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Result
England won by 5 wickets
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KNM Fernando | c JE Root b CR Woakes | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| FDM Karunaratne | c JL Smith b AAP Atkinson | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 |
| BKG Mendis | c HC Brook b MA Wood | 24 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 70.6 |
| AD Mathews | lbw b CR Woakes | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| LD Chandimal | lbw b Shoaib Bashir | 17 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 42.5 |
| DM de Silva | c DW Lawrence b Shoaib Bashir | 74 | 84 | 8 | 0 | 88.1 |
| PHKD Mendis | c JL Smith b CR Woakes | 12 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 48.0 |
| NGRP Jayasuriya | c JL Smith b AAP Atkinson | 10 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 |
| RMMP Rathnayake | c CR Woakes b Shoaib Bashir | 72 | 135 | 6 | 2 | 53.3 |
| MVT Fernando | run out (OJ Pope/JL Smith) | 13 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 21.0 |
| AM Fernando | not out | 0* | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 0, w 3, nb 1) | 8 | ||||
| Total | 74 overs | 236 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (FDM Karunaratne, 5.3 ov), 2-6 (KNM Fernando, 6.1 ov), 3-6 (AD Mathews, 6.6 ov), 4-40 (BKG Mendis, 15.1 ov), 5-72 (LD Chandimal, 22.3 ov), 6-92 (PHKD Mendis, 28.6 ov), 7-113 (NGRP Jayasuriya, 33.6 ov), 8-176 (DM de Silva, 50.2 ov), 9-226 (RMMP Rathnayake, 70.4 ov), 10-236 (MVT Fernando, 73.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Woakes | 11 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 2.91 | 0 | 0 |
| AAP Atkinson | 16 | 3 | 48 | 2 | 3.00 | 3 | 1 |
| Matthew Potts | 9 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 5.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Wood | 8 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 3.88 | 0 | 0 |
| Shoaib Bashir | 23 | 4 | 55 | 3 | 2.39 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Root | 7 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 2.57 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Duckett | lbw b AM Fernando | 18 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 90.0 |
| Dan Lawrence | c LD Chandimal b MVT Fernando | 30 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 76.9 |
| Ollie Pope | b AM Fernando | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 75.0 |
| Joe Root | c LD Chandimal b AM Fernando | 42 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 73.7 |
| Harry Brook | b NGRP Jayasuriya | 56 | 73 | 4 | 0 | 76.7 |
| Jamie Smith | c LD Chandimal b NGRP Jayasuriya | 111 | 148 | 8 | 1 | 75.0 |
| Chris Woakes | b NGRP Jayasuriya | 25 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 38.5 |
| AAP Atkinson | c LD Chandimal b RMMP Rathnayake | 20 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 30.8 |
| Matthew Potts | c PHKD Mendis b MVT Fernando | 17 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 73.9 |
| Mark Wood | b AM Fernando | 22 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 169.2 |
| Shoaib Bashir | not out | 3* | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 4, w 1, nb 3) | 8 | ||||
| Total | 85.3 overs | 358 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-30 (BM Duckett, 6.3 ov), 2-40 (OJ Pope, 8.4 ov), 3-67 (DW Lawrence, 14.3 ov), 4-125 (JE Root, 25.3 ov), 5-187 (HC Brook, 39.1 ov), 6-239 (CR Woakes, 57.3 ov), 7-305 (AAP Atkinson, 76.5 ov), 8-315 (JL Smith, 79.4 ov), 9-348 (MA Wood, 82.6 ov), 10-358 (MJ Potts, 85.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DM de Silva | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 |
| NGRP Jayasuriya | 31 | 5 | 85 | 3 | 2.74 | 0 | 0 |
| AM Fernando | 18 | 0 | 103 | 4 | 5.72 | 1 | 0 |
| MVT Fernando | 19.3 | 1 | 73 | 2 | 3.74 | 0 | 0 |
| RMMP Rathnayake | 13 | 0 | 66 | 1 | 5.08 | 0 | 3 |
| PHKD Mendis | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KNM Fernando | b CR Woakes | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| FDM Karunaratne | c HC Brook b MA Wood | 27 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 84.4 |
| BKG Mendis | c JL Smith b AAP Atkinson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| AD Mathews | c MJ Potts b CR Woakes | 65 | 145 | 2 | 1 | 44.8 |
| LD Chandimal | c sub (Harry Singh) b MJ Potts | 79 | 119 | 7 | 0 | 66.4 |
| DM de Silva | lbw b MJ Potts | 11 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 44.0 |
| PHKD Mendis | c JE Root b AAP Atkinson | 113 | 183 | 15 | 1 | 61.7 |
| RMMP Rathnayake | c BM Duckett b JE Root | 10 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 66.7 |
| NGRP Jayasuriya | c HC Brook b MJ Potts | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| MVT Fernando | lbw b CR Woakes | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| AM Fernando | not out | 0* | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 9, w 6, nb 1) | 16 | ||||
| Total | 89.3 overs | 326 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (KNM Fernando, 0.3 ov), 2-1 (BKG Mendis, 1.4 ov), 3-52 (FDM Karunaratne, 13.1 ov), 4-95 (DM de Silva, 25.3 ov), 5-173 (AD Mathews, 50.4 ov), 6-190 (RMMP Rathnayake, 55.4 ov), 7-307 (PHKD Mendis, 85.2 ov), 8-321 (NGRP Jayasuriya, 87.6 ov), 9-322 (MVT Fernando, 88.6 ov), 10-326 (LD Chandimal, 89.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Woakes | 22 | 6 | 58 | 3 | 2.64 | 0 | 0 |
| AAP Atkinson | 17 | 2 | 89 | 2 | 5.24 | 0 | 0 |
| Shoaib Bashir | 20 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 3.85 | 0 | 1 |
| Mark Wood | 10.2 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 3.48 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Potts | 17.3 | 4 | 47 | 3 | 2.69 | 2 | 0 |
| Joe Root | 1.4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Lawrence | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Duckett | c BKG Mendis b AM Fernando | 11 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 78.6 |
| Dan Lawrence | lbw b RMMP Rathnayake | 34 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 63.0 |
| Ollie Pope | c DM de Silva b NGRP Jayasuriya | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 35.3 |
| Joe Root | not out | 62* | 128 | 2 | 0 | 48.4 |
| Harry Brook | c & b NGRP Jayasuriya | 32 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 47.1 |
| Jamie Smith | b AM Fernando | 39 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 81.3 |
| Chris Woakes | not out | 8* | 18 | 1 | 0 | 44.4 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 5, w 5, nb 3) | 13 | ||||
| Total | 57.2 overs | 205/5 | ||||
Did not bat: AAP Atkinson, MJ Potts, MA Wood, Shoaib Bashir
Fall of wickets: 1-34 (BM Duckett, 5.4 ov), 2-56 (OJ Pope, 12.5 ov), 3-70 (DW Lawrence, 15.3 ov), 4-119 (HC Brook, 34.6 ov), 5-183 (JL Smith, 50.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MVT Fernando | 8 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 5.75 | 1 | 0 |
| AM Fernando | 12 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 2.08 | 0 | 0 |
| NGRP Jayasuriya | 25.2 | 4 | 98 | 2 | 3.87 | 0 | 0 |
| RMMP Rathnayake | 12 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 2.58 | 0 | 3 |
Player of the match: Jamie Smith · Umpires: CB Gaffaney, PR Reiffel · 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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