ENG vs SL Jacob Bethell lethal England Beat Sri Lanka: In the last match of the three-match T20 series, England defeated Sri Lanka by 12 runs.

New Delhi: With the lethal bowling of Jacob Bethel and Will Jacques, England defeated Sri Lanka by 12 runs in the third T20. With this victory, the England team wiped out Sri Lanka in the three-match series. The condition of England, who came to bat first in the match, was also bad. England somehow managed to reach the score of 128 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs game. It seemed that the Sri Lankan team would win comfortably in this low scoring match, but while chasing the target, it was limited to 116 runs in 19.3 overs.

Jacob Bethel bowled brilliantly for England in defense of the target of 129 runs. Bethele took four wickets for just 11 runs in 3.3 overs. Apart from this, Will Jacques also wreaked havoc in bowling. Will Jacques took 4 wickets for 14 runs in 4 overs. Adil Rashid, Luke Wood and Liam Dawson also took one wicket each. In this way the England team registered a thrilling victory in the last match.

Sri Lanka’s batting was bad

Sri Lanka’s batting was very poor in this match against England. For Sri Lanka, opener batsman Kamil Misara was out without opening the account. After this, Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis definitely raised hopes for some time, but they too could not take the team towards victory. Nissanka scored 23 runs while Mendis scored 26 runs. Apart from this, Pawan Ratnayake contributed 13 runs, Kusal Mendis contributed 14 runs and Janith Liyanage contributed 17 runs.

Dushmantha Chameera’s claw became useless

Dushmantha Chameera performed brilliantly in bowling for Sri Lanka. In this match against England, Chameera took five wickets for 24 runs in 4 overs. This is the reason why the England team stopped at the score of 128 runs. Apart from this, Mathisa Pathirana also took 2 wickets in his account. Sam Curran showed tremendous performance in batting for England.

Amidst the continuous falling of wickets, Sam Curran scored 58 runs in 48 balls for his team and gave a respectable score to England. Apart from Sam Curran, Jos Buttler also scored 25 runs. Apart from this, Lian Dawson also contributed 14 runs. Apart from these three, not a single batsman from England could cross the double figures.