England is facing Sri Lanka in the Super-12 Group-1 on Saturday in the T20 World Cup. Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka won the toss and elected to bat first.
The Sri Lankan team is already out of the semi-final race. It is a do-or-die match for England. If England wins, it will advance to the semi-finals.
If England loses, Australia will reach the last four as the second team from this group. New Zealand has already qualified for the semi-finals.
England vs Sri Lanka: Match Details
- Fixture- England vs Sri Lanka ICC T20 World Cup 2022
- Match No.- 39
- Stage- Super 12
- Date- November 5, 2022
- Day- Saturday
- Time- 01:30 PM IST
- Venue- Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
- Squad-
England Squad: Alex Hales, Jos Buttler (c & wk), Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Chris Jordan, David Willey, Tymal Mills, Philip Salt
Sri Lanka Squad: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka (c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Maheesh Theekshana, Lahiru Kumara, Kasun Rajitha, Asitha Fernando, Ashen Bandara, Jeffrey Vandersay, Pramod Madushan
Sri Lanka has won 2 out of 4 matches and lost 2. Even if the team wins, they will only have 6 points which is not enough to enter the semi-finals. At the same time, England lost 1 match against Ireland. If the team wins the match, then they will also get 7 points, then due to the high net run rate, England will come second instead of Australia.
Sri Lanka is the only team in Group 1 to have played their entire matches. Not a single match of the team got washed out in the rain. Despite playing four games, Sri Lanka could not make much use of it. Because the team won only 2 matches out of 4 and now they are out of the race for the semifinals.
Sri Lanka won their first match against Ireland but after that, they had to face defeats against New Zealand and Australia. Sri Lanka’s star players Wanindu Hasaranga and Dhananjay de Silva won the team against Afghanistan in the last match. Despite a six-wicket win over Afghanistan, their semi-final hopes are over.