England win the toss and elect to field first in their opening ICC Champions Trophy game against Sri Lanka, who are unchanged. England recall Luke Wright and Stuart Broad for Ravi Bopara and Tim Bresnan
England seamer Graham Onions, playing only his second one-day international, is soon leaping for joy after he has veteran opener Sanath Jayasuriya caught behind for a duck
The dangerous Tillakaratne Dilshan soon follows when he steers James Anderson straight to backward point, and Sri Lanka are reeling at 7-2 in the third over
Anderson strikes again in his next over when he has former captain Mahela Jayawardene trapped lbw for nine
And Sri Lanka's much-vaunted top four batsmen are all back in the hutch when captain Kumar Sangakkara edges Onions to Strauss at first slip - Sri Lanka are in deep trouble at 17-4 in the sixth over
Thilan Samaraweera has to survive some hostile bowling by Anderson and Onions, and has to launch a rearguard action alongside Thilina Kandamby
Samaraweera and Kandamby add 64 for the fifth wicket before Stuart Broad - who had struggled with his line and length early on - induces Samaraweera to give a catch to Paul Collingwood at backward point
Despite losing partner Samaraweera, burly left-hander Kandamby looks increasing assured at the crease, pushing Sri Lanka's score towards respectability along with Angelo Mathews
Kandamby is run out for 53 after adding 82 with Mathews, who is then involved in another mix-up when he collides with Onions while going for a second run, and is run out at the striker's end
Mathews, given out, contends that he was obstructed by Onions - and after discussions with the umpires, Strauss withdraws the appeal and umpire Billy Bowden calls Mathews back
However, the reprieved Mathews adds just one more run before he edges Luke Wright to keeper Prior - sportingly, he thanks Strauss for calling him back before walking off. Sri Lanka are 176-7
Muttiah Muralitharan aims some lusty blows into the evening sky, but England captain Andrew Strauss, running back towards the mid-wicket boundary, drops him this time
Stuart Broad returns to bowl Muralitharan and Lasith Malinga with successive deliveries, although last man Ajartha Mendis hangs around long enough to keep Sri Lanka going until they are bowled out for 212
England walk off needing to score at just 4.26 runs per over to beat Sri Lanka as the temperature drops on a cool evening at the Wanderers
Nuwan Kulasekara strikes an early blow for Sri Lanka when he traps opener Joe Denly lbw for five
Captain Andrew Strauss soon follows, giving Kulasekara his second wicket. Meanwhile, Sanath Jayasuriya confuses spectators and commentators by wearing non-playing squad member Dammika Prasad's jumper
Owais Shah is nearly the third English wicket to fall when he slips in mid-pitch, but he survives to forge an important third-wicket partnership with Paul Collingwood
Collingwood dominates the stand with Shah, hitting three sixes - one off Nuwan Kulasekara and two off successive overs from Lasith Malinga, before being bowled for 46; England are 82-3 in the 20th over
Eoin Morgan replaces Collingwood and, with his usual mixture of orthodox and unorthodox strokeplay, quickly overtakes his dawdling Middlesex team-mate Shah's runs total
Shah makes 44 from 74 balls before he is caught behind by Kumar Sangakkara off veteran spinner Muttiah Muralitharan; England are 158-4 in the 35th over
But Matt Prior joins Morgan and the pair see England home by six wickets with five overs to spare; England do not even need to take their batting powerplay
Fittingly, it is Morgan, 62 not out, who hits the winning runs as England complete their victory against the much-fancied Sri Lankans, although somewhat surprisingly Paul Collingwood is named as man of the match
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