00:00England have already wrapped up the series, of course, as Harry Brook leads out his team.
00:04He won the toss, opted to bowl here this afternoon, but they've still got plenty to play for.
00:09The carrot of going to the number one ranked team in the world, the top of the rankings if they
00:14win today.
00:15They're flip-flopping since Harry Brook took over as captain, so they are going great guns in this format at
00:21the moment.
00:21They've had the best of Sri Lanka in this series.
00:24Protect one side.
00:28The man is up in the inner circle at third man, so runs to be had there.
00:34And that was the feature of the very good opening partnership that Sri Lanka had at Cardiff,
00:38the way that they used the pace on offer from the likes of Baker and Archer,
00:43and looked to hit the ball behind square, as Nisanka did here.
00:53In here, and looking to bowl quickly, no doubt, as he has throughout the summer,
00:58but once again, it's using that pace to Sri Lanka's advantage.
01:06Gave that a fair old clump.
01:08This is a good start.
01:13There it goes, runs to be had here, because the wind and the breeze will carry it all the way
01:18for six.
01:19Jordan Cox is out there for a moment.
01:21He thought he was interested, but that wind is going to play a factor tonight.
01:26Tough end to bowl.
01:27Tough end to bowl where Joffre Archer is at the moment.
01:30The Brian Statham end, because this is almost a top edge.
01:33First two T20s, has every chance of being caught at deep square leg,
01:38but gets it up into the sky, into the wind,
01:41and just clears Jordan Cox on the boundary.
01:44He'd have been interested.
01:49Problems here.
01:50Joffre Butler tracking backwards, steadying himself, and takes a good catch.
01:55Not completely straightforward, given how it was swirling in this very strong breeze,
02:00but Butler clings on, and England have their first.
02:05Brilliant catch.
02:06Really good catch from Joss Butler.
02:08A bit of communication issues at Southampton the other night,
02:12where he ended up getting put down,
02:14but as soon as that ball went up into the sky,
02:18Butler was right on it.
02:24And greeted with a crunching slog sweep.
02:29He's got that wind to contend with,
02:31so if they want to hit him leg side, that's with the wind.
02:35And Dawson will have to think about that,
02:37and think about how to counter it,
02:38whether he can bowl wider outside the off stump.
02:48He has been tempted, but he can't take it on.
02:51Come on!
02:54The tall figure of Jamie Overton out at long on
02:57takes a very straightforward catch.
02:59So an early success for Will Jacks.
03:02Sri Lanka two down.
03:07Actually don't mind the batting.
03:08Pretty good start.
03:11Well, goes leg side again in that favourite position,
03:14and goes a long, long way back.
03:17There's Patam Nassanga.
03:18Very good picking up that short ball,
03:20but that one awful length.
03:22Beautiful wrist work.
03:23And now he understands where the wind's going as well,
03:26so he knows that anything that he gets
03:28towards the middle of the bat
03:29is going to fly really, really far.
03:32Exceptional cricketer, exceptional shot.
03:35Yeah, and it's shots like that
03:36that can just surmount some pressure
03:40on this England bowling line-up.
03:42Not being put under much so far in the series.
03:50Wonderful shot over the offside.
03:52That is the quality that you expect
03:55from Patam Nassanga.
03:57We talked about leg side dominant,
04:00but look at this shot.
04:00One of the hallmarks of a good player,
04:02especially against spin.
04:04It's his ability to hit against the spin
04:06round the wicket.
04:10Gone!
04:11Smart catch by Harry Brook,
04:14diving away to his right.
04:15Nice, absolutely outstanding piece of fielding.
04:20The exceptional catch.
04:21The shot was on.
04:23Nassanga trying to keep it down,
04:25get it into the gap.
04:26But just brilliant from the England captain.
04:30Patam Nassanga, the batsman in form,
04:33shaking his head.
04:34He knew it was there to be hit,
04:35which he did.
04:37But just too close to that fielder.
04:43Well, down the wicket in this occasion,
04:45and that short boundary
04:46will mean it goes all the way for six.
04:53Yeah, pulled away and into the gap.
04:56Time nicely.
04:59Nassanga just picking up momentum built
05:01on the six in the previous over.
05:05A big shot with the wind.
05:09Huge strike.
05:10Straight after the drinks break.
05:13Well, as we mentioned many times,
05:16the wind is so strong,
05:17so that is just targeting that area of the ground.
05:23Oh!
05:26Oh, a bit of confusion.
05:27Run out chance.
05:29Sink, Jack's missed the stumps.
05:31Rolling team.
05:33Brilliant shot.
05:35Reverse scoop.
05:38Just holds up on this slow outfield,
05:40but has enough to make it to the boundary.
05:45In the air.
05:46Oh!
05:47Banton slipped.
05:49Looked a simple catch.
05:52To long off.
05:54But lost his footing,
05:55lost the ball.
05:56Four runs,
05:5796 for four.
06:01Well, we're lucky.
06:02We've seen all the drainage lines
06:03that are very evident.
06:08The ball he's got wrong
06:11and gets the treatment.
06:14He went full,
06:15just a little too full,
06:16and got punished.
06:18Nass and Shanika
06:19can hit them a long, long way.
06:21That was a little bit of a gift
06:22in the end from Dawson.
06:27The pressure.
06:29Yeah!
06:31Big appeal.
06:32And gone.
06:32Underside edge.
06:34Butler does the rest.
06:38And he gets a little under edge.
06:40It was there.
06:41Good catch behind the stumps.
06:44Five down now, Sri Lanka.
06:50Can keep the partnerships
06:52at left right hand
06:54when you get the opportunity
06:55for reasons like that.
06:57Left-hander hitting with the win
06:59to the shorter boundary.
07:00He's played pretty well here,
07:02Camindu Mendes.
07:03Bit of a lone hand right now.
07:0434 from 24,
07:06but that was a bit of a gift.
07:07It was dragged down.
07:08This time it didn't get anything
07:10from the surface.
07:11I think that's the first time
07:13he's been hit for six
07:13in the series,
07:15Jamie Overton.
07:25And another way kick goes down.
07:27Camindu Mendes
07:28picks out Will Jacks in the deep.
07:31His positioning was very good
07:33because Camindu Mendes
07:34is hitting into the breeze there.
07:36The fielder was a good 20,
07:3830 yards in off the boundary edge
07:40in a perfect position.
07:43Yeah, really well thought of field.
07:45The England fielder's
07:46right throw this series,
07:47hanging well in from the back.
07:52And picks up a wicket now
07:53with a drag on.
07:55Rathnayaka looking to access
07:57that leg side,
07:59trying to hit with the wind.
08:01Just drags a wider ball
08:03onto his stumps.
08:04Sri Lanka seven down.
08:07Yeah, it didn't look
08:09that comfortable.
08:10Rathnayaka.
08:12And Overton again
08:13rolling his fingers
08:14across the side.
08:19Trouble.
08:20Gone.
08:21Brilliant fielding.
08:24Yeah, it is Dawson.
08:27Gets the ball away quickly
08:29and bats away,
08:30way short of his ground.
08:31Once the direct hit,
08:33they're very straight
08:35and accurate on that occasion.
08:36Good shot down the ground.
08:38Sri Lanka need more of that.
08:41It is over pitching.
08:43Hasaranga.
08:47Slower ball.
08:48Superb slower ball.
08:50I think Hasaranga
08:52has hit his own wicket
08:54swinging so hard.
08:56But in swinging around there,
08:59he just knocked a bail off.
09:05This should finish things off.
09:10Harry Brook settles himself
09:12under Eskaya
09:13and Sri Lanka's innings is done.
09:15Big smile from Sonny Baker.
09:17Very soon, five down
09:19and then they were well behind.
09:21Sonny Baker,
09:22he was good in the hundred
09:23in patches,
09:24but this series,
09:25he has been excellent.
09:26Will do wonders
09:26for his confidence
09:27and also go
09:29to really giving
09:31the England set up
09:32the confidence
09:32in their pacemen.
09:34And there a chance.
09:36There is the swing.
09:38No slip in place
09:39and it beats short third.
09:42England are away.
09:45Yeah, good bowling.
09:48It's the ball before that.
09:49They actually removed
09:51the first slip,
09:51which with this amount
09:53of movement on offer
09:56and Sri Lanka needing wickets,
09:57I thought it was an odd decision.
09:59Yes, that ball wasn't catchable,
10:01but it was the outside edge
10:02of Joss Butler's back.
10:03Gets him off the mark,
10:04gets him moving.
10:08Slapped straight down the ground.
10:10That is the aggression
10:11that we've become used to
10:13from Anir and Donald.
10:19Well,
10:20more elevation on this.
10:22Back-to-back boundaries
10:23for Anir and Donald.
10:24Two row overs completed.
10:2717 without loss.
10:29Yeah, yeah, yeah.
10:31Lovely from Donald.
10:33Just picking the length nicely
10:35and open up the offside.
10:37Think again.
10:39Down the wicket
10:40and gone.
10:41It was left arm spin.
10:43In the first game
10:44and it's left arm spin
10:46again today
10:47that sees the back
10:49of an iron Donald.
10:52Looked like he made his mind up
10:54before the ball was bowled.
10:55He was going downtown.
10:57Little dance down the track,
10:59but a clever bit of bowling.
11:01Really good line.
11:03Tucked up.
11:05Didn't spin.
11:06Carried on with his original line.
11:08Sharp bit of work.
11:09Look at those singles as well.
11:13Oh, pull the way
11:14to the leg side
11:15with the wind.
11:16That's only half a hit
11:18from Harry Brook.
11:19Dropped that in the crowd,
11:20doesn't he?
11:20Just explained to his mate
11:21how he's put it down,
11:22but incredible shot
11:23for Harry Brook.
11:24I think he was almost done
11:25for lack of pace
11:26and had to hold
11:26his body position
11:28and still straight out
11:29the middle of the bat.
11:32He's got done by a hand
11:34in front of him,
11:34hasn't he?
11:35Just came up.
11:36Did him.
11:40Down it goes in the crowd.
11:46Well, that is tough to take.
11:51Oh, no.
11:53It's leg side
11:54and it is racing away
11:55for four.
11:57That will be five wides.
11:59Really test your mettle.
12:02Well, he went full
12:04and straight again
12:05and just a little bit of bat
12:06from Harry Brook.
12:11Well, the over goes
12:12from bad to worse
12:14for Theshara
12:16and Sri Lanka.
12:17Harry Brook is on the charge.
12:23Well, offside this time
12:25from Butler.
12:27As we see
12:28throughout the course
12:29of this series,
12:31less footwork,
12:33picking up the length
12:33and smacking it away
12:35for England
12:35has been so,
12:36so effective.
12:41offside again.
12:42Almost rinse repeat
12:44of the first delivery
12:45of the over.
12:46Outstanding batting
12:47from Butler.
12:52A leg side
12:53this time.
12:54Butler just manipulating
12:57Rathanaik's length
12:58at will.
13:02Brook giving himself room
13:04but yet again
13:04the quality of the shot
13:05was absolutely amazing.
13:08Really have been treated
13:09to some outstanding
13:11batsmanship.
13:13Bang.
13:14Straight back over your head.
13:17Welcome to the contest.
13:22A real gift, I'm afraid.
13:24It was, I think,
13:24a slow ball
13:26and it too
13:27has been
13:27bashed to the boundary.
13:33might have been off the glove.
13:34We'll have to wait
13:34and see.
13:36No, off nothing.
13:43Lacking the match
13:44and run out chance
13:44this will be
13:45direct hit
13:47and gone
13:48I'm sure.
13:48Malinga.
13:52Goes for the wide
13:53Yorker
13:53and beautifully played.
13:55Guided behind point
13:56by Joss Butler.
14:02Powerfully struck.
14:04Made a crack
14:05off the bat
14:06and into the crowd.
14:11Yeah, beautiful shot
14:12brings up Joss Butler's
14:1450 as well
14:15his 54
14:15of the 30 deliveries
14:17brings it up
14:18with a mighty swat
14:20over mid-wicket.
14:21This is the danger
14:22of Joss Butler
14:24who's got to touch
14:25the previous delivery
14:27carving it through
14:28or behind point
14:29and this one
14:30just sat up
14:31and he absolutely
14:32muscles it.
14:34Makes him so difficult.
14:38In the air.
14:43And six
14:44and a win
14:45for England.
14:46Brilliant from Butler.
14:51Reaches the target
14:52with a 100 shot
14:54over mid-wicket.
14:55Big smiles
14:56for Butler and Banton
14:57out in the middle.
14:58Go.
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