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Sri Lanka beat England in 1st T 20 of Bilateral Series played in 2011

Sri Lanka was scheduled to play a 3 Match T 20 International Series in England in 2011. Both teams have great players and all rounder’s and match winners and it would be interesting to see them battle in this series and who will be crowned as the winner after the series. The 1st T 20 international match was to be played on County Ground, Bristol, England on 25th June 2016.

Sri Lanka won the toss and opts to bowl first; this is how England team and 11 was looking like in this 1st T 20 international match: Kevin Pietersen, Stuart Broad (c), Ravi Bopara, Eoin Morgan, Luke Wright, Graeme Swann, Samit Patel, Craig Kieswetter (wk), Michael Lumb, Jade Dernbach, Chris Woakes

 

And Sri Lanka team and 11 was looking like this in this 1st T 20 international Match: Mahela Jayawardene, Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Thilina Kandamby (c), Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekara, Angelo Mathews, Suranga Lakmal, Suraj Randiv, Thisara Perera, Jeevan Mendis

 

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England did not bat well and was able to post total of only 136 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 9 wickets and with top scores of E Morgan who made 47 runs in 32 balls with 4 4’s and 3 six at the strike rate of 147 runs in 100 balls and Kevin P who made 41 runs in 27 balls with 3 4’s and 2 six at the strike rate of 152 runs in 100 balls.

Sri Lanka was needed to score 137 runs in 20 over’s to win this match.

Sri Lanka batted very well and was able to chase the score of 137 runs very easily in 17.2 over’s at the loss of only 1 wicket and won the game comfortably by 9 wickets in hand and top scores by opener M Jaya who made 72 runs in 57 balls with 8 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 126 runs in 100 balls.

Sri Lanka won the match by 9 wickets and now this 3 Match T 20 international series stands at 1-0 in favor of Sri Lanka.

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