England VS Sri Lanka, 1st T20I, England tour of Sri Lanka 2026 - Live Cricket Score, ball by ball Commentary

1st T20I, England tour of Sri Lanka 2026

ENGLAND BEAT SRI LANKA BY 6 WICKETS (DLS METHOD)
MATCH ENDED

Sri Lanka
189/5 (20.0)

VS

England
173/4 (16.4)

Match Information Desktop Scorecard

Toss	England elected to field
Match Status	England beat Sri Lanka by 6 wickets (DLS method) Match Ended
Umpires	Chamara De Zoysa (SL), Ravindra Kottahachchi (SL) and Nimali Perera (SL)
Man of the Match	Tom Banton

Sri Lanka (189/5 in 20.0 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Pathum Nissanka b Jofra Archer	34	22	3	2	155
Kamil Mishara c Jamie Overton b Will Jacks	36	30	2	2	120
Kusal Mendis c Adil Rashid b Liam Dawson	32	17	4	1	188
Pavan Rathnayake c Jacob Bethell b Jofra Archer	40	22	5	1	182
Dasun Shanaka lbw b Adil Rashid	1	6	0	0	17
Charith Asalanka not out	28	22	4	0	127
Janith Liyanage not out	1	1	0	0	100

Extras	(b 1, lb 4, w 12, nb 0)				17
Total	(Wicket 5, Overs 20.0)				189
(9.45 runs per over)

Bowling	O	R	W	Econ
Sam Curran	2	31	0	15.50
Jofra Archer	4	42	2	10.50
Will Jacks	4	24	1	6.00
Liam Dawson	4	32	1	8.00
Adil Rashid	4	25	1	6.25
Jamie Overton	2	30	0	15.00

England (173/4 in 16.4 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Phil Salt c Kamil Mishara b Matheesha Pathirana	1	2	0	0	50
Jos Buttler c Pavan Rathnayake b Dunith Wellalage	39	29	6	0	134
Jacob Bethell c Kusal Mendis b Dasun Shanaka	13	11	2	0	118
Tom Banton not out	54	33	4	3	164
Harry Brook c Wanindu Hasaranga b Matheesha Pathirana	36	12	2	4	300
Sam Curran not out	20	14	1	1	143

Extras	(b 4, lb 0, w 5, nb 1)				10
Total	(Wicket 4, Overs 16.4)				173
(10.38 runs per over)

Bowling	O	R	W	Econ
Matheesha Pathirana	4	47	2	11.75
Dasun Shanaka	3	24	1	8.00
Dunith Wellalage	3	30	1	10.00
Eshan Malinga	1.2	6	0	4.50
Wanindu Hasaranga	4	44	0	11.00
Janith Liyanage	1.2	18	0	13.50

Team Sqaud

Sri

Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Mendis (w), Pavan Rathnayake, Charith Asalanka, Janith Liyanage, Dasun Shanaka (c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Wellalage, Matheesha Pathirana, Eshan Malinga

England

Phil Salt, Jos Buttler (w), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Harry Brook (c), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Liam Dawson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid