England beat Sri Lanka by 8 wickets in only T20I

[Abdullah719]

England Team
JC Buttler†, JJ Roy, JM Vince, EJG Morgan*, JM Bairstow, SW Billings, LA Dawson, LE Plunkett, AU Rashid, CJ Jordan, TS Mills

Sri Lanka Team
MDKJ Perera, MD Gunathilaka, BKG Mendis, LD Chandimal†, AD Mathews*, MD Shanaka, KMC Bandara, RLB Rambukwella, S Prasanna, N Pradeep, MF Maharoof

Starting time: 17:30 GMT (22:30 PST)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

 

[Markhor]

Let's see if Sri Lanka can muster at least one win on this tour.

First T20 for England since the "Carlos Brathwaite - REMEMBER THE NAME !" moment.

 

[Hasan123]

Glad to see Billings is getting a game. Butler opening the innings should be interesting

 

[Hasan123]

Let's see what Mills can do at the international stage.

 

[Abdullah719]

Tymal Mills in action, let's see what all the hype is about...

 

[Muhammad10]

Jordan should just be used at the death. Hardly ever does he manage to concede below 10 RPO in the Powerplay.

 

[HitWicket]

Jordan should just be used at the death. Hardly ever does he manage to concede below 10 RPO in the Powerplay.

Problem today is England not have any opening bowlers.

 

[Muhammad10]

Problem today is England not have any opening bowlers.

I noticed that but generally speaking, too often I've seen him struggling while bowling in the early stages of innings.

He's a good death bowling specialist, but such starts will ruin his confidence.

 

[Muhammad10]

First over wicket for Dawson on his T20I debut.

 

[Muhammad10]

Great debut performance by Dawson, who now has three wickets. Sri Lanka collapsing like a pack of cards.

 

[Muhammad10]

Wow! Maiden for Rashid.

 

[Thivagar]

This Rambukwella guy is in the team purely because his father is the Media Minister and Sanath his close with his father )

 

[Muhammad10]

Sri Lanka are in danger of not being able to play out their overs.

 

[Thivagar]

England to chase this in less than 14 overs.

 

[Markhor]

Good England bowling effort. Plunkett, Jordan and Mills provide a lot of pace whereas Rashid and the debutant Dawson bowled with control and applied pressure which told on SL's batsmen.

SL around 30-40 runs below par on this surface.

 

[Muhammad10]

Great finish by the English bowlers. Only conceded 4/31 in the last five overs.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Low target for England.

 

[Muhammad10]

Interesting batting lineup for England; they certainly don't mind experimenting.

 

[Markhor]

Another umpiring decision goes against Sri Lanka.

Big inside edge to the keeper not given.

 

[Muhammad10]

Vince stumped off Mathews' bowling!

 

[Muhammad10]

Another umpiring decision goes against Sri Lanka.

Big inside edge to the keeper not given.

Buttler in great touch!

Costly error by the umpire.

 

[Muhammad10]

Fifty for Jos. England cruising towards the target.

 

[Muhammad10]

Morgan seals it with a !

Easy victory for England.

 

[Gabbar Singh]

Poor Sri Lanka, they did not win a single match on their tour of England, not even a warm up match.

Oh well at least they won in Ireland.

 

[Hasan123]

Butler look good as a opener. A spell as an opener could help improve his temperament but I also hope he plays more 1st class cricket.

 

[ExplicitAI]

Feel bad for Sri Lanka, they're going through a worser phase than us.

 

[HitWicket]

Butler look good as a opener. A spell as an opener could help improve his temperament but I also hope he plays more 1st class cricket.

I doubt he'll find himself regularly up there. I wasn't actually able to watch the build up and interviews around the match today but my impression was he was being slotted in as an opener because he himself knows he's poor at starting his innings in the powerplay, which he'll inevitably have to do from time to time even down the order.

 

[Hasan123]

I doubt he'll find himself regularly up there. I wasn't actually able to watch the build up and interviews around the match today but my impression was he was being slotted in as an opener because he himself knows he's poor at starting his innings in the powerplay, which he'll inevitably have to do from time to time even down the order.

In t20s he should bat as high as possible. But top 4 is settled for England in LOI formats so he will have to settle with 5 and can be promoted when chasing a big score.