Match Details
W-R | Overs | Econ |
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2-24 | 3.4 | 6.55 |
Session | Open | PASS | 6 Over | 49 | 70 | 10 Over | 103 | 86 | 15 Over | 127 | 113 |
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Session | Open | PASS | 6 Over | 43 | 54 | 10 Over | 83 | 80 | 15 Over | 120 | 116 | 20 Over | 167 | 141 |
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Winning the toss, Dasun Shanaka, the skipper of Sri Lanka had opted to bat first. Pathum Nissanka gave a flying start to Sri Lanka and lacked support from the other end. Kusal Mendis looked good initially but later got out cheaply. It was Nissanka who steered the innings deep and players like Dhanajaya de Silva, and Charith Asalanka failed to step up.
Wickets kept on tumbling on regular occasions and it was Pathum Nissanka who notched up a fifty. He scored 67 off 45 deliveries and got out in the middle. Bhanuka Rajapaksa failed to time the ball in the end, credit to some exceptional bowling from Sam Curran and Mark Wood. Sri Lanka could make just 141 runs at the end of 20 overs. Mark Wood was the peak of the bowling bagging a three-fer of his three overs.
In reply, Alex Hales and Jos Buttler gave a flying start to England after respecting Maheesh Theekshana in the first over of the innings. Hales and Buttler smoked the bowlers apart in the start - be it Kasun Rajitha or Wanindu Hasaranga or Lahiru Kumara.
The first wicket to go was Jos Buttler when England was at 75. It was Wanindu Hasaranga with the first blood and soon the wickets kept on flowing. Hales soon followed him and went out for 47 off 30 balls. Soon, Lahiru Kumara, and Dhanajaya de Silva joined the party and removed the middle order of England barring Ben Stokes who had come up the order at one-down in place of an injured Dawid Malan.
England needed 21 runs from the last 18 balls in the end and it was Stokes who stayed from one end and steered the scoreboard deeper. Sri Lanka was terrific with the change-ups and turned the tables for some moments.
They needed 5 runs off the ultimate over but in the end, Chris Woakes scored the winning runs with Stokes at the other end. England made it through into the semi-finals, kicking Australia out of the contest.
Stay tuned for the captain's speech ceremony.