Jos Buttler century powers England beats Sri Lanka by 26 runs in the 29th match of the ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2021.
The 29th match of the ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2021 was played yesterday between England and Sri Lanka at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, in which England beats Sri Lanka by 26 runs.
Sri Lanka won the toss and invited England to bat first, England batted first started very badly, Jos Buttler played a very brilliant unbeaten quick century inning of 101 runs with the help of 6 sixes and 6 boundaries in just 67 balls, and Eoin Morgan also played a brilliant inning of 40 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 1 boundary in 36 balls, apart from Jos Buttler and Eoin Morgan no any batsman could touch figure out of 10, Jason Roy dismissed just for 9 runs in 6 ball, Dawid Malan 6 runs in 8 balls, Jonny Bairstow dismissed without scoring and Moeen Ali remains unbeaten for 1 run. In this way, England batted first after losing the toss scored 163 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in stipulated 20 overs, and set a target of 164 runs in front of Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankan bowler Wanindu Hasaranga performed very brilliantly he took 3 wickets just for 21 runs, and Dushmantha Chameera got 1 wicket.
Sri Lanka chasing 163 runs in the second inning the entire team all-out just for 137 runs in 19th overs and lost the match by 26 runs. Sri Lanka started the inning very badly, Wanindu Hasaranga scored 34 runs in 21 balls, Bhanuka Rajapaksa scored 26 runs in 18 balls, Dasun Shanaka 26 runs in 25 balls, Charith Asalanka 21 runs in 16 balls, Avishka Fernando 13 runs in 14 balls, apart from the no batsman could touch figure out of 10,
Kusal Perera scored 7 runs in 9 balls, Dushmantha Chameera 4 runs, Maheesh Theekshana 2 runs, Pathum Nissanka 1 run, Chamika Karunaratne dismissed without scoring, Lahiru Kumara remains unbeaten for 1 run, in this way, Sri Lanka chasing 163 runs in the second inning, continuously wicket falling one after another at the end entire team dismissed just for 137 runs in 19 over and lost the match by 26 runs.
England's bowlers performed very brilliantly, Moeen Ali took 2 wickets just for 15 runs in 3 over, Adil Rashid took 2 wickets just for 19 runs in his spell, Chris Jordan took 2 wickets just for 24 runs in his spell, Chris Woakes and Liam Livingstone got 1-1 wicket.
England batsman Jos Buttler was selected as the best player of the match, he played a very brilliant unbeaten quick century inning of 101 runs with the help of 6 sixes and 6 boundaries in just 67 balls.
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