard this amusement as fast as could reasonably be expected in light of the fact that we have one and only day to return and play really well." 

Mathews was not able dish on Friday in the wake of torment a hamstring strain at Trent Bridge and his medium-pace was abundantly missed by the travelers. 

The captain made a valuable 44 in the wake of winning the hurl, yet he acknowledged that Sri Lanka's aggregate, which included fifties from Upul Tharanga and Dinesh Chandimal, was insufficient. 

"It was a superior of a wicket however sadly again we continued losing wickets at vital times and we couldn't generally get a decent score for our bowlers," said Mathews.