Ben Stokes’s unbeaten 42 from 36 balls in Sydney stemmed an England wobble against Sri Lanka and cost Australia a place in the T20 World Cup semi-finals
Ben Stokes and Chris Woakes celebrate after the latter hit England’s winning runs against Sri Lanka.Ben Stokes and Chris Woakes celebrate after the latter hit England’s winning runs against Sri Lanka.Last modified on Sat 5 Nov 2022 11.54 GMT
At 70 without loss at the end of the powerplay they had required less than a run a ball and needed only to keep the ball on the floor and augment a string of singles with the occasional boundary. There are not many situations in this format where ambition and aggression are best avoided, but here was one. Instead England got greedy, and Jos Buttler, Alex Hales, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone and Moeen Ali were all caught to bring Sri Lanka back into the game.
It was carnage off the quicks as Sri Lanka opened their innings with a brutal assault on England’s seamers, starting when the second ball of the innings was dispatched into the stands by Pathum Nissanka, very much the shape of things to come from the 24-year-old. Mark Wood’s first over went for 14, with his first and last deliveries going for six, and after five overs Nissanka had 31 off 15, Sri Lanka were 52 for one, and England were weighing up their chances of chasing 200.
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