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England men · ODI · International series · 2nd ODI

Sri Lanka
v England⁠

Result

England won by 5 wickets

Sri Lanka
219
England
223/5
Date
Saturday 24 January 2026 · England in 2026
Start
09:00 UK
Venue
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Competition
ODI · International series · 2nd ODI

Last checked 29 October 2026

Scorecard

Sri Lanka v England ODI scorecard

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat

Sri Lanka · Innings 219 all out (49.3 overs)

Sri Lanka · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
P Nissanka c WG Jacks b AU Rashid 26 37 2 1 70.3
K Mishara c BM Duckett b J Overton 5 12 1 0 41.7
BKG Mendis run out (JC Buttler/WG Jacks) 26 45 2 0 57.8
DM de Silva c JE Root b LA Dawson 40 59 4 0 67.8
KIC Asalanka c BM Duckett b AU Rashid 45 64 1 0 70.3
J Liyanage c AU Rashid b J Overton 12 11 2 0 109.1
P Rathnayake c LA Dawson b WG Jacks 29 34 3 0 85.3
DN Wellalage c SM Curran b JE Root 20 19 2 0 105.3
PM Liyanagamage st JC Buttler b Rehan Ahmed 7 11 0 0 63.6
JDF Vandersay not out 2* 4 0 0 50.0
AM Fernando c & b JE Root 0 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 5, nb 0) 7
Total 49.3 overs 219

Fall of wickets: 1-16 (K Mishara, 4.3 ov), 2-58 (P Nissanka, 14.1 ov), 3-68 (BKG Mendis, 17.1 ov), 4-134 (DM de Silva, 32.4 ov), 5-151 (J Liyanage, 35.3 ov), 6-179 (KIC Asalanka, 41.4 ov), 7-193 (P Rathnayake, 44.6 ov), 8-213 (PM Liyanagamage, 48.2 ov), 9-219 (DN Wellalage, 49.2 ov), 10-219 (AM Fernando, 49.3 ov)

Sri Lanka · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Jamie Overton 5 1 21 2 4.20 1 0
Sam Curran 4 0 16 0 4.00 2 0
Liam Dawson 10 1 40 1 4.00 0 0
Will Jacks 10 0 47 1 4.70 1 0
Adil Rashid 10 0 34 2 3.40 1 0
Jacob Bethell 3 0 20 0 6.67 0 0
Rehan Ahmed 5 0 26 1 5.20 0 0
Joe Root 2.3 0 13 2 5.20 0 0

England · Innings 223/5 (46.2 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Rehan Ahmed b DM de Silva 13 18 1 0 72.2
Ben Duckett b JDF Vandersay 39 52 2 1 75.0
Joe Root lbw b AM Fernando 75 90 5 0 83.3
Jacob Bethell c KIC Asalanka b DM de Silva 6 14 0 0 42.9
Harry Brook lbw b JDF Vandersay 42 75 2 0 56.0
Jos Buttler not out 33* 21 3 1 157.1
Will Jacks not out 8* 8 1 0 100.0
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 6, nb 0) 7
Total 46.2 overs 223/5

Did not bat: SM Curran, J Overton, LA Dawson, AU Rashid

Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Rehan Ahmed, 5.4 ov), 2-88 (BM Duckett, 16.5 ov), 3-97 (JG Bethell, 19.3 ov), 4-178 (JE Root, 40.3 ov), 5-189 (HC Brook, 42.4 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
AM Fernando 7 0 31 1 4.43 0 0
PM Liyanagamage 3.2 0 20 0 6.00 1 0
DM de Silva 7 0 37 2 5.29 0 0
DN Wellalage 10 0 50 0 5.00 1 0
KIC Asalanka 8 0 27 0 3.38 0 0
JDF Vandersay 10 0 45 2 4.50 0 0
P Rathnayake 1 0 12 0 12.00 0 0

Player of the match: Joe Root · Umpires: AT Holdstock, RA Kottahachchi · TV umpire: RJ Tucker · Match referee: RS Madugalle. 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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