RESULT
25th Match (D/N), Bengaluru, October 26, 2023, ICC Cricket World Cup
A nourishing victory for Sri Lanka, who have reignited their World Cup campaign with back-to-back wins over the Netherlands and England. The return of Angelo Mathews has reinforced their resolve. "It was a good all-round performance by the entire team," says Mathews. "It's all about attitude. We just wanted to go all-out today and we knew if we beat England we are giving ourselves a good chance to make the semi-finals."
As far as England are concerned, another demoralising defeat. They are not out of it yet, but need a host of results elsewhere to go their way. Even then, their net run rate of -1.634 makes the situation look terminal. "It’s incredibly tough," said a downbeat Jos Buttler at the presentations. "It's been an incredibly disappointing tournament."
England head coach Matthew Mott was equally disappointed: "We came here full of hope to turn things around and we're well off the mark. It's going to be a real test of character to go through the next week and see what we can salvage."
That's all from us here. Join us tomorrow for Pakistan versus South Africa in Chennai.