Today the teams of England and Sri Lanka are face to face in the Super-8 of the 2026 T20 World Cup. After the England team lost the toss and came to bat first, the Sri Lankan bowlers had no success against their batsmen. Sri Lankan bowlers gave a charismatic performance and restricted England to 146 runs. Phil Salt played an inning of 62 runs in 40 balls for England. But apart from him, no other English batsman could do wonders. For Sri Lanka, Dunith Vellalage took three wickets giving just 26 runs in 4 overs.
After winning the toss, the Sri Lankan team came to bowl first and bowled tightly from the beginning. Took 2 wickets in the powerplay and allowed the score to reach only 37. Except Phil Salt, none of the English batsmen could play sustainably. Jos Buttler was out after scoring 07 runs in 14 balls, Jacob Bethel was out after scoring 03 runs in 04 balls, Tom Banton was out after scoring 06 runs in 07 balls.
On one side all the batsmen were getting out while on the other side Phil Salt was scoring runs easily. When 3 wickets fell for 49 runs in the 8th over, everyone’s hopes were pinned on captain Harry Brook, but he did not support. Captain Brook was out after scoring 14 runs in 07 balls. After this, Sam Curran returned to the pavilion after scoring 11 runs in 11 balls.
Phil Salt scored a half-century during this period. Salt played a brilliant inning of 62 runs in 40 balls. 6 fours and 2 sixes came from his bat. In the end Will Jacques scored an important 21 runs. Jacques hit 4 fours in his 14-ball innings. Jamie Overton took the score beyond 140 by hitting a six in the last over. He remained unbeaten on 10 runs with one six in 10 balls.
Spinner Dunith Vellalage took 3 wickets for Sri Lanka. Whereas fast bowler Dilshan Madhushanka took two wickets for 25 runs in 4 overs. Apart from this, spinner Mahisha Theekshna took two wickets for 21 runs in 4 overs. Fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera also got one wicket.
