Sri Lanka overcome Engelbrecht-led resistance to finally open their account
Sri Lanka's seamers did plenty of early damage, and in the chase Sadeera Samarawickrama made sure he coolly got the job done
21/10Result
19th Match, ICC Cricket World Cup at Lucknow, Oct 21 2023
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![Netherlands]( "Netherlands")
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
263/5 (48.2/50 ov)
Player of the Match
21/10Result
19th Match, ICC Cricket World Cup at Lucknow, Oct 21 2023
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![Netherlands]( "Netherlands")
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
263/5 (48.2/50 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Day
Sri Lanka find new lionhearts in sloppy-to-sublime performance
Worrying questions get some answers after picking up first points of the ODI World Cup
Engelbrecht: 'We've got really good cricketers in our changing room and it will show as we go along'
The Netherlands batter backs the side to move forward and learn from the defeat against Sri Lanka 'as quickly as possible'
Teja Nidamanuru hopes World Cup success paves way for more bilaterals and Euro T20 league
"When you do come up against [big teams], you're like, okay, well, we've really got to rise to the occasion"
Preview
Netherlands carry all the momentum into World Cup clash against Sri Lanka
The margins between these sides are now arguably as fine as they have ever been
