Harry Brook guided England to the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup, delivering a captain’s inning of the highest order in a nail-biting two-wicket win over Pakistan at Pallekele. Brook’s swashbuckling 100 off 51 balls with four sixes and 10 fours helped England negotiate a chase of 165 on a turning pitch. The 27-year-old was […]
Will Jacks and Jofra Archer discussed England’s batting cracks in the T20 World Cup as they continued their stranglehold on Sri Lanka at Pallekele during a brilliant bowling display. After making it through the first group stage, England captain Harry Brook wanted his side to turn over a new leaf in the Super 8s, but […]
England defeated Sri Lanka by 12 runs in a low-scoring thriller to seal a 3-0 T20 series victory in their final match before the World Cup. Sam Curran’s 58 off 48 balls led England’s recovery from 60 for six to Sri Lanka 129 to win in Kandy, while Dushmantha Chameera’s five for 24 gave Sri […]
Tom Banton underlined his World Cup credentials by firing England to a six-wicket DLS victory in the second T20 against Sri Lanka in Kandy. England were handed a challenging revised target after rain interrupted their chase of 190, but Banton crashed 54 from just 33 balls to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. […]
Sam Curran took a hat-trick as England began their T20 World Cup preparations by easing to an 11-run DLS win in the series opener against Sri Lanka. Curran became only the second England bowler to score an international T20 hat-trick after Chris Jordan when he blew away Sri Lanka’s lower order to help restrict the […]
Jofra Archer has been named in the England squad that will play Sri Lanka in the first T20 on Friday after recovering from injury. The 30-year-old fast bowler missed the last two Tests of England’s 4-1 Ashes defeat after suffering a side strain and was initially left out of the squad for the three-match T20 […]