England vs Sri Lanka Highlights, World Cup 2023: SL thrash ENG by 8 wickets, defending champs staring at early exit

England vs Sri Lanka Live Score, World Cup 2023: Well a great effort from Sadeera Samarawickrama and a brave decision from third umpire Ahsan Raza. Woakes flashes hard to the fielder at point. off Rajitha. Samarawickrama goes low and claims the catch which is quite an extraordinary effort. Umpires send it to the TV umpire. The images are all blurred and it looked like Woakes might just get the benefit of the doubt. But Raza concludes that Sadeera had his fingers underneath the ball and Woakes has to walk! Another blow for England.

Woakes c Samarawickrama b Rajitha 0 (4)

ENG vs SL Live Score: England 123/7 in 25.5 overs

England vs Sri Lanka Live Score, World Cup 2023: It is that man Angelo Mathews again. Just as it started looking like England might have a partnership here, Moeen falls to a rather loose shot. Back of a length from Mathews, no pace on it and Moeen just lobs it to backward point.

Moeen c Perera b Mathews 15 (15)

ENG vs SL Live Score: England 122/6 in 24.4 overs

England vs Sri Lanka Live Score, World Cup 2023: Second ball of the 23rd, Stokes deep in the crease and swivels to send it careening through midwicket. A dot ball after that Stokes is now 30 off 50, Moeen is on 13 off 10.

ENG vs SL Live Score: ENG 116/5 in 23 overs

England vs Sri Lanka Live Score, World Cup 2023: Has Stokes decided to take 'em on here? Second ball of the 23rd by Madushanka, Stokes swings the bat and sends it through deep midwicket.

ENG vs SL Live Score: 112/5 in 23rd over

England vs Sri Lanka Live Score, World Cup 2023: Stokes picks the third ball of the 22nd from Dhananjaya through leg side. Doesn't quite middle it and so it doesn't go for six but it pierces the gap at wide long-on.

ENG vs SL Live Score: England 107/5 in 21.3 overs

England vs Sri Lanka Live Score, World Cup 2023: Stokes didn't quite get hold of that but it eluded midwicket and went to the rope. He moves to 17 off 40, Ali on 8 off 8.

ENG vs SL Live Score: England 98/5 in 21 overs

England vs Sri Lanka Live Score, World Cup 2023: Now then, Sri Lanka have got England under the kosh but they can't be letting these things happen now. It is Moeen Ali and Ben Stokes, two batters who are capable of taking the game away from them. First Kumara couldn't field a shot straight down the ground but that could be put down to the fact that his knee got stuck into the turf while fielding. Then a poor throw off the third ball gifted England an extra run.

England vs Sri Lanka Live Score, World Cup 2023: Stokes on 13 off 38, Moeen Ali on 3 off 4. Stokes successful reversed an LBW decision off the fifth ball of that over from Theekshana and there was a big cheer that went around the ground - an indication that this Bengaluru crowd wants to see the England Test captain bat deep.

ENG vs SL Live Score: England 89/5 in 20 overs

England vs Sri Lanka Live Score, World Cup 2023: Kumara gets a second. Big shout for LBW that the umpire gives, Livingstone reviews straightaway but that is more in hope than anything else as it turns out. No bat and wickets is umpire's call.

Livingstone lbw b Kumara 1 (6)

ENG vs SL Live Score: England 85/5 in 17 overs

England vs Sri Lanka Live Score, World Cup 2023: Mendis with a brilliant catch to get his opposite number's wicket, Lahiru Kumara snaffles he big fish and England in dire straits now. Back of a length just outside off, Buttler takes a waft at it and Mendis flies to his right to take the catch.

Buttler c Mendis b Kumara 8 (6)

ENG vs SL Live Score: England 77/4 in 14.5 overs

England vs Sri Lanka Live Score, World Cup 2023: Well, well, well, this is just snowballing at the moment for England. They have two of their best in the middle but they both have not been in the best of forms. Sri Lanka would be more than aware of letting either of these two stick around for too long. Stokes is on 4 off 15, Buttler on 3 off 33.

ENG vs SL Live Score: England 71/3 in 14 overs

England vs Sri Lanka Live Score, World Cup 2023: The pressure had been building and Sri Lanka finally reap the rewards. Jonny Bairstow spoons the second ball of the 14th straight to mid-on. Kasun Rajitha strikes.

Bairstow c de Silva b Rajitha 30 (31)

ENG vs SL Live Score: England 68/3 in 13.2 overs

England vs Sri Lanka Live Score, World Cup 2023: Yes and no between the two Yorkshire batters and Joe Root has been run out for three at the striker's end. A good start has become a bit of a disaster now for England. Root chops it off the backfoot and sets off for some reason despite the point fielder getting to the ball almost before he got off his stance and started running. He is sent back, dives but Mendis breaks the stumps. The umpire goes upstairs but Root doesn't even wait for it, he starts walking off. What a start this has been for Sri Lanka.

Root run out (Mathews/Mendis) 3 (10)

ENG vs SL Live Score: England 57/2 in 9.4 overs

England vs Sri Lanka Live Score, World Cup 2023: Root has walked in to replace Malan and he is two off three balls. Bairstow at the other end on 22 off 20. It is Theekshana and Mathews alternating for Sri Lanka.

ENG vs SL Live Score: England 52/1 in 8 overs

England vs Sri Lanka Live Score, World Cup 2023: Third ball of the seventh, the extra bounce it got seemed to confuse Malan. He hangs his bat out and it goes to the keeper, big appeal from the Sri Lankans but the umpire is unmoved. Mendis goes for a review straightaway and sure enough, Malan nicked it. The old man has got the breakthrough for Sri Lanka. He was not even there in the full squad before this match.

Malan c Mendis b Mathews 28 (25)

ENG vs SL Live Score: England 45/1 in 6.3 overs

England vs Sri Lanka Live Score, World Cup 2023: The last time the 36-year-old bowled in ODI cricket was in March 2020. Now then, he had bowled in the 2019 World Cup for the first time in over two years as well and had taken a wicket off the very first ball.

ENG vs SL Live Score: Engand 45/0 in 6 overs

England vs Sri Lanka Live Score, World Cup 2023: More width and four more for Bairstow at the end of that over. 15 off it, a poor one from Rajitha. Bairstow is on 11 off 8, Malan on 16 off as many.

ENG vs SL Live Score: England 27/0 in 4 overs

England vs Sri Lanka Live Score, World Cup 2023: Well the ball isn't swinging any kore and the Sri Lankans continue to bowl it wide. Rajitha's third ball is flashed in the air past backward point and then he sends the next over covers for another boundary.

22/0 in 3.4 overs

England vs Sri Lanka Live Score, World Cup 2023: asun Rajitha bowling the second over and he finally provides Bairstow some width fourth ball. The England opener crunches the square cut and the ball disappears to the boundary. The ball is the skate and the outfield is the frictionless ice rink.

England vs Sri Lanka Live Score, World Cup 2023: Madushanka nails the inswinging yorker first ball of the match. Bairstow seems to have somehow dug it out and played it straight down the ground. In fact the batters ended up running three as the lightning fast outfield carried the ball almost to the boundary. Then the Sri Lankans have a conversation and then decide not to go for the review. In real-time it looked Bairstow had got his bat to it first but replays show that it was pad and then bat. Ball tracking shows that Bairstow was plumb in front of leg. No more runs from that over, what a start.

ENG vs SL Live Score: England 3/0 in 1 over

England vs Sri Lanka Live Score, World Cup 2023: Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan open the batting for England. Dilshan Madushanka bowling the first over for Sri Lanka.

England vs Sri Lanka Live Score, World Cup 2023: First comes Sri Lanka's anthem and then England's. The players are standing adjacent to each other with the match officials.

England vs Sri Lanka Live Score, World Cup 2023: Mendis says that they were looking to bat first as well. “I am enjoying the captaincy. There are players who are advising me and supporting me. The last match we did well with bat and ball,” he said. Mendis says that this is a vVery important game" and that Sri Lanka need to get off to a good start with the ball. About Angello Mathews, Mendis says that the former captain is playing, as is Lahiru Kumara.

England vs Sri Lanka Live Score, World Cup 2023: Buttler said that it looks like a good wicket and England will be looking to put up a big score. He admits that the team hasn't been close to their best and it is all about performing to their best. "We have stayed very level as a group, there is some frustration around for not playing as well as we could but there is quality in the team indivdually and collectively. Throughout the team (there needs to be contributions)," he said. Buttler said that they have three changes. Topley has returned home with a broken finger, Woakes, Moeen and Livingstone come in. Atkinson misses out, Brook is out and they have changed their combination.

England vs Sri Lanka Live Score, World Cup 2023: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis(w/c), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Angelo Mathews, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara, Dilshan Madushanka