ENG beat SL – Dawid Malan, Willey shine as England defeats Sri Lanka by 89 runs, whitewashes T20I series: A complete mismatch in the T20I series, World no.1 England defeated ninth ranked Sri Lanka by 89 runs in the 3rd T20I. They complete a clean sweep over Sri Lanka 3-0. The match witnessed dominating batting performance from openers Dawid Malan and Jonny Bairstow. Chasing 181 win, Sri Lanka collapsed for just 91 with David Willey claiming three wickets to his tally. None of the batsmen from Sri Lanka could do well as Lanka failed to win any matches.
ENG beat SL – Dawid Malan, Willey shine: Chasing 181 runs, Sri Lanka got off to the worst possible start as the side lost Danushka Gunathilaka in the first over. Skipper Kusal Perera and Oshada Fernando stitched a 19-run stand but weren’t able to revive the innings.
Chris Woakes dismissed Perera in the fourth over while David Wiley sent back Kusal Mendis in the fifth to put Sri Lanka on backfoot.
ENG beat SL – Dawid Malan, Willey shine: Sri Lanka kept losing wickets at regular interval and never really recovered. The visitors were at 53/4 after 10 overs and then collapsed to 64/8 in the 15th over. Moeen Ali and Livingstone did the honours as England bundled out Sri Lanka for 91 inside 19 overs.
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danushka Gunathilaka | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 200.00 | |
| Kusal Perera (C) | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Oshada Fernando | 19 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 70.37 | |
| Kusal Mendis | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 150.00 | |
| Niroshan Dickwella (WK) | 11 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 57.89 | |
| Dasun Shanaka | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 46.67 | |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 | |
| Isuru Udana | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Binura Fernando | 20 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 142.86 | |
| Lakshan Sandakan | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 27.27 | |
| Dushmantha Chameera | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| Extra | 16 (b 1, w 7, nb 1, lb 7) | |||||
| Total | 91/10 (18.5) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | ||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Willey | 4 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 6.75 |
| Chris Woakes | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2.00 |
| Chris Jordan | 4 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 3.50 |
| Sam Curran | 4 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 3.50 |
| Adil Rashid | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Liam Livingstone | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8.00 |
| Moeen Ali | 0.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.60 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| D Gunathilaka | 1-4 | 0.2 |
| K Perera | 2-23 | 3.6 |
| K Mendis | 3-29 | 4.4 |
| O Fernando | 4-46 | 8.1 |
| D Shanaka | 5-60 | 11.2 |
| N Dickwella | 6-63 | 12.4 |
| W Hasaranga | 7-63 | 13.4 |
| I Udana | 8-63 | 14.2 |
| B Fernando | 9-88 | 17.4 |
| PVD Chameera | 10-91 | 18.5 |
Sri Lanka pacer Dushmantha Chameera claimed a four-wicket haul by giving away just 17 runs in four over to pull back things for the visitors after Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan gave the host a solid start here at the Rose Bowl in Southampton on Saturday evening. Bairstow and Malan both scored hal-centuries to help their side to a flying start in the first 10 overs. Both stitched a partnership of 105 runs for the first wicket.
England post 180/6 at the of 20 overs.🏏#ENGvSL pic.twitter.com/s4jlimI6XO
— Sri Lanka Cricket 🇱🇰 (@OfficialSLC) June 26, 2021
Sri Lanka all-rounder Isuru Udana picked the first wicket of Jonny Bairstow on 105 in the 12th over of the innings. Bairstow scored 51 runs in 43 balls with the help of five fours and one six. Malan went on to score 76 runs in just 48 balls. The left-hand batsman hit five fours and four sixes in his innings.
Batted, @JBairstow21! 🏏👏
Scorecard/clips: https://t.co/uEV5KsTx9U
🏴 #ENGvSL 🇱🇰 @IGcom pic.twitter.com/NH8J7AtQEE
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) June 26, 2021
With Liam Livingstone, Malan stitched another partnership and took the team’s score to 143. England were looking all set for a 200 plus score but Binura Fernando sent back Liam on 14 of just 10 balls with the help of two fours. Expect for Bairstow, Livingstone and Malan no other batsman could manage to score double-digit runs.
Sri Lanka pacer Dushmantha Chameera struck back hard and picked up four wickets in England’s middle-order which dented the batting. Chameera sent back Dawid Malan, Sam Billings, captain Eoin Morgan and Moeen Ali
Scorecard/clips: https://t.co/uEV5KsTx9U
🏴 #ENGvSL 🇱🇰 pic.twitter.com/Fo88bbgFfN
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) June 26, 2021
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonny Bairstow (WK) | 51 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 118.60 | |
| Dawid Malan | 76 | 48 | 5 | 4 | 158.33 | |
| Liam Livingstone | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 140.00 | |
| Sam Billings | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 | |
| Eoin Morgan (C) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Moeen Ali | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Sam Curran | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 180.00 | |
| Chris Jordan | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 400.00 | |
| Extra | 12 (b 0, w 9, nb 0, lb 3) | |||||
| Total | 180/6 (20) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | AU Rashid, Chris Woakes, DJ Willey | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dushmantha Chameera | 4 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 4.25 |
| Binura Fernando | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 6.50 |
| Isuru Udana | 4 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 13.75 |
| Lakshan Sandakan | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 7.00 |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | 3 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 14.00 |
| Dasun Shanaka | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| JM Bairstow | 1-105 | 11.4 |
| LS Livingstone | 2-143 | 15.1 |
| Sam Billings | 3-148 | 16.2 |
| EJG Morgan | 4-151 | 16.6 |
| DJ Malan | 5-162 | 18.3 |
| MM Ali | 6-162 | 18.5 |
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