Sri Lanka bowled brilliantly and bowled out England for 156 in the 25th match of the Kamal World Cup. No batsman from the World Cup champion England could stand against the bowling of Sri Lanka and the entire innings of England was all out in just 33.2 overs. For Sri Lanka, Lehiru took 3 wickets and Mathews took two wickets. Stokes, England’s most reliable batsman, was able to score 43 runs.
England won the toss and decided to bat first. In the beginning, this first attempt of England also seemed to be proved right. In 6.3 overs, the pair of Bairstow and Malan added 43 runs for the first wicket. Before getting out, Malan scored 28 runs in 25 balls. After this, the process of England’s wickets falling started.
Root became a victim of Sri Lanka’s excellent fielding after scoring 3 runs and had to return to the pavilion after being run out. After this, Bairstow also could not last long and left the pavilion after scoring 30 runs. Butler’s poor form continued in this match also. Butler scored only 8 runs. Livingstone also failed and returned to the pavilion after contributing just 1 run.
England did not get a chance to make a comeback
England had lost 5 wickets for 85 runs in 17 overs. After this, Stokes along with Moeen Ali tried to take the innings forward. There was a partnership of 37 runs between the two batsmen for the sixth wicket. But after scoring 15 runs, Moeen Ali also got out while attempting a big shot. Vox could not even open his account, England lost 7 wickets for 123 runs.
Ben Stokes stood firm at one end. But he too was out after scoring 43 runs. After this Rashid was run out. Mark Wood also could not last long and was out after scoring 5 runs. England’s innings was reduced to just 156 runs in 33.2 overs.
Lehiru and Mathews bowled brilliantly for Sri Lanka. Lehiru took three wickets for 35 runs in 7 overs. Mathews made a wonderful comeback and took two wickets.
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