The England cricket team had no chance in front of Sri Lanka in the ICC World Cup 2023. After managing to score only 156 runs in their innings, the defending champions couldn’t contain the rival batters. Sri Lanka won their second game of the campaign by 8 wickets in 25.4 overs, while England slumped to their fourth defeat in five matches.
Lahiru Kumara got 3 wickets, Angelo Mathews picked 2 wickets, and Kasun Rajitha picked 2 wickets. They were outstanding with the ball.
For England, Ben Stokes scored 43 runs. After making a rapid start with a flurry of boundaries to reach 44/0 in six overs, England suffered a batting collapse as they were shot out for a second consecutive total under 200 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here.
Chasing the target of 157 runs, Pathum Nissanka (77) and Sadeera Samarawickrama (65) were the top scorers for the 1996 World Championships.
England is almost out of the knockout race. Also, the European country has not defeated the sub-continent team since 1999 in the ODI World Cup.