ICC World Cup England vs Sri Lanka: It was a tough tournament for the reigning ODI World Cup champions England as they suffered 3 defeats in their first 4 matches. The last game against Sri Lanka was do or die for both teams and the 1996 champions Sri Lanka won.
After winning the toss, England decided to bat first. Openers Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan played well early on, but the middle order again quickly fell under the pressure.
Ben Stokes tried valiantly to save the team and put up a respectable total, but in the end Sri Lanka reduced England to a paltry 156 in 33.2 overs. Chains easily hit the target in 25.4 overs with the loss of just 2 wickets.
Sri Lanka beat England by 8 wickets in the 25th match of the ICC World Cup 2023, knocking out the reigning champions and keeping alive their hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals.
Here you can check highlights, record list, post match awards and other details of yesterday’s England vs Sri Lanka ICC World Cup match.
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Who won yesterday’s World Cup match? ENG vs SL Result
Sri Lanka won yesterday’s World Cup match with England by 8 wickets.
Final result:
England: 156 (33.2 overs)
Sri Lanka: 160/2 (25.4 Overs)
RESULT CARD
England Innings
Dough | Is running | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR |
Jonny Bairstow c DMD Silva b K Rajitha | 30 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 96.77 |
Dawid Malan c K Mendis b AD Mathews | 28 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 112.00 |
Joe Root runout (K Mendis / AD Mathews) | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 30.00 hours |
Ben Stokes c (sub D Hemanth) b L Kumara | 43 | 73 | 6 | 0 | 58.90 |
Jos Buttler (c & wk) c K Mendis b L Kumara | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 |
Liam Livingstone lbw b L Kumara | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.67 |
Moeen Ali c K Perera b AD Mathews | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
Chris Waakes c S Samarawickrama b K Rajitha | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
David Willey He’s not out | 14 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 82.35 |
Adil Rashid run out (K Mendis) | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 |
Mark Wood st K Mendis b M Theekshana | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 83.33 |
EXTRA | 7 | ||||
TOTAL (4.68 RUNS PER OVER) | 156 (10 Wkts, 33.2 Ov) | ||||
Bowler | Overs | M | R | W | NB | WD | Eco |
Dilshan Madushanka | 5 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.40 |
Kasun Rajitha | 7 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5.14 |
Maheesh Theekshana | 8.2 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2.52 |
Angelo Mathews | 5 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.80 |
Lahiru Kumar | 7 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.00 |
Dhananjaya de Silva | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 hours |
Sri Lanka Innings
Dough | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
Pathum Nissanka Not out | 77 | 83 | 7 | 2 | 92.77 |
Kusal Perera c B Stokes b D Willey | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 |
Kusal Mendis (c & wk) c J Buttler b D Willey | 11 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 91.67 |
Sadeera Samarawickrama Not Out | 65 | 54 | 7 | 1 | 120.37 |
EXTRA | 3 | ( B – 0, P – 3, NE – 0, LB – 0, P – 0 ) | |||
TOTAL (6.23 RUNS PER OVER) | 160 (2 Wkts, 25.4 Ov) | ||||
Bowler | Overs | M | R | W | NB | WD | Eco |
Chris wakes up | 6 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5.00 |
David Willey | 5 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6:00 a.m |
Adil Rashid | 4.4 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.36 |
Mark Wood | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.75 |
Liam Livingstone | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.67 |
Moeen Ali | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 |
Who took the most wickets in the 25th match of the 2023 World Cup yesterday, England vs Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka’s Lahiru Kumara took the most wickets in the 25th match of the 2023 World Cup between England and Sri Lanka yesterday. Kumara took 3 important wickets including that of Ben Stokes.
Which batsmen scored the most runs in the 25th match between England and Sri Lanka?
Sri Lankan opener Pathum Nissanka was run out in the second innings and scored the most runs in yesterday’s World Cup match. Nissanka hit 77 off 83 balls in pursuit of an easy target set by England.
Who hit the most sixes in yesterday’s game?
Pathum Nissanka from Sri Lanka hit the most sixes in yesterday’s match. Nissanka hit 2 sixes and 7 fours in his innings of 77 runs.
Who was the man of the match England vs Sri Lanka?
The man of the match for England and Sri Lanka was Lahiru Kumara. The Sri Lankan bowler smashed the English middle order and took the wicket of Ben Stokes, the last remaining hope of the champions in 2019. Kumara took 3 wickets in 7 overs and conceded 35 runs.
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