England win final ODI to pip Sri Lanka to series victory

MANCHESTER, England, July 9 (Reuters) - A patient 72 from
Jonathan Trott helped England to a 16-run win over Sri Lanka in
the final one-dayer at Old Trafford on Saturday, giving the
hosts a 3-2 series win which allowed them to gain some revenge
for their 10-wicket World Cup quarter-final humiliation. 

A century sixth-wicket partnership between Angelo Mathews
(62) and Jeevan Mendis (48), which rescued Sri Lanka from 131-5,
threatened to upset England but some assured catches at the end
and fine bowling put paid to the tourists' chances. 

Young paceman Jade Dernbach finished with two wickets off
the final two balls, while James Anderson also picked up two
victims and Tim Bresnan was the pick of the attack with 3-49. 

Earlier the rocksteady Trott notched up 72 off 87 deliveries
to guide England to 268-9 off their 50 overs, the hosts having
started strongly with captain Alastair Cook (31) and Craig
Kieswetter (43). 

Eoin Morgan (57) combined with Trott while Anderson struck a
crucial late 12 runs, Suraj Randiv leading the Sri Lankan attack
taking 5-42. 

England dropped Twenty20 captain Stuart Broad before the
match, while Cook, who replaced Andrew Strauss as one-day
skipper following the World Cup, led from the front to steer his
team to a series victory.  

He smashed an unbeaten 95 in the fourth match to hand
England a 10-wicket win, and finished with 298 runs at an
average of 74.50. 

Cook was not in the World Cup squad, where England were
demolished by eventual runners-up Sri Lanka.