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England men · ODI · International series · 1st ODI

England
v Sri Lanka⁠

Result

England won by 89 runs

England
265
Sri Lanka
176
Date
Tuesday 22 September 2026 · England in 2026
Start
12:30 UK
Venue
Banks Homes Riverside, Chester-le-Street
Competition
ODI · International series · 1st ODI

Last checked 29 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Sri Lanka ODI scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · Innings 265 all out (48.1 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Tom Banton b AM Fernando 10 12 2 0 83.3
Ben Duckett lbw b DN Wellalage 32 29 5 0 110.3
Joe Root b S Colombage 44 52 5 0 84.6
Harry Brook c D Madushanka b PVD Chameera 67 69 7 0 97.1
Jos Buttler lbw b S Colombage 31 33 2 0 93.9
Will Jacks not out 46* 47 5 0 97.9
Rehan Ahmed run out (KIC Asalanka) 2 7 0 0 28.6
Jamie Overton b S Colombage 8 13 1 0 61.5
AAP Atkinson b D Madushanka 14 20 1 0 70.0
Jofra Archer b AM Fernando 2 6 0 0 33.3
Josh Tongue b AM Fernando 0 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 7, nb 0) 9
Total 48.1 overs 265

Fall of wickets: 1-16 (T Banton, 2.5 ov), 2-67 (BM Duckett, 10.5 ov), 3-135 (JE Root, 22.3 ov), 4-182 (HC Brook, 31.1 ov), 5-196 (JC Buttler, 34.3 ov), 6-199 (Rehan Ahmed, 35.5 ov), 7-211 (J Overton, 38.5 ov), 8-241 (AAP Atkinson, 45.2 ov), 9-247 (JC Archer, 46.6 ov), 10-265 (JC Tongue, 48.1 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
AM Fernando 9.1 0 53 3 5.78 1 0
D Madushanka 10 0 45 1 4.50 5 0
PVD Chameera 9 0 61 1 6.78 0 0
DN Wellalage 10 0 60 1 6.00 0 0
S Colombage 10 0 44 3 4.40 1 0

Sri Lanka · Innings 176 all out (37 overs)

Sri Lanka · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
P Nissanka c JC Buttler b JC Tongue 27 37 4 0 73.0
PHKD Mendis c BM Duckett b AAP Atkinson 14 19 3 0 73.7
BKG Mendis lbw b WG Jacks 42 60 4 0 70.0
P Rathnayake c T Banton b J Overton 13 23 1 0 56.5
KIC Asalanka lbw b WG Jacks 1 3 0 0 33.3
J Liyanage c JC Buttler b J Overton 4 8 0 0 50.0
DN Wellalage c J Overton b WG Jacks 45 36 5 2 125.0
S Colombage lbw b Rehan Ahmed 14 14 3 0 100.0
PVD Chameera not out 7* 19 0 0 36.8
AM Fernando c T Banton b WG Jacks 0 2 0 0 0.0
D Madushanka b WG Jacks 0 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 8, nb 0) 9
Total 37 overs 176

Fall of wickets: 1-27 (PHKD Mendis, 5.4 ov), 2-48 (P Nissanka, 11.3 ov), 3-84 (P Rathnayake, 19.4 ov), 4-85 (KIC Asalanka, 20.1 ov), 5-100 (J Liyanage, 23.4 ov), 6-105 (BKG Mendis, 26.1 ov), 7-133 (S Colombage, 30.3 ov), 8-176 (DN Wellalage, 36.3 ov), 9-176 (AM Fernando, 36.5 ov), 10-176 (D Madushanka, 36.6 ov)

Sri Lanka · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Jofra Archer 6 1 38 0 6.33 1 0
AAP Atkinson 7 0 25 1 3.57 0 0
Josh Tongue 5 0 23 1 4.60 0 0
Rehan Ahmed 7 1 46 1 6.57 0 0
Jamie Overton 5 0 21 2 4.20 1 0
Will Jacks 7 0 22 5 3.14 2 0

Player of the match: Will Jacks · Umpires: GD Lloyd, WR Knights · TV umpire: AT Holdstock · Match referee: JJ Crowe. 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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