Match report
So, another World Cup match ends early and with its result almost never in doubt. That said, sometimes you have to sit back and admire cricketing excellence – and Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Mohammed Shami produced that in spades today. As did Sri Lanka’s excellent seam bowler Dilshan Madushanka to be fair, with a fine spell of Test match-style potency; I do hope we get to see him in England next summer.
Anyway, that’s us done for today. See you’se all tomorrow for Netherlands v Afghanistan, a match that, four weeks ago, might have been pegged as a nailed-on dead rubber but is in fact now full of relevance and intrigue. Looking forward to it. Thanks for reading and for all your emails amid the wicket-tumbling carnage, of which there was so much I never had enough time to play the short(ish) Pink Floyd track John Starbuck sent me. Never mind. It’s been a pleasure. Bye.
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