SL score 232/9 against England in 27th match of CWC, Angelo Mathews 85 not out

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Patna : Sri Lanka (SL) scored a modest 232/9 in 50 overs against England in the 27th match of CWC at Headingley, Leeds, UK, on June 21, 2019, with all-rounder Angelo Mathews scoring an unbeaten 85 runs in 115 balls with 5 fours and a six. One down batsman Avishka Fernando scored 49 in 39 balls with 6 fours and 2 sixes while Kusal Mendis scored 46 in 68 balls with 2 fours. SL won the toss and opted to bat.

Sri Lanka openers Dimuth Karunaratne (captain) and Kusal Perera (wk) scored 1 and 2 runs respectively making it 3/2 in 2.2 overs. Avishka Fernando and Kusal Mendis added 59 runs for the 3rd wicket. Fernando fell to fast bowler Mark Wood while Kusal fell to spinner Adil Rashid making it 133/4. Dhananjaya de Silva scored 29 in 47 balls with 1 four.

For England, fast bowlers Jofra Archer and Mark Wood took 3 wickets each while spinner Adil Rashid took 2 wickets. Fast bowler Chris Woakes took one wicket.