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Sri Lanka's Lahiru Kumara celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of England’s Liam Livingstone during the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 match between England and Sri Lanka at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Bengaluru, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.
Bengaluru, Oct 26 (PTI) Defending champions England were bowled out for a paltry 156 in only 33.2 overs in their World Cup match against Sri Lanka here on Thursday.
After making a rapid start with a flurry of boundaries to reach 44/0 in six overs, England suffered a batting collapse as they were shot out for a second consecutive total under 200 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here.
For Sri Lanka, Lahiru Kumara was the pick of the bowlers as he returned with figures of 7-0-35-3 while Angelo Mathews and Kasun Rajitha claimed two wickets apiece.
Brief Scores: England: 156 all out in 33.2 overs (Jonny Bairstow 30, Ben Stokes 43; Kasun Rajitha 2/36, Angelo Mathews 2/14, Lahiru Kumara 3/35). PTI DDV PDS PDS