Former Sri Lankan opener Tillakaratne Dilshan did the star flip with the ball in addition to the bat as Sri Lanka Legends thrashed England Legends by six wickets in their Road Safety World Series T20 recreation on the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur on Sunday (March 14). Batting first, Kevin Pietersen’s English facet have been restricted to 78/9 in 20 overs with Dilshan claiming 4/6 in 4 overs together with his off-spin.
Chasing a modest goal, Dilshan then led from the entrance with the willow as effectively, smashing a 26-ball unbeaten 61 with 11 fours and one six. Although England Legends fought valiantly with former left-arm spinner Monty Panesar scalping 4/26 in 4 overs, Sri Lanka cruised to their goal in simply 7.3 overs.
Russel Arnold hit the successful shot with a pull off seamer Chris Tremlett over the backward sq. leg for a boundary. Earlier, Sri Lanka after successful the toss selected to discipline first.
Interestingly, Dilshan’s scalps included the highest 4 English batsmen. Openers Phil Mustard (0), Kevin Pietersen (1), Usman Afzaal (1) and Owais Shah (6) have been the victims of Dilshan’s wily off-spinners.
On prime of that, three have been bowled whereas Mustard was trapped leg earlier than wicket as England have been discovered reeling at 22 for five after Shah’s dismissal. The in-form Pietersen was probably the most prize wicket for the offie.
Pietersen, who has produced some master-class in the previous few video games, was castled when he went for an extravagant shot. The English by no means acquired a partnership that was wanted. However, a few cameos from Jim Troughton (18) and the beefy Chris Tremlett 22 (10b, 3×6) have been face-saving for them.
With this win, Sri Lanka, who’re sharing 20 factors with India, have now taken the highest place in the standings, due to a greater web run-rate. Meanwhile, England has misplaced their fourth place to the West Indies, for now.
Brief scores:
England Legends 78/9 in 20 overs (Chris Tremlett 22; Tillakaratne Dilshan 4/6, Rangana Herath 2/17) misplaced to Sri Lanka Legends 81/4 in 7.3 overs (Tillakaratne Dilshan 61 not out; Monty Panesar 4/26)
