England wants 21 from 24 balls.
9.54PM UPDATE ALI OUT, ENGLAND NERVOUS
Moeen Ali chips a catch to cowl and England is 5-111.
Sam Curran is the brand new man in, with Dawid Malan nonetheless but to bat.
9.52PM UPDATE ENGLAND WOBBLING
Within reach of a berth within the semi-finals, England has misplaced 3-24.
With six overs remaining and the SCG crowd cheering dot balls, England wants 32 runs.
A reminder Dawid Malan is unlikely to bat after injuring his groin within the discipline.
9.34PM UPDATE WIN PREDICTOR SAYS AUSTRALIA ALL BUT DONE
The win predictor has England at 95 per cent and Sri Lanka 5 per cent.
England is 2-86 after 10 overs, needing 56 off 60 balls to clinch a semi-final spot.
9.20PM UPDATE ENGLAND’S BRUTAL POWER PLAY SHOW
Australia’s final hopes of creating the World Cup semi finals are fading quick.
England are making mild work of their run chase towards Sri Lanka on the SCG and it appears solely a matter of time earlier than they boot the Aussies out.
Needing simply 142 for victory, England raced to 70 with out loss after the six over energy play.
Displaying the Aussies what they need to have achieved, the English openers have fully monstered the Sri Lankan assault.
Alex Hales is 42 not out from 19 balls with Jos Buttler unbeaten on 25 off 18 and the required run price already all the way down to lower than a run a ball.
9.07PM UPDATE ENGLAND POWERING TO TOTAL
5 overs down in England’s chase and Australia is watching an early exit from the T20 World Cup.
Jos Buttler and Alex Hales have powered England to 0-50 after 5 overs, needing an additional 9 2 runs from 90 balls.
8.43PM UPDATE WHY AUSSIE FANS SHOULD HAVE HOPE
Though Sri Lanka’s whole of 8-141 could not appear huge after they had been pegged again by England’s bowlers on the loss of life, some key stats are nonetheless of their favour.
For starters, no workforce that’s batted second on the SCG throughout this event has gone and gained a match.
And the best whole by any workforce batting second on the SCG through the World Cup is simply 123.
Nonetheless, the Poms can be closely favoured to succeed in their goal and qualify the semis, which would go away the Aussies questioning what might have been after Sri Lanka appeared on the right track for a a lot greater whole earlier than fully shedding their manner on the finish, including simply 25 runs for the lack of 5 wickets over the past 5 overs.
8.35PM UPDATE ENGLAND RALLIES TO CLOSE ON SEMI-FINALS
England is within the field seat to succeed in the T20 World Cup semi-finals after producing a sterling rally with the ball.
Sri Lanka raced to 1-54 after the six-over powerplay however limped by the remainder of its innings as Sam Curran and Adil Rashid led England’s fightback.
Sri Lanka completed with 8-141, shedding three wickets within the final over and solely managing 87 runs from its final 84 balls.
Commentator Mike Atherton stated an absence of firepower has come again to hang-out the Sri Lankans.
8.11PM UPDATE MALAN LIMPS FROM FIELD
England’s battling line-up has suffered a probably disastrous setback with former World No.1 batter Dawid Malan injured within the discipline.
Malan appeared to harm his groin whereas chasing a ball from backward level and instantly limped from the sphere on the SCG.
It stays to be seen whether or not he can be obtainable to bat as England chases a semi-final berth.
8.02PM UPDATE BROAD RAISES SCG PITCH CONCERNS
English fast Stuart Broad says he can’t perceive why the England-Sri Lanka match is being performed on the identical SCG wicket as two different video games.
Broad tweeted on Saturday night time: “SL began effectively. Really feel like their batting is mild from now. Would anticipate us to win the following 10 overs. Then need to play their spinners effectively.
“Undecided why we’re utilizing a pitch for the third time in a World Cup.”
7.56PM UPDATE NISSANKA REACHES HALF-CENTURY
Sri Lankan opener Pathum Nissanka has introduced up his half-century on the SCG after overcoming a mid pitch collision because the English bowlers bagged two extra wickets to decelerate the run movement.
Nissanke bought to his 50 off 33 balls as Sri Lanka moved to 3-89 after 12 overs – nonetheless on the right track for an enormous whole regardless of slowing down.
He had a scare when he crashed into his workforce mate Charith Asalanka however each males recovered.
Asalanka fell for eight when he skied a catch off Ben Stokes to Dawid Malan.
Sri Lanka additionally misplaced Dhananjaya de Silva for 9 when he was caught by Stokes on the boundary rope proper in entrance of the Member’s Stand.
7.49PM UPDATE SRI LANKAN STAR HURT
Pathum Nissanka has obtained therapy on the sphere after showing to be harm when he collided with teammate Charith Asalanka.
Play resumed after a delay of about 5 minutes with Nissanka batting on.
“Little bit of a hobble, nevertheless it didn’t look too disastrous,” former England captain Michael Atherton stated in commentary after play resumed.
Sri Lanka reached 2-80 after 10 overs with Nissanka the star, unbeaten on 46.
7.27PM UPDATE SRI LANKAN POWERPLAY OVER
There’s hope for Australia but as a result of Sri Lanka have exploded out the blocks – belting 1-54 through the powerplay.
Displaying much more intent than the Aussies did towards Afghanistan, Sri Lanka’s openers have been carving up the English assault.
Pathum Nissanka let the Poms know what they had been in for when he dispatched the second ball of the match – from Ben Stokes – over the ropes for six.
Nissanka bought one other most off specific bowler Chris Wooden when he deflected previous third man then a 3rd off Sam Curran.
Kusal Mendis additionally blasted a six off Wooden because the Asian Cup champions piled on 32 from the primary three overs.
The Poms removed Mendis for 14 when Liam Livingstone held a operating catch within the deep however Nissanka (32 not put) and the brand new batter Dhananjaya de Silva (two) saved the scoreboard ticking over.
7.15PM UPDATE SRI LANKAN STARTS GIVES AUSSIES HOPE
Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis have launched Sri Lanka to 0-32 after three overs, giving Australia a lift because it prays for a Sri Lankan victory towards England.
Mark Wooden left the sphere after bowling the third over of the innings.
6.50PM COULD COIN TOSS POINT TO AUSSIE PROGRESSION?
Some excellent news for Australia on the T20 World Cup.
Sri Lanka has gained the toss and elected to bat first of their match towards England on the Sydney Cricket Floor.
The stats are a very good omen for Australia’s hopes of a Sri Lankan victory as a result of each workforce that has batted first on the SCG through the event has gone on and gained the match.
Australia gained the toss within the event opener towards New Zealand however gave the Kiwis first go on an ideal deck and promptly bought hammered.
England captain Jos Buttler stated he would undoubtedly have batted first if he’d gained the toss towards Sri Lanka.
“We have to play our greatest cricket to attempt to get by to the following spherical,” he stated.
England named an unchanged workforce from the one which beat New Zealand of their final outing whereas Sri Lanka made one change, recalling Chamika Karunratne.
6.35PM UPDATE – TEAM LISTS ARE IN
SRI LANKA
Pathum Nissanka
Kusal Mendis (WK)
Dhananjaya de Silva
Charith Asalanka
Bhanuka Rajapaksa
Dasun Shanaka (C)
Wanindu Hasaranga
Chamika Karunaratne
Maheesh Theekshana
Lahiru Kumara
Kasun Rajitha
ENGLAND
Jos Buttler (C) (WK)
Alex Hales
Dawid Malan
Ben Stokes
Harry Brook
Moeen Ali
Liam Livingstone
Sam Curran
Chris Woakes
Adil Rashid
Mark Wooden
6.20PM UPDATE RAIN WON’T SAVE AUSSIES
One among Australia’s two avenues of creating the semis already appears to be like closed with nearly no probability of rain coming to their rescue.
The Aussies would sneak into the knockout levels if Saturday’s last group 1 match between England and Sri Lanka was washed out however Mom Nature isn’t taking part in ball.
There’s hardly a cloud within the sky above the Sydney Cricket Floor and the forecast for rain is 1%.
A lot for the wettest 12 months on document.
That leaves Australia with just one remaining path to remain alive – they now want Sri Lanka to beat the Poms.
CAN SRI LANKA SEND AUSSIES THROUGH?
Australia is hours away from studying whether or not its T20 World Cup defence is over.
The reigning champion paid the value for a disastrous loss to New Zealand in its event opener, ending the Tremendous 12 stage with a internet run price of -0.173.
New Zealand has booked its passage to the ultimate 4 after ending equal on seven factors with Australia, however with a far superior NRR of two.112.
Aaron Finch’s males wanted to defeat Afghanistan by about 60 runs of their last Tremendous 12 match to overtake England’s NRR of 0.547, however solely fell over the road on Adelaide on Friday night time.
Whereas that consequence has saved the Australians a nervous night time calculating NRR adjustments, it means solely a Sri Lankan win will safe them a spot within the semi-finals.
Sri Lanka has 4 factors and can’t qualify, though it might nonetheless end third in Group 1 forward of England.
Tonight’s match begins at 7pm. Comply with the most recent speaking factors from the SCG right here.
Initially revealed as World Cup 2022 England v Sri Lanka: All the most recent information
