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- Updated: July 25, 2016
England Lions 425 for 1 (Duckett 220*, Bell-Drummond 171*) beat Sri Lanka A 285 (Perera 69, Dickwella 60, Garton 4-43) by 140 runsScorecard
Ben Duckett and Daniel Bell-Drummond smashed their way into the record books with the second-highest List A partnership in the world as England Lions cruised to a 140-run win over Sri Lanka A at Canterbury.
Duckett had made 163 not out in the first match of the tri-series last week and his unbeaten 220 here set a new record for an England Lions player – topping captain Dawid Malan’s 185 against the same opposition on Thursday. Duckett shared in an unbeaten 367-run partnership with Bell-Drummond, from only 232 balls, as the Kent opener recorded his maiden List A ton.
The partnership was the highest ever at Canterbury – a record held by England’s Eoin Morgan and Nick Compton since 2009 – and just to make sure of their place in history, the Lions also recorded the highest List A score at the Spitfire Ground.
“It’s been the best day of my career so far – the last 10 days have been a great experience for me,” Duckett said. “There were a couple of times …
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