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England men · T20I · International series

England
v Sri Lanka⁠

Result

England won by 5 wickets

England
108/5
Sri Lanka
111/7
Date
Thursday 24 June 2021 · England in 2021
Venue
Cardiff
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 111/7 (20 overs)

Sri Lanka · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
MD Gunathilaka run out (SM Curran) 3 4 0 0 75.0
WIA Fernando c LS Livingstone b SM Curran 6 10 0 0 60.0
MDKJ Perera c EJG Morgan b AU Rashid 21 25 0 0 84.0
BKG Mendis c JM Bairstow b MA Wood 39 39 3 1 100.0
N Dickwella c EJG Morgan b MA Wood 3 3 0 0 100.0
MD Shanaka c DJ Willey b CJ Jordan 8 14 0 0 57.1
PWH de Silva st JM Bairstow b AU Rashid 3 7 0 0 42.9
I Udana not out 19* 14 1 1 135.7
A Dananjaya not out 2* 4 0 0 50.0
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 4, nb 0) 7
Total 20 overs 111/7

Did not bat: B Fernando, PVD Chameera

Fall of wickets: 1-6 (MD Gunathilaka, 1.3 ov), 2-18 (WIA Fernando, 3.3 ov), 3-68 (MDKJ Perera, 12.3 ov), 4-76 (BKG Mendis, 13.2 ov), 5-76 (N Dickwella, 13.3 ov), 6-87 (PWH de Silva, 16.4 ov), 7-90 (MD Shanaka, 17.4 ov)

Sri Lanka · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
David Willey 4 0 17 0 4.25 3 0
Sam Curran 2 0 8 1 4.00 0 0
Chris Jordan 4 0 31 1 7.75 1 0
Liam Livingstone 2 0 10 0 5.00 0 0
Mark Wood 4 0 18 2 4.50 0 0
Adil Rashid 4 0 24 2 6.00 0 0

England · Innings 108/5 (16.1 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Jason Roy c MD Shanaka b PWH de Silva 17 17 2 0 100.0
Jonny Bairstow b B Fernando 0 3 0 0 0.0
Dawid Malan lbw b PVD Chameera 4 5 1 0 80.0
Eoin Morgan c PWH de Silva b I Udana 11 9 2 0 122.2
Sam Billings b PWH de Silva 24 29 2 0 82.8
Liam Livingstone not out 29* 26 0 1 111.5
Sam Curran not out 16* 8 1 1 200.0
Extras (b 0, lb 4, w 3, nb 0) 7
Total 16.1 overs 108/5

Did not bat: DJ Willey, CJ Jordan, AU Rashid, MA Wood

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (JM Bairstow, 1.2 ov), 2-8 (DJ Malan, 2.3 ov), 3-30 (EJG Morgan, 5.2 ov), 4-36 (JJ Roy, 6.3 ov), 5-90 (SW Billings, 14.3 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
PVD Chameera 4 0 29 1 7.25 2 0
B Fernando 3 0 17 1 5.67 1 0
I Udana 4 0 25 1 6.25 0 0
PWH de Silva 4 0 20 2 5.00 0 0
A Dananjaya 1.1 0 13 0 11.14 0 0

Player of the match: Liam Livingstone · Umpires: AG Wharf, M Burns · TV umpire: MJ Saggers · 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.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2014 – 2021

T20Is since 2006

England v Sri Lanka stats

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Meetings21In our results database
England wins17England perspective
Draws, ties & NR0Drawn, tied or no result
Sri Lanka wins4Sri Lanka victories

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