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Sri Lanka vs England Scorecard, Match 29, ICC T20 World Cup
Result · Nov 01 2021, Mon - 07:30 PM (IST)
ENGLAND163/4
SRI LANKA137
England won by 26 runs
CRR:7.21
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | 20/20 World Cup |
| Date: | Nov 01 2021, Mon - 07:30 PM (IST) |
| Country: | United Arab Emirates |
| City: | Sharjah |
| Venue: | Sharjah Cricket Stadium |
| Toss: | Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| England Playing XI: | Jason Roy, Jos Buttler (wk), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Eoin Morgan (c), Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Tymal Mills |
| Sri Lanka Playing XI: | Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera (wk), Charith Asalanka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Avishka Fernando, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dasun Shanaka (c), Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana, Lahiru Kumara |
- This will be the 13th meeting between England and Sri Lanka in men’s T20Is with England winning eight of those games (L4); England in fact have recently dominated in this fixture winning each of their last six games against the Lions.
- This will be the fifth meeting between England and Sri Lanka in the men’s T20 World Cup with England winning three of the previous four fixtures; the only time Sri Lanka won against England in the tournament was in October 2012 in Pallekele.
- England are currently on an eight-match unbeaten streak in men’s T20I games played in the United Arab Emirates (W7 T1); only Pakistan are currently enjoying a better run in the UAE than them (15 games).
- Sri Lanka are currently on a two-match losing streak in men’s T20I games played in the United Arab Emirates (against Australia and South Africa), they have never lost three games in a row in the country.
- England have a struck a boundary once every 5.8 balls in the 2021 T20 World Cup while Sri Lanka have managed to do the same once every 6.4 balls; only Afghanistan (5.5) have a better such rate in the tournament than these two teams.
- England have induced a dot ball rate of 52% while bowling in this year’s T20 World Cup, the best rate for any side in the tournament; meanwhile, Sri Lanka have induced 41% while bowling.
- England have a drop rate of just 9% in men’s T20Is since the beginning of 2021, the best rate amongst all Test playing nations; they have dropped just seven of their 75 chances in the format.
- Jos Buttler (1984) requires 16 more runs to become the second English batter to score 2000 runs in men’s T20I cricket, after Eoin Morgan; Buttler’s next innings will be his 78th for England, Morgan reached that milestone in his 84th innings.
- Wanindu Hasaranga (47) is three wickets away from reaching the 50 wicket landmark for Sri Lanka in men’s T20Is, if he does so against England in his next game (32nd match), he will become the second fastest Sri Lankan to reach to the milestone (Ajantha Mendis – 26 matches) and the fifth fastest in men’s T20Is overall; he has also scalped 31 wickets in men’s T20I cricket since the beginning of 2021, only South Africa’s Tabraiz Shamsi has bagged more during this period (32).
- Dawid Malan (England) has a good connection rate of 88% in the ongoing men’s T20 World Cup, the best rate for any batter in the competition (min. 10 balls faced).