ICC World Cup 2023: Lankan lions roar in B’lore
Updated On: 27 October, 2023 07:27 AM IST | Bangalore | R Kaushik
Veteran all-rounder Angelo Mathews makes stunning comeback with 2-14 off 5 overs, while pacer Lahiru Kumara claims 3-35 as SL rattle England for just 156 to hand defending champions fourth defeat of the tournament
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Sri Lanka players celebrate the wicket of England’s Chris Woakes yesterday. Pic/PTI
England’s already tenuous hold over the World Cup was loosened further on Thursday night by a Sri Lankan side energised by the return of former skipper Angelo Mathews.
Having sleepwalked through the tournament following defeats to South Africa, Pakistan and Australia, Sri Lanka roused themselves with a spectacular all-round display, Mathews playing the lead role in the early exchanges and then putting his feet up and watching Pathum Nissanka and Sadeera Samarawickrama launch a fabulous chase of a modest 157 for victory. Sri Lanka coasted to an eight-wicket victory with 146 deliveries in the bag, defeating England in a World Cup fixture for the fifth consecutive time.
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