England qualified for the T20 World Cup semifinals with a nervy victory by four wickets over Sri Lanka in their final Super 12 match on Saturday, sending hosts and defending champions Australia out of the tournament in the process.
Superb death bowling from Mark Wood and Sam Curran restricted Sri Lanka to 141 for eight and though they made heavy work of it, England reached their target with two balls to spare when Chris Woakes cracked a four through backward point.
“We know we had to find a way to win it and thankfully we did. We get through to a semifinal which is really exciting.” Spinner Adil Rashid had Nissanka caught at the long on boundary by substitute fielder Chris Jordan to take his first wicket of the tournament and Sri Lanka fell apart, scoring 25 for five over the last five overs.
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