ICC T20 World Cup 2022, Sri Lanka vs England full scorecard: England survive middle-order collapse, beat Sri Lanka by 4 wickets

England 144-6 after 19.4 overs

Lahiru Kumara bowls the last over...

Ball 4: Woakes cuts the short and wide delivery towards backward point boundary for FOUR and wins the match for England. The Three Lions are in the semis, knocking the defending champions Australia out of the World Cup.

Ball 3: Woakes fails to out bat on ball off the back of length delivery, which didn't bounce. DOT

Ball 2: Stokes guides the short of lenth delivery towards third man for a single.

Ball 1: Stokes hits the foirst ball towards deep extra cover for a couple of runs.

England 137-6 after 19 overs

Kasun Ranjitha bowls the penultimate over.

Ball 6: Stokes hits the full delivery towards deep mid-wicket for a single.

Ball 5: Stokes knocks the wide full toss straight to extra cover for no run.

Ball 4: Stokes hits the full slow delivery down the ground for a couple of runs.

Ball 4: WIDE outside off.

Ball 3: Stokes on strike and hits the low full toss towards wide of long-on fielder for a couple of runs.

Ball 2: Chris Woakes gets an inside edge onto the pads and takes a risky single.

Ball 1: Stokes pushes towards mid-off for a quick single.

Lahiru Kumara bowls the 18th over and starts with THREE DOT deliveries as Sam Curran fails to score off the first three.

Curran top-edges the 4th ball to the third man for a single.

Ben Stokes hits the 5th ball towards mid-off for a single.

Curran hoicks the last ball straight to deep fine leg, GONE. 

Ben Stokes and Sam Curran have steadied the English innings. England now need 15 runs off the remaining 18 deliveries.

England 127-5 after 17 overs

The spinners have done the trick for Sri Lanka. With 29 needed off 30 balls, England have lost five wickets while adding only 18 runs on board.

Ben Stokes and Sam Curran are at the crease.

England 113-5 after 15 overs 

After a quickfire opening stand, both English openers Jos Buttler and Alex Hales are back to pavillion. But opening stand has put England in the driver's seat as the required runs are less than the remaining deliveries.

England have lost their third wicket as well as Dhananjaya de Silva gets the wicket of Harry Brook.

The Sydney wicket is offering big turns and balls are staying low. Sri Lanka could make a game from hereon. Let's see

English openers are continue to score big runs. Alex Hales tonked Lahiru Kumara for two back-to-back boundaries in the over, collecting 14 runs in total along with Buttler.

England 38-0 after 4 overs

Theekshana continues and concedes 9 runs as Buttler hammers the third ball of the over for FOUR.

England 24-0 after 3 overs

Kasun Rajitha, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack and Alex Hales smashes two back-to-back boundaries to give England the much-needed acceleration. 

England 15-0 after 2 Overs

Maheesh Theekshana bowls the first over. Alex Hales and Jos Buttler open the innings for England.

England 3-0 after 1 over

Mark Wood came in to bowl the final over of the innings and took his 2nd wicket of the nigh on the 2nd delivery of the over by dismissing Bhanuka Rajapaksa on 22 runs.

Wood then went on to take another 2 wickets on the last 2 balls as Chamika Karunaratane and Wanindu Hasaranga were dismissed in the end.

Wood ended England's final over, conceding 5 runs from it.

Sri Lanka manage to put up 141 runs on the board.

Pacer Mark Wood came in to bowl his 2nd over of the day as Sri Lanka looked in need for some boundaries.

Wood managed to dismiss skipper Dasun Shanaka at 3 runs in the 5th delivery of the over getting his first wicket of the day as well.

He ended his successful over, conceding just 5 runs from it.

England get the big wicket of Pathum Nissanka as he departs for 67 runs after being dismissed by Adil Rashid in the 16th over.

Sri Lanka are 118/4 after 15.3 overs

Spinner Adil Rashid came in to bowl his 3rd over of the day in the 14th over.

He ended his economical over, conceding just 4 runs from it.

Pathum Nissanka has completed his half century in 34 deliveries as he looks to get Sri Lanka to a respectable total.

Ben Stokes get his first wicket of the match as he dismisses Charith Asalanka in the 11th over at just 8 runs.

Sri Lanka are 84/3 after 10.4 overs

Sri Lanka manage to get 80 runs at the halfway stage of their innings as batters Pathum Nissanka and Charith Asalanka look to build some momentum.

Liam Livingstone, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack and concedes three runs off the first 4 deliveries.

Nissanka breaks the shackles in the last two deliveries, first he collects a couple and then slog sweeps the last ball for a SIX towards cow corner.

Adil Rashid, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack and concedes only two singles in the last over of powerplay.

Sri Lanka 52-1 after 5 Overs; Pathum Nissanka 31(15); Dhananjaya de Silva 1 (1)

Sam Curran, left-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

Ball 6: A single for Nissanka

Ball 5: Nissanka smashes just over deep backward square leg fielder for a SIX.

Ball 4: Nissanka gets an top edge over slip for FOUR.

Ball 3: Dhanajaya de Silva collect a single.

Ball 2: Nissanka collects a single.

Ball 1: DOT

Sri Lanka 39-1 after 4 Overs; Pathum Nissanka 19(10)

Chris Woakes continues...

Ball 6: A back of length delivery, Mendis smashes it towards deep square leg. Livingstone takes a superb running catch to end Mendis' 18-run knock.

Ball 6: Woakes bowls a bumper, goes over the head of Mendis. WIDE CALLED.

Ball 5: Mendis defends the slow delivery back to bowler.

Ball 4: Mendis makes some room and smashes the ball on the pads towards deep backward square leg for FOUR.

Ball 3: DOT

Ball 2: Nissanka collects a single.

Ball 1: Kusal Mendis collects a single towards deep mid-wicket

Sri Lanka 30-0 after 3 Overs; Pathum Nissanka 18(9); Kusal Mendis 13(9)

Mark Wood, right-arm fast, comes into the attack

Ball 6: A short delivery, Nissanka plays an upper cut and the ball sails over third man fielder for a SIX.

Ball 5: Mendis collects a quick single.

Ball 4: Nissanka dabs towards short third man for a single.

Ball 3: Mendis chips the back of length delivery over mid-wicket for three runs.

Ball 2: DOT

Ball 1: Mendis smashes the ball on the pads towards square leg region for a BIG SIX.

Sri Lanka 15-0 after 2 Overs; Pathum Nissanka 11(7); Kusal Mendis 3(5)

Chris Woakes, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attac

Ball 6: A quick single from Mendis to end the over.

Ball 5: DOT

Ball 4: Nissanka collects a leg bye.

Ball 3: Mendis punches the back of length delivery towards point for a single.

Ball 2: Nissank dabs the good length delivery towards off side for a quick single.

Ball 1: Nissanka collects a couple of runs towards deep mid-wicket.

Sri Lanka 9-0 after 1 Over; Pathum Nissanka 8(4); Kusal Mendis 1(2)

Stokes takes the new ball...

Ball 6: Another ball on the pads and Nissanka just works it towards deep square leg for a single.

Ball 5: Mendis misses an opportunit as he hits the full toss towards deep square leg for a single.

Ball 4: DOT

Ball 3: Nissanka clips the ball on the pads towards deep backward square leg for a single.

Ball 2: Stokes bowls a short delivery, Nissanka smashes it towards deep fine leg boundary and it goes for a SIX.

Ball 1: Nissanka leaves the first ball alone to keeper.

Ben Stokes takes the news ball as Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis open the innings for Sri Lanka.

England (Playing XI): Jos Buttler(w/c), Alex Hales, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes, Sam Curran, Dawid Malan, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis(w), Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka(c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Maheesh Theekshana, Lahiru Kumara, Kasun Rajitha

Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka wins toss and elects to bat first against England.

In the 13 matches played so far, England have won nine while Sri Lanka have managed to win only four games.

England 9 - 4 Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Squad: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis(w), Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka(c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Pramod Madushan, Lahiru Kumara, Kasun Rajitha, Jeffrey Vandersay, Chamika Karunaratne, Asitha Fernando, Ashen Bandara

Jos Buttler(w/c), Alex Hales, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes, Sam Curran, Dawid Malan, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Chris Jordan, David Willey, Tymal Mills, Philip Salt.

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