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Result
Sri Lanka won by 100 runs
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
England won the toss and chose to field
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FDM Karunaratne | b LE Plunkett | 28 | 65 | 4 | 0 | 43.1 |
| JK Silva | c MJ Prior b JM Anderson | 13 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 34.2 |
| KC Sangakkara | c IR Bell b SCJ Broad | 79 | 147 | 13 | 0 | 53.7 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | c CJ Jordan b LE Plunkett | 22 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 46.8 |
| HDRL Thirimanne | c SD Robson b LE Plunkett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| AD Mathews | c GS Ballance b JM Anderson | 26 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 92.9 |
| LD Chandimal | c AN Cook b SCJ Broad | 45 | 55 | 6 | 0 | 81.8 |
| KTGD Prasad | c MJ Prior b LE Plunkett | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| HMRKB Herath | not out | 14* | 16 | 1 | 0 | 87.5 |
| RMS Eranga | c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| N Pradeep | c MJ Prior b LE Plunkett | 13 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 68.4 |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 7, w 2, nb 0) | 17 | ||||
| Total | 69.5 overs | 257 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-37 (JK Silva, 14.4 ov), 2-56 (FDM Karunaratne, 20.2 ov), 3-108 (DPMD Jayawardene, 37.2 ov), 4-108 (HDRL Thirimanne, 37.3 ov), 5-161 (AD Mathews, 48.3 ov), 6-228 (KC Sangakkara, 62.6 ov), 7-229 (KTGD Prasad, 63.4 ov), 8-229 (LD Chandimal, 64.1 ov), 9-229 (RMS Eranga, 64.2 ov), 10-257 (N Pradeep, 69.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 19 | 5 | 49 | 2 | 2.58 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 15 | 3 | 46 | 3 | 3.07 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Jordan | 16 | 4 | 58 | 0 | 3.63 | 0 | 0 |
| Liam Plunkett | 15.5 | 2 | 64 | 5 | 4.04 | 2 | 0 |
| Moeen Ali | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 5.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Root | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alastair Cook | c KC Sangakkara b KTGD Prasad | 17 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 28.8 |
| SD Robson | b N Pradeep | 127 | 253 | 15 | 1 | 50.2 |
| Gary Ballance | c LD Chandimal b AD Mathews | 74 | 157 | 8 | 0 | 47.1 |
| Ian Bell | c LD Chandimal b RMS Eranga | 64 | 90 | 8 | 0 | 71.1 |
| Joe Root | c LD Chandimal b AD Mathews | 13 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 40.6 |
| Moeen Ali | c LD Chandimal b RMS Eranga | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 18.2 |
| Matt Prior | not out | 27* | 53 | 1 | 1 | 50.9 |
| Chris Jordan | c DPMD Jayawardene b RMS Eranga | 17 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 56.7 |
| Stuart Broad | c HDRL Thirimanne b AD Mathews | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 66.7 |
| Liam Plunkett | b AD Mathews | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 18.2 |
| James Anderson | c & b RMS Eranga | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 2, w 3, nb 13) | 18 | ||||
| Total | 115.5 overs | 365 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-49 (AN Cook, 18.1 ov), 2-191 (GS Ballance, 67.3 ov), 3-278 (SD Robson, 86.3 ov), 4-311 (IR Bell, 95.6 ov), 5-311 (JE Root, 96.4 ov), 6-313 (MM Ali, 99.5 ov), 7-338 (CJ Jordan, 109.3 ov), 8-344 (SCJ Broad, 110.3 ov), 9-350 (LE Plunkett, 112.5 ov), 10-365 (JM Anderson, 115.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N Pradeep | 22 | 3 | 90 | 1 | 4.09 | 1 | 7 |
| RMS Eranga | 32.5 | 10 | 93 | 4 | 2.83 | 1 | 6 |
| HMRKB Herath | 25 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 2.44 | 0 | 0 |
| KTGD Prasad | 20 | 3 | 75 | 1 | 3.75 | 0 | 0 |
| AD Mathews | 16 | 4 | 44 | 4 | 2.75 | 1 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FDM Karunaratne | c MJ Prior b LE Plunkett | 45 | 111 | 4 | 0 | 40.5 |
| JK Silva | c MJ Prior b LE Plunkett | 13 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 24.1 |
| KC Sangakkara | lbw b MM Ali | 55 | 103 | 6 | 0 | 53.4 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | c MJ Prior b JM Anderson | 79 | 168 | 8 | 0 | 47.0 |
| HDRL Thirimanne | b MM Ali | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| AD Mathews | c MM Ali b JM Anderson | 160 | 249 | 25 | 1 | 64.3 |
| LD Chandimal | c GS Ballance b LE Plunkett | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 58.3 |
| KTGD Prasad | c JE Root b LE Plunkett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| HMRKB Herath | run out (JE Root) | 48 | 82 | 9 | 0 | 58.5 |
| RMS Eranga | not out | 20* | 19 | 4 | 0 | 105.3 |
| N Pradeep | b JM Anderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 5, lb 10, w 10, nb 5) | 30 | ||||
| Total | 132.5 overs | 457 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-40 (JK Silva, 20.2 ov), 2-93 (FDM Karunaratne, 34.4 ov), 3-172 (KC Sangakkara, 57.6 ov), 4-176 (HDRL Thirimanne, 59.2 ov), 5-268 (DPMD Jayawardene, 86.6 ov), 6-277 (LD Chandimal, 89.3 ov), 7-277 (KTGD Prasad, 89.4 ov), 8-426 (HMRKB Herath, 125.6 ov), 9-437 (AD Mathews, 130.6 ov), 10-457 (N Pradeep, 132.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 25.5 | 5 | 91 | 3 | 3.52 | 1 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 29 | 6 | 86 | 0 | 2.97 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Jordan | 28 | 8 | 79 | 0 | 2.82 | 0 | 2 |
| Liam Plunkett | 29 | 2 | 112 | 4 | 3.86 | 4 | 3 |
| Moeen Ali | 21 | 0 | 74 | 2 | 3.52 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD Robson | c DPMD Jayawardene b KTGD Prasad | 24 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 39.3 |
| Alastair Cook | b KTGD Prasad | 16 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 41.0 |
| Gary Ballance | lbw b KTGD Prasad | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ian Bell | b KTGD Prasad | 8 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 26.7 |
| Joe Root | c HDRL Thirimanne b N Pradeep | 31 | 108 | 4 | 0 | 28.7 |
| Liam Plunkett | c N Pradeep b HMRKB Herath | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Moeen Ali | not out | 108* | 281 | 17 | 0 | 38.4 |
| Matt Prior | c JK Silva b KTGD Prasad | 10 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 |
| Chris Jordan | lbw b HMRKB Herath | 21 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 33.9 |
| Stuart Broad | lbw b HMRKB Herath | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| James Anderson | c HMRKB Herath b RMS Eranga | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 11, lb 7, w 4, nb 9) | 31 | ||||
| Total | 116.5 overs | 249 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-39 (AN Cook, 15.3 ov), 2-39 (GS Ballance, 15.4 ov), 3-50 (SD Robson, 19.6 ov), 4-52 (IR Bell, 23.1 ov), 5-57 (LE Plunkett, 26.2 ov), 6-124 (JE Root, 56.5 ov), 7-160 (MJ Prior, 71.5 ov), 8-212 (CJ Jordan, 88.2 ov), 9-228 (SCJ Broad, 96.4 ov), 10-249 (JM Anderson, 116.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N Pradeep | 13 | 2 | 55 | 1 | 4.23 | 1 | 5 |
| RMS Eranga | 23.5 | 10 | 38 | 1 | 1.59 | 0 | 4 |
| HMRKB Herath | 42 | 16 | 59 | 3 | 1.40 | 0 | 0 |
| AD Mathews | 10 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1.60 | 1 | 0 |
| KTGD Prasad | 22 | 5 | 50 | 5 | 2.27 | 2 | 0 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | 6 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 2.17 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: AD Mathews · Umpires: BF Bowden, SJ Davis · TV umpire: PR Reiffel · Match referee: AJ Pycroft. 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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