01/11Result
29th Match, Group 1 (N), ICC Men's T20 World Cup at Sharjah, Nov 1 2021
England won by 26 runs
Player of the Match
Jos Buttler
Jos ButtlerEngland
01/11Result
29th Match, Group 1 (N), ICC Men's T20 World Cup at Sharjah, Nov 1 2021
England won by 26 runs
Player of the Match
Jos Buttler
Jos ButtlerEngland

END OF OVER:
20 | 14 Runs | ENG: 163/4 | RR: 8.15

  • Jos Buttler101 (67b)
  • Moeen Ali1 (2b)
  • Dushmantha Chameera4-0-43-1
  • Wanindu Hasaranga4-0-21-3

7.45 pm So England go from 47 for 3 after 10 to add 116 in the final 10 overs. Who had their money on that happening?

England assistant Paul Collingwood on the sideline: "I think we've witnessed a very very special T20 innings with Jos Buttler getting a 100 there. If you look at the score after 10 overs, we were in a bit of trouble there and the guys were relaying back to the dressing room that 110 may be a decent score. So to get up to that total on what looks like a tricky pitch, we're obviously delighted. But there is a bit of dew around. Whether the pitch has changed during that innings I'm not too sure, but we're going to have to bowl as well as we did in the last few games."

So Buttler has given everyone something to chew on going into the break. Join us for the halftime show now! Alan Gardner will be back for the start of the chase.

19.6
6
Chameera to Buttler, SIX, Hales... Malan... Livingstone... and now Buttler! Meatball of a thigh high full toss on leg stump with some tasty marinara sauce doused over the top, Buttler gets his knife and fork out carve this over square leg sailing high and deep over the rope. A maiden T20I century, the fourth England player to do it! The second 50 runs coming off just 22 balls, tremendous acceleration by Buttler and he finishes off the innings in style!

One last shot to get to three figures....

19.5
0
Chameera to Buttler, no run, bouncer on leg stump, Buttler tries to reverse scoop this over third man but can't get the timing right.
19.4
0
Chameera to Buttler, no run, yorker on middle jammed out back to Chameera.
19.3
2
Chameera to Buttler, 2 runs, dropped! Bounces him on the body, Buttler pulls this high over square leg and a top edge swirls toward the man charging in Nissanka. He gets there in time with a sliding effort on his knees but shells this. 9/10 on difficulty but he did all the hard work to get to the ball and then fluffed the easy part.
19.2
2
Chameera to Buttler, 2 runs, yorker follows Buttler backing away from leg stump, flicks this into midwicket and Moeen with superb running to keep Buttler on strike with a sharp two.
19.1
4
Chameera to Buttler, FOUR, ohhh Buttler has done it again! Knee high full toss, shuffles way across anticipating and scoops this high over the keeper, one bounce over the fine leg rope.

Chameera to bowl the final over.

END OF OVER:
19 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | ENG: 149/4 | RR: 7.84

  • Jos Buttler87 (61b)
  • Moeen Ali1 (2b)
  • Wanindu Hasaranga4-0-21-3
  • Dasun Shanaka2-0-24-0

FYI this is now Buttler's highest score in T20Is. That's T20Is, not IT20s! I see you out dastardly knaves out there trying to switch the I from the back to the front. I will not have it on my watch.

18.6
1
PW Hasaranga to Buttler, 1 run, full on the legs, flicked to deep square leg for one.
18.5
0
PW Hasaranga to Buttler, no run, short and wide, slapped to extra cover.
18.4
1
PW Hasaranga to Ali, 1 run, darted in flat on the legs, flicked to long-on for one.
18.3
0
PW Hasaranga to Ali, no run, charges first ball, but checks his shot after being beaten in flight.

Moeen Ali in, not Livingstone.

That brings an end to perhaps the most peculiarly constructed 112-run partnership you'll ever see.

18.2
W
PW Hasaranga to Morgan, OUT, another googly pitches full outside leg stump, Morgan stays in his crease this time and goes for the slog sweep but misses badly. Middle and leg stump knocked back.

EJG Morgan b PW Hasaranga 40 (67m 36b 1x4 3x6) SR: 111.11

18.1
6
PW Hasaranga to Morgan, SIX, Morgan charges Hasaranga first ball, which is floated up wide at 79 kph, reads the googly and goes inside out driving high over long-off beyond the rope.

END OF OVER:
18 | 19 Runs | ENG: 141/3 | RR: 7.83

  • Eoin Morgan34 (34b)
  • Jos Buttler86 (59b)
  • Dasun Shanaka2-0-24-0
  • Dushmantha Chameera3-0-29-1

Kapil Baldawa: "Ridiculous captaincy to say the least. Why would you not bowl Hasaranga and look to get Buttler? How can a captain be so ordinary that he doesn't look to get wickets and instead bowls himself on? just think SL had great chance to win this but now, they are blown away". Speak of the devil, Hasaranga is on for his final over now though. Will Shanaka regret not bowling his final over earlier?

17.6
1
Shanaka to Morgan, 1 run, full on leg stump at 130 kph/81 mph, Morgan shuffles far across and is nearly bowled behind his legs but just manages to flick this out to short fine leg for one.
17.5
1
Shanaka to Buttler, 1 run, much better yorker on middle, jammed out to long-on.

Keeper goes back now.

17.4
4
Shanaka to Buttler, FOUR, Shanaka running out of ideas here. Yorker too straight on the legs at 125 kph, flicks this past short fine leg with clever skill and races to the rope.
17.3
6
Shanaka to Buttler, SIX, The Buttler did it again! Another slower ball lands too full, Buttler has been seeing these like beachballs all night and abuses this over long-on.

Keeper up to the stumps now.

17.2
6
Shanaka to Buttler, SIX, 131 kph/81 mph length ball sits up on middle stump and is annihilated over midwicket.
17.1
1
Shanaka to Morgan, 1 run, full and wide full toss, slaps this into the covers for one.

END OF OVER:
17 | 12 Runs | ENG: 122/3 | RR: 7.17

  • Eoin Morgan32 (32b)
  • Jos Buttler69 (55b)
  • Dushmantha Chameera3-0-29-1
  • Dasun Shanaka1-0-5-0

Chris: "Credit to Buttler and Morgan here. They have rebuilt the innings slowly and now are accelerating having played themselves in. Other teams could learn a lot from they way they have played this." Ahhh Chris knows it was all part of the plan.

16.6
1
Chameera to Morgan, 1 run, missed runout! low and wide full toss, slapped to extra cover where Shanaka slides to field, fires while sitting on his rear end and the chance at the striker's end is just wide or else Buttler was toast.
16.5
1
Chameera to Buttler, 1 run, thigh high full toss on fifth stump at 144 kph/89 mph, Buttler flubs a heave off a thick outside edge and the ball goes to the cover sweeper for one.
16.4
0
Chameera to Buttler, no run, full and very wide, tries to drive this and misses. It was almost off the pitch and could've easily been given a wide but Morgan shuffled outside off stump prior to delivery and Rod Tucker accounts for that to deem it a legal delivery.
16.3
2
Chameera to Buttler, 2 runs, length ball in the slot on the guideline, hammered to wide long-off where Avishka Fernando fields this expertly on one bounce at neck height reaching across to his left to intercept this and deny a boundary.
16.3
1w
Chameera to Buttler, 1 wide, wide yorker, too wide outside the guidelines. Left alone, called an extra.

Amazingly, Morgan's strike rate is now at a run a ball after 31 balls when it was below 50 after 20.

16.2
1
Chameera to Morgan, 1 run, Chameera goes full this time and Morgan flicks it out through mid-on for one.
16.1
6
Chameera to Morgan, SIX, off the roof! Chameera goes short at full pace on fifth stump, Morgan is unfazed and gets on his toes to crack this over square leg and clangs off the facade covering the stands.

Chameera back for his final two overs now. Around the stumps to Morgan.

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Sri Lanka 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st1MDKJ PereraP Nissanka
2nd23MDKJ PereraKIC Asalanka
3rd10MDKJ PereraWIA Fernando
4th23PBB RajapaksaWIA Fernando
5th19PBB RajapaksaMD Shanaka
6th53MD ShanakaPW Hasaranga
7th1MD ShanakaC Karunaratne
8th4PVD ChameeraC Karunaratne
9th0C KarunaratneM Theekshana
10th3CBRLS KumaraM Theekshana

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TeamMWLPTNRR
SL33063.754
NAM3214-0.523
IRE3122-0.853
NED3030-2.46
First Round Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
SCOT33060.775
BAN32141.733
OMA3122-0.025
PNG3030-2.655
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TeamMWLPTNRR
ENG54182.464
AUS54181.216
SA54180.739
SL5234-0.269
WI5142-1.641
BAN5050-2.383
Group 2
TeamMWLPTNRR
PAK550101.583
NZ54181.162
IND53261.747
AFG52341.053
NAM5142-1.89
SCOT5050-3.543