in june and july 2011, england won the five match series 3–2 versus sri lanka. england won the close deciding 5th match at old trafford by 16 runs. the 2nd match at the oval was notable as sri lankan batsman sanath jayasuriya played his 445th and final one-day international. england's captain alastair cook scored the most runs in the series (298). sri lankan spinner suraj randiv and england fast bowler james anderson were joint highest wicket takers, (9). sri lanka won the nat west twenty20 international by 9 wickets at bristol.