England made it to the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup by defeating Sri Lanka in a thrilling match

T20 WC 2021, Match 29, ENG vs SL: In the ICC T20 World Cup (T20 WC), England (ENG) defeated Sri Lanka (SL) by 26 runs to secure a place in the semi-finals by securing their fourth consecutive win in the tournament. While the Sri Lankan team is out of the tournament with the third defeat. The hero of England’s victory was Jos Buttler, who played an unbeaten 101 and took England to a big score. Sri Lanka won the toss in the match and decided to bowl. Batting first, the England team had given a target of 164 runs, in response to which the Sri Lankan team was all out for 137 runs in 19 overs. Adil Rashid, Moeen Ali and Chris Jordan took 2-2 wickets for England. While Liam Livingstone and Chris Woakes took one wicket each.

Such was the innings of Sri Lanka
Chasing the target of 164 runs, Sri Lanka had a very poor start and lost the first wicket on 1 run. Team opener Pathum Nisanka could only score 1 run. Sri Lanka’s second wicket fell for 24 runs when Charit Aslanka returned to the pavilion after scoring 21 runs. After this Kusal Perera was dismissed after scoring 7 runs. Avishka Fernando scored 13 runs. Bhanuka Rajapaksa handled the innings and scored 26 runs. In the end, Wanindu Hasaranga and captain Dasun Shanaka batted vigorously, but Hasaranga was dismissed after scoring 34 runs. After this, Shanaka was run out on a personal score of 26 runs. Sri Lanka’s team was all out for 137 runs in 19 overs.

Such was the innings of England
Coming to bat first, England’s start was not good and opener Jason Roy was dismissed after scoring 9 runs. After this, David Malan, who came to bat, could also score only 6 runs. However, Jos Buttler remained on one end. Jonny Bairstow could not even open his account in this match. England captain Eoin Morgan, along with Butler, pushed England’s score forward. There was a long partnership between the two.

Eoin Morgan got out after scoring 40 runs in the 19th over. Butler’s stormy batting on one side continued. Butler completed his century by hitting a six on the last ball of the innings. He scored an unbeaten 101 runs in 67 balls with the help of six fours and six sixes. Star spinner Wanindu Hasaranga took three wickets for Sri Lanka, while Dushmantha Chamira got one wicket.

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