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Sri Lanka spinners led by Vandersay and Wellalage defended 271 to beat England by 19 runs in the first ODI at Colombo. Kusal Mendis’ unbeaten 93 and Janith Liyanage’s 46 helped set a competitive total

Irfan Pathan has praised Sri Lankan all-rounder Dunith Wellalage for his brilliant performance against India in the Asia Cup.

With the last ball of his quota, Dunith Wellalage had Hardik Pandya playing a forward-defensive and the ball took the edge on the way through as it turned past him.

It was a day after they had posted a mammoth 350-plus total against arch-rivals Pakistan en route to their huge 228-run win.