Tourists debut of the spoiled Stuart Broad Captain ttwweennttyy Saturday with a victory by 9-window but do not have the double on Englandnew leaders limited-overs after he was thrown out for 121 in the first international day at the oval.
Earlier, England made 229 for eight in a match reduced to 32 overs per side due to a delay of three hours of rain.
James Anderson, with figures of filming of the game four to 18 years, was the standout performer, while Craig Kieswetter best scorer with 61.
England were also airtight in the field, leaving Cook delighted despite the personal return of only five races.
"There is much better than that", he said. "I thought it was a performance exceptional for all our bowlers but Jimmy up to glass... to get their 15 for four and obtain their danger men off we were ahead of the game."
"The way which we cast and managed the breakdown of the rain was very special.".
Despite his obvious pleasure to have tamed the side ended mandate Andrew Strauss as Captain ODI with a 10-window defeat in the quarter-finals of the cup of the world, Cook was cautious on the rest of the series of five matches.
"It is a very good start, let's not get too carried away about how I made or that the team did,"he says. ".
"It is just a good start and we must keep the feet on the ground." "We are not in her personal praise, we are in it to win games of cricket".
Sleeves of Cook is unlikely to get praise, ended for five after only three balls, as he was strangled on the leg side by Lasith Malinga.
Although disappointed, he did not intend to read too much in such a dismissal.
"This is the game isn't it?" he said. "There is nothing you can do about it.". It is probably the most frustrating way to get out, but I should not have diverted it so fine, I guess. »
Sri Lanka's captain Tillakaratne Dilshan was sorry to see the back of the glorious weather than its popular side in the nets yesterday, but conceded his team was merely second best on the day.
"They cast, put a huge score for hunting and it was not easy batting second for the 230", he said.
"We had to take risks and it didn't work." It is for these two days was the Sun, but when it comes to the game it is cloudy and wet which is normally a help to English launchers.
"But this is not an excuse." We bat well and we did Bowl well - that's why we lost the game. »
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