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England
v Sri Lanka⁠

Result

England won by 26 runs

England
163/4 (20 ov)
Sri Lanka
137 (19 ov)
Date
Monday 1 November 2021 · England in 2021
Start
14:00 UK
Venue
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah

Last checked 24 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Sri Lanka T20I scorecard

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field

England · Innings 163/4 (20 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Jason Roy b PWH de Silva 9 6 1 0 150.0
Jos Buttler not out 101* 67 6 6 150.7
Dawid Malan b PVD Chameera 6 8 1 0 75.0
Jonny Bairstow lbw b PWH de Silva 0 1 0 0 0.0
Eoin Morgan b PWH de Silva 40 36 1 3 111.1
Moeen Ali not out 1* 2 0 0 50.0
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 5, nb 0) 6
Total 20 overs 163/4

Did not bat: LS Livingstone, CR Woakes, CJ Jordan, AU Rashid, TS Mills

Fall of wickets: 1-13 (JJ Roy, 1.2 ov), 2-34 (DJ Malan, 4.6 ov), 3-35 (JM Bairstow, 5.2 ov), 4-147 (EJG Morgan, 18.2 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
PVD Chameera 4 0 43 1 10.75 1 0
PWH de Silva 4 0 21 3 5.25 0 0
CBRLS Kumara 4 0 44 0 11.00 2 0
M Theekshana 4 0 13 0 3.25 2 0
C Karunaratne 2 0 17 0 8.50 0 0
MD Shanaka 2 0 24 0 12.00 0 0

Sri Lanka · Innings 137 all out (19 overs)

Sri Lanka · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
P Nissanka run out (JC Buttler/EJG Morgan) 1 1 0 0 100.0
MDKJ Perera c EJG Morgan b AU Rashid 7 9 0 0 77.8
KIC Asalanka c MM Ali b AU Rashid 21 16 3 1 131.3
WIA Fernando lbw b CJ Jordan 13 14 1 0 92.9
PBB Rajapaksa c JJ Roy b CR Woakes 26 18 2 2 144.4
MD Shanaka run out (JC Buttler) 26 25 2 1 104.0
PWH de Silva c sub (SW Billings) b LS Livingstone 34 21 3 1 161.9
C Karunaratne c JJ Roy b MM Ali 0 2 0 0 0.0
PVD Chameera c DJ Malan b CJ Jordan 4 4 1 0 100.0
M Theekshana c CJ Jordan b MM Ali 2 2 0 0 100.0
CBRLS Kumara not out 1* 2 0 0 50.0
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 1, nb 0) 2
Total 19 overs 137

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (P Nissanka, 0.3 ov), 2-24 (KIC Asalanka, 3.3 ov), 3-34 (MDKJ Perera, 5.1 ov), 4-57 (WIA Fernando, 8.3 ov), 5-76 (PBB Rajapaksa, 10.5 ov), 6-129 (PWH de Silva, 16.5 ov), 7-130 (MD Shanaka, 17.2 ov), 8-134 (PVD Chameera, 17.6 ov), 9-134 (C Karunaratne, 18.2 ov), 10-137 (M Theekshana, 18.6 ov)

Sri Lanka · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Moeen Ali 3 0 15 2 5.00 0 0
Chris Woakes 2.3 0 25 1 10.00 0 0
Adil Rashid 4 0 19 2 4.75 0 0
Chris Jordan 4 0 24 2 6.00 0 0
Liam Livingstone 4 0 34 1 8.50 0 0
Tymal Mills 1.3 0 19 0 12.67 1 0

Player of the match: Jos Buttler · Umpires: AT Holdstock, RJ Tucker · TV umpire: JS Wilson · 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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