I am really shocked by the score of today's game a strong team like England lost by a huge margin against Sri Lanka. We know them as one of the most popular and powerful team in England cricket world. But in today's match I thought maybe England will win against Sri Lanka but totally opposite England lost there. England scored 156 runs in 33.2 overs today and lost all wickets, while Sri Lanka scored 160 runs in 24.4 overs to win by a huge margin of 8 wickets. England showed the biggest weakness in today's match for which Sri Lanka beat them by taking advantage of that weakness. England messed up with both the ball and the bat due to which they easily lost against Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka won the match brilliantly with good batting and bowling.
Losing to New Zealand in the very first match itself a big blow for the England team. New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl, where England managed to score 282 runs and it looked like they're very confident in winning the match. New Zealand Chased the target and won the match in a much comfortable way in 37 overs. From their they made a strong comeback against Bangladesh and this didn't last longer as England failed to Afghanistan, South Africa and now in a very bad manner against Sri Lanka. In the remaining four matches England need to win with good runrate to keep its hope of World Cup which is really hard. 
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I am really shocked by the score of today's game a strong team like England lost by a huge margin against Sri Lanka. We know them as one of the most popular and powerful team in England cricket world. But in today's match I thought maybe England will win against Sri Lanka but totally opposite England lost there. England scored 156 runs in 33.2 overs today and lost all wickets, while Sri Lanka scored 160 runs in 24.4 overs to win by a huge margin of 8 wickets. England showed the biggest weakness in today's match for which Sri Lanka beat them by taking advantage of that weakness. England messed up with both the ball and the bat due to which they easily lost against Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka won the match brilliantly with good batting and bowling.
Honestly, we never expected this type of performance by the England team. Yes, any team can lose on any day but the way England lost to
Sri Lanka today, it was least expected.
England were all out in the 34th over and made only 156 runs. A team with having batting lineup like Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root , Ben Stokes and others, can you imagine they will be making only 156 runs and that too against one of the weakest team Sri Lanka ?
Another thing which no one is talking about now , is the people who bet on the England team. (England was the favorite before the start of the match). There will be 90% people betting on England today and they all have lost the bet and money.
This is a game of cricket sometimes we have to see unexpected like today this is not a new thing as I had already seen their statistics and the matches they have played against each other are not that unexpected, because 38 matches were won by England although winning the today's match Sri Lanka also won 37 matches, so there is a 1 match difference of winning between England and Sri Lanka which is not that much.
So, we can expect good cricket from both but talking to the England Team performance as usual today was not as good as they played in their previous matches. I was thinking before that match that England today would go for 400+ but they didn't reach even 200 which is quite disappointing for the fans of England.
England's performance in every match has surprised me. If this is the case with the last world champions, what team will we be watching?
Honestly, we never expected this type of performance by the England team. Yes, any team can lose on any day but the way England lost to
Sri Lanka today, it was least expected.
England were all out in the 34th over and made only 156 runs. A team with having batting lineup like Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root , Ben Stokes and others, can you imagine they will be making only 156 runs and that too against one of the weakest team Sri Lanka ?
Another thing which no one is talking about now , is the people who bet on the England team. (England was the favorite before the start of the match). There will be 90% people betting on England today and they all have lost the bet and money.
Finally, a comfortable win for Sri Lanka. They beat England by 8 wickets. The 137-run partnership between Nissanka and Samarawickrama was the deciding factor in this victory. Today, we have seen an old Sri Lankan batting touch in these youngsters. Poor bowling performance from the English bowlers. It appeared that Sri Lanka was batting at a totally different pitch.
England is now unofficially out of this World Cup. Sri Lanka still got a chance to qualify for the semi-final with certain conditions.
I am still in shocked and can't able to believe that the defending champions can perform so badly like this and will almost knockout before semifinal, it's so rude and pointing out huge question on different quality player performance. Anyway they lose four of thier matches and if they still win rest of thier match then still they have no chance to qualify unless any miracle happened and all top 4 lose thier matches against below standing teams. I think credit of this victory goes to sirilankan bowling because I taught England will fight hard today for thier qualification but sirilankan bowler not even provide a single opportunity to thier opponent to settle down and thats why they scored low and lose important match England is now unofficially out of this World Cup. Sri Lanka still got a chance to qualify for the semi-final with certain conditions.
A huge win for Srilanka by 8 wickets and 24.2 overs to spare. They have beaten England in 5 consecutive editions of World Cup. Absolutely no fight from the English batters and bowlers throughout the match. They were all out for only 156, Nissanka and Samarawickrama did the chase smoothly Too easy for Sri Lanka. A 137-run partnership between Pathum Nissanka and Sadeera Samarawickrama have won the match for Sri Lanka against England. Pathum Nissanka is scored 77(83) and Sadeera Samarawickrama is scored 65(54) win the match by 8 wickets.
England's performance in today's match was completely unexpected. Although this match was very important for England to increase the rank in the points table, but England's batsmen gave a worst performance today. I thought that since England is a stronger team than Sri Lanka, they will win this match, but it turned out to be the opposite. Although I would agree with many that England's main batsmen are more vulnerable due to injuries. It would be wrong to say only that England's batting performance has been bad, both in terms of batting and bowling performance. In terms of bowling too, England's bowlers are also expansive today in terms of giving runs. England won the toss and chose to bat first on a batting paradise in Bengaluru; finally, they chose to bat first 
. Three changes for the England side. England's batting lineup looked solid and threatening with the arrival of Livingstone and Moeen, and they will try to attack Sri Lankan bowlers from bowl one. If Sri Lanka bowls in the right areas, they might get early wickets. Angelo Mathews and Lahiru Kumara are back in the Sri Lankan team. Angelo will give them a big boost in the match because of his experience.
It is important to note that whoever loses the match today will be out of this competition.
England's two opening batsmen have not been out so far and they are batting in fluent form which means a big target awaits Sri Lanka today. After playing six overs, England managed to score 45 runs. If this wicket pair can be played from 15 to 20 overs then England's first innings total will go beyond 330 to 340 plus. We have seen before how well England perform in pressure matches. Today's match is very stressful for England because if they lose today there is a possibility of being eliminated from the tournament so they will try to beat Sri Lanka today anyway. England fielded with three changes today and Sri Lanka fielded with 2 changes today.. Three changes for the England side. England's batting lineup looked solid and threatening with the arrival of Livingstone and Moeen, and they will try to attack Sri Lankan bowlers from bowl one. If Sri Lanka bowls in the right areas, they might get early wickets. Angelo Mathews and Lahiru Kumara are back in the Sri Lankan team. Angelo will give them a big boost in the match because of his experience. It is important to note that whoever loses the match today will be out of this competition.
Finally, a comfortable win for Sri Lanka. They beat England by 8 wickets. The 137-run partnership between Nissanka and Samarawickrama was the deciding factor in this victory. Today, we have seen an old Sri Lankan batting touch in these youngsters. Poor bowling performance from the English bowlers. It appeared that Sri Lanka was batting at a totally different pitch.
England is now unofficially out of this World Cup. Sri Lanka still got a chance to qualify for the semi-final with certain conditions.
I did not expect England to bat so badly in today's match. England's batting could not do well, unfortunately none of the batting half-centuries. England were all out for 156 in 33.2 overs. England scored 156 which was not enough of a target for the ODI format. Sri Lanka went into bat with a target of 157 runs and won by 8 wickets by a huge margin in 25.4 overs. Sri Lanka were under pressure early on with 2 wickets down, Sadeera Samarawickrama and Pathum Nissanka both performed brilliantly to secure the win. Sri Lanka has won 2 out of 5 matches and has become number 5 in the table. Congratulations to the Sri Lankan team for the win.England is now unofficially out of this World Cup. Sri Lanka still got a chance to qualify for the semi-final with certain conditions.
They are on the verge of being knocked out early if they continue like this because England have suffered four defeats which leaves them at the bottom of the rankings for now.
Even though there are still several more matches in the future England will likely experience difficulties in the matches against India Pakistan and Australia.
These three teams will become a wall that can prevent England from winning.
It over, there nothing to expect from England because even catching up feels impossible.
England team is very strong but has performed so badly in the current season that the cricket loving fans are not optimistic at all. Although the Sri Lankan team did not perform well in terms of bowling, the players of a team like the England team lost 7 wickets for 123 runs. Only three players who have played somewhat well in England team i.e. Bairstow (30 runs), Malan (28 runs) and Stokes are still in the field so how well can they perform if other players are not able to collect runs. In this way, if the England team's wickets continue to fall, there is no possibility of more than 200 runs.
A huge win for Srilanka by 8 wickets and 24.2 overs to spare. They have beaten England in 5 consecutive editions of World Cup. Absolutely no fight from the English batters and bowlers throughout the match. They were all out for only 156, Nissanka and Samarawickrama did the chase smoothly Too easy for Sri Lanka. A 137-run partnership between Pathum Nissanka and Sadeera Samarawickrama have won the match for Sri Lanka against England. Pathum Nissanka is scored 77(83) and Sadeera Samarawickrama is scored 65(54) win the match by 8 wickets.I did not expect England to bat so badly in today's match. England's batting could not do well, unfortunately none of the batting half-centuries. England were all out for 156 in 33.2 overs. England scored 156 which was not enough of a target for the ODI format. Sri Lanka went into bat with a target of 157 runs and won by 8 wickets by a huge margin in 25.4 overs. Sri Lanka were under pressure early on with 2 wickets down, Sadeera Samarawickrama and Pathum Nissanka both performed brilliantly to secure the win. Sri Lanka has won 2 out of 5 matches and has become number 5 in the table. Congratulations to the Sri Lankan team for the win.
Their main players are either injured or out of form. Jofra Archer hasn't yet recovered from injury. Ben Stokes, Sam Curran and Mark Wood are out of form. And they don't have quality players to replace these ones. Anyway, world cup is almost over for England. Now it is time for introspection. The next major ICC tournament is going to be the T20 World Cup of 2024, and they need to prepare well for it.
Finally, a comfortable win for Sri Lanka. They beat England by 8 wickets. The 137-run partnership between Nissanka and Samarawickrama was the deciding factor in this victory. Today, we have seen an old Sri Lankan batting touch in these youngsters. Poor bowling performance from the English bowlers. It appeared that Sri Lanka was batting at a totally different pitch.
England is now unofficially out of this World Cup. Sri Lanka still got a chance to qualify for the semi-final with certain conditions.
I did not expect England to bat so badly in today's match. England's batting could not do well, unfortunately none of the batting half-centuries. England were all out for 156 in 33.2 overs. England scored 156 which was not enough of a target for the ODI format. Sri Lanka went into bat with a target of 157 runs and won by 8 wickets by a huge margin in 25.4 overs. Sri Lanka were under pressure early on with 2 wickets down, Sadeera Samarawickrama and Pathum Nissanka both performed brilliantly to secure the win. Sri Lanka has won 2 out of 5 matches and has become number 5 in the table. Congratulations to the Sri Lankan team for the win. England is now unofficially out of this World Cup. Sri Lanka still got a chance to qualify for the semi-final with certain conditions.
Finally, a comfortable win for Sri Lanka. They beat England by 8 wickets. The 137-run partnership between Nissanka and Samarawickrama was the deciding factor in this victory. Today, we have seen an old Sri Lankan batting touch in these youngsters. Poor bowling performance from the English bowlers. It appeared that Sri Lanka was batting at a totally different pitch.
England is now unofficially out of this World Cup. Sri Lanka still got a chance to qualify for the semi-final with certain conditions.
England is now unofficially out of this World Cup. Sri Lanka still got a chance to qualify for the semi-final with certain conditions.
England team is very strong but has performed so badly in the current season that the cricket loving fans are not optimistic at all. Although the Sri Lankan team did not perform well in terms of bowling, the players of a team like the England team lost 7 wickets for 123 runs. Only three players who have played somewhat well in England team i.e. Bairstow (30 runs), Malan (28 runs) and Stokes are still in the field so how well can they perform if other players are not able to collect runs. In this way, if the England team's wickets continue to fall, there is no possibility of more than 200 runs. Here I can see that England team players have very little patience.
Yes, England is a strong cricket team And they are a team that won the World Cup 2019. However, in this current season, England is going through the worst performance in the 2023 World Cup. Moreover, they have not won many matches so far, only one match, that's why they may not be selected for this World Cup. And today they did not perform very well against Sri Lanka but were bowled out for 156 runs. The bowling line-up of the Sri Lankan team was good today, as a result of which England dismissed the good batsmen and stopped the run rate. Sri Lanka might win today's match, and it is hopeful as England could not produce much score. However, Sri Lanka have not been able to collect a very good amount of batting at the moment, and they have already lost two wickets, so they are under some pressure. But I expect England to lose in the end if Sri Lanka can survive the match.
A very economical and brilliant bowling display by the Sri Lankan bowlers. I am surprised with England's batting performance; apart from Stoks, no other batsman has shown any resistance. Mathews bowled exceptionally well and took a wicket on his third bowl (he was bowling in ODIs after a gap of almost 3 years). This should be a comfortable win for Sri Lanka, but we have to wait for the result, as England will try to defend this total. Early departure for Kusal Perera, who was not in the best of form. The pitch seems slow, and the ball is taking time to reach the batter. The Sri Lankan team will get into trouble if England bowlers bowled the right length.
Well... they dropped Pathirana. That was a bold move and in the end it worked for them. Pathirana is too young and he can't handle pressure situations. Today, their pace combination of Kasun Rajitha-Angelo Mathews-Lahiru Kumara-Dilshan Madushanka worked pretty well. And they were backed up by the two spinners (Maheesh Theekshana and Dhananjaya de Silva). That said, I am not sure what happened to the England batsmen. Jonny Bairstow and Jos Buttler have a lot of experience of playing in the IPL, but they are not scoring runs this time.
A very economical and brilliant bowling display by the Sri Lankan bowlers. I am surprised with England's batting performance; apart from Stoks, no other batsman has shown any resistance. Mathews bowled exceptionally well and took a wicket on his third bowl (he was bowling in ODIs after a gap of almost 3 years). This should be a comfortable win for Sri Lanka, but we have to wait for the result, as England will try to defend this total. Early departure for Kusal Perera, who was not in the best of form. The pitch seems slow, and the ball is taking time to reach the batter. The Sri Lankan team will get into trouble if England bowlers bowled the right length.
In my point of view the bowling was not good the batting of England was more weak therefore they didn't able to stay on pitch. I am saying a bad batting because if you see mostly players are catch out. So this is showing that England has bad batting line. By the way at this time SriLanka is near to its success. They have made 72 runs in 13 overs and lost only two wickets.
England team is very strong but has performed so badly in the current season that the cricket loving fans are not optimistic at all. Although the Sri Lankan team did not perform well in terms of bowling, the players of a team like the England team lost 7 wickets for 123 runs. Only three players who have played somewhat well in England team i.e. Bairstow (30 runs), Malan (28 runs) and Stokes are still in the field so how well can they perform if other players are not able to collect runs. In this way, if the England team's wickets continue to fall, there is no possibility of more than 200 runs. Here I can see that England team players have very little patience.
Yes, England is a strong cricket team And they are a team that won the World Cup 2019. However, in this current season, England is going through the worst performance in the 2023 World Cup. Moreover, they have not won many matches so far, only one match, that's why they may not be selected for this World Cup. And today they did not perform very well against Sri Lanka but were bowled out for 156 runs. The bowling line-up of the Sri Lankan team was good today, as a result of which England dismissed the good batsmen and stopped the run rate. Sri Lanka might win today's match, and it is hopeful as England could not produce much score. However, Sri Lanka have not been able to collect a very good amount of batting at the moment, and they have already lost two wickets, so they are under some pressure. But I expect England to lose in the end if Sri Lanka can survive the match.
A very economical and brilliant bowling display by the Sri Lankan bowlers. I am surprised with England's batting performance; apart from Stoks, no other batsman has shown any resistance. Mathews bowled exceptionally well and took a wicket on his third bowl (he was bowling in ODIs after a gap of almost 3 years). This should be a comfortable win for Sri Lanka, but we have to wait for the result, as England will try to defend this total. Early departure for Kusal Perera, who was not in the best of form. The pitch seems slow, and the ball is taking time to reach the batter. The Sri Lankan team will get into trouble if England bowlers bowled the right length.
In the England vs Sri Lanka match, England did not perform well. England were bowled out in just 33.2 overs and gave Sri Lanka a target of just 156 runs in 33.2 overs. England's performance has been poor since the start. They will never win this match. Sri Lanka will win this match with 100% guarantee, because the target is very low, 156 runs is a very low score, which any team can do very easily. Sri Lanka will win this match.
If you know anything about sports, you must know that predictions are never 100% accurate. 
In the England vs Sri Lanka match, England did not perform well. England were bowled out in just 33.2 overs and gave Sri Lanka a target of just 156 runs in 33.2 overs. England's performance has been poor since the start. They will never win this match. Sri Lanka will win this match with 100% guarantee, because the target is very low, 156 runs is a very low score, which any team can do very easily. Sri Lanka will win this match.
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England team is very strong but has performed so badly in the current season that the cricket loving fans are not optimistic at all. Although the Sri Lankan team did not perform well in terms of bowling, the players of a team like the England team lost 7 wickets for 123 runs.
On papers England has one of the strongest teams as they are in this edition of the world cup with the same team that won them the world cup after decades of waiting for a major tournament win and now they are literally struggling to play together as a team. England needed to win this match against Sri Lanka to have semi final hopes, but with 7 wickets lost for just 137 runs it is an impossible task.England team is very strong but has performed so badly in the current season that the cricket loving fans are not optimistic at all. Although the Sri Lankan team did not perform well in terms of bowling, the players of a team like the England team lost 7 wickets for 123 runs.
The Sri Lanka team played very well. The bowlers of Sri Lanka out Jos Buttler, Moeen Ali, and the both openers and other main players of England who could change the game but Sri Lanka bowlers through the water in England’s team and player's dreams. If you notice Lahiru Kumara does bowling like a Naseem Shah. I think Naseem Shah and Kumara's bowling is very similar in this match. Lahiru Kumara out Jos Buttler likes a Naseem Shah out swing and the same-to-same bowling done by Naseem Shah in the final of the 2022 ICC tournament when Naseem bowls to Buttler and Stokes, but the difference is at Naseem can’t out them and Lahiru Kumara out them with the outside edge.
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