ENG vs SL: Strong bowling by Mathews and Lahiru, Sri Lanka bowled out England for just 156

The 25th match of the World Cup 2023 is being played between the defending champions England and Sri Lanka. In this match being played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, Sri Lanka bowled brilliantly and bowled out England for just 156 runs. Experienced Angelo Mathews and Lahiru Kumara bowled brilliantly for Sri Lanka.

After winning the toss and batting first, the England team collapsed after scoring 156 runs in 33.2 overs. Except for veteran all-rounder Ben Stokes, no other batsman could do anything special. Stokes played an inning of 43 runs in 76 balls with the help of six fours. Apart from them, David Malan scored 28 runs on 25 balls, Joe Root scored three runs on 10 balls, Jonny Bairstow scored 30 runs on 31 balls, captain Jos Buttler scored eight runs on six balls, Liam Livingstone scored one run on six balls, Moeen Ali He scored 15 runs on 15 balls, David Willey scored unbeaten 14 runs on 17 balls, Adil Rashid scored 2 runs on 7 balls and Mark Wood scored 5 runs on 6 balls. Chris Woakes was out for a duck.

For Sri Lanka, Angelo Mathews took two wickets for 14 runs in 5 overs, Lahiru Kumara took three wickets for 35 runs in 7 overs, Kasun Rajitha took two wickets for 36 runs in 7 overs and Maheesh Theekshana took one wicket for 21 runs in 8.2 overs. took. England's record against Sri Lanka in the World Cup is not good. England's last win against Sri Lanka was 24 years ago. After that, it faced defeat in 2007, 2011, 2015, and 2019. The two teams did not play against each other in 2003. So far 11 matches have been played between the two in the World Cup. England has won six of these. At the same time, Sri Lanka has won five.