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England
v Sri Lanka⁠

Result

England won by 8 wickets

England
144/2
Sri Lanka
140
Date
Tuesday 5 July 2016 · England in 2016
Venue
Southampton
Competition
T20I · International series

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Sri Lanka T20I scorecard

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat

Sri Lanka · Innings 140 all out (20 overs)

Sri Lanka · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
MDKJ Perera c TS Mills b LE Plunkett 13 15 1 0 86.7
MD Gunathilaka c CJ Jordan b LA Dawson 26 16 4 0 162.5
BKG Mendis c & b LA Dawson 21 16 0 1 131.3
AD Mathews b LA Dawson 11 10 1 0 110.0
LD Chandimal c EJG Morgan b CJ Jordan 23 22 1 1 104.5
MD Shanaka run out (JJ Roy/JC Buttler) 1 1 0 0 100.0
RLB Rambukwella run out (JM Vince) 19 16 1 1 118.8
S Prasanna c JC Buttler b LE Plunkett 1 3 0 0 33.3
MF Maharoof c sub (DJ Willey) b CJ Jordan 10 16 0 0 62.5
KMC Bandara not out 2* 4 0 0 50.0
N Pradeep b CJ Jordan 0 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 1, lb 9, w 3, nb 0) 13
Total 20 overs 140

Fall of wickets: 1-17 (MDKJ Perera, 2.6 ov), 2-58 (MD Gunathilaka, 6.5 ov), 3-74 (BKG Mendis, 8.5 ov), 4-81 (AD Mathews, 10.3 ov), 5-82 (MD Shanaka, 10.4 ov), 6-106 (RLB Rambukwella, 14.2 ov), 7-122 (S Prasanna, 15.5 ov), 8-129 (LD Chandimal, 17.2 ov), 9-140 (MF Maharoof, 19.5 ov), 10-140 (N Pradeep, 19.6 ov)

Sri Lanka · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Chris Jordan 4 0 29 3 7.25 2 0
Tymal Mills 4 0 22 0 5.50 1 0
Liam Plunkett 4 0 27 2 6.75 0 0
Liam Dawson 4 0 27 3 6.75 0 0
Adil Rashid 4 1 25 0 6.25 0 0

England · Innings 144/2 (17.3 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Jason Roy b AD Mathews 0 3 0 0 0.0
Jos Buttler not out 73* 49 3 4 149.0
James Vince st LD Chandimal b AD Mathews 16 14 2 0 114.3
Eoin Morgan not out 47* 39 1 2 120.5
Extras (b 1, lb 0, w 7, nb 0) 8
Total 17.3 overs 144/2

Did not bat: JM Bairstow, SW Billings, LA Dawson, LE Plunkett, AU Rashid, CJ Jordan, TS Mills

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (JJ Roy, 0.3 ov), 2-30 (JM Vince, 4.5 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
AD Mathews 4 0 27 2 6.75 0 0
RLB Rambukwella 2.3 0 27 0 10.80 0 0
MF Maharoof 3 0 26 0 8.67 1 0
S Prasanna 4 0 31 0 7.75 1 0
MD Gunathilaka 1 0 9 0 9.00 0 0
N Pradeep 2 0 12 0 6.00 1 0
KMC Bandara 1 0 11 0 11.00 0 0

Player of the match: Jos Buttler · Umpires: RJ Bailey, MA Gough · TV umpire: RT Robinson · Match referee: DC Boon. 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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