England will play Sri Lanka in the second match of the ODI tri-series at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on 22 October. The English side enters the fixture after losing their opening match against Pakistan by 87 runs.
Pakistan reached a total of 303 runs during that first encounter. England was dismissed for 215 runs in response.
Arafat Minhas took 6 wickets for 40 runs to help secure the victory. Harry Brook said, "We thought Banton, Duckett set the tone to get a 100 partnership and then it was a case of losing too many wickets in clumps, we couldn’t string the partnerships together and we ended up on the wrong side."
Sri Lanka also suffered a defeat in their opening match against Pakistan. The Sri Lankan team was well placed at 253-5 while chasing a target of 306.
They lost their final 5 wickets for just 15 runs to fall short. Faheem Ashraf dismissed Pavan Rathnayake for 79 runs during the chase.
Haris Rauf took the wicket of Janith Liyanage for 60 runs. Pakistan moved to Lahore on 20 October for the next stage of the tournament.
The remaining 4 matches of the tri-series will be played at the Gaddafi Stadium. The top 2 teams will qualify for the final on 31 October.
