When England set out to face hosts Sri Lanka in their Super 8 opener, the teams would have met for the fourth time in T20Is in three weeks, with Pallekele being the host for all of these meetings. In the lead-up to the World Cup, Brook and Co. had a successful outing in these parts, blanking Sri Lanka 0-3 in the series.

However, a mercurial weather forecast will be in play after Group 2 already had an iffy start with the first game between Pakistan and New Zealand washed out on Saturday. The afternoon game will, however, still test the batters, and England will still be wary of the Lankans. Dasun Shanaka’s men may have also suffered a dent in confidence with a defeat to Zimbabwe in their last game. But Sunday is a new day, and an opportunity to break two streaks at once is on the cards.

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Pradeep Nishantha couldn’t find the house. He’d heard about the batting talent of Pathum Nissanka, wanted to draft him for a Colombo school, but the small government-built home—one of many constructed for tsunami victims—was impossible to locate. Eventually, Nishantha made a call. Come to Kalutara Bodiya, the famous temple in the region. That’s where they would meet. The temple wasn’t chosen randomly. That’s where Nissanka’s mother sold flowers to devotees. READ MORE