England thrash (146/9) Sri Lanka (95) by 51 runs in T20 World Cup 2026 Super 8 clash

[Katwalindian]

Bilateral are one thing, ICC tournaments are a different beast.

I don't see this batting line-up doing do well against Pakistan's spinners

I remember England beating Pakistan 5-0 in 2019 then losing to them in world cup...

 

[Nikhil_cric]

2.6 degrees of spin so far - most in any Pallekele match so far in this tournament.

And still Hemantha sucked. Shows how bad he is.

 

[Devadwal]

150+ is enough on this pitch for England, if they will go extra hard then they can fell short here.

 

[Fast bowler6929]

England will be blown away by Pakistan.
Pakistan will play semi final it seems.

 

[Fast bowler6929]

Pakistan should play that abrar nerd as well. Drop faheem and play him.

 

[Fast bowler6929]

Pakistan should bowl 18 overs of spin against England.

 

[sweep_shot]

Four and six.

Salt is fighting a lone battle.

ENG - 105/5 (14 overs).

 

[leonidas_alexandar]

What an innings so far by Salt - sole warrior for England.

 

[BouncerGuy]

And still Hemantha sucked. Shows how bad he is.

Useless fielder as well

 

[BouncerGuy]

STAY ON TOPIC... THREAD IS NOT ABOUT PAKISTAN

 

[Fast bowler6929]

Phil salt is a quality batsman.
He plays spin relatively well compared to other English batsmen.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Salt goner... England done and dusted

 

[RidiculousMan]

England have that BazBall Keera. They can't play 3 balls without trying to slog one out of the ground.

 

[Fast bowler6929]

Phil salt fought lonely for England.

 

[Devadwal]

150+ is enough on this pitch for England, if they will go extra hard then they can fell short here.

Another one gone. What a lose shot. Now England may not Score 155 .

 

[Asif321]

lol what will they do against Ayub and Tariq . England will be knocked out on Tuesday

 

[shah9425]

Well played salt

 

[Fast bowler6929]

England have that BazBall Keera. They can't play 3 balls without trying to slog one out of the ground.

They don't have capability either. Not a single batsman who can play spin bowling.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

SL should knock this off comfortably

 

[Fast bowler6929]

Pakistan should be looking at this match closely and they should add abrar nerd to the lineup as well.

 

[RidiculousMan]

They don't have capability either. Not a single batsman who can play spin bowling.

Banton and Curran can.

 

[Fast bowler6929]

Banton and Curran can.

Banton is alright but he is not that good either and this curran is neither a batsman nor bowler.

 

[saabir]

England struggling against spin in these pitches. Pakistan have a good chance of reaching semis. They are generally good against Lankans.

 

[Devadwal]

lol what will they do against Ayub and Tariq . England will be knocked out on Tuesday

Pakistan , fixed it for you

 

[Fast bowler6929]

Ben duckett has been omitted from the side I don't see the reasoning behind that decision.

Ben duckett is probably the best player against spin bowling.He has array of sweep shots.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

I remember England beating Pakistan 5-0 in 2019 then losing to them in world cup...

And that's when England actually had a great team

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Ben duckett has been omitted from the side I don't see the reasoning behind that decision.

Ben duckett is probably the best player against spin bowling.He has array of sweep shots.

No way Buttler deserves to make the side over him based on current form

 

[Katwalindian]

And that's when England actually had a great team

But one point....Pakistan was playing C grade bowling attack of abbas, shinwari etc but in world cup amir and wahab was playing

 

[Deewana Mastana]

If they keep England under 150 it has to be an achievement for SL

They should avoid slipping away now

 

[shah9425]

Another one gone

 

[Katwalindian]

If they keep England under 150 it has to be an achievement for SL

They should avoid slipping away now

Without hasaranga

 

[Fast bowler6929]

Lol even theekshana has become Muralitharan against poor England.

 

[Cryin Out Loud]

Poor showing by England. 150 will be a struggle now

 

[Devadwal]

Poor showing by England. 150 will be a struggle now

They need to score 150 . 150 is competitive Total on this pitch.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Lol even theekshana has become Muralitharan against poor England.

Even against Pakistan at times

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Without hasaranga

Yep

 

[Devadwal]

21-2 (4). Good spell by Theekshana

 

[Fast bowler6929]

Srilanka versus New Zealand is the match I m looking forward to that match will decide who is gonna be in the semi finals.

I don't see srilanka winning against Pakistan and England won't win against New Zealand either.
Pakistan should play semi finals by the looks of it.

 

[KingKhanWC]

150 game on .

Can they get there ?

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Will Jacks getting some crucial boundaries

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Will Jacks getting some crucial boundaries

He's gone now

No 150?

 

[Deewana Mastana]

150 game on .

Can they get there ?

With Jacks gone looks a bit of a long shot

 

[shah9425]

Big wicket gone

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Still Archer and Overton can hit out in these last 7 balls

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Archer gone too first ball

135-9

 

[shah9425]

Another one gone lol

 

[Smbhayi]

Lol England collapsing against fulltosses now..

 

[Fast bowler6929]

These low full tosses are hard to put away.

Shaheen langra should learn from Dilshan madhushanka.
He just runs in and bowl those length deliveries.

 

[Cryin Out Loud]

They keep saying 170 is a par score. But this pitch is slow and sluggish. I’m not that sure

 

[AZulfi]

Pathetic capitulation by England

Ongoing problems with quality spin

And Lanka are without their best spinner

150+/- seems below par

 

[Deewana Mastana]

A six will take them to 151

1 ball left

 

[BouncerGuy]

England scored 10-15 more than they should have

 

[Deewana Mastana]

146-9

 

[shah9425]

147 is target

 

[AZulfi]

Lankan bowlers have done well to check the talented but erratic England

147 should not be a difficult chase on this wicket.

 

[Kianig89]

Fighting total it is , Vintage t200

 

[shah9425]

SL is favourite to win

 

[KingKhanWC]

With Jacks gone looks a bit of a long shot

Will be hard to defend this . Early wickets a must .

 

[BouncerGuy]

England scored 10-15 more than they should have

147 target... I think Sri Lankan fielding ahs leaked runs here... But still chaseable... Lanka shoould win

 

[Devadwal]

15 runs short.

 

[Asif321]

Easy chase for Lankan lions

 

[Cryin Out Loud]

They keep saying 170 is a par score. But this pitch is slow and sluggish. I’m not that sure

But then again England opting for pace will see the ball disappearing.

 

[Fast bowler6929]

Nissanka is the key here. He should obliterate England's bowling.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Not sure if there are too many other players you could have brought in

There's Duckett warming the bench. Jacks could be opening without the added pressure of losing the precious wicket of Buttler for nothing earlier on. Luke Wood is probably a better bowling option than Overton.

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

Excellent performance from one of my favorite teams

 

[Devadwal]

Road map for SL here, play 1st 2 overs carefully then go hard for next 4 overs. If they can't score in power play then it will be challenging for them.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Archer isn’t wearing all those chains. I think someone had a word with him

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

There's Duckett warming the bench. Jacks could be opening without the added pressure of losing the precious wicket of Buttler for nothing earlier on. Luke Wood is probably a better bowling option than Overton.

Jacks is one of the few things for them that has worked. I wouldn't mess with that. Besides, he is not capable of batting the same way when he opens the batting

Luke Wood is a one-trick pony. If the ball is swinging he might take a few wickets, otherwise largely useless and expensive. Overton can bat and is a wicket-taker

 

[Devadwal]

Jacks is USELESS bowler

 

[batandballbattle]

just as I thought, england are there for the taking
we should take advantage of their spin weakness big time, I hope more sensible heads prevail and get abrar off the bench

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

One wonders if England would have even gotten through if Bangladesh were playing. Kolkata offered a fair bit for the spinners too. Rishad, Mustafizur, Nasum would have enjoyed bowling there.

Guess we'll never know..

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Jacks is one of the few things for them that has worked. I wouldn't mess with that. Besides, he is not capable of batting the same way when he opens the batting

Luke Wood is a one-trick pony. If the ball is swinging he might take a few wickets, otherwise largely useless and expensive. Overton can bat and is a wicket-taker

Yeah, Jacks can't play that new ball particularly well. Especially those hard lengths .

There is somewhat of a case for Luke Wood because he's the only one one who can bowl with the new ball apart from Jofra and at least he brings a bit of variety

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Jacks is one of the few things for them that has worked. I wouldn't mess with that. Besides, he is not capable of batting the same way when he opens the batting

Luke Wood is a one-trick pony. If the ball is swinging he might take a few wickets, otherwise largely useless and expensive. Overton can bat and is a wicket-taker

Jacks has spent all his life batting in top 3. There's no reason why he wouldn't have worked here. Buttler is too costly of a wicket to lose first up. Plus his form isn't doing him any favors.
Overton is unreliable and lacks control. Wood can open the bowling and can bowl at the death.

 

[Bhaijaan]

It would be in Pakistan’s favour if England wins today, but it doesn’t seem like.

 

[Devadwal]

Shot was on but straight to the fielder. Nissanka gone.

 

[Bhaijaan]

OUT

Nissanka has thrown away his wicket

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Yeah, Jacks can't play that new ball particularly well. Especially those hard lengths .

There is somewhat of a case for Luke Wood because he's the only one one who can bowl with the new ball apart from Jofra and at least he brings a bit of variety

I just find Luke Wood to be vastly overrated

 

[Asif321]

England need to keep getting wickets to put pressure on . Srilanka can crumble

 

[shah9425]

Nisssanka big wicket

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Jacks has spent all his life batting in top 3. There's no reason why he wouldn't have worked here. Buttler is too costly of a wicket to lose first up. Plus his form isn't doing him any favors.
Overton is unreliable and lacks control. Wood can open the bowling and can bowl at the death.

Jacks had a strike-rate in the 120s when he was batting in the top 3 for England. In this tournament he has struck at 190 at 7. So clearly the change has been much better for him and England because England already have plenty of players who can bat in the top 3 but not many who can play the finisher role as effectively.