England would take on Sri Lanka in the ICC T20 World Cup 22nd Match Played at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong on Thursday March 27, 2014. Sri Lanka have looked invincible so far and England’s task will be cut out against the Asian giants come Thursday evening. England vs Sri Lanka T20 match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT).
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Online Broadcasting Channels:
Sky Sports (UK), Fox Sports (Australia), Super Sport (South Africa), BTV (Bangladesh), PTV Sports (Pakistan), Star India (India), SLBC (Sri Lanka), ESPN3 (USA). Some of the other Asian countries can watch the India v Pakistan match like this. Afghanistan viewers can tune in to Lemar TV while Sri Lankan fans can also watch the game on CSN. Bangladesh TV, Maasranga TV and Gazi TV will broadcast the encounter in Bangladesh.
Sri Lanka won the first match by 5 runs against South Africa. Malinga was the star in that tense match who bowled well in the depth overs. Sri Lanka won easily in the second match against the weak team Netherlands. An unbeaten run of 14 matches in Bangladesh this year will boost Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka’s World T20 campaign so far bears the hallmarks of so many recent sprints to the knockout phase of a world event. They are very well in all deparments and significant contributions from various places in the XI. Lasit Malinga, Mathews and MDKJ Perera are the key players for Sri Lanka in todays match against England.
England face a far bleaker reality. They had lost five of six T20s this year, before the rain ruined them against New Zealand. The bowling appears short on penetration, and in the warm-up against India, the batting appeared frail against high-quality spin. Before England can consider a place in the knockouts, they must first overcome inertia. England are a very inconsistent lot and need many of their players to have good days at the same time to get wins. Only two players seem consistent on a regular basis — Eoin Morgan and Jos Buttler. They also face some issues with players’ injuries.
World T20, 22nd Match, Group 1: England v Sri Lanka at Chittagong, Mar 27, 2014
Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)
England Squad
SCJ Broad*, EJG Morgan, MM Ali, IR Bell, RS Bopara, TT Bresnan, JC Buttler†, JW Dernbach, AD Hales, CJ Jordan, C Kieswetter, MJ Lumb, SD Parry, JC Tredwell, CR Woakes
Sri Lanka Squad
LD Chandimal*, SL Malinga, TM Dilshan, HMRKB Herath, DPMD Jayawardene, KMDN Kulasekara, RAS Lakmal, AD Mathews, BAW Mendis, MDKJ Perera, NLTC Perera, S Prasanna, KC Sangakkara†, SMSM Senanayake, HDRL Thirimanne
Match Info
Match: England vs Sri Lanka, 22nd Match Group 1 , T20 WC 2014
Date: Thu, Mar 27, 2014
Start Time: 1:30 PM GMT
Venue: Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Umpires: Rod Tucker, Aleem Dar
3rd Umpire: Steve Davis
Match Referee: David Boon