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England have emphatically stomped all over Sri Lanka in the T20I and ODI series • Getty Images for Surrey CCC
After sweeping the T20I series 3-0, England cruised home with seven overs to spare in the second ODI, after an embattled Sri Lanka cobbled together 241. A day before the first ODI, three Sri Lankan players, Niroshan Dickwella, Kusal Mendis and Dansushka Gunathilaka, had been suspended and sent back home after they breached the bio-bubble in a late-night excursion in Durham. What's ailing Sri Lankan cricket? Andrew Fidel Fernando has a list.
After losing the Test series, West Indies are attempting to claw back ground in the T20Is, and with a win in the fourth T20I, the series is now level. For South Africa, no one apart from Quinton de Kock scored more than 20 in the last game.
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Andrew McGlashan says Aaron Finch's side will be hoping to answer the question of who fills the middle-order position(s) heading into the T20 World Cup on their tour of the West Indies and Bangladesh.
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Deepti Unni is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo