Seeing that Sri Lanka can no longer qualify while England can, the latter have to win the match at any cost that too with a decent run rate to qualify for the semi finals instead of Australia. Let us analyze the upcoming game.
MATCH ANALYSIS
The match will be held at Sydney Cricket Ground and we saw how Pakistan punished South African pacers on that field due to the lack of bounce replicated on the other fields making it slower especially if the match sees a damp weather or rain before or in between. Sri Lanka won the last game with some decent batting performance with De Silva scoring 66 off 42 balls with a strike rate of 157.33. Kusal Mendis also played his part scoring 25 runs however slow. The idea was that Sri Lanka bowled pretty well and cornered Afghanistan with Hasaranga taking 3 wickets in his 4 overs and an economy of 3.25.
Now England’s last game was exceptionally good on the bat with the openers excelling. Joe Root made a marvelous 74 off 47 balls while Alex Hales scored 52 off 40. The Target was already established here and let us just say that these two along with Moeen Ali will not spare seam bowlers on that Sydney pitch and Hasranga’s slow bowling might work well. England although have effective bowlers Sam Curran and Chris Woakes, both taking 2 wickets each in the last game. Their spinners in Livingstone will enjoy the slower fields.
PREDICTION
The toss will be key and if the captains play their bowlers right then the field can be sustained to a 150 total however Joe Root and Hales will have their moments will most likely provide England the victory against Sri Lanka.
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