Sharjah: England continued their unbeaten run in the ongoing ICC World T20 sealing a 26 run victory over Sri Lanka in Super 12,Group 1 in Sharjah on Monday.
Jos Butlers starred for the Englishmen with his unbeaten 67 ball 101 powering his side to 163/4 despite early collapse. In reply, The Lankans were unable to withstand the quality of the formidable England bowling unit getting bundled out for 137.
After suffering a collapse early on and being reduced to 76/5, Sri Lanka fought their way back through skipper Dasun Shanaka(26) and Wanindu Hasaranga(34). The duo added a crucial 43 run stand and were taking the game away from England for an unlikely result.
However, the later got dismissed thanks to a stupendous effort at the boundary by Jason, thus ending the hopes for the Lankans. Shanka also followed his partner to pavillion an over later before the rest of the line up were bundled out.Adil Rashid(2/19) and Chris Jordan(2/24) topper the English bowling charts with Moeen Ali(2/15) also being amongst the wicket takers.
Jos Bulter powered England’s innings to 163 bringing up his first ever T20 international century. However, the English line-up suffered a collapse early as their to order went home inside the poweplay over and they were reeling at.35/3.
Skipper Eoin Morgan(40) joined hands with the lanky English wicket-keeper batsman stitching a mammoth 112 runs for the fourth wicket propelling the innings. However, its was Butler took the charge smashing the Lankan bowlers all over the park for his unbeaten knock.
Wanindu Hasaranga(3/21) topped the charts for the Lankan bowling while Maheesh Theekshana also bowled a tight spell although the rest of the bowling unit were taken to the cleaners by Butler.
Brief Scores: England 163/4 in 20 overs( Jos Butler 101*, Eoin Morgan 40; Wanindu Hasaranga 3/21) beat Sri Lanka 137 all-out(Wanindu Hasaranga 34, Dasun Shanaka 26; Adil Rashid 2/19) by 26 runs.
