
Spin to win: Adil Rashid
(Picture: PA)Ben Stokes’ second ball had been walloped over the short leg side boundary for six. Mark Wood’s first soon followed it, at the start of an over that whizzed away for 17. Even Sam Curran, perhaps the outstanding bowler in the tournament so far, could not contain Sri Lanka’s charge.
And so, in the final over of the powerplay, with a must-win game already in danger of spiraling out of England’s control, Jos Buttler turned to Adil Rashid.