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Jos Buttler helped England register a big win over Sri Lanka in T20Is

June 24, 2021
Bharat Times

England’s Jos Buttler half-century and fellow opener Jason Roy’s 36-run knock as the world’s top Twenty20 team thrashed Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the first match of their series in Cardiff on Wednesday.

Jos Buttler helped England chase down 130 runs comfortably against Sri Lanka. (Reuters Photo)

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  • England won the first T20I against Sri Lanka by eight wickets at home
  • Chasing a modest 130 for victory, England won home with 17 balls to spare
  • Jos Buttler scored an unbeaten 68 off 55 balls in England’s victory

A strong collective bowling performance and a damaging opening partnership helped England register an eight-wicket win against Sri Lanka to draw first blood in their T20I home series. Chasing a modest 130 for victory, England made a home unbeaten 68 off 55 balls with Buttler with 17 balls to spare and Jonny Bairstow scoring 13 runs.

Roy was dismissed for 36 off 22 balls, thanks to a brilliant catch from Danushka Gunathilaka, who dived to her left to pull the ball out of thin air in the 10th over off Dushmantha Chameera, but England were full by that time was kind of under control.

David Malan was bowled for seven by Isuru Udana, but Buttler, in the company of Bairstow – who hit a big six off Akila Dhananjaya to level the score – guided the hosts home in style.

Earlier, weak Sri Lanka missed some regular players due to injuries, Dasun Shanaka scored 50 off 44 balls and captain Kusal Perera won the toss and elected to bat.

Perera (30) and Gunathilaka (19) made the only other notable contributions in the form of Sam Curran (2-25) and Adil Rashid (2-17), who made the hosts suffer the most in a disciplined bowling performance on a two-way pitch. Delivered. .

The second T20 will take place at the same venue on Thursday before the final in Southampton on Saturday. The teams will then face each other in three One Day Internationals, starting June 29.

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