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Result
Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
England won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Trescothick | b WPUJC Vaas | 36 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 92.3 |
| Andrew Strauss | lbw b WPUJC Vaas | 32 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 72.7 |
| Ian Bell | run out (MF Maharoof/KC Sangakkara) | 77 | 114 | 3 | 0 | 67.5 |
| Kevin Pietersen | c KC Sangakkara b SL Malinga | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 37.5 |
| Paul Collingwood | c TM Dilshan b HMCM Bandara | 33 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 78.6 |
| Jamie Dalrymple | b SL Malinga | 35 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 109.4 |
| Geraint Jones | not out | 22* | 13 | 3 | 0 | 169.2 |
| AGR Loudon | run out (TM Dilshan/CRD Fernando) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Liam Plunkett | not out | 6* | 3 | 1 | 0 | 200.0 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 5, w 6, nb 3) | 14 | ||||
| Total | 50 overs | 261/7 | ||||
Did not bat: SI Mahmood, SJ Harmison
Fall of wickets: 1-62 (AJ Strauss, 12.4 ov), 2-75 (ME Trescothick, 14.4 ov), 3-92 (KP Pietersen, 20.5 ov), 4-145 (PD Collingwood, 33.1 ov), 5-208 (JWM Dalrymple, 44.1 ov), 6-252 (IR Bell, 48.6 ov), 7-253 (AGR Loudon, 49.1 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPUJC Vaas | 9 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 4.22 | 0 | 0 |
| SL Malinga | 10 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 5.00 | 2 | 0 |
| CRD Fernando | 10 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 6.80 | 1 | 2 |
| MF Maharoof | 8 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 4.75 | 1 | 1 |
| HMCM Bandara | 8 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 4.38 | 1 | 0 |
| ST Jayasuriya | 5 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 5.40 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WU Tharanga | c AJ Strauss b JWM Dalrymple | 41 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 95.3 |
| ST Jayasuriya | run out (SI Mahmood) | 23 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 176.9 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | not out | 126* | 127 | 19 | 0 | 99.2 |
| KC Sangakkara | not out | 58* | 76 | 5 | 0 | 76.3 |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 6, w 5, nb 5) | 17 | ||||
| Total | 42.2 overs | 265/2 | ||||
Did not bat: TM Dilshan, RP Arnold, MF Maharoof, WPUJC Vaas, HMCM Bandara, SL Malinga, CRD Fernando
Fall of wickets: 1-38 (ST Jayasuriya, 5.1 ov), 2-125 (WU Tharanga, 16.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Harmison | 10 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 5.50 | 0 | 2 |
| Liam Plunkett | 5.2 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 8.63 | 1 | 0 |
| Sajid Mahmood | 5 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 7.20 | 1 | 3 |
| Paul Collingwood | 6 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 5.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Bell | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Dalrymple | 9 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 4.44 | 2 | 0 |
| AGR Loudon | 6 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 |
Player of the match: DPMD Jayawardene · Umpires: MR Benson, BR Doctrove · TV umpire: NJ Llong · Match referee: CH Lloyd. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.
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