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Having won the toss and decided to bowl first, England captain Michael Vaughan would have been fearing the worst with Sri Lanka progressing to 160 for two with over 15 overs of their innings remaining.

But instead of powering on to a commanding total, Sri Lanka were successfully restricted by England's attack and were dismissed for 235 in their 50 overs.

Vaughan sprang a major shock by deciding to bowl first and was soon given cause to perhaps regret it with Sanath Jayasuriya, who became the most capped one-day international player in history with his 385th appearance, setting off in his customary attacking style.

Jayasuriya hit Sajid Mahmood's first ball of the day for four down to third man and followed by hitting two more boundaries off one over from James Anderson.

He also pulled Mahmood for six during a quickfire 25 off 26 balls, but the Lancashire seamer claimed his revenge in the eighth over by inducing an inside edge onto his stumps.

Mahmood also claimed the key wicket of Kumar Sangakkara 10 overs later when an attempted slower ball resulted in a full toss outside off stump which Sri Lanka's wicketkeeper-batsman chipped straight to point instead of hitting the expected boundary.

Andrew Flintoff finished with three for 35 from his 10 overs and with Mahmood claiming two wickets in the final over to claim four for 50, Sri Lanka were restricted to a modest 52 from the final 10 overs of the innings.