Sri Lanka beat England in a breathless finish by just 2 runs in the Super 8 phase in the World Cup at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda.
In addition, Sanath Jayasuriya became the most capped ODI player, in his 385th ODI, overtaking Sachin Tendulkar. 
Toss:  England won, and elected to field first.
Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Jayasuriya, 7.6 ov), 2-69 (Sangakkara, 18.1 ov), 3-160 (Tharanga, 34.5 ov), 4-175 (Jayawardene, 38.4 ov), 5-193 (Dilshan, 42.1 ov), 6-215 (Silva, 46.1 ov), 7-219 (Vaas, 46.6 ov), 8-226 (Malinga, 49.1 ov), 9-231 (Arnold, 49.4 ov), 10-235 (Fernando, 49.6 ov)
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Vaughan, 2.2 ov), 2-11 (Joyce, 5.2 ov), 3-101 (Bell, 25.2 ov), 4-126 (Pietersen, 30.5 ov), 5-133 (Flintoff, 33.1 ov), 6-133 (Collingwood, 33.3 ov), 7-220 (Nixon, 48.5 ov), 8-233 (Bopara, 49.6 ov)
Sri Lanka: W U Tharanga, S T Jayasuriya, K C Sangakkara (wkt),  D P M D Jayawardene (capt), L P C Silva, T M Dilshan, C R D Fernando, R P Arnold, W P U J C Vaas, S L Malinga, M Muralitharan
England: E C Joyce, M P Vaughan (capt), I R Bell, K P Pietersen, P D Collingwood, A Flintoff, R S Bopara, P A Nixon (wkt), S I Mahmood, J M Anderson, M S Panesar
Player of the match: R S Bopara (England)
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and B F Bowden (New Zealand) 
TV umpire: R E Koertzen (South Africa)
Match referee: J J Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve umpire: Aleem Dar (Pakistan)

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2007 Cricket World Cup: Sri Lanka vs England