Pathum Nissanka and Sadeera Samarawickrama scored the fifties to guide Sri Lanka to an easy win over England they won by 8 wickets and 146 balls to spare. The island nation would be happy with their dominating performance and this defeat for England has meant that they no longer can advance to the semi-finals after a spectacular knock by Sadeera Samarawickrama.
England won the toss and chose to bat first against Sri Lanka in, Chinnaswamy Stadium they have made several changes Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, and Chris Woakes, coming in for England. Dawid Malan and Jonny Bairstow were dealing with boundaries after getting their eye in. Kasun Rajitha was punished for three fours
After a good start, England lost their first wicket as Angelo Mathews got rid of Dawid Malan. An instant impact from Angelo Mathews as caught behind for 28 off 25 with 6 fours.
Another one bites the dust! Lahiru Kumara nabs Jos Buttler. A wide length ball outside the off stump and the England captain nicks it behind for his Sri Lankan counterpart to claim. This is turning out to be a disaster for the world champions as they lost the top 5 wickets inside the 20 overs.
Angelo Mathews and Lahiru Kumara rattle England’s batting.
A fantastic spell of bowling. from the Srilankan bowlers as they rattle the English batting order, especially the veteran Angelo Mathews made a brilliant comeback into the world cup as he picked up 2 wickets for 14 in his 5 overs
Kasun Rajitha too picked up 2 vital wickets he finished with 2 for 36 in his 7 overs. Lahiru Kumara is the pick of the bowlers for Sri Lanka finishing with 3 for 35 in his 7 overs. Ben Stokes was the top scorer for England with 43 off 73 balls and 6 fours England bundled out for a mere 156 in just 33.2 overs. Willey removes Kusal Perera early to give a slim hope to England
The fifties from Pathum Nissanka and Sadeera Samarawickrama guided Sri Lanka to victory
Nissanka and Sadeera Samarawickrama took over the responsibility and did some sensible batting to put the pressure back on England with an unbeaten partnership of 135 off 122 balls. Nissanka scored a brilliant half-century he scored 77 off 83 with 7 fours and 2 sixes
Sadeera Samarawickrama continued his good form with another half-century as he scored 65 off 54 with 7 fours and six to guide them to victory. David Willey was the lone wicket-taker for England with the figures of 2 for 30 in his 5 overs.
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