Delhi: In the third T20 match played on Saturday at the Emirates Old Trafford ground in Manchester, England defeated Sri Lanka in a one-sided fashion by 8 wickets. With this victory, the England cricket team won the series 3-0. First, the bowlers performed brilliantly and restricted Sri Lanka to 124 runs and then on the basis of Jos Buttler's stormy half-century, England achieved the target of 125 runs in just 9.4 overs.

Sri Lanka's innings ended at 124 runs

The Sri Lankan team, who came to bat first after losing the toss, had a good start, but the England bowlers maintained constant pressure. Pathum Nissanka scored 36 runs in 24 balls with the help of 2 fours and 3 sixes. Apart from him, Kamindu Mendis played a fighting inning of 35 runs.

Apart from these two, no Sri Lankan batsman could stay at the crease for long. Captain Charith Asalanka scored 16 runs and Dasun Shanaka scored 12 runs. Sri Lankan batsmen could not even play the entire over and the entire team was all out after scoring 124 runs in 18.5 overs.

For England, Will Jacques, Joffra Archer and Sonny Baker took 2-2 wickets. Whereas, Jamie Overton and Liam Dawson got 1-1 success.

The match ended in the 10th over due to Butler's storm.

England, chasing the target of 125 runs, adopted an aggressive style from the very beginning. Aneurin Donald was out early after scoring 13 runs, but after this Jos Buttler and captain Harry Brook defeated the Sri Lankan bowlers.

Butler hit shots all around the field and scored unbeaten 62 runs in just 32 balls with the help of 7 fours and 2 sixes. At the same time, Harry Brook played an important inning of 33 runs in 21 balls.

England had scored 82 runs in just 6 overs of powerplay. After this, the team won the match by scoring 126 runs at the loss of 2 wickets in 9.4 overs.

Tharindu Ratnayake got the only success from Sri Lanka. After the brilliant performance of the bowlers in this victory of England, Butler's stormy batting made the biggest difference. Sonny Baker became the player of the year. At the same time, Brook was chosen Player of the Series for scoring 170 runs in the series.