{"id":776656,"date":"2026-09-20T09:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T09:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/776656\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T09:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T09:36:08","slug":"england-hammer-sri-lanka-to-return-top-of-t20-world-rankings-as-3-0-series-sweep-clinched-at-emirates-old-trafford-sky-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/776656\/","title":{"rendered":"England hammer Sri Lanka to return top of T20 world rankings as 3-0 series sweep clinched at Emirates Old Trafford &#8211; Sky Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_AFBVV95cUxQRTdNTVZJU2IyV0FwalhPWVdVcHd4SlNmeldvTFFfbnBIQ3FQQ2lPVXVVUURHX0lmRnFoRE83dHN4ZGJoQ2FIWDFTdm1PbHVUaVdlRTR0RXRhME1MQ0JQb0FaZEJlQ3RieG5kTFdRRHk5bkFrR1d2MFdJOUJ5amhjbFpta1Z2bjExOG03V3JaUU5lYTdaSHd0cU93UFlKcjNrVUx3RjcwazNsT1B1TkxwT3pZdUpQWFZIUjhlVkEtWURaM1d6UHpaRXFhU1Jsdnp5d0RPWUx6blhPTTlwTTk2S19meUlDM051QzlTQngwYnJhRzlhbHZfWHJ1UWQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">England hammer Sri Lanka to return top of T20 world rankings as 3-0 series sweep clinched at Emirates Old Trafford<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky Sports<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiZ0FVX3lxTE9CMFdkXzF2T3NhVGl6QmpaRlEzRUJaaldjeVJHY0Fnc2lzaFdqNGhHVmdRQ0xaekR0Rjg1UURkSW9qaFd6Z2tEdHdLcFNuWmEwNU1QU2NrZEtfQmptcjhrWW1OOHFpT3c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">England vs Sri Lanka: Harry Brook and Jos Buttler lead hosts to top of rankings<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwgFBVV95cUxPSmxfN3dyQ3VUWldvVlVraFpnWGtSQXZveUhQcXNRSEtTZkgzU25rbnYyQ1BTVXVzRlpibVphNVNJQ29uX3BNRTdPVlpJTDBZVk10VXRBS1lheGRkNHJ0N1lmX3BIbVpRY2MySWkyTm9TSmY1VjRFMEtwakU2S0lreDQyZkhUOXZyWjh2ajcwSE45blROMnNhUlA3YlNSbnM4TmVwcTlzSzMxeC14aC1vdWlmcHR0V3Y2NTJQTlZGTG1YZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jos Buttler blasts England to world No 1 spot in T20s with Sri Lanka whitewash<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxPeFRIa0REeDdwZlczYnJQdU1TaXlocHczYndjaXh0UHAycjBJWnY1ck9HRF9tSkRIRTJ2LVRfdzFHeHBNY3Z5YmhxRFlaTHhfc2ZIQ2JlQ2FhSFhlY0ZWRDZ5QkNFS0gxYlRvdTMwWndaTVA5ZElKZDd1SHRLTmhKOHhLa19DU1BnMVhjUEo2czZYZ1lzODQxVFREbXhXVTBI0gGyAUFVX3lxTE9HSUZjZzhkQlFQNmZsNXZ5QUZZa000YUZWeTNuUzk0WDFQZkhoWDVybEZmUHJHOVhIVnF3Z0xjQ1NmbUFEeXdsR25qb2xtNldxd09VVDE1bXdFSTJJZnVOZ2pWUzNUdXpsQW5ueFZFbHNvVWc4TnUtWW8zUU8wMVo1R2p4T0xiTFFTd0hYVjZQV0dhQkd4UEZuWHZqZ2RTaWIyc2JSa0VSUEJQNWltbHFBa0E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brook&#8217;s England proving adept at adapting<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Cricinfo<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxPaGRudlFJVzZ1TnVtV3g0MnpyWTA2Zi16M2MwRjFNM2hvY1RHdWxMRWtzc3BYRWlqUkRaN1dzZTlrb0hYQjhTZU5Kb21qdFB6TzdsTktFQXA3M1VyRkFNd2hQQkd1NEVSaTJhRlZpRFpEOHVmWHpBRHpYblJYWG9xdEl5Q211NTZob1Q3YTVnTV84aGNtZ2NPc21UYUxoVXZC?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jos Buttler back to brutal best as England savage Sri Lanka in 9.4 overs<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"England hammer Sri Lanka to return top of T20 world rankings as 3-0 series sweep clinched at Emirates&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":776657,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-776656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=776656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/776657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}