England will endure far tougher games than this if they are to add the T20 World Cup to the 50-over version they won two years ago. It was not so much the result — an eight-wicket win with 17 balls to spare against a team who looked every inch the world’s eighth-best side in this format. What stood out instead was the manner of victory in the first of 12 white-ball internationals against Sri Lanka and Pakistan over the next four weeks. It was also his first T20 international since late 2015. But the one-sidedness of this match means that anything other than another comfortable win in tonight’s second game here will feel like a letdown.

Source: The Nation June 23, 2021 21:00 UTC