Harry Brook scores double-century in ODI defeat as Sri Lanka chase down 430

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Harry Brook’s record-breaking 202 was put in the shade as Sri Lanka pulled off an unforgettable heist to leave England on the brink in the tri-series in Pakistan.

Brook’s double-hundred was the first by an England batter in one-day internationals and the fastest ever in the format off 114 deliveries, three fewer than India’s Shubman Gill against the West Indies last month.

England’s white-ball captain took 13 off his first 24 deliveries before motoring to a 75-ball century and he made it a twin ton in the final over to underpin his side’s mammoth 429 for four.

Yet their fourth-highest 50-over score and best overseas total against a Test-playing nation was insufficient as a callow attack missing double World Cup winner Adil Rashid was put to the sword in a two-wicket defeat.

Sri Lanka recovered from 24 for two thanks to Pavan Rathnayake’s 130 off 106 balls and knocks of 97 from both Avishka Fernando and Dasun Shanaka, despite the asking rate being in double figures for most of the reply.

However, having whittled the target down to eight runs from the final over Janith Liyanage belted Josh Tongue’s penultimate delivery for six as Sri Lanka recorded the second-highest ODI run-chase ever.