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England men · T20I · International series · 3rd T20I

England
v Sri Lanka⁠

Result

England won by 89 runs

England
180/6
Sri Lanka
91
Date
Saturday 26 June 2021 · England in 2021
Start
14:30 UK
Venue
The Ageas Bowl, Southampton
Competition
T20I · International series · 3rd T20I

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Sri Lanka T20I scorecard

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field

England · Innings 180/6 (20 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Jonny Bairstow b I Udana 51 43 5 1 118.6
Dawid Malan c MD Shanaka b PVD Chameera 76 48 5 4 158.3
Liam Livingstone c MD Shanaka b B Fernando 14 10 2 0 140.0
Sam Billings c MD Shanaka b PVD Chameera 2 3 0 0 66.7
Eoin Morgan c MD Gunathilaka b PVD Chameera 1 2 0 0 50.0
Moeen Ali c PWH de Silva b PVD Chameera 7 7 1 0 100.0
Sam Curran not out 9* 5 1 0 180.0
Chris Jordan not out 8* 2 2 0 400.0
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 9, nb 0) 12
Total 20 overs 180/6

Did not bat: CR Woakes, DJ Willey, AU Rashid

Fall of wickets: 1-105 (JM Bairstow, 11.4 ov), 2-143 (LS Livingstone, 15.1 ov), 3-148 (SW Billings, 16.2 ov), 4-151 (EJG Morgan, 16.6 ov), 5-162 (DJ Malan, 18.3 ov), 6-162 (MM Ali, 18.5 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
PVD Chameera 4 0 17 4 4.25 0 0
B Fernando 4 0 26 1 6.50 0 0
I Udana 4 0 55 1 13.75 4 0
PADLR Sandakan 4 0 28 0 7.00 0 0
PWH de Silva 3 0 42 0 14.00 0 0
MD Shanaka 1 0 9 0 9.00 1 0

Sri Lanka · Innings 91 all out (18.5 overs)

Sri Lanka · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
MD Gunathilaka c DJ Malan b DJ Willey 4 2 1 0 200.0
MDKJ Perera c LS Livingstone b CR Woakes 3 6 0 0 50.0
BOP Fernando c DJ Willey b SM Curran 19 27 0 1 70.4
BKG Mendis c JM Bairstow b DJ Willey 6 4 0 1 150.0
N Dickwella c CJ Jordan b SM Curran 11 19 1 0 57.9
MD Shanaka run out (SW Billings) 7 15 1 0 46.7
PWH de Silva c DJ Malan b CJ Jordan 1 8 0 0 12.5
I Udana c MM Ali b DJ Willey 0 4 0 0 0.0
B Fernando b LS Livingstone 20 14 1 1 142.9
PADLR Sandakan not out 3* 11 0 0 27.3
PVD Chameera lbw b MM Ali 1 4 0 0 25.0
Extras (b 1, lb 7, w 7, nb 1) 16
Total 18.5 overs 91

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (MD Gunathilaka, 0.2 ov), 2-23 (MDKJ Perera, 3.6 ov), 3-29 (BKG Mendis, 4.4 ov), 4-46 (BOP Fernando, 8.1 ov), 5-61 (MD Shanaka, 11.2 ov), 6-64 (N Dickwella, 12.4 ov), 7-64 (PWH de Silva, 13.4 ov), 8-64 (I Udana, 14.2 ov), 9-88 (B Fernando, 17.4 ov), 10-91 (PVD Chameera, 18.5 ov)

Sri Lanka · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
David Willey 4 0 27 3 6.75 1 0
Chris Woakes 4 0 9 1 2.25 1 0
Chris Jordan 4 1 13 1 3.25 2 0
Sam Curran 4 0 14 2 3.50 1 1
Adil Rashid 1 0 9 0 9.00 0 0
Liam Livingstone 1 0 8 1 8.00 0 0
Moeen Ali 0.5 0 3 1 3.60 0 0

Player of the match: Dawid Malan · Umpires: AG Wharf, MJ Saggers · TV umpire: DJ Millns · 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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