The cricket fans are ready to witness yet another big battle of T20 cricket. The 1st T20 match of the Sri Lanka tour of England, 2021 is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, 23rd June 2021 at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. We are providing 100 safe, perfect, and accurate today cricket match prediction for all matches of England and Sri Lanka.

England has their key players available for the selection in the final playing eleven for this series of three T20 matches against Sri Lanka. Another plus point for England is that they had been playing T20 cricket in T20 Blast and they are ready for a game. We have no doubt that England is one of the best teams in the T20 format of cricket. England is the strongest team in the world when it comes to the batting department in white-ball cricket. Liam Livingstone, Jonny Bairstow, and Jason Roy are available for the selection of the opening pair of the batting. In our opinion, Liam Livingstone and Jason Roy will be opening the batting inning of England as Jonny Bairstow has a good record when he plays in the middle overs.

England has batting till number seven. Eoin Morgan, Jos Buttler, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, and David Malan are the players who will be taking care of the batting order of England. Dawid Malan had a poor record in then recently played T20 Blast but had has a good record in international cricket and we are sure that he will score runs in this match. The bowling department of England is also strong and experienced. Chris Woakes and David Willey are available for selection and we think that Chris Woakes will have a chance to play this match. Chris Jordan, Mark Wood, and Adil Rashid will be taking care of the bowling department of England. England is a strong team overall and they will give a tough time to Sri Lanka in this series.

This tour of England is not an easy one for Sri Lanka. They had recently lost a series against Bangladesh and they are going to face a lot of hurdles in this series against one of the strongest teams of the world in England. Kusal Perera is the player who had been appointed as the captain of the Lankan Tigers. He had a good record while playing in England on flat pitches and we are sure that he will be the key player on his team. Remember that he was missing from the series against West Indies and this series will be a big challenge for him. The batting order of Sri Lanka is good at least on papers.

Danushka Gunathilaka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka, Niroshan Dickwella, Pathum Nissanka, and Avishka Fernando are going to handle the batting order of Sri Lanka. We are not sure that Avishka Fernando will get a place in the final playing eleven. The bowling department of Sri Lanka is also good at least on paper. Dushman Chameera, Wanindu Hasaranga, and Isuru Udana are going to take care of the bowling department of the Lankan team.

England had played a total of 131 T20 matches with 68 wins to their name. They had lost 58 matches while their five matches were ended with no result.

Sri Lanka also had played 131 T20 Internationals. They had won 61 matches and lost 68 matches. Their two matches ended with no results.

England had faced Sri Lanka in 9 T20 matches where they won 5 while Sri Lanka won 4 matches.

As per our cricket match prediction, England is the favorite team to win this match. The reasons why England is a favorite team in this match, are mentioned below:

• England is the strongest batting side in the world
• England is a well-experienced side as compared to Sri Lanka
• The bowling unit of England is much stronger than Sri Lanka
• England also have the advantages of home ground and conditions

England has a strong batting order and bowling unit as compared to Sri Lanka, so the winning chances of England for today’s match have been increased. The equation of winning chances of both teams for today’s match is mentioned as under.

England has 60% chances to win this match
Sri Lanka has 40% chances to win this match

The toss can play an important role in the decision of this match. According to our toss prediction, the team who will win the toss may elect to bat first.

The 1st T20 match between England and Sri Lanka is going to be played at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. The pitch at this stadium is excellent for batting. The boundaries at this venue are short and will bring the spinners into play. The pitch will continue to be good for batting throughout the match.

The weather forecast in Cardiff on match day is not very good. There are some chances of rain but and that is possible that we may have an interrupted match.

Dream11 prediction for England vs Sri Lanka. After checking the latest player’s availability, the Dream 11 Team for this match of England and Sri Lanka is mentioned under.

Date: Wednesday, 23rd June 2021
Time: 05:30 PM GMT / 06:30 PM LOCAL, 11:30 PM IST

Stadium: Sophia Gardens
Location: Cardiff, Wales
Capacity: 5500 (15,000 after redevelopment)
Known as: The SWALEC Stadium
Ends: River Taff End, Cathedral Road End
Time Zone: UTC +01:00
Home to: Glamorgan
Floodlights: Yes

Total matches: 6
Matches won batting first: 2
Matches won bowling first: 4
Average 1st Inns scores: 149
Average 2nd Inns scores: 147
Highest total recorded: 182/5 (20 Ov) by ENG vs AUS
Lowest total recorded: 89/10 (18.4 Ov) by PAK vs ENG
Highest score chased: 175/3 (19.2 Ov) by ENG vs PAK
Lowest score defended: 182/5 (20 Ov) by ENG vs AUS

Eoin Morgan, Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Liam Dawson, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.