England vs Sri Lanka LIVE Score, T20 World Cup 2026: ENG slump to 135/9 after losing 2 wickets in 19th over
ENG vs SL Live Score, England vs Sri Lanka T20 World Cup Live Cricket Score Updates: England have slumped to 106/6 with top-scorer Phil Salt departing after a fighting 62. England had a wobbly start, losing their first four wickets — their four Bs, Jos Buttler, Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton and captain Harry Brook — with just 68 runs on board at the halfway mark of 10 overs, after Sri Lanka won the toss and asked them to bat first at Pallekele on Sunday.
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Harry Brook’s men have had a topsy-turvy ride in the group-stages that captain Harry Brook described as a ‘niggly start’.
England are facing off Sri Lanka 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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