Sri Lanka beat England in 2nd 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 2nd T 20 international match was to be played on County Ground, Bristol, England on 26th June 2016.

Sri Lanka won the toss and opts to bowl first; this is how England team and 11 was looking like in this 2nd 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 2nd 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

England did not bat well and was able to post total of only 150 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 8 wickets and with top scores of Craig K who made 40 runs in 40 balls with 2 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 100 runs in 100 balls and Luke W who made 30 runs in 30 balls with 3 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 100 runs in 100 balls.

Sri Lanka was needed to score 151 runs in 20 over’s to win this match.

Sri Lanka batted very well and was able to chase the score of 151 runs very easily in 19 over’s at the loss of only 2 wickets and won the game comfortably by 8 wickets in hand and top scores by opener S Jaya who made 80 runs in 40 balls with 8 4’s and 4 six at the strike rate of 200 runs in 100 balls.

Sri Lanka won the match by 8 wickets and now this 3 Match T 20 international series stands at 2-0 in favor of Sri Lanka.

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