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England men · ODI · ICC Cricket World Cup · Group stage
Result
Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
Last checked 24 October 2026
Scorecard
England won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonny Bairstow | c DM de Silva b CAK Rajitha | 30 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 96.8 |
| Dawid Malan | c BKG Mendis b AD Mathews | 28 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 112.0 |
| Joe Root | run out (BKG Mendis/AD Mathews) | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 |
| Ben Stokes | c sub (MADI Hemantha) b CBRLS Kumara | 43 | 73 | 6 | 0 | 58.9 |
| Jos Buttler | c BKG Mendis b CBRLS Kumara | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 133.3 |
| Liam Livingstone | lbw b CBRLS Kumara | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| Moeen Ali | c MDKJ Perera b AD Mathews | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Chris Woakes | c S Samarawickrama b CAK Rajitha | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| David Willey | not out | 14* | 17 | 1 | 1 | 82.4 |
| Adil Rashid | run out (BKG Mendis) | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.6 |
| Mark Wood | st BKG Mendis b M Theekshana | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 83.3 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 3, w 4, nb 0) | 7 | ||||
| Total | 33.2 overs | 156 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-45 (DJ Malan, 6.3 ov), 2-57 (JE Root, 9.4 ov), 3-68 (JM Bairstow, 13.2 ov), 4-77 (JC Buttler, 14.5 ov), 5-85 (LS Livingstone, 16.6 ov), 6-122 (MM Ali, 24.4 ov), 7-123 (CR Woakes, 25.5 ov), 8-137 (BA Stokes, 30.1 ov), 9-147 (AU Rashid, 31.6 ov), 10-156 (MA Wood, 33.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D Madushanka | 5 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 7.40 | 0 | 0 |
| CAK Rajitha | 7 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 5.14 | 1 | 0 |
| M Theekshana | 8.2 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 2.52 | 3 | 0 |
| AD Mathews | 5 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 2.80 | 0 | 0 |
| CBRLS Kumara | 7 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 |
| DM de Silva | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P Nissanka | not out | 77* | 83 | 7 | 2 | 92.8 |
| MDKJ Perera | c BA Stokes b DJ Willey | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.0 |
| BKG Mendis | c JC Buttler b DJ Willey | 11 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 91.7 |
| S Samarawickrama | not out | 65* | 54 | 7 | 1 | 120.4 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 0, w 3, nb 0) | 3 | ||||
| Total | 25.4 overs | 160/2 | ||||
Did not bat: KIC Asalanka, DM de Silva, AD Mathews, M Theekshana, CAK Rajitha, D Madushanka, CBRLS Kumara
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (MDKJ Perera, 1.5 ov), 2-23 (BKG Mendis, 5.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Woakes | 6 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 5.00 | 2 | 0 |
| David Willey | 5 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Adil Rashid | 4.4 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 8.36 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Wood | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 5.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Liam Livingstone | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Moeen Ali | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: CBRLS Kumara · Umpires: AT Holdstock, CM Brown · TV umpire: Ahsan Raza · Match referee: J Srinath. 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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