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First blood to England in ODI series after Will Jacks helps see off Sri Lanka
England won a slow-burn first ODI against Sri Lanka by 89 runs at Chester-le-Street, with Will Jacks starring with five wickets and 46 not out
Harry Brook had called on his England players to continue the “high-octane” cricket witnessed during their clean sweep in the Twenty20s but this latest victory over Sri Lanka in the first one-day international was more of a slow-burn affair.
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