Summary

  • England fall to 20-run loss - damaging their semi-final hopes

  • Hosts' final three group games against Australia, India and New Zealand

  • Stokes gets England close to target of 233 with unbeaten 82

  • Michael Vaughan criticises England's "dumb cricket"

  1. Postpublished at 10:05 British Summer Time 21 June 2019

    Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne: "It looks a great pitch for batting, we want to get runs on the board to put pressure on England.

    "It has been a good chance to regroup since we last played and discuss what things are wrong, that's what we did the last few days. We need to do things against England to win this game.

    "A bit of worry about the middle order but I'm confident they will bounce back."

  2. Sri Lanka win the toss and batpublished at 10:02 British Summer Time 21 June 2019
    Breaking

    Dimuth Karunaratne fancies the look of this pitch for batting.

  3. Postpublished at 09:59 British Summer Time 21 June 2019

    You say that Abhishek, but last time Sri Lanka faced England in a one-day international, they inflicted England's heaviest ever ODI defeat on them.

    In a rain-affected chase in Colombo, England could only muster 132-9 off 26.1 overs in reply to Sri Lanka's 366-6 off 50 overs - losing by 219 runs on Duckworth-Lewis-Stern.

    Granted, England had already taken an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series at that point.

    Sri Lanka do have form at Headingley though, albeit in Tests, beating England on the penultimate ball of the second Test in 2014 to seal a famous series win.

  4. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 09:55 British Summer Time 21 June 2019

    #bbccricket

    Abhishek Singh: Hopeless about today's match not being a one-sided affair but still hoping Sri Lanka come up with a miracle to make it a match!

  5. Postpublished at 09:53 British Summer Time 21 June 2019

    Are you worried about Australia?

    They still seem to play slightly old-school ODI cricket for periods but can turn it on when needed and just keep winning (India aside).

    David Warner hit the biggest score of the World Cup so far yesterday, his 166 setting up a 48-run win over Bangladesh.

  6. Postpublished at 09:50 British Summer Time 21 June 2019

    This is the first match of the World Cup at Headingley.

    We had the first match at Edgbaston on Wednesday and it ended up being an absolute thriller as Kane Williamon's majestic century saw New Zealand edge to victory over South Africa.

    That was the game of the World Cup so far for me, Clive.

    What can this Headingley deck bring to the party today?

  7. Postpublished at 09:46 British Summer Time 21 June 2019

    A win today would take England back to the top of the table, while victory for Sri Lanka would seem them leapfrog Bangladesh into fifth.

    Eoin Morgan's side have won four of their five matches so far, with a defeat to Pakistan.

    Dimuth Karunaratne's side have bore the brunt of the weather, gaining two points from two abandoned ties, losing twice and beating Afghanistan.

  8. Welcomepublished at 09:45 British Summer Time 21 June 2019

    It's sunny in Leeds!

    The odd dark cloud around but the forecast is good.

    Hopefully a cracking day of cricket in store as England take on Sri Lanka.