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ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 2019

Live cricket score - England vs Sri Lanka, Match 27, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019

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England 212-10 (47 Ovs)
Ben Stokes  82 (89)
Sri Lanka 232-9
Isuru Udana  8-0-41-2
Sri Lanka won by 20 runs
Jofra Archer bagged three scalps for England
Jofra Archer bagged three scalps for England © Getty

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Captains speak

Dimuth Karunaratne | Sri Lanka captain: It was a close one. Sometimes we were under pressure and sometimes we were dominating. At the end of the day it was team work - batters, bowlers and fielders. This wicket looked good but when we were batting it was slow. We knew we couldn't get 300, so we wanted to get 250-275 but unfortunately we lost wickets. Angelo batted really well and took responsibility. If we had the score, the bowlers knew what to do on this wicket. When Malinga got a couple wickets we had to keep him for the last overs and then I gave Dhananjaya the ball and he did a good job. Those are the things we want as a team and I am expecting those things as a captain. I think Root's wicket was the turning point. I was not confident (with the review) but still went for it.

Eoin Morgan | England captain: I thought we were really good with the bowl, adapted to the conditions and we restricted Sri Lanka to a chaseable total. Lack of partnerships cost us the game. Couple of individual performances almost took us over the line. It is frustrating in the dressing room. Every game is extremely tough in this tournament, we have talked about this. We will look to bounce back well on Tuesday. Both sides found the conditions challenging. It was a bowler's day. There will be more of those throughout the tournament so we will have to adapt better. It is a tournament where you need to adjust and turn things around. Naturally as a team we tend to come back strongly, that is our strong point. This is a long tournament and we have huge opportunities in every game. We have the chance to bounce back. We have Australia next, it is one of those fixtures which you look first in the fixture list before the start of the tournament. It is always very exciting playing them at the home of cricket. We don't know yet (whether Roy will be fit for the Australia match).

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