T20 World Cup, England vs Sri Lanka Live Score: The match will be held in Sharjah.T20 World Cup, England vs Sri Lanka Live Score Online Updates: England will take on former champions Sri Lanka in a Super 12 Group 1 encounter of the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah on Monday.
England, considered to be the favourites, have won all three of their matches so far, beating the likes of West Indies, Bangladesh, and Australia. In their previous contest, the Eoin Morgan-led team bowled Australia out for just 125 runs and then romped home in just 11.4 overs. On the other hand, Sri Lanka lost to South Africa by four wickets in their previous encounter. The Dasun Shanaka-led side have been inconsistent with their batting in particular and haven’t been able to perform as a unit.
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The coin goes up. And Sri Lanka have won the toss and they have opted to field first against England.
The surfaces in Sharjah have been the slowest out of the three tournament venues which has made batting tricky and led to par scores of around 140. Spin has understandably been hard to get on top of although that has largely been because of the low bounce; there hasn't actually been huge amounts of turn on display.
England have won 8 of the 12 T20Is between the two countries, including three of the four times they have met at T20 World Cups.
England possible 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 possible XI: Kusal Perera (wk), Pethum Nissanka, Charith Asalanka, Avishka Fernando/Dhananjaya de Silva, Bhanuka Rajapakse, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dasun Shanaka (c), Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana, Lahiru Kumara
Hello and welcome to the live commentary of the Super 12 Group 1 contest between England and Sri Lanka in the T20 World Cup at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. The Eoin Morgan-led team would hope to make it four in four and extend their winning streak after beating Australia by eight wickets last time out. Earlier, England beat defending champions West Indies by six wickets in their opener before sweeping aside Bangladesh by eight wickets. On the other hand, Dasun Shanaka’s men will be coming into the contest after suffering back-to-back defeats against Australia and South Africa. While both teams will be aiming for maximum points, Sri Lanka will need them the most to keep their hopes alive.