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Result
England won by 6 wickets
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HDRL Thirimanne | c JC Buttler b JM Anderson | 43 | 95 | 5 | 0 | 45.3 |
| MDKJ Perera | c JE Root b JM Anderson | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 42.9 |
| BOP Fernando | b JM Anderson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| AD Mathews | c JC Buttler b JM Anderson | 110 | 238 | 11 | 0 | 46.2 |
| LD Chandimal | lbw b MA Wood | 52 | 121 | 4 | 1 | 43.0 |
| N Dickwella | c MJ Leach b JM Anderson | 92 | 144 | 10 | 0 | 63.9 |
| RTM Mendis | c JC Buttler b MA Wood | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| MDK Perera | c MJ Leach b SM Curran | 67 | 170 | 8 | 1 | 39.4 |
| RAS Lakmal | c Z Crawley b JM Anderson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| L Embuldeniya | c JE Root b MA Wood | 7 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 21.2 |
| AM Fernando | not out | 0* | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 2, w 1, nb 1) | 4 | ||||
| Total | 139.3 overs | 381 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (MDKJ Perera, 4.1 ov), 2-7 (BOP Fernando, 4.5 ov), 3-76 (HDRL Thirimanne, 26.2 ov), 4-193 (LD Chandimal, 68.6 ov), 5-232 (AD Mathews, 88.6 ov), 6-243 (RTM Mendis, 91.6 ov), 7-332 (N Dickwella, 120.4 ov), 8-332 (RAS Lakmal, 120.6 ov), 9-364 (L Embuldeniya, 132.6 ov), 10-381 (MDK Perera, 139.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 29 | 13 | 40 | 6 | 1.38 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Curran | 18.3 | 3 | 60 | 1 | 3.24 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Leach | 38 | 5 | 119 | 0 | 3.13 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Wood | 28 | 4 | 84 | 3 | 3.00 | 1 | 1 |
| DM Bess | 26 | 2 | 76 | 0 | 2.92 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zak Crawley | c HDRL Thirimanne b L Embuldeniya | 5 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 20.8 |
| DP Sibley | lbw b L Embuldeniya | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jonny Bairstow | c BOP Fernando b L Embuldeniya | 28 | 73 | 5 | 0 | 38.4 |
| Joe Root | run out | 186 | 309 | 18 | 0 | 60.2 |
| Dan Lawrence | c HDRL Thirimanne b L Embuldeniya | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 |
| Jos Buttler | c BOP Fernando b RTM Mendis | 55 | 95 | 7 | 0 | 57.9 |
| Sam Curran | c HDRL Thirimanne b L Embuldeniya | 13 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 30.2 |
| DM Bess | c HDRL Thirimanne b L Embuldeniya | 32 | 95 | 4 | 0 | 33.7 |
| Mark Wood | c HDRL Thirimanne b L Embuldeniya | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| MJ Leach | lbw b MDK Perera | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 |
| James Anderson | not out | 4* | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.0 |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 3, w 0, nb 5) | 16 | ||||
| Total | 116.1 overs | 344 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (DP Sibley, 5.2 ov), 2-5 (Z Crawley, 7.1 ov), 3-116 (JM Bairstow, 35.5 ov), 4-132 (DW Lawrence, 41.2 ov), 5-229 (JC Buttler, 70.5 ov), 6-252 (SM Curran, 81.2 ov), 7-333 (DM Bess, 109.5 ov), 8-337 (MA Wood, 111.2 ov), 9-339 (JE Root, 114.2 ov), 10-344 (MJ Leach, 116.1 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAS Lakmal | 16 | 7 | 31 | 0 | 1.94 | 0 | 0 |
| L Embuldeniya | 42 | 6 | 137 | 7 | 3.26 | 0 | 4 |
| AM Fernando | 10 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 3.10 | 0 | 0 |
| MDK Perera | 32.1 | 4 | 86 | 1 | 2.67 | 0 | 1 |
| RTM Mendis | 16 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MDKJ Perera | lbw b MJ Leach | 14 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 56.0 |
| HDRL Thirimanne | c Z Crawley b MJ Leach | 13 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 39.4 |
| BOP Fernando | c Z Crawley b DM Bess | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 15.8 |
| AD Mathews | b DM Bess | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 45.5 |
| LD Chandimal | c JM Anderson b MJ Leach | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 150.0 |
| N Dickwella | c DW Lawrence b DM Bess | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 |
| RTM Mendis | c JC Buttler b MJ Leach | 16 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 80.0 |
| MDK Perera | c Z Crawley b DM Bess | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 30.8 |
| RAS Lakmal | not out | 11* | 32 | 1 | 0 | 34.4 |
| L Embuldeniya | c JM Bairstow b JE Root | 40 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 95.2 |
| AM Fernando | b JE Root | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 3, lb 0, w 0, nb 1) | 4 | ||||
| Total | 35.5 overs | 126 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (MDKJ Perera, 5.2 ov), 2-29 (BOP Fernando, 10.4 ov), 3-37 (HDRL Thirimanne, 13.5 ov), 4-37 (AD Mathews, 14.4 ov), 5-47 (LD Chandimal, 15.6 ov), 6-66 (N Dickwella, 20.1 ov), 7-70 (MDK Perera, 22.3 ov), 8-78 (RTM Mendis, 25.1 ov), 9-126 (L Embuldeniya, 35.4 ov), 10-126 (AM Fernando, 35.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Curran | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 |
| DM Bess | 16 | 1 | 49 | 4 | 3.06 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Leach | 14 | 1 | 59 | 4 | 4.21 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Root | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zak Crawley | c BOP Fernando b L Embuldeniya | 13 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 68.4 |
| DP Sibley | not out | 56* | 144 | 2 | 0 | 38.9 |
| Jonny Bairstow | lbw b L Embuldeniya | 29 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 103.6 |
| Joe Root | b RTM Mendis | 11 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 68.8 |
| Dan Lawrence | c N Dickwella b L Embuldeniya | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22.2 |
| Jos Buttler | not out | 46* | 48 | 5 | 0 | 95.8 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 4, w 0, nb 3) | 7 | ||||
| Total | 43.3 overs | 164/4 | ||||
Did not bat: SM Curran, DM Bess, MA Wood, MJ Leach, JM Anderson
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Z Crawley, 4.5 ov), 2-62 (JM Bairstow, 14.5 ov), 3-84 (JE Root, 21.5 ov), 4-89 (DW Lawrence, 24.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L Embuldeniya | 20 | 3 | 73 | 3 | 3.65 | 0 | 2 |
| MDK Perera | 13.3 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 2.89 | 0 | 1 |
| RTM Mendis | 10 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 4.80 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: Joe Root · Umpires: HDPK Dharmasena, RSA Palliyaguruge · TV umpire: LE Hannibal · 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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