England vs Sri Lanka, 29th Match, 2016 World T20
- Root had difficulties with his timing tonight.
- Hales was dismissed early for a duck.
- Jason Roy made 42 from 39 deliveries.
- Jeffrey Vandersay struck twice in succession to peg England back.
- In the end, Buttler scored a quickfire 66 to guide England to 171.
- Angelo Mathews revived Sri Lanka's chase with a well-paced half-century
- England struck early by dismissing four Sri Lankan batsmen by the third over, with only 15 runs on the board
- Battling hamstring pain, Angelo Mathews stood tall even as wickets kept falling from the other end. He brought the equation down to 15 runs from the last 6 balls, but failed to win it for Sri Lanka from there. With the 10-run defeat, the defending champions were knocked out from the tournament.