How Colombo collapse compares to England’s previous heavy ODI defeats

Sri Lanka’s 219-run win was England’s heaviest defeat batting second.

Published Oct 23, 2018

England were given a taste of their own medicine after succumbing to the biggest one-day international defeat in their history in terms of runs against Sri Lanka in Colombo.

Having set a number of benchmarks in the past couple of years and dished out many thrashings, England were on the receiving end of a shellacking this time after going down by 219 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method.

Here, Press Association Sport looks at England’s previous five heaviest defeats in the 50-over format.

v West Indies, March 1994 (165 runs)

Brian Lara putting England to the sword was a familiar sight over the years (Parnaby Lindsey Parnaby/PA)

v Pakistan, December 2005 (165 runs)

Kamran Akmal was England's chief tormentor in Karachi (Gareth Copley/PA) — Kamran Akmal was England’s chief tormentor in Karachi (Gareth Copley/PA)

v Australia, February 1999 (162 runs)

Glenn McGrath, left, and Shane Warne shared five wickets in Melbourne (Ben Curtis/PA)

v India, November 2008 (158 runs)

Yuvraj Singh stole the headlines in Rajkot (Anthony Devlin/PA)

v Sri Lanka, May 2014 (157 runs)

Tillakaratne Dilshan shone for Sri Lanka before England collapsed (Owen Humphreys/PA)