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England vs Sri Lanka World Cup 2023 :
World Cup 2023 World Cup 2023 has had a bad start for the world champion England team. But after five matches, the team does not seem to be able to compete well. Because their explosive batting is performing embarrassingly. Jos Buttler’s side were bowled out for just 156 runs in a do-or-die match against Sri Lanka at a small stadium in Bangalore. Ben Stokes scored the highest 43 runs for England.
England, who won the toss and batted first, got off to a good start. Jonny Bairstow and David Malan got off to a fast start and added 45 runs for the first wicket. Malan was the victim of Angelo Mathews with 28 runs.
After this, there was a row of wickets. Joe Root was run out for three runs. Then Rajita dismissed Bairstow for 30 runs. Skipper Butler was dismissed for eight runs and Livingstone for one. England were struggling after losing five wickets for 85 runs.
However, Ben Stokes stood at one end. In such a situation, English batsmen were expected to bat well, but it did not happen. England’s batsmen kept giving away wickets by playing poor shots. Moeen Ali was dismissed with 15, Chris Woakes 0 and Adil Rashid 2.
Meanwhile, Ben Stokes was also dismissed on a personal 43 runs. Rashid lost his wicket due to carelessness. In the end, Mark Wood was also dismissed for five runs. Willie remained unbeaten on 14 runs. Lahiru Kumar took three wickets for Sri Lanka. Angelo Mathews and Kasoon Rajita took two wickets each. Tikshna took a wicket.
A team that loses today’s match could be out of the 2023 ODI World Cup. Both the teams have played 4-4 matches so far out of which only one match has been won. In the World Cup 2023 points table, Sri Lanka team is at the seventh position with a good run rate. At the same time, the defending champion England is at the eighth position in the points table.
