Get to Know Who will win ENG vs SL 1st T20 match and toss Prediction with Head to Head stats, Playing 11, Dream11, Live score & winning percentage.
Jun 23, 2021
22:30 IST / 17:00 GMT
Sophia Gardens - Cardiff, England
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ENG vs SL Betting Tips
With Jonny Bairstow a doubt through injury for this opening game, expect Jason Roy to open the innings alongside Jos Buttler. Roy has 1034 runs in this format with Buttler England’s second leading run-scorer in IT20s with 1723. With the ball, no England bowler has taken more IT20 wickets than Chris Jordan.
Sri Lanka have a new captain in Kusal Perera who will also open the batting for them. He scored 120 in an ODI in his most recent innings against Bangladesh at the end of last month. With the ball, big things are expected of left arm spinner Praveen Jayawickrama who took 11-178 on his Test debut at the beginning of last month.
With the gloves, Jos Buttler has developed his keeping over recent years and although batting will always be his strongest suit, he rarely lets England down behind the stumps. Niroshan Dickwella is expected to be the Sri Lanka wicket-keeper, he has a strike-rate of 135.46 in IT20 cricket.
ENG vs SL Win Probability
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England vs Sri Lanka 1st T20 Prediction & Betting Tips
England and Sri Lanka meet on Wednesday evening in the first of three IT20 matches with the first two both played at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. This will be only the fifth time the teams have met in an IT20 match with England as the host nation. Their last game between the sides in this format was in Colombo October 2018. This match will get underway in South Wales at 18:30 local time.
England are a very good white ball side, particularly in home conditions. They may be missing Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes and Reece Topley but will still put out a very strong side as they look to peak later in the year in the World Cup.
Although this Sri Lanka team are nowhere near as strong in limited overs cricket as their counterparts from the 1990s and 2000s, they showed in West Indies earlier this year that IT20 cricket is their strongest format at present. They have plenty of exciting new players who will play with unrestrained freedom.
England vs Sri Lanka 1st T20 Live Streaming
The match can be watched live on Sky Cricket in the UK. The Sony Network will show live coverage in India. SLRC will show the game in Sri Lanka. Fox Cricket will show the match in Australia.
Live Streaming: Fans in India can stream the match on Sony Liv.
ENG vs SL Toss Prediction
Gripping the ball when bowling can sometimes be a problem with dew later in the game in the UK. However, that tends to occur later in the summer. We expect both skippers to choose to field first.
ENG vs SL Pitch Report
Sophia Gardens has never witnessed an IT20 total of over 200. Expect scores in the region of 180-200 with the surface taking spin from early on in the game.
Weather Report
Some cloud but no rain with a high of 18 degrees in Cardiff throughout the game.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for England vs Sri Lanka 1st T20
Jonny Bairstow is expected to be available later on in the series but is most likely to not make this game after suffering an ankle injury in the T20 Blast last week. In a sure sign that England are now focusing on the T20 World Cup, there are no debutants in the squad.
ENG Key Players
Jos Buttler - England’s destructive keeper batsman struggled for runs in the IPL but made a century just before the tournament was paused. He has looked good in recent T20 Blast games and he will be eager to show off his skills at the top level again.
Dawid Malan - ranked world number 1 by the ICC in this format, he is still not a guaranteed starter in this side in spite of an average of 50.15.
Sam Curran - the younger Curran has enjoyed a brief spell with Surrey in the T20 Blast starring with bat and ball. He hit 95* in his last appearance for England, an ODI against India in Pune in March.
ENG Team Form
England lost their last series in this format 3-2 against India in Ahmedabad. However, it was a very closely matched series and England will come into this game with plenty of self-belief.
England Predicted Playing 11
Jason Roy, Jos Buttler, Dawid Malan, Eoin Morgan, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Mark Wood, Adil Rashid
ENG vs SL Dream11 Team Prediction, Captain, Vice Captain
Wicket-keeper
Jos Buttler (10) and Kusal Perera (9) will be our wicket-keepers. Buttler is a real threat when he opens the batting and threatens to bat for 20 overs.
Batsmen
Jason Roy (9), Dawid Malan (9.5) and Danushka Gunathilaka (9) are our batsmen. All three bat up the order and have many big scores behind them.
All-rounders
Moeen Ali (8.5), Sam Curran (9) and Wanidu Hasaranga (9) will be our all-rounders. Both Moeen and Sam Curran were enjoying good spells in the IPL earlier this year.
Bowlers
Adil Rashid (9), Dushmantha Chameera (8.5) and Praveen Jayawickrama (8) are our bowlers. Rashid enjoys the 4 over spells in this format with a googly never far away
Captain/Vice-captain
Jos Buttler will be captain, Sam Curran his deputy
Cricket is never dull with Sri Lanka but there are often hurdles which come out of nowhere. This squad only resolved its contract dispute with the board hours before the flight to the UK took off. We expect Mickey Arthur to look long-term with his selections and be a constant presence on our screens during this series.
SL Key Players
Kusal Perera - Sri Lanka’s captain has a tough job trying to instill winning as a habit in this team. Often playing against more talented and experienced players, Perera leads from the front.
Danushka Gunathilaka - the opener has been in excellent international white ball form this year with scores in the Caribbean and in Bangladesh. He will have no issues with the different conditions of the UK in June.
Wanindu Hasaranga - the leg-spinning all-rounder is now an integral part of the Sri Lanka side in all three formats. Expect him to perform with both bat and ball in this series.
SL Team Form
Sri Lanka have struggled in all forms of cricket in recent times and come into this match with a record of 1 win in their last 10 IT20 matches.
We are backing Jos Buttler, Jason Roy and Dawid Malan with the bat for England. All three will bat in the top three and will have maximum opportunity to make a big score.
For Sri Lanka we are backing Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera and Danushka Gunathilaka. We expect Perera and Gunathilaka to open the batting for Sri Lanka
We expect Adil Rashid, Sam Curran and Chris Jordan to be the main threat for Sri Lanka’s batsmen. All three are very well experienced in this format.
For Sri Lanka we have backed Wanidu Hasaranga, Dushmantha Chameera and Praveen Jayawickrama. We think Hasaranga and Jayawickrama may well benefit from the pitch conditions in Cardiff.
The pitch conditions in Cardiff may seem homelike to Sri Lanka but this England team will have no problems on a wicket that spins either. We expect England to bring their attacking game to this match and leave with a 1-0 lead in the series.
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Jun 23, 2021
22:30 IST / 17:00 GMT
Sophia Gardens - Cardiff, England
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