Follow Live Score Updates: England vs Sri Lanka, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019
Pradeep to Mark Wood, out Caught by Kusal Perera!! Mark Wood has nicked it. He has nicked it. It was a feather, but he immediately looked back at the keeper as an expression of guilt. Mark Wood c Kusal Perera b Pradeep 0(4)
Early wicket for Sri Lanka. Malinga provides the much needed breakthrough!
Bairstow lbw b Malinga 0(1)
FOW: ENG 1/1 (0.2)
After 50 overs, Sri Lanka set 233-run target for England
SL 233/9 (50)
Angelo Mathews: 85(115)
Jofra Archer gets third wicket!
Perera c Adil Rashid b Jofra Archer 2(6)
Jofra Archer picks up his second and sixth for England
Dhananjaya de Silva c Root b Jofra Archer 29(47) [4s-1]
FOW: SL 190/6 (43.3)
Two wickets in two balls for Adil Rashid, makes it 5 for England
J Mendis c and b Adil Rashid 0(1)
Kusal Mendis c Morgan b Adil Rashid 46(68) [4s-2]
Avishka Fernando c Adil Rashid b Mark Wood 49(39) [4s-6 6s-2]
FOW: SL 62/3 (12.5)
A terrible start for Sri Lanka as they have lost two early wickets
SL 10/2 (5 overs)
Sri Lanka lose both their openers in 3 overs
Overs 2.2 | Kusal Perera c Moeen Ali b Woakes 2(6)
Overs 1.6 | Karunaratne c Buttler b Jofra Archer 1(8)
02:30 pm IST | Sri Lanka have won the toss and have opted to bat first
England Playing XI:
Jonny Bairstow, James Vince, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (c), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (wk), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood
Sri Lanka Playing XI:
Dimuth Karunaratne(c), Kusal Perera(w), Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, Jeevan Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva, Isuru Udana, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Pradeep
The 27th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 will be played between England and Sri Lanka at the Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Friday, June 21.
In their last matches, Sri Lanka were handed an 87 runs defeat by Australia, England, on the other hand, piled up 397 against Afghanistan and won convincingly, all thanks to a memorable Eoin Morgan innings.
After playing 5 matches, England are at the second place on the points table with 4 wins and a loss having 8 points in their kitty while Sri Lanka have won just one match, lost two and two of their matches were abandoned due to rain, and are placed at 6th place with 4 points.
With all 10 teams at the World Cup part of the round-robin group stage, each team will play a total of nine matches before the knockout stages, starting July 9. The top four teams will qualify for the knockout stages.
