T20 – Sri Lanka Mirror – Right to Know. Power to Change https://srilankamirror.com Sun, 13 Nov 2022 11:56:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://srilankamirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/cropped-favicon-32x32.png T20 – Sri Lanka Mirror – Right to Know. Power to Change https://srilankamirror.com 32 32 England wins T20 World Cup 2022 https://srilankamirror.com/sports/england-wins-t20-world-cup-2022/ Sun, 13 Nov 2022 11:48:54 +0000 https://srilankamirror.com/?p=2718 England won the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 against Pakistan by 05 wickets at an exciting final held at the MCG today (13).

Winning the toss, England opted to field first, restricting Pakistan to 137/8. Seamer Sam Curran takes second best figures in a T20 World Cup final with 3/12.

Batting in reply, England, reached their target with just one over to spare. Ben Stokes led the England team to victory with an unbeaten 52-run innings.

]]> World cup final between Pakistan and England today https://srilankamirror.com/news/world-cup-final-between-pakistan-and-england-today/ Sun, 13 Nov 2022 02:53:11 +0000 https://srilankamirror.com/?p=2683 After enthralling 28 days of action, Pakistan will take on reigning ODI World Champions England in the final of the 2022 Twenty20 World Cup at the MCG in Melbourne this afternoon.

The T20 World Cup final is scheduled to get underway at 1.30pm Sri Lanka time, if weather permits.

Predicted Playing XI
Pakistan
Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Haris, Shan Masood, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi
England
Jos Buttler (c & wk), Alex Hales, Philip Salt/Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan/Mark Wood, Adil Rashid

]]> England eases into the WC final with 10-wicket victory https://srilankamirror.com/sports/england-eases-into-the-wc-final-with-10-wicket-victory/ Thu, 10 Nov 2022 13:28:42 +0000 https://srilankamirror.com/?p=2547 England sailed into the Final of the ICC T20 World Cup after beating India by 10 wickets today (10).

India scored 168/6 with half centuries by Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya, but England easily overtook the target as 170/0 with Alex Hales 86* and Jos Buttler 80.

England will face Pakistan in the Final on Sunday (13) at the MCG.

]]> SL thrashes UAE to remain in WC https://srilankamirror.com/sports/sl-thrashes-uae-to-remain-in-wc/ Tue, 18 Oct 2022 13:18:54 +0000 https://srilankamirror.com/?p=1199 Sri Lanka thrashed the United Arab Emirates by 79 runs today (18).

After winning the toss, the UAE team opted to bowl first.

Following Sunday’s defeat against Namibia, it was crucial for Sri Lanka to win this game in order to remain in the tournament.

Sri Lanka scored 152/8 at the end of their innings with a stunning 74-run innings by Pathum Nissanka.

Chasing 153 runs to win against Sri Lanka, the UAE team was bundled out for 73 runs in 17.1 overs.

Afzal Khan was the top scorer for UAE with 19 runs.

Wanindu Hasaranga finished with 3/8 while Dushmantha Chameera had figures of 3/15 and helped Sri Lanka inflict the second defeat on the UAE side at this World Cup.

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