England beat Sri Lanka by 10 runs to reach the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium on Saturday.
Put into bat, England posted 171-4 with Jos Buttler top-scoring for the 2010 champions with an unbeaten 66.
Defending champions Sri Lanka made 161-8 in 20 overs with Angelo Mathews (73 not out) leading the way.
Sri Lankans staggered to 15 for 4 after three overs, before recovering through the brilliance of Angelo Mathews, who put on an increasingly violent 80 with Chamara Kapugedera.
But the Sri Lankan captain was restricted in the second half of his innings by a thigh injury, and Chris Jordan collected three wickets in his last two overs – one of them courtesy of a world-class catch at extra cover by Joe Root to see off the dangerous Dasun Chanaka – as a pulsating chase began to falter.
