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
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special
Image source, Getty ImagesJos Buttler's gone for the reverse sweep and it's hit him quite high. It's brilliantly bowled by Dunith Wellalage, keeping the stumps in play.
Buttler under pressure plays a shot that is his strength, but it wasn't the right ball or the right time.
Buttler lbw b Wellalage 7 (Eng 16-1)
And Jos Buttler's gone!
Dunith Wellalage traps him in front of the stumps as the England opener goes for a reverse shot.
Buttler thinks about reviewing but ultimately decides against it - and wisely so as it looked plumb.
Jos Buttler’s struggles were in full evidence in that over as he swings and misses thrice in a testing over from Dilshan Madushanka.
The seamers beats the outside edge thrice to keep the England opener searching for rhythm.
Just three runs from that over.
Matthew Henry
BBC Sport journalist in Pallekele
Jos Buttler spent extra time in the nets on Thursday facing a wet tennis ball on a concrete slab of a pitch. The idea was to quicken up his reflexes after a tricky run.
Rufus Bullough
CricViz analyst
Image source, Getty ImagesPallekele has seen a flurry of runs in the powerplay so far in the competition. It’s run-rate of 9.4 and average of 40.00 is the highest of all grounds.
Phil Salt almost finds the fielder at cover off the final delivery of Dunith Wellalage's over but it falls just short.
Nine runs from the left-arm spinner's over.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special
Phil Salt's hit that so cleanly, backing himself to hit it over mid-off. It was there to be hit and long-off had no chance
First sign of aggression from England and Phil Salt.
It's a bit shortish from Dunith Wellalage as the spin is introduced in the second over and Salt is quick on to it, hammering it over long-off for a six!
Rufus Bullough
CricViz analyst
Jos Buttler v Sri Lanka in T20s
466 runs | Avg 58.25 | SR 143
Buttler’s average against Sri Lanka is the highest of any opposition in T20I cricket.
Image source, Getty ImagesIt's a disciplined start from Dilshan Madushanka, giving England’s openers little to work with in that opening over.
Just four runs from the first over.
Dilshan Madushanka opens the bowling for Sri Lanka and he's got a bit of swing to begin with.
But Phil Salt manages to punch his first delivery down to long-on for a single and open his account straightaway.
England openers Phil Salt and Jos Buttler are still waiting to produce a real statement stand in this T20 World Cup.
But there’s no better time than a Super 8s opener against co-hosts Sri Lanka to finally deliver.
They walk out to the middle watched on by stands that are filling fast at Pallekele.
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Watching live from the Sticky Wicket Pub in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Hoping for an improved performance today.
Austin, Kuala Lumpur
One player England will be wary of in the Sri Lanka line-up is Pathum Nissanka.
Nissanka hit a brilliant unbeaten century off 52 balls to condemn Australia to an eight-wicket defeat in the group stage and has scored the most runs in this T20 World Cup after Pakistan's Sahibzada Farhan.
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Potential showers around so we need to go at this early. Hopefully Jos Buttler and Phil Salt can get us off to a flier.
Joe, Suffolk
This is a big opportunity for England after the washout yesterday.
Michael, Horwich
Image source, Getty ImagesGroup stage
8 February – England beat Nepal by four runs (Mumbai)
11 February – England lost to West Indies by 30 runs (Mumbai)
14 February – England beat Scotland by five wickets (Kolkata)
16 February – England beat Italy by 24 runs (Kolkata)
Super 8s
22 February - Sri Lanka v England (9:30, Pallekele)
24 February - England v Pakistan (13:30, Pallekele)
27 February - England v New Zealand (13:30, Colombo)
Semi-finals: 4-5 March
Final: 8 March
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England XI: Phil Salt, Jos Buttler (wk), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Harry Brook (c), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Liam Dawson, Adil Rashid.
Sri Lanka XI: Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Mendis (wk), Pavan Rathnayake, Kamindu Mendis, Dasun Shanaka (c), Dunith Wellalage, Dushan Hemantha, Maheesh Theekshana, Dushmantha Chameera, Dilshan Madushanka.
England are unchanged while Sri Lanka make two changes - Dushmantha Chameera and Kamil Mishara come in as Pramod Madushan and Kusal Perera drop out.
Matthew Henry
BBC Sport journalist in Pallekele
Image source, Getty ImagesIt's remarkable we are ready to play here given the amount of rain that fell yesterday around these parts. Me and a couple of press colleagues got soaked in central Kandy. The rain was torrential for a good six hours but we're good to go.
England haven't lost a T20 to Sri Lanka since 2014. It's time for their tournament to kick into gear.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Salt,caught Hemantha, bowled Wellalage Salt, caught Hemantha, bowled Wellalage | 62 | 40 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 76 | 155.00 |
Buttler,leg before wicket, bowled Wellalage Buttler, leg before wicket, bowled Wellalage | 7 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 50.00 |
Bethell,caught Madushanka, bowled Theekshana Bethell, caught Madushanka, bowled Theekshana | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 75.00 |
Banton,run out Shanaka Banton, run out Shanaka | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 85.71 |
Brook,leg before wicket, bowled Wellalage Brook, leg before wicket, bowled Wellalage | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 200.00 |
Curran,caught Mishara, bowled Chameera Curran, caught Mishara, bowled Chameera | 11 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 100.00 |
Jacks,caught Wellalage, bowled Madushanka Jacks, caught Wellalage, bowled Madushanka | 21 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 150.00 |
Dawson,caught Shanaka, bowled Theekshana Dawson, caught Shanaka, bowled Theekshana | 6 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 54.55 |
Overton,not out Overton, not out | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 100.00 |
Archer,caught Hemantha, bowled Madushanka Archer, caught Hemantha, bowled Madushanka | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Rashid,not out Rashid, not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 100.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 3, byes 0, leg byes 2, total 5 Extras, no balls 0, wides 3, byes 0, leg byes 2, total 5 | |||||||
Total,146 for 9 20.0 overs Total,146 for 9 20.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Madushanka | 4.0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6.25 |
Wellalage | 4.0 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6.50 |
Theekshana | 4.0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.25 |
Hemantha | 4.0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9.50 |
Chameera | 4.0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8.50 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
16 for 1 (3.1 overs) | Buttler |
32 for 2 (5.1 overs) | Bethell |
49 for 3 (7.5 overs) | Banton |
68 for 4 (9.6 overs) | Brook |
94 for 5 (13.2 overs) | Curran |
106 for 6 (14.2 overs) | Salt |
124 for 7 (17.1 overs) | Dawson |
135 for 8 (18.5 overs) | Jacks |
135 for 9 (18.6 overs) | Archer |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nissanka,caught Overton, bowled Archer Nissanka, caught Overton, bowled Archer | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 112.50 |
Mishara,caught Overton, bowled Archer Mishara, caught Overton, bowled Archer | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 54.55 |
Kusal Mendis,caught and bowled Jacks Kusal Mendis, caught and bowled Jacks | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 100.00 |
P Rathnayake,caught Banton, bowled Jacks P Rathnayake, caught Banton, bowled Jacks | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Wellalage,caught Brook, bowled Jacks Wellalage, caught Brook, bowled Jacks | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 100.00 |
Kamindu Mendis,caught and bowled Dawson Kamindu Mendis, caught and bowled Dawson | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 118.18 |
Shanaka,caught Banton, bowled Rashid Shanaka, caught Banton, bowled Rashid | 30 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 125.00 |
Hemantha,hit wicket Hemantha, hit wicket | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 62.50 |
Chameera,bowled Dawson Chameera, bowled Dawson | 6 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 46.15 |
Theekshana,not out Theekshana, not out | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 125.00 |
Madushanka,bowled Rashid Madushanka, bowled Rashid | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 2, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 2 Extras, no balls 0, wides 2, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 2 | |||||||
Total,95 all out 16.4 overs Total,95 all out 16.4 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Archer | 3.0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6.66 |
Jacks | 4.0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5.50 |
Dawson | 4.0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6.75 |
Rashid | 3.4 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.54 |
Overton | 2.0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.50 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
15 for 1 (2.4 overs) | Nissanka |
20 for 2 (3.3 overs) | Kusal Mendis |
20 for 3 (3.4 overs) | P Rathnayake |
22 for 4 (4.5 overs) | Mishara |
34 for 5 (5.5 overs) | Wellalage |
52 for 6 (8.4 overs) | Kamindu Mendis |
69 for 7 (11.6 overs) | Hemantha |
82 for 8 (14.2 overs) | Shanaka |
94 for 9 (15.6 overs) | Chameera |
95 for 10 (16.4 overs) | Madushanka |