Will Jacks masterclass inspires England comeback win against Sri Lanka at T20 World Cup

[p]Tournament co-hosts [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sri-lanka/zahH5UHg/"]Sri Lanka[/a] appeared to be well set ‌after restricting [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/UJC5mtAU/"]England[/a] to a below-par 146-9 in the Group ‌2 match at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.[/p][p]Jacks, who made 21 useful ‌runs down the order, returned to claim 3-22 as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/cricket/england-UJC5mtAU/sri-lanka-zahH5UHg/?mid=EZc4oR86"]England ‌bowled out Sri Lanka for 95 inside 17 overs to prevail[/a].[/p][p][b]"It encourages me to get into the game and perform better,"[/b] player of the match Jacks ‌said.[/p][p]"Bowling in the powerplay is something I've ⁠done a lot of. So ‌it's not foreign to me."[/p][p]Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka elected to field after ​winning the toss and had reasons to feel vindicated as England slumped to 68-4 at the halfway mark ​of their innings.[/p][p]Jos Buttler's 14-ball struggle ended when he was trapped lbw for seven after attempting a reverse shot against spinner Dunith ⁠Wellalage only to miss ​a ball that rapped him on the pad.[/p][p]Spinner Maheesh Theekshana dismissed the in-form Jacob Bethell for three and Tom Banton perished in his pursuit of a risky single, beaten by Shanaka's direct throw from ‌mid-off.[/p][p]Harry Brook made 14 before Wellalage dismissed him lbw, a decision the England captain challenged but could not overturn.[/p][embed guid="0f202186-addc-4a1a-bb3c-a721d0b77b10" url="https://x.com/T20WorldCup/status/2025553874220900849" social-type="twitter" /][p]Phil Salt (62) raced to a 36-ball fifty but holed out in the 15th over to give Wellalage his third wicket of the match.[/p][p]Jacks added late runs but England fell short of the 150-mark.[/p][p]They needed a lion-hearted bowling effort and produced one to reduce Sri Lanka to 22-4 inside five overs.[/p][p]Jacks dismissed Kusal Mendis and Pavan Rathnayake off successive ‌deliveries after Jofra Archer had sent back Sri Lanka's in-form opener ​Pathum Nissanka.[/p][p]Archer removed Kamil Mishara and Sri Lanka slumped to ‌34-5 after Wellalage became Jacks' third victim.[/p][p]The hosts could never really recover and several frontline batters fell to soft dismissals.[/p][p]Dushan Hemantha's bizarre hit-wicket dismissal for five summed up Sri Lanka's batting.[/p][p]Shanaka made a defiant 30 but Jacks relayed a catch ⁠in the deep to remove ⁠the Sri Lanka captain and ‌effectively seal England's victory.[/p]