England and Sri Lanka played another high-scoring match in Lahore a week after the run-fest in Rawalpindi. This time England's 386 for 5 prevailed, as Sri Lanka were dismissed for 331 in the 45th over. England defeated Sri Lanka by a massive total for the second time in a row thanks to Ben Duckett's career-best 167 off 132 balls. After that, Pavan Rathnayake directed the chase, scoring 118 off 77 after also scoring 130 in the match against England. However, the chase began to unravel in the 43rd over, and Sri Lanka lost their final five wickets for 16 runs. They had required 72 runs from 46 balls prior to that downturn. They were roughly on course. However, England persevered. When debutant Henry Crocombe caught Sahan Arachchige at long-on, the collapse began. The run out of Dunith Wellalage - resulting from a huge mix-up - then left Rathnayake with no good batters at the other end. Sri Lanka's hopes were dashed when Rathnayake was run out by being bowled by Liam Dawson and caught on the top edge. They were all out in the 46th over. Dawson might have made the difference between the two teams. He took four wickets for 49 runs in his ten overs, where the spinners of Sri Lanka had struggled. He also got rid of Avishka Fernando, who looked dangerous in her 48 off 50, and Dasun Shanaka, who had hurt England last week, in addition to Rathnayake. Sonny Baker also took two wickets, even though he played nine overs at 8.33. Among Sri Lanka's bowlers, Asitha Fernando returned the best figures, taking 2 for 63. When England were batting, two partnerships had done most of their legwork, Duckett shared a 163-run stand with opening partner Tom Banton, who was the only other batter to make a half century, before putting on a breakneck 107 off 75 with Harry Brook. Those two stands carried England to 270 for 2 in the middle of the 38th over, putting them in the vicinity of another 400-plus total. Sri Lanka's attack may reflect, despite England's excellent finish, that restricting England to 94 runs in the final ten overs was almost as good as they could have hoped for, given the batting chaos that had dominated the majority of the innings. Despite being utterly violent, Duckett's innings were unusually composed. He struck out 24 fours, but he didn't hit a six. As a result of Duckett's hook and pull, 17 of those 24, or too many attempts at the short ball, by the Sri Lankan attack were penalized. Additionally, none of those fours fell to the ground. In order to get going, Duckett had hit consecutive boundaries in the second over. He then quickly got to a half-century off 46 balls before scoring his sixth century in an ODI match in 89 balls. He moved up gears in the company of Brook, as the pair reaped 80 in a seven-over stretch starting with the 31st over. Brook, who scored the fastest ODI double-hundred the previous time these teams played each other, had moved up the order and scored 44 runs off 34 balls before attempting to scoop Asitha up. Duckett's eventual dismissal, in the 42nd over, was also the result of a scoop-gone-wrong, this time against an Eshan Malinga slower ball. Earlier, Duckett had hit 74 off 75 deliveries, and Banton had mostly kept up with him. Over long-on and long-off, he was more at ease hitting down the ground and launching spin for two sixes. He was out playing on a length delivery from Dasun Shanaka and may regret not scoring a triple-digit score in any of his three fifties this series. Sri Lanka suffered an early loss to Kamindu Mendis, but the game got off to a good start thanks to Avishka scoring quickly on the power play and Kusal Mendis scoring 89 off 71 shots. Before he under-edged Joe Root down the leg side into the keeper's gloves, he had exceptional touch. England had to go through a review in order to reverse the initial not-out decision. Similar to Duckett's, Rathnayake's hundred concentrated heavily on the square boundaries. He hit 15 fours producing brutal pulls, ravishing cuts, and a single, delectable six, off Gus Atkinson, which sailed poetically over deep cover. In the early stages of his career, he batted as a player, staying low while frequently nailing expansive strokes and reviving the Sri Lanka chase's fearlessness. He reached his hundred off the 70th ball he faced, but he was unable to keep the chase going after Sahan Arachchige and Dunith Wellalage, with whom he had shared a 57-run stand, fell quickly. After both batters ended up at the striker's end, Wellalage walked out of his crease to save Rathnayake's life and sacrificed his wicket. With Rathnayake's wicket, Dawson then ended any serious Sri Lankan hopes. England won't play in the final on Saturday, so the victory is only a consolation. For what it's worth Pakistan finished top in this round, claiming three wins from four matches. England only came close this time, and Sri Lanka won twice.