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 12 RUNS
MATCH ENDED

England
128/9 (20.0)

VS

Sri Lanka
116/10 (19.3)

Match Information Desktop Scorecard

Toss	England elected to bat
Match Status	England beat Sri Lanka by 12 runs Match Ended
Umpires	Hemantha Boteju (SL), Ravindra Kottahachchi (SL) and Nimali Perera (SL)
Man of the Match	Sam Curran

England (128/9 in 20.0 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Jos Buttler b Maheesh Theekshana	25	21	2	1	119
Ben Duckett lbw b Dushmantha Chameera	0	1	0	0	0
Jacob Bethell c Kusal Mendis b Matheesha Pathirana	3	7	0	0	43
Tom Banton b Dunith Wellalage	7	7	1	0	100
Harry Brook c Janith Liyanage b Matheesha Pathirana	4	3	1	0	133
Sam Curran c Pathum Nissanka b Dushmantha Chameera	58	48	6	1	121
Will Jacks c Pathum Nissanka b Dushmantha Chameera	3	4	0	0	75
Liam Dawson c Kamindu Mendis b Dushmantha Chameera	14	20	1	0	70
Jamie Overton c Janith Liyanage b Dushmantha Chameera	2	3	0	0	67
Adil Rashid not out	7	5	1	0	140
Luke Wood not out	1	1	0	0	100

Extras	(b 0, lb 1, w 3, nb 0)				4
Total	(Wicket 9, Overs 20.0)				128
(6.40 runs per over)

Bowling	O	R	W	Econ
Dushmantha Chameera	4	24	5	6.00
Dasun Shanaka	3	23	0	7.66
Matheesha Pathirana	4	27	2	6.75
Dunith Wellalage	4	28	1	7.00
Maheesh Theekshana	4	16	1	4.00
Kamindu Mendis	1	9	0	9.00

Sri Lanka (116/10 in 19.3 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Pathum Nissanka c Will Jacks b Liam Dawson	23	12	0	3	192
Kamil Mishara c Ben Duckett b Luke Wood	0	2	0	0	0
Kusal Mendis c Adil Rashid b Will Jacks	26	26	4	0	100
Pavan Rathnayake b Adil Rashid	13	15	1	0	87
Kamindu Mendis lbw b Will Jacks	14	11	0	1	127
Janith Liyanage c Jacob Bethell b Will Jacks	17	19	2	0	89
Dunith Wellalage c Jos Buttler b Jacob Bethell	9	14	0	0	64
Dasun Shanaka st Jos Buttler b Jacob Bethell	4	6	0	0	67
Dushmantha Chameera c Harry Brook b Jacob Bethell	0	2	0	0	0
Maheesh Theekshana c Liam Dawson b Jacob Bethell	2	6	0	0	33
Matheesha Pathirana not out	2	4	0	0	50

Extras	(b 4, lb 1, w 1, nb 0)				6
Total	(Wicket 10, Overs 19.3)				116
(5.95 runs per over)

Bowling	O	R	W	Econ
Luke Wood	2	13	1	6.50
Liam Dawson	4	25	1	6.25
Jamie Overton	1	14	0	14.00
Sam Curran	1	9	0	9.00
Adil Rashid	4	25	1	6.25
Jacob Bethell	3.3	11	4	3.14
Will Jacks	4	14	3	3.50

Team Sqaud

England

Ben Duckett, Jos Buttler (w), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Harry Brook (c), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Liam Dawson, Adil Rashid, Luke Wood

Sri

Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Mendis (w), Pavan Rathnayake, Kamindu Mendis, Dasun Shanaka (c), Janith Liyanage, Dunith Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Dushmantha Chameera, Matheesha Pathirana