Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

HC Brook
HC Brook
114(49) 10x4 - 6x6
Control %80%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 30 runs
  • 1x4 - 4x6
4 6 9 13 8 23 18 33
JC Buttler
JC Buttler
80(44) 8x4 - 3x6
Control %84%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 19 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
4 6 9 6 6 9 27 13

Best performances - Bowlers

S Baker
S Baker
O4
M1
R12
W3
Eco3
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
J Overton
J Overton
O3
M0
R20
W2
Eco6.66
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Sri Lanka , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Series result

England led the 3-match series 1-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

18.30 start, First Session 18.30-20.00, Interval 20.00-20.20, Second Session 20.20-21.50

Match days

15 September 2026 - night match (20-over match)

T20I debut

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: Thilak Ram & Vairavan | Commentator: Alan Gardner

END OF OVER:
19 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 135/10 (120 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 7.10, RRR: 120.00)

  • Eshan Malinga13 (5b)
  • Liam Dawson3-0-23-2
  • Will Jacks2-0-21-1

9.55pm: Presentations time, starting with Sri Lanka captain, Charith Asalanka: [Toss] "I think I would do the same thing, but it was a tough day for us. Credit to Harry Brook and Jos Buttler for their exceptional innings. We missed our plans and execution. [Positives] Nothing happened for us. Especially these guys have been playing really good cricket recently. [Conditions] We didn't think about that, but knew that it's a high-scoring venue."

England's Harry Brook is Player of the Match: "Exceptional performance and very proud how the boys went about it. [Baker] He's been bowling extremely well and he deserved his opportunity. To bowl three overs in the powerplay is never an easy task. Thought he had an amazing night. [Short turnaround] It's not the ideal schedule, if the Test had gone all the way we'd have had one day. But it finished early and we could get down. [Batting in Southampton] Don't know, every time we get a decent score, Jose is there as well. He's always been amazing and it feel likes he's hit his straps again. We spoke about running twos, think we had 22 out there tonight, so it's phenomenal. Communication was amazing, if we're being ultra critical we can get a few more runs or take more early wickets. But it was near perfect."

And that's yer lot. Vish's report will be in shortly. Let's hope for something more competitive down in Cardiff on Thursday night. Bye!

9.52pm: Well, that was... emphatic? A mismatch? Both, I guess. Sri Lanka, who had opted to chase, needed a supercharged batting effort but what they produced was anaemic. Harry Brook's 42-ball hundred powered England and the skipper almost ended up outscoring SL on his own. It all adds up to England's 13th consecutive win against SL in T20Is

18.6
W
Dawson to Chameera, OUT, bowled leg stump! England win by 119 runs! Chameera jumps out and misses with a heave across the line. Dawson hits, and that's a wrap. Sri Lanka's hoodoo against England in T20Is continues

PVD Chameera b Dawson 8 (17m 10b 0x4 1x6) SR: 80

18.5
6
Dawson to Chameera, SIX, hammered! Chameera matches his partner and connects with a mighty slog-sweep that sails over the rope at deep midwicket
18.4
0
Dawson to Chameera, no run, clipped back to the bowler
18.3
0
Dawson to Chameera, no run, tossed up straight and nudged to leg
18.2
0
Dawson to Chameera, no run, slower pace, spinning away as Chameera swings across it. Buttler bumps off the bails but the back foot was grounded
18.1
0
Dawson to Chameera, no run, pushed through from round the wicket. Chameera advances and bunts to cover

Dawson for the 19th

Sri Lanka 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st20P NissankaK Mishara
2nd11Lahiru UdaraK Mishara
3rd1Lahiru UdaraKIC Asalanka
4th20MD ShanakaKIC Asalanka
5th17MD ShanakaPHKD Mendis
6th5PHKD MendisPW Hasaranga
7th2PW HasarangaDN Wellalage
8th21M TheekshanaDN Wellalage
9th17PVD ChameeraDN Wellalage
10th21PVD ChameeraE Malinga