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England sweat on Dawid Malan fitness after booking spot in T20 World Cup semi-finals

England are sweating over the fitness of Dawid Malan after he limped off with a groin injury in their tense victory over Sri Lanka.

The win earned England a spot in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup, where they are likely to face India, but they could be without Malan for the remainder of the tournament. The 35-year-old pulled up lame on the midwicket boundary while fielding and was helped off the field by Ben Stokes.

Malan did not bat in England's nervy chase, but captain Jos Buttler said after the match that he would have if they had lost a seventh wicket.

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