T20 World Cup 2021 England vs Sri Lanka Highlights: Both the team lock their horns to play their 4th match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2021 tournament. The winner of the match will get the advanced position in the T20 World Cup 2021 points table.
| Tournament | ICC T20 World Cup 2021 |
| IPL Match No | 29 |
| Match | ENG vs SL |
| Teams | England vs Sri Lanka |
| Date | November 1, 2021 |
| Time | 7:30 PM IST; 02:00 PM GMT; 06:00 PM Local |
| Toss |
Sri Lanka have won the toss and have opted to field |
| Venue | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah |
| Playing 11 | List Give Below |
T20 WC 2021 England vs Sri Lanka Scoreboard
| Team | Score |
| England | 163-4 (20 Ov) |
| Sri Lanka |
137-10 (19 Ov)
|
England Scorecard
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Jason Roy | b W Hasaranga | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 150 |
| Jos Buttler (wk) | not out | 101 | 67 | 6 | 6 | 150.75 |
| Malan | b Chameera | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 75 |
| Bairstow | lbw b W Hasaranga | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morgan (c) | b W Hasaranga | 40 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 111.11 |
| Moeen | not out | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
Sri Lanka Scorecard
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Pathum Nissanka | run out (Morgan/Jos Buttler) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Kusal Perera (wk) | c Morgan b Adil Rashid | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 77.78 |
| Charith Asalanka | c Moeen b Adil Rashid | 21 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 131.25 |
| Avishka Fernando | lbw b Chris Jordan | 12 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 92.86 |
| Bhanuka Rajapaksa | c Roy b Chris Woakes | 26 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 144.44 |
| Dasun Shanaka (c) | run out (Jos Buttler) | 26 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 104 |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | c (sub)Billings b Livingstone | 34 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 161.9 |
| Chamika Karunaratne | c Roy b Moeen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dushmantha Chameera | c Malan b Chris Jordan | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Maheesh Theekshana | c Chris Jordan b Moeen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Lahiru Kumara | not out | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
Captains View
Dasun Shanaka
‘We will bowl first. The wicket looks better, dew might come in later. We’re sticking with the same team. The youngsters will gain with this sort of experience. Batting has been a bit of a concern for us. We have the advantage of having played over here.’
Eoin Morgan
‘We would have bowled as well. It’s a different challenge tonight, change in conditions and against challenging opposition. We are playing the same team. Everyone has pulled well and is fresh. It’s extremely important, we have played as a group and that’s the way we will go.’
England vs Sri Lanka Playing 11
| Sri Lanka | England |
| Pathum Nissanka | Jason Roy |
| Kusal Perera(w) | Jos Buttler(w) |
| Charith Asalanka | Dawid Malan |
| Bhanuka Rajapaksa | Jonny Bairstow |
| Avishka Fernando | Eoin Morgan(c) |
| Wanindu Hasaranga |
Liam Livingstone
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| Dasun Shanaka(c) | Moeen Ali |
| Chamika Karunaratne | Chris Woakes |
| Dushmantha Chameera | Chris Jordan |
| Maheesh Theekshana | Adil Rashid |
| Lahiru Kumara | Tymal Mills |
T20 WC 2021 England vs Sri Lanka Highlights
England Batting
Roy and Buttler gets into the crease to lead England while Chameera opens the bowling attack. Hasaranga in his first over dismissed Roy for 9 runs and makes the early wicket as expected by Sri Lanka.
England after losing their opening wicket struggles to build a partnership. Adding pressure to this Chameera dismissed Malan for 6 runs in the 5th over where Hasaranga dismissed Bairstow for golden duck in the followed over and made England to score 36 runs for 3 wickets loss at the end of the powerplay.
The duo added a massive 112 runs partnership for their next wicket. Hasaranga finally breaks the partnership by dismissing skipper Eoin Morgan for 40 runs. Buttler with a six off the last delivery scored his maiden T20I century where England scored 163 runs for 4 wickets loss.
Though England struggles at the beginning they show their class performance skill by making a huge turn in the scoreboard.
Jos Buttler’s highest scores in T20Is
- 101* vs SL, 2021
- 83* vs Ind, 2021
- 77* vs Aus, 2020
- 73* vs SL, 2016
- 71* vs Aus, 2021
Sri Lanka Batting
Nissanka and Kusal Perera gets into the crease to chase down the massive target of 164 runs while Moeen Ali opens the bowling attack.
Sri Lanka too needs to build a massive partnership and should maintain the required run rate of 8+ to chase down England’s target. But Moeen Ali in his very first over dismissed Nissanka via run-out dismissal and ends up the over with providing just 2 runs.
Kusal Perera then joins hands with Charith Asalanka and leads Sri Lanka. SL batsmen struggle to make a partnership and start to lose wickets in regular intervals of time. Wanindu Hasaranga scored the team’s best run of 34 from 21 balls.
Sri Lanka puts it all effort but fails to defend England’s bowling attack and wind up the innings with a score of 137 runs while losing all 10 wickets for 19 overs.
Watch T20 WC 2021 England vs Sri Lanka Highlights
Player of the match
Jos Buttler
I think staying patient was the key (when England lost early wickets), but I managed to get a partnership with Morgan. There was a point when we were thinking to get to the 120-run mark, but then we got going and got 160-plus.
I use the same bat, even in the nets. It feels good. We were under pressure for a long time during that chase. I was trying to guess where he was going to bowl, I was pretty calm and trying to be patient.
