🏏ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026: Super 8 - M42: England vs Sri Lanka🏏 - Page 6

Jofra Archer to Pathum Nissanka, out Caught by Jamie Overton!! Pathum Nissanka c Jamie Overton b Jofra Archer 9(8) [4s-2]

Jofra Archer to Pathum Nissanka, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

England

146/9

Sri Lanka

(2.4/20 ov, T:147) 15/1

Sri Lanka need 132 runs in 104 balls.

Stats view

Current RR: 5.62

• Required RR: 7.61

Win Probability

SL 61.08%

ENG 38.92%

Jacks to Kusal Mendis, OUT

pop goes the weasel!

Kusal Mendis c & b Jacks 4 (4b 1x4 0x6) SR: 100

Jacks to Rathnayake, OUT

toe-ended to deep cover, horror shot!

Pavan Rathnayake c Banton b Jacks 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

England finished with 146-9

A superb effort from Sri Lanka to restrict England to a below par score. 12 overs of spin which produced 85 runs and 5 wickets. Barring Phil Salt, none of the batters found the rhythm and timing to build their innings. Add to that Sri Lanka were superb in the field with their catches and an excellent run out to dismiss Banton in the 8th over have all played their part in keeping the run-flow in check. Sri Lanka played a 3-match T20I series against England at this venue just a couple of weeks ago which they lost 3-0, but look who have learned their lessons? Just 2 double-digit scores in the top 5 and 4 of those wickets fell to spin. Madushanka was excellent in the powerplay and he came back to bowl the penultimate over to collect his rewards - a couple of wickets. Theekshana and Wellalage are the pick of the bowlers and the duo used their variations smartly to restrain the big hits through the middle overs. This should be comfortable chase for the hosts.

Pathum Nissanka and Kamil Mishara are at the crease. Pathum Nissanka is on strike. Jofra Archer will open the attack

Welcome back! Archer to kickstart proceedings with the ball for England. One slip in place. Off we go...

SL to get a good start: The bowlers have done an exceptional job and it's up to the batters to chase down 146. Expect the home nation to reach 40 for 1 at the end of the batting PP

Dunith Wellalage - First of all, wicket was a bit slow. So I backed myself to bowl wicket-to-wicket. I read the wicket, we played this England side before the WC and I knew about their batting. It's a bit slow (on the surface), so I wanted to vary my pace. Definitely, hopefully we can chase this target.

Welcome back!

Pace vs Spin for Sri Lanka today

Pace: 3/59 in 8 overs, ER: 7.37

Spin: 5/85 in 12 overs, ER: 7.08

Sri Lanka spinners today (by length)

Full (Less than 3m): 1/39, 24 balls, ER: 9.75

Good (3-5m): 1/15, 15 balls, ER: 6.00

Short (More than 5m): 3/29, 33 balls, ER: 5.27

Sri Lanka spinners by speeds today

Under 90 kmph: 3/61, 44 balls, ER: 8.31

90-plus kmph: 2/22. 28 balls, ER: 4.71

Ashwini: "Sri Lanka might look to finish this game before 20 overs, keeping NRR, possible future washouts, and the weather forecast later in the tournament in mind." NRR could be less relevant already with the shared points between NZ and Pakistan. Just getting the win could be a huge step towards the semis

Faizan Ali : "unpopular opinion: this is very much defendable on this pitch !!" I don't disagree... but England have got to bowl well, especially in the powerplay. Archer has the new ball

5.5

W

Will Jacks to Dunith Wellalage, out Caught by Harry Brook!! Wicket number 3 for Will Jacks. The teasing offbreak on leg stump, Wellalage wanted to slam it down the ground and got the timing horribly wrong. Right off the thick inside half and offered catching practice to the fielder backtracking at mid-on. Brook is a tall man and he is not going to miss that. Dunith Wellalage c Harry Brook b Will Jacks 10(10) [4s-2]

Will Jacks to Dunith Wellalage, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

SL 34-5/5.5 overs

Sri Lanka has lost 5 wickets but have got only 33 runs. They lost back to back wickets within the space of 13 runs.

6

4 4 0 0 W 0 (8 runs)

SL 34-5

Dasun Shanaka

0(1)

Kamindu Mendis

4(1)

Will Jacks

3-0-14-3

Highlights (overs 1-6)

- Jofra bowls a quiet over.

- Jacks to Mishara: boundary followed by 5 dots.

- Nissanka holes out after hitting back-to-back fours.

- Mendis gets off the mark with a boundary.

- Jacks removes Mendis and Rathnayake off successive balls.

- Jofra Archer nips out Mishara.

- Wellalage perishes to Jacks after hitting 2 fours.

What happened to SL?? It is shocking! Already lost 5 wickets, with mere 35 runs on board??

SL-- 38/5 after 7 overs.