England VS Sri Lanka, 1st ODI, England tour of Sri Lanka 2026 - Live Cricket Score, ball by ball Commentary

1st ODI, England tour of Sri Lanka 2026

SRI LANKA BEAT ENGLAND BY 19 RUNS
MATCH ENDED

Sri Lanka
271/6 (50.0)

VS

England
252/10 (49.2)

Match Information Desktop Scorecard

Toss	Sri Lanka elected to bat
Match Status	Sri Lanka beat England by 19 runs Match Ended
Umpires	Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL), Rod Tucker (AUS) and Adrian Holdstock (SA)
Man of the Match	Dunith Wellalage

Sri Lanka (271/6 in 50.0 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Pathum Nissanka c Liam Dawson b Sam Curran	21	30	2	0	70
Kamil Mishara b Adil Rashid	27	37	2	1	73
Kusal Mendis not out	93	117	11	0	79
Dhananjaya de Silva lbw b Adil Rashid	10	21	1	0	48
Charith Asalanka c Harry Brook b Rehan Ahmed	17	16	2	0	106
Janith Liyanage c & b Adil Rashid	46	53	5	2	87
Pavan Rathnayake c Jamie Overton b Liam Dawson	12	14	0	0	86
Dunith Wellalage not out	25	12	3	1	208

Extras	(b 0, lb 10, w 10, nb 0)				20
Total	(Wicket 6, Overs 50.0)				271
(5.42 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Jamie Overton	9	0	66	0	7.33
Sam Curran	8	0	40	1	5.00
Liam Dawson	10	1	31	1	3.10
Adil Rashid	10	0	44	3	4.40
Rehan Ahmed	10	0	61	1	6.10
Jacob Bethell	3	0	19	0	6.33

England (252/10 in 49.2 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Zak Crawley c Kusal Mendis b Asitha Fernando	6	11	1	0	55
Ben Duckett lbw b Jeffrey Vandersay	62	76	5	1	82
Joe Root lbw b Dhananjaya de Silva	61	90	5	0	68
Jacob Bethell st Kusal Mendis b Dunith Wellalage	15	33	1	0	45
Harry Brook st Kusal Mendis b Charith Asalanka	6	12	0	0	50
Jos Buttler b Pramod Madushan	19	20	0	1	95
Sam Curran c & b Dunith Wellalage	5	9	0	0	56
Rehan Ahmed c Dunith Wellalage b Jeffrey Vandersay	27	21	5	0	129
Jamie Overton c Dunith Wellalage b Pramod Madushan	34	17	4	2	200
Liam Dawson c Dhananjaya de Silva b Pramod Madushan	2	2	0	0	100
Adil Rashid not out	0	6	0	0	0

Extras	(b 0, lb 5, w 9, nb 1)				15
Total	(Wicket 10, Overs 49.2)				252
(5.11 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Asitha Fernando	8	1	64	1	8.00
Pramod Madushan	5.2	0	39	3	7.31
Dhananjaya de Silva	8	0	22	1	2.75
Dunith Wellalage	10	0	41	2	4.10
Charith Asalanka	7	0	33	1	4.71
Jeffrey Vandersay	10	0	39	2	3.90
Kamil Mishara	1	0	9	0	9.00

Team Sqaud

Sri

Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Mendis (w), Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka (c), Janith Liyanage, Pavan Rathnayake, Dunith Wellalage, Pramod Madushan, Jeffrey Vandersay, Asitha Fernando

England

Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook (c), Jos Buttler (w), Sam Curran, Rehan Ahmed, Jamie Overton, Liam Dawson, Adil Rashid