ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod]

[As-Soon-As]

As I actually expected, England's bowling performance was a bit better than I expected. Where I expected Sri Lanka to be all out for around 250 runs, they managed to bowl Sri Lanka out for just 219 runs.
And they managed to recover by winning the do or die match of this series today. However, the biggest credit today will go to Joe Root, who bowled just as well as he batted and took two catches in his excellent fielding. However, I think we will see this kind of performance from England in the next match as well and the Citizens will see them as the victors.

England team tried 9 different bowlers and that strategy worked for them. Sri Lankan team batting performance was not good today as it was in first ODI, the team got out in last over of their innings after scoring 219 runs. On same track, we saw England team struggled to chase 272 runs in first ODI but today target was just 220 runs and England team won the match quite easily. Joe Root took 2 wickets and also scored 75 runs with the bat, he was given man of the match award. Third ODI will be played on Jan 27, 2026 and that will decide result of the series. 

England have recovered their form and responded well in the second ODI. England's bowling and batting lines have been able to attack from both sides, Root took two wickets and put an end to the Sri Lankan team. Root's good performance has levelled the ODI series by winning the match 1-1, but England's chances of winning the third match are looking more likely. Because they won the second match by a wide margin, I believe that England can be aggressive at any time and play a significant role in helping the team win.

[noormcs5]

In the 2nd match of the ODI series between England vs Sri Lanka, we can say that England's bowling line was great, as England's bowlers bowled out Sri Lanka for 219 runs which was not a big target in an ODI match, it was a very easy target. In the ongoing New Zealand and India T20 series, we have seen higher scores than this. However, if Sri Lanka could have scored 250+ then it would have been challenging for England. Anyway, England lost the 1st match and won the 2nd match, in this match Joe Root performed brilliantly, he took two wickets with the ball and also did well with the bat which is commendable. Now that the series is tied 1-1, the third match is going to be the final and exciting match, the team that wins the 3rd match will win the series.

Sri Lanka batting first but couldn't score good runs at all, got all out on 219 runs, and on the other hand England was also putting some clever moves using multiple bowlers, and the thing is their plans were being successful, working in order. This was good and excellent gameplay by them.

When England got a wicket early of Kamil Mishara at 16 runs, and after some overs, they got the second wicket of Pathum Nissanka, so they started to try many different bowlers, and they also found another bowler Joe Root with 2 wickets in 2.3 overs and also he got a couple of catches today. England used eight bowlers in this innings, they were keen on getting the Sri Lankan wickets and didn't let them settle at any stage.