England team continued its fine run against the Srilanka and defeated the visitors by 5 wickets. In the beginning, the star for England was sam Curran who dismissed the Lankan opener with his footwork. The video of this dismissal started trending on micro blogging site Twitter within no time. He also picked a wicket soon after displaying his acrobatic skills.
Later the proceedings of the match were no different as it was another typical Lankan collapse. Mendis was the top scorer with 39 runs followed by skipper Kusal Perera but other batsman disappointed. The middle-order got choked by some top quality bowling by England bowlers. The final score reached 111 runs.
In reply, it looked like it will be a cakewalk for England batsman as the required run rate was below 6 from ball 1. However, the host witnessed a Top order collapse, thanks to some quality swing bowling from Chameera and Udana.
England lost 4 wickets for 36 runs but the required run rate was still below 6. It was a patient inning of Liam livingstone who saw England home. Sam Curran's hit for the maximum sealed the win for England in the 2nd T20 by 5 wickets. (WD)
