World Cup 2019: England vs Sri Lanka, preview, head to head & match details

England and Sri Lanka will face each other in the 27th match of World Cup tournament at Headingley Cricket Ground on Friday, June 21. England has lost just one game out of the five played so far and is placed at second position after New Zealand on the points table. While Sri Lanka has just won one game and is placed on 6th with 4 points.

The English team is in the good momentum as it has won all its matches except one losing to Pakistan at Trent Bridge. England defeated Afghanistan in their last clash in which Eoin Morgan's 148 runs brought the team's total close to 400 runs. With Eoin Morgan, Jason Roy and  Joe Root on their side, the match is expected to be one-sided.

With two matches abandoned due to rain and losing the other two, Sri Lankan team has won just one game against Afghanistan by DLS method. Sri Lanka will have to win rest of their four matches to increase their hopes of a semifinal berth. The team would certainly pray for good weather conditions in rest of their matches as rains have caused major damage to their game in the tournament.

Key Players

 England: Joe Root, Jos Buttler

Sri Lanka: Kusal Perera, Lasith Malinga

Head-to-head  

Total: 10

England: 06

Sri Lanka: 04

Probable Playing XI

 England: Janes Vince, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (c), Jos Buttler (wk) Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Liam Plunkett/Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer and Mark Wood

Sri Lanka: Kusal Perera (wk), Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Milinda Siriwardana, Thisara Perera, Dhananjaya de Silva, Isuru Udana, Suranga Lakmal/Nuwan Pradeep and Lasith Malinga

Match Details

 Date: Friday, 21th June 2019

Time: 03:00 PM IST

Venue: Headingley, Leeds

Live : Star Network

Online Streaming: Hotstar