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Patna : England beat Sri Lanka (SL) by 89 runs in the 3rd T20I at The Rose Bowl, Southampton, UK, on June 26, 2021, night, to sweep the three-match series 3-0. England opener Dawid Malan was declared Player Of The Match while all-rounder Sam Curran was declared Player Of The Series.
Sri Lanka had won the toss and opted to bowl. Batting first England scored 180/6 in 20 overs with openers Jonny Bairstow (wk) and Dawid Malan scoring 51 and 76 runs respectively. Bairstow and Malan added 105 runs for the first wicket. Bairstow fell to fast medium bowler Usuru Udana for 51 in 43 balls hitting 5 fours and 1 six. Malan fell to fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera for 76 in 48 balls with 5 fours and 4 sixes. Sam Billings fell to Chameera for 2. Captain Eoin Morgan also fell to Chameera for 1. Chameera took 4/17 in 4 overs.
Chasing a target of 181 runs, SL were all out for a paltry 91 runs in 18.5 overs with fast medium bowler David Willey taking 3/27 and medium fast bowler Sam Curran 2/14. For SL, medium fast bowler Binura Fernando scored 20 runs while Oshada Fernando scored 19 runs. captain Kusal Perera (opener) fell to fast bowler Chris Woakes for 3 while his opening partner Danushka Gunathilaka fell to David Willey for 4.