All 'Hales' England!
Opener Alex Hales brought England the victory against Sri Lanka in a Group 1 match of World T20 at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong.
Hales was awarded Man of the Match for his brilliant ton.
Earlier, English skipper Stuart Broad won the toss and sent Lankans to bat first.
Lankan batsmen Mahela Jayawardene and Tilakratne Dilshan's second-wicket partnership of 145 runs put a mammoth total in front of the English team.
Mahela got several lives as English fielders had a tough day on the field.
Jade Dernbach and Chris Jordan picked up 2 wickets each for England.
Alex Hales and Eoin Morgan scored 116 and 57 runs respectively.
Hales decorated his ton with 11 fours and six over-boundaries.
Lankan seamer Nuwan Kulasekara picked up 4 wickets for 32 runs.
England, this evening, is playing their second match of the group after New Zealand beat them in a rain-interrupted match while Sri Lanka on their last match defeated Netherlands making history.
TEAM
Sri Lanka
TM Dilshan, MDKJ Perera, DPMD Jayawardene, KC Sangakkara†, LD Chandimal*, AD Mathews, NLTC Perera, KMDN Kulasekara, SMSM Senanayake, BAW Mendis and SL Malinga
England
MJ Lumb, AD Hales, MM Ali, EJG Morgan, JC Buttler†, RS Bopara, TT Bresnan, CJ Jordan, SCJ Broad*, JC Tredwell and JW Dernbach
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