Group 1 of the Super 12 stage of the T20 World Cup concludes on Saturday when England take on Sri Lanka in Sydney by which time England will know what result they need in order to reach the semi finals
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England v Sri Lanka, Sydney Cricket Ground
England came through a must win game against New Zealand with a 20 run victory in Brisbane on Tuesday. Buttler smashed 73 in their bat first total of 179/6 and Sam Curran 2/26 and Woakes 2/33 helped them defend it.
Earlier England's clash with Australia was washed out. They started their tournament with a 5 wicket win over Afghanistan in Perth nd despite being overwhelming favourites for their game against Ireland they lost by 5 runs (DLS).
This is how England lined up last time out.
Jos Buttler (c & wk), Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood
Sri Lanka came through the qualifiers, surprisingly losing to Namibia first up before getting the better of UAE and the Netherlands to reach the Super 12's. Their opening match in this group saw them beat Ireland by 9 wickets but they came up well short against the big guns, going down to Australia by 7 wickets and New Zealand by 65 runs. Last time out Sri Lanka beat Afghanistan by 6 wickets.
This was how Sri Lanka lined up last time out.
Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka (c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Pramod Madushan, Lahiru Kumara, Kasun Rajitha
Head to Head
The teams have met 13 times in this format with England winning 9 and Sri Lanka have won 4.
In the 2021 World T20 England beat Sri Lanka by 26 runs in a pool stage match in Sharjaah with Jos Buttler smashing a century.
The Betting
England are currently trading at around 1/5 to win the game and Sri Lanka can be backed at around 3/1
Jos Buttler is 5/2 to top score for England and Alex Hales is 3/1
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The Verdict
Jos Buttler turned it on last time out and he is my choice to top score for England. Sam Curran gets the vote to be top England wicket taker.
Bets: Top England Run Scorer Jos Buttler at 5/2
Top England Wicket Taker Sam Curran at 3/1
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