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[Sithara007]

Sri Lanka Vs England

Today Sri Lanka and England play in first ODI at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, and it is big new beginning for both teams after recent series losses. Spin friendly weather in Colombo will be big part, and will place much of weight on England hitters in match to top spinners of Sri Lanka such as Wanindu Hasaranga and Maheesh Theekshana.

As Harry Brook leads attacking English team that has stars such as Joe Root and Jos Buttler, captain of the Sri Lankan team, Charith Asalanka, plans at saving great home record that team has on ground where they have recently beaten top teams. And here I think England is little bit stronger as Compare to Sri Lanka so they can win this match.

Unlike some of the other SENA teams, England has recently struggled in sub-continental conditions. And they are in Sri Lanka after their latest debacle in Australia. The team morale will be down. But at the same time, Sri Lanka is also going through a rebuilding phase. Many of their senior players have retired, and now they are very dependent on a few individual players. The track at Khettarama usually favors spin bowling. And Sri Lanka do have quality spinners in their squad (something that the England team lacks in their squad). Maheesh Theekshana and Kamindu Mendis can create issues for the England batsmen.

[ThemePen]

Unlike some of the other SENA teams, England has recently struggled in sub-continental conditions. And they are in Sri Lanka after their latest debacle in Australia. The team morale will be down. But at the same time, Sri Lanka is also going through a rebuilding phase. Many of their senior players have retired, and now they are very dependent on a few individual players. The track at Khettarama usually favors spin bowling. And Sri Lanka do have quality spinners in their squad (something that the England team lacks in their squad). Maheesh Theekshana and Kamindu Mendis can create issues for the England batsmen.

Yes England is turning up into series with low confidence after loss in Australia, and their fast way does not tend to work on slow turning pitches of region. Although Sri Lanka is still fixing its team. Fast scoring style used in England of so-called Bazball mostly turns out to be weakness as ball catches ground, and Sri Lankans can quite easily cause fall apart. Also, heavy wetness in air at beach side makes ball soft and slippery, making it easier to local spinners who are used to such states, but extremely hard on bowlers of England to keep control and get backward swing. All these parts make Sri Lanka have huge natural lead that usually leads to mind mistakes on visiting teams.

[MusaPk]

Unlike some of the other SENA teams, England has recently struggled in sub-continental conditions. And they are in Sri Lanka after their latest debacle in Australia. The team morale will be down. But at the same time, Sri Lanka is also going through a rebuilding phase. Many of their senior players have retired, and now they are very dependent on a few individual players. The track at Khettarama usually favors spin bowling. And Sri Lanka do have quality spinners in their squad (something that the England team lacks in their squad). Maheesh Theekshana and Kamindu Mendis can create issues for the England batsmen.

T20 cricket give every team equal opportunity of winning the game and that's not the case in test cricket. English team lost the ashes miserably in Australia but that doesn't mean they can't do well in this ODI and T20 series. This ODI series which is followed by T20 series will help English team in adjusting to conditions of Sri Lanka just before the T20 world cup. 

In first ODI, SL team has scored 271 runs after winning the toss and batting first. Kusal Mendis remained not out on 93, Adil Rashid got 3 wickets and that means spinners are getting good support. 271 is not a big total and I think English team will chase it quite easily. 

[laspol65]

The chances of England winning today are very high, because it is already visible how much pressure the Sri Lankan team has been able to create in bowling. The Sri Lankan team is not as strong in batting as they are in bowling. So the chances of England winning in today's match are a little higher, although the England team lost a wicket in the beginning, but now they have formed a partnership.
If these two patient batsmen Duckett and Root can form a partnership, then they will definitely be able to play a significant role in helping the England team win by performing aggressively in batting.

[MinMan]

In first ODI, SL team has scored 271 runs after winning the toss and batting first. Kusal Mendis remained not out on 93, Adil Rashid got 3 wickets and that means spinners are getting good support. 271 is not a big total and I think English team will chase it quite easily. 

The first match of series right now is in interesting phase, with England are chasing target of 272, currently at 59 for 1 in 14 overs. Sri Lankan batting was literally struggling against average bowling of England, but last over made good difference where Overturn conceded 23 runs.

Choosing to bowl first seemed a good decision by Sri Lanka as their opening stand gave them decent start, wicketkeeper-batsman Kusal Mendis 93 not out and Dunith Wellalage last over outburst kept things in balance for them, but England are looking much better while they are here for their preparation before ICC T20 world cup which is going to start from 7th February in India and Sri Lanka.

[noormcs5]

T20 cricket give every team equal opportunity of winning the game and that's not the case in test cricket. English team lost the ashes miserably in Australia but that doesn't mean they can't do well in this ODI and T20 series. This ODI series which is followed by T20 series will help English team in adjusting to conditions of Sri Lanka just before the T20 world cup. 

In first ODI, SL team has scored 271 runs after winning the toss and batting first. Kusal Mendis remained not out on 93, Adil Rashid got 3 wickets and that means spinners are getting good support. 271 is not a big total and I think English team will chase it quite easily. 

Sri Lanka was not performing well in this match. They were playing with an average run rate of 4 runs or so, but later they pushed the score to 271 runs. I don't think that's going to be enough.

But at the same time I was thinking when it was the period of power play so they must have to power hits as much as possible. Yeah they tried well and scored about fifty without losing wickets but then in the tenth over they lost couple of wickets. While in the early middle overs, looking for strike rotation, which is good to have a balanced situation. It was Kusal Mendis's 93 runs that pushed the score to this level.

[BTC FutureKing]

In first ODI, SL team has scored 271 runs after winning the toss and batting first. Kusal Mendis remained not out on 93, Adil Rashid got 3 wickets and that means spinners are getting good support. 271 is not a big total and I think English team will chase it quite easily. 

The first match of series right now is in interesting phase, with England are chasing target of 272, currently at 59 for 1 in 14 overs. Sri Lankan batting was literally struggling against average bowling of England, but last over made good difference where Overturn conceded 23 runs.

Choosing to bowl first seemed a good decision by Sri Lanka as their opening stand gave them decent start, wicketkeeper-batsman Kusal Mendis 93 not out and Dunith Wellalage last over outburst kept things in balance for them, but England are looking much better while they are here for their preparation before ICC T20 world cup which is going to start from 7th February in India and Sri Lanka.

This is a competitive match in which Sri Lanka has set a great aim for England by playing the first innings and the England team is competing with the Sri Lanka bowlers with all their efforts.Exactly 2 wickets have fallen for their 129 runs and Ben Duckett lost his wicket and scored 62 runs for his team in which he hit 5 fours and 1 six.It was an important wicket and Jeffrey Vandersay took this wicket and gave England a little pressurize.Everyone from Sri Lanka worked hard and reached the aim of 271.If the Sri Lankan bowlers keep taking wickets like this then this wining will be certain for Sri Lanka.There are still 21 overs and five balls left and 142 runs are needed and Jacob Bethell has entered the field.

[Mahdirakib]

Sri Lanka was not performing well in this match. They were playing with an average run rate of 4 runs or so, but later they pushed the score to 271 runs. I don't think that's going to be enough.

England batsmen have played in the same way, and now the match is pretty much in favour of Sri Lanka. Joe Root and Ben Duckett had made a big partnership, but they have scored the runs very slowly. England has already lost 6 wickets and they still need more than 100 runs in the last 10 overs. Most probably Sri Lanka will win this match pretty comfortably.

[laspol65]

In first ODI, SL team has scored 271 runs after winning the toss and batting first. Kusal Mendis remained not out on 93, Adil Rashid got 3 wickets and that means spinners are getting good support. 271 is not a big total and I think English team will chase it quite easily. 

The first match of series right now is in interesting phase, with England are chasing target of 272, currently at 59 for 1 in 14 overs. Sri Lankan batting was literally struggling against average bowling of England, but last over made good difference where Overturn conceded 23 runs.

Choosing to bowl first seemed a good decision by Sri Lanka as their opening stand gave them decent start, wicketkeeper-batsman Kusal Mendis 93 not out and Dunith Wellalage last over outburst kept things in balance for them, but England are looking much better while they are here for their preparation before ICC T20 world cup which is going to start from 7th February in India and Sri Lanka.

This is a competitive match in which Sri Lanka has set a great aim for England by playing the first innings and the England team is competing with the Sri Lanka bowlers with all their efforts.Exactly 2 wickets have fallen for their 129 runs and Ben Duckett lost his wicket and scored 62 runs for his team in which he hit 5 fours and 1 six.It was an important wicket and Jeffrey Vandersay took this wicket and gave England a little pressurize.Everyone from Sri Lanka worked hard and reached the aim of 271.If the Sri Lankan bowlers keep taking wickets like this then this wining will be certain for Sri Lanka.There are still 21 overs and five balls left and 142 runs are needed and Jacob Bethell has entered the field.

England's aggressive batsman, Jos Buttler, is a patient batsman but is under a lot of pressure in today's match. So losing to Sri Lanka is really a shame for England, England still has to cover the deficit of 104 runs in 57 balls. I think it is not possible for England to cover the deficit of 104 runs, because England is under a lot of wicket pressure. So losing wickets quickly is the biggest sign of England losing, where important batsmen are easily out, so I think the next batsmen should not expect good performance from them.

[Bluedrem]

The chances of England winning today are very high, because it is already visible how much pressure the Sri Lankan team has been able to create in bowling. The Sri Lankan team is not as strong in batting as they are in bowling. So the chances of England winning in today's match are a little higher, although the England team lost a wicket in the beginning, but now they have formed a partnership.
If these two patient batsmen Duckett and Root can form a partnership, then they will definitely be able to play a significant role in helping the England team win by performing aggressively in batting.

Yes, England is ahead of Sri Lanka in terms of strength, but in today's match, England may lose to Sri Lanka. Because the first match of the three-match ODI series between Sri Lanka and England is being played today. Batting first, Sri Lanka has scored 271 for the loss of 6 wickets after the stipulated 50 overs. Kusal Mendis scored the highest 93 runs for the Sri Lankan team, while Janit Liyanage scored 46 runs. Overall, the batting performance of the Sri Lankan team was quite good. In the first innings, Adil Rashid took three wickets for 44 runs in 10 overs.
Later, when England came out to bat, they lost their first wicket for 12 runs. They scored 117 runs in the second wicket partnership, it seemed that England was going to win the match easily. But later, due to the excellent bowling performance of the Sri Lankan bowlers, 5 more wickets fell very quickly. Currently, England's collection is 182 for 6 after 42 overs. England still needs to score 90 runs from 48 balls to win and they have four batsmen in hand. I think England are going to lose today's match. But cricket is a glorious game of uncertainty, so let's see what happens in the end.

[Compromise me]

Sri Lanka Vs England

Today Sri Lanka and England play in first ODI at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, and it is big new beginning for both teams after recent series losses. Spin friendly weather in Colombo will be big part, and will place much of weight on England hitters in match to top spinners of Sri Lanka such as Wanindu Hasaranga and Maheesh Theekshana.

As Harry Brook leads attacking English team that has stars such as Joe Root and Jos Buttler, captain of the Sri Lankan team, Charith Asalanka, plans at saving great home record that team has on ground where they have recently beaten top teams. And here I think England is little bit stronger as Compare to Sri Lanka so they can win this match.

Kusal Mendis performance was  excellent in this match and he made 93 runs in this match and that was the reason team was able to score 271 runs in this match. England International cricket team position is not looking strong because they need 110 runs in 11 overs which is looking difficult for that team because they lost 5 wickets at that moment and they have 5 wickets in the hand. Wellalage took 2 wickets in this match and they are very close to win this match because they made a handsome total in this match. Janith Liyanage also made important runs for his team which gave more strength to his team. Wellalage is giving all round performance in this match because he hit 3 fours and 1 six in this match and made 25 runs in just 12 balls.

[Out of mind]

Sri Lanka vs England First ODI Match: Sri Lanka scored 271 runs in the first innings after batting for the loss of 6 wickets. In today's match, the batting performance of the Sri Lankan team was very good, comparatively, England is batting to meet Sri Lanka's target at the moment. Although England's performance is not very good, they have already lost six wickets, which has created a lot of challenges for their team. The way they are batting at the moment, it is very difficult to reach the winning stage, besides, England's batsmen do not have many overs in their hands at the moment. To meet the target given by Sri Lanka at the moment, England will have to score 88 runs in 42 balls, which is very difficult, and looking at their batting performance, it seems that it will not be possible to meet the target. Moreover, the Sri Lankan team will already try to bowl well and try to lose wickets, so England's chances of winning are very low, but Sri Lanka's chances are the highest.

[beerlover]

Sri Lanka was not performing well in this match. They were playing with an average run rate of 4 runs or so, but later they pushed the score to 271 runs. I don't think that's going to be enough.

England batsmen have played in the same way, and now the match is pretty much in favour of Sri Lanka. Joe Root and Ben Duckett had made a big partnership, but they have scored the runs very slowly. England has already lost 6 wickets and they still need more than 100 runs in the last 10 overs. Most probably Sri Lanka will win this match pretty comfortably.

117 runs big partnership gave good momentum to England for having their chance in this game but mini collapse brings Sri Lanka back into game, now things are almost under their control despite Jos Buttler and Rehan Ahmad on crease.

Required rate is almost over @12.5 Sri Lankan spinners having good time against the English team who are all trying their best, but things are not favourable for them in this first game of England's tour. They are looking for rebuild their team into white-ball format with many youngsters in their squad which is good, but it's going to be taking more time for any positive result if possible.

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Sri Lanka vs England First ODI Match: Sri Lanka scored 271 runs in the first innings after batting for the loss of 6 wickets. In today's match, the batting performance of the Sri Lankan team was very good, comparatively, England is batting to meet Sri Lanka's target at the moment. Although England's performance is not very good, they have already lost six wickets, which has created a lot of challenges for their team. The way they are batting at the moment, it is very difficult to reach the winning stage, besides, England's batsmen do not have many overs in their hands at the moment. To meet the target given by Sri Lanka at the moment, England will have to score 88 runs in 42 balls, which is very difficult, and looking at their batting performance, it seems that it will not be possible to meet the target. Moreover, the Sri Lankan team will already try to bowl well and try to lose wickets, so England's chances of winning are very low, but Sri Lanka's chances are the highest.

In the begining we thought that the England team will gonna win in this match as because they were a much stronger team from the Sri Lankan team but here we saw a good performance from the Sri Lankan batters and they took a good score at 271 even then I thought that this would not be much hard for the England team but yes offcourse her I also have to agree with that the Sri Lankan spinner done interesting bowling and currently put a heavy pressure on England team and most probably the England would not be able to recover themselve from this position.

[Nanga Parbat]

England's aggressive batsman, Jos Buttler, is a patient batsman but is under a lot of pressure in today's match. So losing to Sri Lanka is really a shame for England, England still has to cover the deficit of 104 runs in 57 balls. I think it is not possible for England to cover the deficit of 104 runs, because England is under a lot of wicket pressure. So losing wickets quickly is the biggest sign of England losing, where important batsmen are easily out, so I think the next batsmen should not expect good performance from them.

England failed to play well and strong because they need to play well and strong because Sri Lankan batsmen scored 271 runs and this is a very strong target because they achieved it by playing very well. England batsmen have to score 88 runs in 44 balls and this has become very strong for England. There will not be such a one sided strong match in this series, like Sri Lanka is playing. England will be forced to playing well and play hard somehow because they are playing well. If Sri Lanka wins this match, then they will have only one chance to win the series with which they will be able to defeat England.

[virasog]

England failed to play well and strong because they need to play well and strong because Sri Lankan batsmen scored 271 runs and this is a very strong target because they achieved it by playing very well. England batsmen have to score 88 runs in 44 balls and this has become very strong for England. There will not be such a one sided strong match in this series, like Sri Lanka is playing. England will be forced to playing well and play hard somehow because they are playing well. If Sri Lanka wins this match, then they will have only one chance to win the series with which they will be able to defeat England.

This is an upset for the England team. Being a stronger team, we did not expect this result. At one time, England were looking so strong where Ben Duckett and Joe Root had a big partnership. Both made 60+ score but soon after they got out, the England batting collapsed. It was like they were 129 runs for only two wickets down but then Sri Lankan bowlers dominated and they were able to win this match by a small margin.

[Bitcoin_people]

England failed to play well and strong because they need to play well and strong because Sri Lankan batsmen scored 271 runs and this is a very strong target because they achieved it by playing very well. England batsmen have to score 88 runs in 44 balls and this has become very strong for England. There will not be such a one sided strong match in this series, like Sri Lanka is playing. England will be forced to playing well and play hard somehow because they are playing well. If Sri Lanka wins this match, then they will have only one chance to win the series with which they will be able to defeat England.

This is an upset for the England team. Being a stronger team, we did not expect this result. At one time, England were looking so strong where Ben Duckett and Joe Root had a big partnership. Both made 60+ score but soon after they got out, the England batting collapsed. It was like they were 129 runs for only two wickets down but then Sri Lankan bowlers dominated and they were able to win this match by a small margin.

In this match, the England team batted very disappointingly, although no one expected this, their performance against Sri Lanka was very bad. Although they tried hard enough to reach the victory point in the end, unfortunately, the England team lost the match by 19 runs. In this match, the England team could not bowl well, as a result of which the Sri Lankan batsman Kusal Mendis could not get him out, the Sri Lankan team's score increased rapidly. Kusal Mendis remained unbeaten on 93 runs, the Sri Lankan team batted well, as a result of which they gave a target of 271 runs. However, England tried hard enough but they did not win, but in the next matches, the England team must improve its game further, and the series must be equalized, otherwise the Sri Lankan team will plan to win the series on that opportunity.

[Zaka1221]

Australia19 vs Japan19

Australia U19 became first team to officially get to play in Super Six stage by beating Japan U19 by eight wickets in Windhoek. Best part of game was Will Malajczuk who hit fastest century of his life with his hundred taking him only 51 balls, and finally going on to get 102 to see Australia to chase of 202 in less than 30 overs. However, loss gave Japan good name in terms of batting through the 50 overs of their play, which was strong and led by Hugo Tani-Kelly who followed his earlier century with brave, not out 79 runs. Although Australia is already safe pick, Japan still has chance to move forward if they beat Ireland in last group game because only last place in group will be thrown out in Super Six race.

Australia Under-19s team defeated the other team by showing a brilliant performance in this match. Overall, it was already clear from the performance of Japan Under-19s in this 50 over match that they might not get success in this match because the team they were facing was a very good and strong team which they have proven in this match as well and only one of their players got out. The rest of them together complete the target which was 201 run.If we talk about wickets, eight players of the first team got out and two players of the second team got out. Will Malajczuk made a brilliant target of 102 runs. The players who were playing with him stayed with him till the end and they scored 60 runs. His name is Nitesh Samuel. Talking about the match, Will Malajczuk is the one and with that they won this 16th match of the series.

[Farhan99]

Sri Lanka Vs England

Today Sri Lanka and England play in first ODI at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, and it is big new beginning for both teams after recent series losses. Spin friendly weather in Colombo will be big part, and will place much of weight on England hitters in match to top spinners of Sri Lanka such as Wanindu Hasaranga and Maheesh Theekshana.

As Harry Brook leads attacking English team that has stars such as Joe Root and Jos Buttler, captain of the Sri Lankan team, Charith Asalanka, plans at saving great home record that team has on ground where they have recently beaten top teams. And here I think England is little bit stronger as Compare to Sri Lanka so they can win this match.

In the ODI game between Sri Lanka and England, Sri Lanka defeated England by 19 runs. Sri Lanka opens inning first with Kamil Mishra and Pathumm Nissanka and both the openers give a positive start to the team and Nissanka played a well inning of 21 runs and also Mishra Scores 27 runs and in middle order Kusal Mendis played a memorable inning of 93 runs and also Janith Liyanage played a well inning of 46 runs and at the end of the innings Sri Lanka set a strong target of 272 runs for England.
England opens inning with Ask Crawley and Ben Duckket and among the openers Duckett played give a positive start to the team by scoring 62 runs but Zak losses his wicket early on 6 runs and in middle order Joe Root played a well knock of 61 runs and also Jamie Overton scores 34 runs but after putting great efforts England don't chase the target and scores only 252 runs at the end of the innings and Sri Lanka won the game by 19 runs

[Crypto Library]

In the ODI game between Sri Lanka and England, Sri Lanka defeated England by 19 runs. Sri Lanka opens inning first with Kamil Mishra and Pathumm Nissanka and both the openers give a positive start to the team and Nissanka played a well inning of 21 runs and also Mishra Scores 27 runs and in middle order Kusal Mendis played a memorable inning of 93 runs and also Janith Liyanage played a well inning of 46 runs and at the end of the innings Sri Lanka set a strong target of 272 runs for England.
England opens inning with Ask Crawley and Ben Duckket and among the openers Duckett played give a positive start to the team by scoring 62 runs but Zak losses his wicket early on 6 runs and in middle order Joe Root played a well knock of 61 runs and also Jamie Overton scores 34 runs but after putting great efforts England don't chase the target and scores only 252 runs at the end of the innings and Sri Lanka won the game by 19 runs

Actually, the Sri Lankan team performed better than my expectations today, especially in terms of batting. I thought they would finish their innings before 250, but they managed to score 271 runs with four wickets in hand.
Later, if we talk about bowling performance, then they have performed better than the England team here. Although at the beginning it seemed that the England team would chase the target very easily, but after taking the second wicket, they started to drop from maintaining their run rate, which put extra pressure on their batsmen and later for the same reason they started losing more wickets, as a result of which they had to lose all their wickets to the Sri Lankan bowlers in the final stages.