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England men · ODI · International series · 2nd ODI

England
v Sri Lanka⁠

Result

Sri Lanka won by 16 runs

England
305/9
Sri Lanka
321/6
Date
Thursday 24 September 2026 · England in 2026
Start
12:30 UK
Venue
Headingley, Leeds
Competition
ODI · International series · 2nd ODI

Last checked 29 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Sri Lanka ODI scorecard

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat

Sri Lanka · Innings 321/6 (50 overs)

Sri Lanka · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
P Nissanka lbw b AAP Atkinson 25 33 3 1 75.8
PHKD Mendis c HC Brook b AAP Atkinson 54 65 4 3 83.1
BKG Mendis c T Banton b Rehan Ahmed 121 100 14 3 121.0
P Rathnayake run out (JE Root/JC Buttler) 48 39 2 1 123.1
KIC Asalanka c AAP Atkinson b Rehan Ahmed 11 18 2 0 61.1
J Liyanage c JE Root b JC Archer 32 26 4 0 123.1
DN Wellalage not out 16* 15 1 0 106.7
S Colombage not out 3* 4 0 0 75.0
Extras (b 1, lb 3, w 7, nb 0) 11
Total 50 overs 321/6

Did not bat: E Malinga, AM Fernando, D Madushanka

Fall of wickets: 1-45 (P Nissanka, 9.1 ov), 2-182 (PHKD Mendis, 29.1 ov), 3-222 (BKG Mendis, 35.5 ov), 4-236 (KIC Asalanka, 39.4 ov), 5-282 (P Rathnayake, 44.4 ov), 6-312 (J Liyanage, 48.2 ov)

Sri Lanka · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Jofra Archer 10 0 68 1 6.80 4 0
AAP Atkinson 10 0 55 2 5.50 2 0
Josh Tongue 7 0 50 0 7.14 1 0
Will Jacks 5 0 33 0 6.60 0 0
Jamie Overton 10 0 63 0 6.30 0 0
Rehan Ahmed 8 0 48 2 6.00 0 0

England · Innings 305/9 (50 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Tom Banton st BKG Mendis b DN Wellalage 73 62 7 3 117.7
Ben Duckett b DN Wellalage 67 63 9 0 106.3
Joe Root c P Rathnayake b S Colombage 15 17 1 0 88.2
Harry Brook lbw b DN Wellalage 1 6 0 0 16.7
Jos Buttler c PHKD Mendis b D Madushanka 69 49 5 5 140.8
Will Jacks c J Liyanage b E Malinga 52 61 4 2 85.2
Rehan Ahmed c BKG Mendis b D Madushanka 0 5 0 0 0.0
AAP Atkinson c P Rathnayake b E Malinga 16 28 0 0 57.1
Jamie Overton c KIC Asalanka b AM Fernando 2 3 0 0 66.7
Jofra Archer not out 0* 6 0 0 0.0
Josh Tongue not out 1* 1 0 0 100.0
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 8, nb 1) 9
Total 50 overs 305/9

Fall of wickets: 1-143 (BM Duckett, 19.4 ov), 2-153 (T Banton, 21.6 ov), 3-157 (HC Brook, 23.3 ov), 4-203 (JE Root, 28.1 ov), 5-259 (Rehan Ahmed, 39.5 ov), 6-288 (AAP Atkinson, 46.5 ov), 7-295 (J Overton, 47.4 ov), 8-303 (WG Jacks, 48.4 ov), 9-303 (JC Buttler, 49.1 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
AM Fernando 10 0 68 1 6.80 3 1
D Madushanka 9 0 54 2 6.00 4 0
KIC Asalanka 6 0 29 0 4.83 0 0
E Malinga 9 0 50 2 5.56 1 0
S Colombage 6 0 55 1 9.17 0 0
DN Wellalage 10 0 49 3 4.90 0 0

Player of the match: BKG Mendis · Umpires: AT Holdstock, James Middlebrook · TV umpire: WR Knights · 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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