Summary

  • England complete impressive 51-run win - report

  • Jacks takes 3-22, including two in two, as SL bundled out for 95

  • Two wickets each for Archer, Dawson & Rashid

  • England struggle to 146-9

  • Salt (62 off 40 balls) only England batter to pass 21

  • Buttler, Bethell & Banton out for single-figure scores

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Live Reporting

by Mike Peter, Adwaidh Rajan & Pollie Starkie

  1. England review

    Eng 68-3

    A confident appeal from Dunith Wellalage for an lbw against Harry Brook and the umpire's finger goes up.

    This looks close. The England captain could be in trouble.

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    Rufus Bullough
    CricViz analyst

    England’s lower-middle order (batters 6-8) have faced 37 balls per game on average so far in this tournament - only Australia’s have faced more balls on average of all full members.

  3. Eng 59-3

    It's all happening in this Dushan Hemantha over.

    First, Harry Brook goes for a reverse sweep but Pathum Nissanka, in the slip cordon, anticipates it brilliantly and dives to save a certain boundary.

    Then in the following delivery, Brook and Phil Salt run a risky second after the England captain hammered one to long-off and it goes for four overthrows.

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    Something is just not clicking at this World Cup; Salt and Buttler are the heartbeat of the team but Buttler especially has not been the player we know so well.

    Charlie, Kingston Upon Thames

  5. Eng 49-3

    England in some trouble and their captain Harry Brook walks to the middle.

  6. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport journalist in Pallekele

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    It's typical that the one ball Tom Banton does time gets into the hands of the fielder. There was never a single there and he is well short even with a big dive. It comes from the need to get on with it.

    You sense England are a bit edgy.

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    Banton run out (Shanaka) 6 (Eng 49-3)

    Wasteful from England but brilliant piece of fielding by Sri Lanka!

    Right into the blockhole by Dushmantha Chameera but Tom Banton manages to dig it out and decides to set off for a quick single.

    Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanka is onto it in a flash and nails a direct hit at the non‑striker’s end - Banton is well short despite a valiant dive.

  8. It's the wicket of Jacob Bethell that has really forced England onto the back foot. They'll need Phil Salt and Tom Baton to steady their innings.

  9. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    I think Sri Lanka have bowled really nicely. They've planned well and they've bowled to their plans.

    They've played on this surface a couple of times now but I think it's a bit of Sri Lanka bowling nicely and England's top order not being in form.

  10. Eng 45-2

    It's the first time Phil Salt has survived the powerplay in this T20 World Cup.

    He's faced the bulk of Dushan Hemantha's first over and punishes a full toss from the leg-spinner, sweeping it through square leg for the boundary to move to 30 from 20 balls.

  11. It was a bold attempt at a shot from Jos Buttler but not the outcome the England batter wanted.

  12. Eng 37-2

    All the pressure on England as they suffer early setbacks in the powerplay - only getting 37 runs and losing two wickets during it.

    But they've still got Phil Salt in the middle and he's now joined by an in-form Tom Banton.

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  13. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    I just wonder if the pitch might be a bit tackier than it might otherwise would have been because we've had so much rain.

    The wicket will have been under cover for a long time. It's a hot, steamy area here and I just wonder whether the ball just isn't coming on.

    None of the batters have been able to time it.

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    Rufus Bullough
    CricViz analyst

    England have lost two or more wickets in the Powerplay in eight of their last ten games.

    In their last 30 T20Is, they have navigated the Powerplay without losing a wicket on just four occasions.

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    Bethell c Madushanka b Theekshana 3 (Eng 32-2)

    It's another leading edge to short third and though Phil Salt survived in the last over, Jacob Bethell is not that fortunate here.

    And it's the man who came up short with that Salt chance, Maheesh Theekshana, who strikes with his very first ball.

    It's a good catch from Dilshan Madushanka who holds on after an initial fumble.

  16. Phil Salt has been showing the intent England desperately need in this Super 8s opener so far.

  17. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport journalist in Pallekele

    They're playing Three Lions in Pallekele - a sentence I did not expect to be writing.

  18. Eng 29-1

    Dilshan Madushanka has created plenty of problems for the England batters so far today.

    In his third over, he produces a thick outside edge off Phil Salt but it falls just short of Maheesh Theekshana at short third and runs away for boundary.

    Salt then finishes the over with some authority with a boundary to the third, this time with plenty more control!

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    Great fan of Buttler, being a Somerset fan, but he has been a shadow of his former self this tournament.

    Philip, Lincoln

  20. Eng 23-1

    Dunith Wellalage's over brings the crucial early breakthrough for Sri Lanka but Phil Salt slaps him through the covers to find the fence off the final delivery.

    While his opening partner Jos Buttler is already back in the pavilion, Salt has looked in good touch so far and has timed the ball really well.