England vs Sri Lanka LIVE: Cricket World Cup result and reaction as Buttler’s men suffer another heavy defeat

Follow all the action from Bengaluru as England seek to keep their slim World Cup hopes alive

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England suffered another embarrassing defeat in the Cricket World Cup to leave them on the brink of an early elimination. Having won the toss and elected to bat, Jos Buttler’s men failed to get any rhythm going. Wickets fell consistently and not even a rearguard defence from Ben Stokes (43) could help England set a decent total as they were skittled for 156.

In reply, Sri Lanka lost two quick wickets as David Willey gave England a glimmer of hope to reduce their opponents 23-2. That was the last moment of joy though as Pathum Nissanka (77*) and Sadeera Samarawickrama (65*) both passed fifty in a partnership worth 137 to earn victory in Bengaluru.

England have now lost four of their five matches in the World Cup and face an early exit with difficult tests against Australia, Pakistan and India still to come.

Relive all the action below:

England vs Sri Lanka LIVE: Cricket World Cup score and updates

• England face Sri Lanka in must-win Cricket World Cup clash
• England all out for 156 in woeful batting performance
• Wicket! Perera out for 4! ct Stokes b Willey - Sri Lanka 9-1
• Wicket! Mendis out for 11! ct Buttler b Willey - Sri Lanka 23-2
• Sri Lanka win by 8 wickets with almost half their overs remaining
• It’s time to face reality: Cricket World Cup collapse shows England are past their prime

[26 October 2023 07:38 · Jamie Braidwood]

England vs Sri Lanka

England’s World Cup defence is hanging by a thread after losing three of the first four games in India.

Jos Buttler’s side have come up short against New Zealand, Afghanistan and South Africa and have a mountain to climb to salvage the campaign.

Here, Rory Dollard looks at what has gone wrong and what comes next.

[26 October 2023 07:33 · Jamie Braidwood]

England vs Sri Lanka

England are staring down the possibility of a premature exit from the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup in their clash with Sri Lanka.

England still have a minor chance of reaching the last four with odds of 4/1 available from UK betting sites, but it requires victories in their remaining matches, starting against Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka enter the game with the same record as Buttler’s team after getting off the mark with a win over Netherlands last time out.

It is a huge game for both sides and here are our predictions made using the latest Cricket World Cup odds.

[26 October 2023 07:32 · Jamie Braidwood]

England vs Sri Lanka

Team news

England suffered another blow in addition to the defeat against South Africa with the injury to Reece Topley. The fast bowler went to field a ball which caught the end of his finger, fracturing it and ruling him out of the remainder of the tournament.

Brydon Carse has been called up into the squad with Jofra Archer returning to the UK and deemed not ready to be drafted into the competition. It remains to be seen whether Carse will be considered match-fit enough to play.

Predicted line up:

England XI: Bairstow, Malan, Root, Stokes, Buttler, Brook, Ali, Curran, Wood, Rashid, Atkinson

[26 October 2023 07:31 · Jamie Braidwood]

England vs Sri Lanka

When is England vs Sri Lanka?

The Cricket World Cup match is on Thursday 26 October with the game starting at 9.30 am BST (2pm local time).

How can I watch it?

The match will be shown live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket.

For those in India, Star Sports will be showing the match in five different languages on TV.

The game can also be streamed online on the Disney+Hotstar app or website.

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[26 October 2023 07:30 · Jamie Braidwood]

England vs Sri Lanka

Good morning and welcome to The Independent’s live blog of England’s crucial match against South Africa.

We will have all the build up and talking points leading into the match as well as all the action from Bengaluru.

England have lost three of their four World Cup matches going into the match against Sri Lanka, who were looking challenging at times in the tournament, including a high-scoring defeat to Pakistan.

They will fancy their chances against England, who were beaten in their last two matches, including a surprise defeat to Afghanistan.