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Sri Lankan gun takes cricket's catch of the year

Sri Lanka's Danushka Gunathilaka has produced the catch of the year to dismiss England skipper Eoin Morgan in their ODI clash.

Morgan looked well set and cruising on 22 when he played an uppish cut that looked certain to race away to the boundary backward of point.

Image: Getty
Image: Getty

But Gunathilaka had other ideas, diving full stretch to his right and plucking a stunning one-handed catch.

Unfortunately for Sri Lanka Gunathilaka's heroics went in vain as England recorded a six-wicket victory to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the five-match series.

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