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England men · T20I · International series · 1st T20I
Result
England won by 8 wickets
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD Gunathilaka | c JC Buttler b CJ Jordan | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 118.8 |
| WIA Fernando | c CJ Jordan b SM Curran | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| MDKJ Perera | c CJ Jordan b AU Rashid | 30 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 115.4 |
| BKG Mendis | lbw b LS Livingstone | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 |
| DM de Silva | c AU Rashid b MA Wood | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 |
| MD Shanaka | c JC Buttler b SM Curran | 50 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 113.6 |
| PWH de Silva | c CJ Jordan b AU Rashid | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 71.4 |
| I Udana | not out | 6* | 7 | 0 | 0 | 85.7 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 2, w 5, nb 0) | 7 | ||||
| Total | 20 overs | 129/7 | ||||
Did not bat: A Dananjaya, PVD Chameera, N Pradeep
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (WIA Fernando, 1.3 ov), 2-31 (MD Gunathilaka, 4.3 ov), 3-49 (BKG Mendis, 7.5 ov), 4-52 (DM de Silva, 8.3 ov), 5-79 (MDKJ Perera, 13.1 ov), 6-96 (PWH de Silva, 15.4 ov), 7-129 (MD Shanaka, 19.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Woakes | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4.67 | 1 | 0 |
| Sam Curran | 3 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 8.33 | 3 | 0 |
| Mark Wood | 4 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 8.25 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Jordan | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 7.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Liam Livingstone | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Adil Rashid | 4 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 4.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Roy | c MD Gunathilaka b PVD Chameera | 36 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 163.6 |
| Jos Buttler | not out | 68* | 55 | 8 | 1 | 123.6 |
| Dawid Malan | b I Udana | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Jonny Bairstow | not out | 13* | 12 | 1 | 1 | 108.3 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 1, w 5, nb 0) | 6 | ||||
| Total | 17.1 overs | 130/2 | ||||
Did not bat: EJG Morgan, LS Livingstone, SM Curran, CJ Jordan, CR Woakes, AU Rashid, MA Wood
Fall of wickets: 1-80 (JJ Roy, 9.1 ov), 2-112 (DJ Malan, 13.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PVD Chameera | 3.1 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 7.58 | 1 | 0 |
| N Pradeep | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 11.50 | 2 | 0 |
| A Dananjaya | 4 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 10.00 | 1 | 0 |
| I Udana | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 7.50 | 1 | 0 |
| PWH de Silva | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: Jos Buttler · Umpires: DJ Millns, MJ Saggers · TV umpire: M Burns · Match referee: Phil Whitticase. 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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