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How much 50 over cricket domestically has Virat Kohli played: Nasser Hussain tears into England after they lose to Sri Lanka

Former England skipper Nasser Hussain lashed out at the England squad after they were thrashed by Sri Lanka by 8 wickets at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium on Thursday. Follow all the action from the Cricket World Cup 2023 on our special World Cup section. You can also find the latest stats, like the top scorer and the highest wicket-taker of the current edition, upcoming World Cup fixtures and the points table on the site. “What I don’t like is giving the players a cop out. Sometimes, I think we do that in English cricket. When they win the 50 over World Cup or the 20 over World Cup, aren’t they great? They are brilliant. Then when the wheels come off, it’s the structure. It’s the structure of English cricket. We are a disgrace. We play 20 over cricket, we play 100 ball cricket, we don’t p...
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World Cup 2023: Open-chested predator Lahiru Kumara destroys England

In his Twitter intro, Lahiru Kumara describes himself as “a strongly built right arm quick bowler. Gasman Lahiru.” No one quite knows the genesis of the Gasman epithet, or who named him thus. The common reference is that he could bowl at high pace all through the day. Some others think it’s because he is imposingly built, like a Marvel superhero. Whatever be the origins, he was his country’s Gasman against England, bowling 10 mean overs of sustained aggression and hostility. Pace was always his biggest gift once he chanced to lay his hands on a cricket ball. The path he chose was incidental. He was a hockey player in his teens, but after a cut he sustained on his forehead when playing the sport, his mother burned the hockey gear. He then just walked into the nets in his school and start...
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‘Incredibly disappointing’, says Jos Buttler as England crash at ODI World Cup | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: England skipper Jos Buttler on Thursday admitted that the ongoing ODI World Cup has been 'incredibly disappointing' as the defending champions found themselves on the verge of elimination following a crushing eight-wicket loss to Sri Lanka.As the Lankans successfully chased down a target of 157 runs with nearly 25 overs to spare, Kusal Mendis and co. handed England their fourth defeat in five games.England now are at the ninth position on the table and must secure wins in their remaining four matches to remain alive in semi-finals race. Three of those games are against India, Australia and Pakistan."It's incredibly tough, an incredibly disappointing tournament. As captain, you feel that a lot," said Buttler."We've been short of our best by a very long way. I'm disappointed fo...
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ENG vs SL | Mathews, Kumara shine as Sri Lanka bowls England out for 156

Kusul Mendis stumps Mark Wood during the ODI World Cup 2023 match between Sri Lanka and England at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on October 26, 2023. | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K England needed a return to their aggressive ways but they produced a cagey batting effort to get bowled out for a modest 156 against a confident Sri Lanka in their World Cup match at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Thursday.Having logged just two points from four games, England were expected to show some urgency but the defending champions struggled massively on a pitch that offered spongy bounce after batting by choice.But more than the surface or the enterprising Sri Lankan bowlers, the English batsmen battled inner demons, save Ben Stokes who made a gritty 43 off 73 balls.Opener Dawid...
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England vs Sri Lanka Live Score, World Cup 2023: Toss, team news and more coming up

SL pacer Matheesha Pathirana doubtful for rest of tournament ENG v SL: Matheesha Pathirana was part of Sri Lanka’s U19 World Cup squads in 2020 and 2022. (FILE) Sri Lanka pacer Matheesha Pathirana is likely to be ruled out from the ODI World Cup due to a shoulder injury. The Indian Express understands that Pathirana has complained about pain in his right shoulder after Pakistan’s match in Hyderabad. He has been taking scans and has been assessed by the team physio for the past week but his condition has not improved. Pathirana has played two matches in the tournament so far and has picked up only two wickets at almost ten runs per over. The Sri Lanka Cricket on Thursday added former captain Angelo Matthews and Dushmantha Chameera as travelling reserves and the duo will join the team on...
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You have to fight fire with fire: Angelo Mathews on Sri Lanka’s England clash

Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews, during a practice session ahead of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup match between Sri Lanka and England, at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (KSCA), in Bengaluru on October 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K Some cricketers never fade away. Fifteen years after his ODI debut, and with just three matches under his belt in the last two-and-a-half years, Angelo Mathews and his unwavering temperament are back.The 36-year-old is in as an injury replacement for speedster Matheesha Pathirana and the 2023 edition of the World Cup will be his fourth for Sri Lanka. In a charming twist, the current skipper Kusal Mendis (standing-in for Dasun Shanaka) made his debut under Mathews in 2016.Transformed man“He’s evolved so much over the last five, six years,” Mathews said of Men...
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England faces Sri Lanka in a must-win game for both

England’s Jos Buttler and Moeen Ali, during a practice session ahead of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup match between Sri Lanka and England, at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (KSCA), in Bengaluru on October 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K In the football World Cup, there are rungs of respectability for teams exiting the competition. You can suffer the ignominy of going out in the group-stage, the round-of-32, the round-of-16; or you can have the tags of an honourable quarterfinalist, a worthy semifinalist or a deserved finalist attached to your name.Cricket World Cup, in contrast, is a boom or bust tournament. The difference between teams finishing fourth and fifth is a semifinal place and a group-stage ouster. On Thursday, at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Sri Lanka and England will cl...
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ENG vs SL, ODI World Cup: When and where to watch, date, time, live telecast, live streaming, predicted playing XIs, venue – Times of India

NEW DELHI: In a bid to rescue their beleaguered World Cup campaign, England face a pivotal match against Sri Lanka, which could serve as a final opportunity to steer their shipwrecked journey onto more favourable seas. England's World Cup journey has been marred by batting and bowling inconsistencies, leaving them with a meagre two points from four matches, similar to their upcoming opponents, Sri Lanka, and relegating them to ninth place on the table.A victory in this encounter may not catapult them significantly up the rankings, but it could provide a much-needed morale boost before challenging fixtures against cricketing giants India and Australia.Conversely, a defeat against Sri Lanka would shatter even the slim lifeline of mathematical possibilities currently sustaining England's h...
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ODI World Cup: Jos Buttler and his woes of watching England’s white-ball reputation slip away

The guards and groundsmen were still stretching their limbs, siesta-ing on the shaded part of the ground and letting out deep yawns when Jos Buttler stepped onto the ground on a lazy pre-winter afternoon in Bangalore. He peered at the sun—it might have been more benign than the Mumbai inferno. He watched the eagles swoop down, he wandered to the square where three pitches lay wrapped in a thin cover of tent-cloth. A groundsman offered a sneak-peak, a bemused expression spread across his face. As he trudged back to the dressing room, he paused and turned back. He could see some of England’’s finest engaged in their chores. Here was Ben Stokes, the miracle worker, swinging for the fences. There was Joe Root, England’s finest batsmen of this generation, rehearsing late-cuts. The spin pair—...
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ENG vs SL Live Streaming, World Cup 2023: When and where to watch England vs Sri Lanka

England vs Sri Lanka World Cup 2023 Live Streaming: England will get a chance, perhaps a final one, to drag their shipwreck of a World Cup campaign, marked by batting and bowling downtime, to less stormy shores when they face fellow strugglers Sri Lanka on Thursday. The defending champions have two points from four matches, similar to their opponents, and are ninth on the table. A win here will not push them too far ahead on the chart, but it may give them that tiny bit of motivation against teams like India and Australia ahead. But a defeat against Lanka will take away even the benevolence of mathematics, which is currently scaffolding their hopes. To avoid being in the proximity of an early exit, England need improvement through the order, and in particular their batters need to fire...
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Sri Lanka bid to sweep New Zealand and reach WTC final

Sri Lanka will look to strike an early blow against New Zealand in Christchurch this week and hope Australia can thwart India to keep the World Test Championship (WTC) race alive. With Australia already confirmed in the WTC final, Sri Lanka can join them by sweeping New Zealand in their two-test series if India are denied victory in the fourth test in the subcontinent. The series starts at Hagley Oval on Thursday, the same day India and Australia start their final test at the mega-stadium in Ahmedabad. Sri Lanka has by far the harder assignment, needing to create history to leapfrog their south Asian rivals. They have never won more than a single test in New Zealand and their last victory was in 2006, when Mahela Jayawardene’s team split a 1-1 series with the Stephen Fleming-captained h...