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England
v Sri Lanka⁠

Result

England won by 10 runs

England
171/4 (20 ov)
Sri Lanka
161/8 (20 ov)
Date
Saturday 26 March 2016 · England in 2016
Start
14:00 UK
Venue
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi

Last checked 24 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Sri Lanka T20I scorecard

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field

England · Innings 171/4 (20 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Jason Roy lbw b JDF Vandersay 42 39 3 2 107.7
Alex Hales lbw b HMRKB Herath 0 4 0 0 0.0
Joe Root c HDRL Thirimanne b JDF Vandersay 25 24 4 0 104.2
Jos Buttler not out 66* 37 8 2 178.4
Eoin Morgan run out (NLTC Perera) 22 16 1 1 137.5
Ben Stokes not out 6* 1 0 1 600.0
Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 3, nb 1) 10
Total 20 overs 171/4

Did not bat: MM Ali, CJ Jordan, DJ Willey, AU Rashid, LE Plunkett

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (AD Hales, 1.4 ov), 2-65 (JE Root, 10.1 ov), 3-88 (JJ Roy, 12.5 ov), 4-162 (EJG Morgan, 19.2 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
AD Mathews 4 0 25 0 6.25 0 0
HMRKB Herath 4 1 27 1 6.75 0 0
JDF Vandersay 4 0 26 2 6.50 0 0
TAM Siriwardana 1 0 9 0 9.00 0 0
PVD Chameera 4 0 36 0 9.00 1 1
NLTC Perera 2 0 27 0 13.50 2 0
MD Shanaka 1 0 15 0 15.00 0 0

Sri Lanka · Innings 161/8 (20 overs)

Sri Lanka · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
LD Chandimal c JC Buttler b CJ Jordan 1 3 0 0 33.3
TM Dilshan c AD Hales b DJ Willey 2 2 0 0 100.0
TAM Siriwardana c EJG Morgan b DJ Willey 7 7 0 1 100.0
HDRL Thirimanne run out (BA Stokes) 3 5 0 0 60.0
AD Mathews not out 73* 54 3 5 135.2
CK Kapugedera c BA Stokes b LE Plunkett 30 27 2 1 111.1
NLTC Perera c DJ Willey b CJ Jordan 20 11 1 2 181.8
MD Shanaka c JE Root b CJ Jordan 15 9 2 1 166.7
HMRKB Herath b CJ Jordan 1 2 0 0 50.0
JDF Vandersay not out 0* 0 0 0 –
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 7, nb 0) 9
Total 20 overs 161/8

Did not bat: PVD Chameera

Fall of wickets: 1-3 (TM Dilshan, 0.3 ov), 2-4 (LD Chandimal, 1.2 ov), 3-15 (TAM Siriwardana, 2.5 ov), 4-15 (HDRL Thirimanne, 2.6 ov), 5-95 (CK Kapugedera, 12.6 ov), 6-137 (NLTC Perera, 16.4 ov), 7-155 (MD Shanaka, 18.3 ov), 8-157 (HMRKB Herath, 18.6 ov)

Sri Lanka · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
David Willey 4 0 26 2 6.50 0 0
Chris Jordan 4 0 28 4 7.00 3 0
Liam Plunkett 4 0 23 1 5.75 2 0
Ben Stokes 4 0 19 0 4.75 2 0
Adil Rashid 2 0 31 0 15.50 0 0
Moeen Ali 2 0 32 0 16.00 0 0

Player of the match: Jos Buttler · Umpires: PR Reiffel, RJ Tucker · TV umpire: CB Gaffaney · 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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