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England's Jacks of all trades sinks Sri Lanka
Will Jacks has shone with both bat and ball as England brushed aside co-hosts Sri Lanka in Pallekelle in their Super Eight clash at the T20 World Cup
Will Jacks has impressed with bat and ball to rescue England from a poor start and help them to a 51-run victory over Sri Lanka in a low-scoring Super Eight match at the Twenty20 World Cup.
Tournament co-hosts Sri Lanka appeared to be well set after restricting England to a below-par 9-146 in the Group 2 match at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
But Jacks, who made 21 useful runs down the order, returned to claim 3-22 as England bowled out Sri Lanka for 95 inside 17 overs to prevail.
Sri Lanka took wrong options on 'tricky' pitch – Rathour
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Sri Lanka's batters could have taken better options, according to Vikram Rathour, after the hosts crashed to 95 all out against England, chasing 147. Rathour has been the side's batting consultant since January, but Sri Lanka have been a modest T20 batting side for years now, falling short of the Super Eight in the last T20 World Cup, and having had to qualify for the two previous iterations.
And still, in front of a full house in Pallekele, and with a relatively low total to chase, Sri Lanka lost five wickets in the powerplay. Rathour said the pitch had been tricky.
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He made his Ashes debut in Australia, got engaged to his partner Ana in Sydney and now, at times single-handedly, is taking England towards the T20 World Cup semi-finals.
"That is not for me to answer," laughed his captain Harry Brook.
"But he has had three man-of-the-match awards this World Cup and I don't think he has played his best cricket yet."
They were 15-year-olds when they played against each other at the famous Bunbury Festival – Jacks playing for the London schools' side and Brook the north of England.
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