Sri Lanka stun England with second-highest ODI chase despite Brook’s 202

• Liyanage hits six for win with one ball to spare

• England captain’s record innings not enough

Harry Brook pulverised his way to the fastest double hundred in ODI history and it still was not enough for England. Sri Lanka were the victors in this absurd contest, hauling down a target of 430 in Rawalpindi, the second-highest successful chase in the history of the format. Only that magical 438 game, 20 years ago, trumps it.

Pavan Rathnayake, Dasun Shanaka and Avishka Fernando were the headliners, somehow turning it around for Sri Lanka after they were reduced to 24 for two. Rathnayake top-scored with 130, Fernando struck 97, and Shanaka – with 97 of his own – was the most brutal of the lot. After being taken apart with the ball, his revenge act included eight sixes. None of the trio were there at the close, as England suddenly found themselves back in it.

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