England Batting Line Crumble Against Sri Lanka on 156

ISLAMABAD: Sri Lankan bowlers crumble the England batting line and sent them out on just 156 runs in the ICC contest being played at Bengaluru, India on Thursday Wednesday. The out of form and defending champion England has already lost three matches with a single win and today’s dismal batting performance would further make them insecure in the world cup if unable to win today match

Earlier winning the toss England decided to bat first. Where both of their openers took a flying start. However, after the first dismissal their middle and lower order totally collapsed.

The openers Dawid Malan and Jonny Bairstow took a quick start and drove the score above 40 in the first 6 overs. However, in the 7^th over Sri Lankan bowler Methews managed to remove Malan on 30. From there the England batting order started to collapse. In the 10^th over Joe Root was also removed on just 3 runs. In the 14^th Over Rajitha dismissed Bairstow on 28 when the total reached just 68 runs.

After a couple of overs later the skipper Joss Butler gone for 8. He was followed by Livingston while adding just 1 run to the score board. In the 25^th over, when the score reached 122, Methews dismissed Moeen Ali on 15.

In the middle and lower order no batter was able to stay on the crease for long, except Ben Stokes, who showed some resistance. After Moeen Ali Chris Woakes was out for none. In the 31^st over Kumara managed to the set batsman Ben Stokes on 43. The other two batters Adil Rashid and Mark Wood were dismissed in no time while scoring just 2 and 5 runs respectively. England was all out on 156 in 33.2 overs, the lowest over total in the ODI at Bengaluru. This is a crucial game for both Sri Lanka and England as both have registered only one win in their four matches each.

From Sri Lanka Lahiru Kumara was the most successful bowler for taking 3 wickets in his 7 over spill. Rajitha and Mathews got 2 wicket each while Theekshana took 1 wicket.

Sri Lanka Team: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis (c)†, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Angelo Mathews, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Dilshan Madushanka and Lahiru Kumara

England Team: Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (c)†, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, David Willey, Adil Rashid and Mark Wood