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England men · T20I · International series · 3rd T20I

Sri Lanka
v England⁠

Result

England won by 12 runs

Sri Lanka
116
England
128/9
Date
Tuesday 3 February 2026 · England in 2026
Start
13:30 UK
Venue
Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Pallekele
Competition
T20I · International series · 3rd T20I

Last checked 30 October 2026

Scorecard

Sri Lanka v England T20I scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · Innings 128/9 (20 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Jos Buttler b M Theekshana 25 21 2 1 119.0
Ben Duckett lbw b PVD Chameera 0 1 0 0 0.0
Jacob Bethell c BKG Mendis b M Pathirana 3 7 0 0 42.9
Tom Banton b DN Wellalage 7 7 1 0 100.0
Harry Brook c J Liyanage b M Pathirana 4 3 1 0 133.3
Sam Curran c P Nissanka b PVD Chameera 58 48 6 1 120.8
Will Jacks c P Nissanka b PVD Chameera 3 4 0 0 75.0
Liam Dawson c PHKD Mendis b PVD Chameera 14 20 1 0 70.0
Jamie Overton c J Liyanage b PVD Chameera 2 3 0 0 66.7
Adil Rashid not out 7* 5 1 0 140.0
Luke Wood not out 1* 1 0 0 100.0
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 3, nb 0) 4
Total 20 overs 128/9

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (BM Duckett, 0.2 ov), 2-14 (JG Bethell, 2.6 ov), 3-28 (T Banton, 4.6 ov), 4-34 (HC Brook, 5.4 ov), 5-47 (JC Buttler, 7.4 ov), 6-60 (WG Jacks, 10.3 ov), 7-107 (LA Dawson, 17.2 ov), 8-109 (J Overton, 17.5 ov), 9-127 (SM Curran, 19.5 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
PVD Chameera 4 0 24 5 6.00 1 0
MD Shanaka 3 0 23 0 7.67 0 0
M Pathirana 4 0 27 2 6.75 2 0
DN Wellalage 4 0 28 1 7.00 0 0
M Theekshana 4 0 16 1 4.00 0 0
PHKD Mendis 1 0 9 0 9.00 0 0

Sri Lanka · Innings 116 all out (19.3 overs)

Sri Lanka · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
P Nissanka c WG Jacks b LA Dawson 23 12 0 3 191.7
K Mishara c BM Duckett b L Wood 0 2 0 0 0.0
BKG Mendis c AU Rashid b WG Jacks 26 26 4 0 100.0
P Rathnayake b AU Rashid 13 15 1 0 86.7
PHKD Mendis lbw b WG Jacks 14 11 0 1 127.3
J Liyanage c JG Bethell b WG Jacks 17 19 2 0 89.5
DN Wellalage c JC Buttler b JG Bethell 9 14 0 0 64.3
MD Shanaka st JC Buttler b JG Bethell 4 6 0 0 66.7
PVD Chameera c HC Brook b JG Bethell 0 2 0 0 0.0
M Theekshana c LA Dawson b JG Bethell 2 6 0 0 33.3
M Pathirana not out 2* 4 0 0 50.0
Extras (b 4, lb 1, w 1, nb 0) 6
Total 19.3 overs 116

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (K Mishara, 0.3 ov), 2-34 (P Nissanka, 4.2 ov), 3-62 (P Rathnayake, 8.6 ov), 4-62 (BKG Mendis, 9.1 ov), 5-90 (PHKD Mendis, 13.1 ov), 6-97 (J Liyanage, 15.1 ov), 7-112 (DN Wellalage, 17.2 ov), 8-112 (PVD Chameera, 17.4 ov), 9-113 (MD Shanaka, 17.6 ov), 10-116 (M Theekshana, 19.3 ov)

Sri Lanka · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Luke Wood 2 0 13 1 6.50 0 0
Liam Dawson 4 0 25 1 6.25 0 0
Jamie Overton 1 0 14 0 14.00 0 0
Sam Curran 1 0 9 0 9.00 0 0
Adil Rashid 4 0 25 1 6.25 0 0
Jacob Bethell 3.3 0 11 4 3.14 0 0
Will Jacks 4 0 14 3 3.50 1 0

Player of the match: Sam Curran · Umpires: JWHD Boteju, RA Kottahachchi · TV umpire: N Perera · Match referee: V Narayan Kutty. 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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