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England men · T20I · ICC T20 World Cup · Semi-final
Result
England won by 7 wickets
Last checked 24 October 2026
Scorecard
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DPMD Jayawardene | c C Kieswetter b SCJ Broad | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 111.1 |
| ST Jayasuriya | c PD Collingwood b RJ Sidebottom | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| TM Dilshan | c LJ Wright b TT Bresnan | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 112.5 |
| KC Sangakkara | c KP Pietersen b GP Swann | 16 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 84.2 |
| AD Mathews | run out (PD Collingwood/C Kieswetter) | 58 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 128.9 |
| CK Kapugedera | c TT Bresnan b SCJ Broad | 16 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 59.3 |
| NLTC Perera | not out | 7* | 8 | 0 | 0 | 87.5 |
| CU Jayasinghe | not out | 2* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 200.0 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 1, w 7, nb 1) | 9 | ||||
| Total | 20 overs | 128/6 | ||||
Did not bat: S Randiv, SL Malinga, BAW Mendis
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (ST Jayasuriya, 1.1 ov), 2-20 (TM Dilshan, 2.6 ov), 3-26 (DPMD Jayawardene, 4.1 ov), 4-47 (KC Sangakkara, 8.6 ov), 5-93 (CK Kapugedera, 16.3 ov), 6-126 (AD Mathews, 19.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Bresnan | 4 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 10.25 | 4 | 0 |
| Ryan Sidebottom | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 5.25 | 2 | 1 |
| Graeme Swann | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Yardy | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 5.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Kieswetter | b SL Malinga | 39 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 134.5 |
| Michael Lumb | b NLTC Perera | 33 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 126.9 |
| Kevin Pietersen | not out | 42* | 26 | 3 | 2 | 161.5 |
| Paul Collingwood | c KC Sangakkara b NLTC Perera | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 76.9 |
| Eoin Morgan | not out | 2* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 4, w 2, nb 0) | 6 | ||||
| Total | 16 overs | 132/3 | ||||
Did not bat: LJ Wright, TT Bresnan, MH Yardy, GP Swann, SCJ Broad, RJ Sidebottom
Fall of wickets: 1-68 (C Kieswetter, 8.1 ov), 2-80 (MJ Lumb, 9.4 ov), 3-113 (PD Collingwood, 14.1 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM Dilshan | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 |
| BAW Mendis | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4.75 | 0 | 0 |
| S Randiv | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 |
| AD Mathews | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 |
| SL Malinga | 4 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 8.25 | 2 | 0 |
| ST Jayasuriya | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 |
| NLTC Perera | 2 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 9.50 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: Stuart Broad · Umpires: Aleem Dar, SJA Taufel · TV umpire: SJ Davis · Match referee: AG Hurst. 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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