ENG vs SL, 25th Match, ICC Cricket World Cup 2023
ScoreCard
ENG (156-10 (33.2 Ov))
SL (160-2 (25.4 Ov))
Lost
Won
Mom:
Lahiru Kumara
Tournament:
ICC Cricket World Cup 2023
Date:
Thu Oct 26 2023 02:00 PM (IST)
Toss Winner:
Toss Winner : ENG( Opts to Bat)
Sri Lanka stormed to an eight-wicket win over struggling England 👀 They have upended a strong England lineup to keep their WC23 semi-finals qualification hopes alive 👌
- Jos Buttler wins the toss and opts to bat first 🏏
- England's innings began steadily with Jonny Bairstow (30) and Dawid Malan (28) providing a solid foundation.
- Mathews the senior pro who was included in this match, gives first breakthrough in his first over
- Root was Run out in a great mix up, to be frank their was no Run and I am not sure what Root did their
- Once Root was out, England team lost wickets in regular interval, and even Ben Stokes (43) was highest scored he never looked smooth as he is always
- Lahiru Kumara was the star bowler for Sri Lanka, claiming three crucial wickets.
- In reply : David Willey (2 wickets) came in quick time and Sri Lanka were two down by 5.2 overs. Making a good fight from England in start of innings.
- After that it was all Pathum Nissanka and Sadeera Samarawickrama, both notch 50s and make sure Sri Lanka win cofortably . Nissanka with his fourth consecutive fifty of this tournament
- Lahiru Kumara returns to the Sri Lanka setup with a bang 👊 Man of the Match for his match-winning bowling performance.
- Jos Buttler has opened up on Englands disappointing WC23 campaign.🗣️ 'As a leader, you want to lead through your own performance and I've not been able to do that.' "Rest of the matches we want to get back to playing good cricket. Whatever will be will be"