England Cricket Team Vs Sri Lanka National Cricket Team Match Scorecard – In their ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 match on October 26, Sri Lanka secured a dominant victory over England by eight wickets. England, batting first, struggled to build momentum and was bowled out for just 156 runs in 33.2 overs. Ben Stokes led England’s scoring with 43 runs off 73 balls, while Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan added 30 and 28 runs, respectively. Sri Lanka’s Lahiru Kumara was the standout bowler, taking three wickets for 35 runs, while Angelo Mathews and Kasun Rajitha contributed with two wickets each.
Chasing a modest target, Sri Lanka cricket team reached 160 for 2 in only 25.4 overs. Pathum Nissanka scored an impressive 77* off 83 balls, and Sadeera Samarawickrama supported 65* off 54 balls, securing the win with 146 balls to spare. This loss added pressure to England’s World Cup campaign, while Sri Lanka gained valuable points.
Match Details
Toss: England won the toss and elected to bat
Venue: M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Match referee: Javagal Srinath
Umpire: Adrian Holdstock
Umpire: Chris Brown
Reserve umpire: Rod Tucker
TV umpire: Ahsan Raza
England 1st Innings
Batting
- Bairstowc de Silva b Rajitha: 30runs,31balls,3fours,0sixes,and a strike rate of 96.77
- Malanc Mendis b Mathews: 28runs,25balls,6fours,0sixes,and a strike rate of 112.00
- Root run out: 3runs,10balls,0fours,0sixes,and a strike rate of 30.00
- Stokesc Sub b Kumara: 43runs,73balls,6fours,0sixes,and a strike rate of 58.90
- Buttler (c, wk)c Mendis b Kumara: 8runs,6balls,1fours,0sixes, and a strike rate of 133.33
- Livingstone lbw b Kumara: 1runs,6balls,0fours,0sixes,and a strike rate of 16.67
- Alic Perera b Mathews: 15runs,15balls,1fours,0sixes,and a strike rate of 100.00
- Woakesc Samarawickrama b Rajitha: 0runs,4balls,0fours,0sixes,and a strike rate of 0.00
- Willey not out: 14runs,17balls,1fours,1sixes,and a strike rate of 82.35
- Rashidrun out: 2runs,7balls,0fours,0sixes,and a strike rate of 28.57
- Woodst Mendis b Theekshana: 5runs,6balls,1fours,0sixes,and a strike rate of 83.33
Extras
7 from 3lb, 4 wides.
Fall of Wickets
Dawid Malan at 45 for 1, from 6.3 overs45-1 (Dawid Malan, 6.3 ov)
Joe Root at 57 for 2, from 9.4 overs57-2 (Joe Root, 9.4 ov)
Jonny Bairstow at 68 for 3, from 13.2 overs68-3 (Jonny Bairstow, 13.2 ov)
Jos Buttler at 77 for 4, from 14.5 overs77-4 (Jos Buttler, 14.5 ov)
Liam Livingstone at 85 for 5, from 16.6 overs85-5 (Liam Livingstone, 16.6 ov)
Moeen Ali at 122 for 6, from 24.4 overs122-6 (Moeen Ali, 24.4 ov)
Chris Woakes at 123 for 7, from 25.5 overs123-7 (Chris Woakes, 25.5 ov)
Ben Stokes at 137 for 8, from 30.1 overs137-8 (Ben Stokes, 30.1 ov)
Adil Rashid at 147 for 9, from 31.5 overs147-9 (Adil Rashid, 31.5 ov)
Mark Wood at 156 for 10, from 33.2 overs156-10 (Mark Wood, 33.2 ov)
Bowling
Madushanka: 5overs,0maidens,37runs,0wickets, and an economy of 7.40.
Rajitha: 7overs,0maidens,36runs,2wickets, and an economy of 5.14.
Theekshana: 8.2overs,1maidens,21runs,1wickets, and an economy of 2.52.
Mathews: 5overs,1maidens,14runs,2wickets, and an economy of 2.80.
Kumara: 7overs,0maidens,35runs,3wickets, and an economy of 5.00.
de Silva: 1overs,0maidens,10runs,0wickets,and an economy of 10.00
Conclusion
England Cricket Team Vs Sri Lanka National Cricket Team Match Scorecard – At the start of the day, Pope was 103, not out after managing 30 runs in four previous innings, after succeeding the injured Ben Stokes as skipper at the start of this series. Sri Lanka’s wayward four-person pace attack failed to make the most of the overcast conditions and a green-tinged pitch after De Silva won the toss.
Their performance improved on Saturday, with fast bowler Milan Rathnayake finishing with 3-56 in 13.1 overs. Left-arm quick Vishwa Fernando removed Pope when the 26-year-old hooked to deep square leg to end a 156-ball innings including 19 fours and two sixes.
His exit still left Pope with a colossal first-class average of over 84 on his Surrey home ground. England, who whitewashed the West Indies 3-0 earlier this season, are chasing their first home Test clean sweep since 2004 when Michael Vaughan oversaw seven successive wins.