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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM Dilshan | c JC Buttler b ST Finn | 23 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 121.1 |
| MDKJ Perera | c EJG Morgan b CR Woakes | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| KC Sangakkara | c MM Ali b CJ Jordan | 63 | 62 | 7 | 0 | 101.6 |
| SHT Kandamby | c CJ Jordan b CR Woakes | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| AD Mathews | c JC Buttler b CJ Jordan | 37 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 82.2 |
| HDRL Thirimanne | not out | 62* | 47 | 7 | 0 | 131.9 |
| BMAJ Mendis | c ST Finn b JE Root | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 120.0 |
| NLTC Perera | c MM Ali b CR Woakes | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 80.0 |
| KTGD Prasad | st JC Buttler b RS Bopara | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 262.5 |
| HMRKB Herath | not out | 2* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.7 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 4, w 10, nb 0) | 14 | ||||
| Total | 35 overs | 242/8 | ||||
Did not bat: BAW Mendis
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (MDKJ Perera, 1.5 ov), 2-30 (TM Dilshan, 4.5 ov), 3-31 (SHT Kandamby, 5.5 ov), 4-118 (AD Mathews, 20.1 ov), 5-150 (KC Sangakkara, 25.4 ov), 6-175 (BMAJ Mendis, 28.4 ov), 7-202 (NLTC Perera, 31.4 ov), 8-233 (KTGD Prasad, 33.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Finn | 7 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Woakes | 7 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 5.86 | 1 | 0 |
| Moeen Ali | 7 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 5.14 | 3 | 0 |
| Chris Jordan | 7 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 6.57 | 2 | 0 |
| Ravi Bopara | 3 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 8.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Ben Stokes | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 14.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Root | 2 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 10.50 | 1 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alastair Cook | c KC Sangakkara b KTGD Prasad | 34 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 81.0 |
| Moeen Ali | run out (HMRKB Herath/KC Sangakkara) | 58 | 40 | 2 | 5 | 145.0 |
| Alex Hales | c BAW Mendis b AD Mathews | 27 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 93.1 |
| Joe Root | not out | 48* | 48 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 |
| Ravi Bopara | c KC Sangakkara b HMRKB Herath | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 200.0 |
| Eoin Morgan | c NLTC Perera b AD Mathews | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Jos Buttler | not out | 55* | 37 | 9 | 0 | 148.6 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 1, w 5, nb 1) | 7 | ||||
| Total | 33.4 overs | 236/5 | ||||
Did not bat: BA Stokes, CR Woakes, CJ Jordan, ST Finn
Fall of wickets: 1-84 (AN Cook, 11.4 ov), 2-103 (MM Ali, 14.5 ov), 3-144 (AD Hales, 21.5 ov), 4-151 (RS Bopara, 22.3 ov), 5-152 (EJG Morgan, 23.1 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AD Mathews | 7 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 4.86 | 0 | 0 |
| TM Dilshan | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 7.75 | 0 | 0 |
| NLTC Perera | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 |
| BAW Mendis | 5.4 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 9.35 | 1 | 0 |
| BMAJ Mendis | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 |
| KTGD Prasad | 6 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 8.17 | 2 | 1 |
| HMRKB Herath | 6 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 6.83 | 1 | 0 |
Player of the match: Jos Buttler · Umpires: SD Fry, RSA Palliyaguruge · TV umpire: SJ Davis · 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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