6 July,Southampton (CRICKETNMORE): Jos Buttler smashed a blazing 73 off 49 balls and Eoin Morgan hit 47 help England cricket team to beat Sri Lanka by 8 wickets with more than two overs to spare. The Superseries - which includes points from Tests, ODIs and T20Is, ended on 20-4 in England's favour. Sri Lanka finished tour without a victory against England in the Test and One-Day International series.

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Venue: The Rose Bowl, Southampton

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Sri Lanka Innings: 140 in 20 overs (Danushka Gunathilaka 26, Dinesh Chandimal 23; Liam Dawson 3-21, Chris Jordan 3-29) 

Check Full Scorecard: Englad vs Sri Lanka T20I

England Innings:  144/2 in 17.3 overs (Jos Buttler 73*, Eoin Morgan 47*; Angelo Mathews 2-27) 

Man of the Match: Jos Buttler

Teams (Playing XI)

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England: Jason Roy, James Vince, Jonny Bairstow, Eoin Morgan (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Sam Billings, Liam Dawson, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills

Sri Lanka:  Kusal Perera, Danushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Angelo Mathews (c), Dasun Shanaka, Seekkuge Prasanna, Ramith Rambukwella, Farveez Maharoof, Nuwan Pradeep, Chaminda Bandara

 

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