Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    6s
    SR
    10
    12
    15
    2
    0
    83.33
    2.5 Outstanding from Asitha! Ooof! Nothing that held up here. This was a good length, pitching on off and straightening down the line. Squares Banton right up as this beats the outside edge to clip the top of off. 16/1
    10.5 Misses the sweep and the finger goes up! Duckett reviews immediately. This was a length ball, pitching outside off, and turns back - keeps low too - to hit the front pad. Question is, was the impact outside the line of off stump? No bat involved...and bad news for Duckett, it's three reds. England burn a review to boot. 67/2
    44
    52
    96
    5
    0
    84.61
    22.3 skids through, Root's run is over! That's super bowling, tossed up on a very full length, and gripped just enough to beat the outside edge of a back-foot block, to thump the off stump! 135/3
    31.1 holes out to deep cover! Out of nowhere, a wicket! Brook had telegraphed a hint of frustration with his charge in the previous over. He connected on this inside-out thrash, but not remotely well enough. In fact, he was walking the moment the ball left his bat! 182/4
    34.3 Overturned and Sri Lanka have another! Huuuuge appeal! But not given. Was there bat on this? Sri Lanka think so, and they review. This pitched on the stumps and straightened - held up in the surface and looked to have caught Buttler plumb in front. Only thing that can save him is bat, and there's a flat line on ultra edge. Sri Lanka have a successful review! Three reds and Colombage has his second on debut! 196/5
    not out
    46
    47
    83
    5
    0
    97.87
    35.5 Oh dear me, direct hit has Ahmed! This was full ball that Rehan has just gently pushed towards the onrushing cover fielder, and then proceeded to just absentmindedly wander out of his crease. Asalanka picks up the ball with Rehan completely stranded halfway down the track and makes no mistake with the throw. Needed to be a direct hit and this was bang on! 199/6
    38.5 Through him! Beautifully done from Colombage! This was tossed, with a lot of revs on. Dips on Overton, baiting the drive, but there's no turn - it's the top spinner - and goes through a gaping chasm between bat and pad to rattle middle stump 211/7
    45.2 Madushanka rewarded for his accuracy! Wide of the crease, just rolls his fingers over it slightly and it does enough to grip on the surface off a length. Atkinson makes room looking to crack this through the covers, but is beaten on the outside edge as his off stump is pegged back 241/8
    46.6 Scorching! That was one Joffra himself would be proud of. Yorker with a hint of reverse. Right on the toes, as this deflects off the bottom of the front pad and clatters into the stumps. Just too good from Asitha 247/9
    48.1 Another beaut from Asitha! That is one way to mitigate the Jacks onslaught! Right on the toes, reversing back in and Tongue can do nothing about it! Off the boot and on to the stumps. England are bowled out for 265 265/10
    Extras
    9 (lb 2, w 7)
    TOTAL
    265 all out (48.1 Overs, RR: 5.5)
    Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Tom Banton, 2.5 ov), 2-67 (Ben Duckett, 10.5 ov), 3-135 (Joe Root, 22.3 ov), 4-182 (Harry Brook, 31.1 ov), 5-196 (Jos Buttler, 34.3 ov), 6-199 (Rehan Ahmed, 35.5 ov), 7-211 (Jamie Overton, 38.5 ov), 8-241 (Gus Atkinson, 45.2 ov), 9-247 (Jofra Archer, 46.6 ov), 10-265 (Josh Tongue, 48.1 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    AM Fernando9.105335.78307010
    D Madushanka1004514.5384050
    PVD Chameera906116.77239000
    DN Wellalage1006016215000
    S Colombage1004434.4293010
  • BATSMEN
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    11.3 that's the wicket ball! Wide on the crease from Tongue, full and fast, shaping in at the stumps, Nissanka played inside the line of an open-faced steer, it kisses off the outside edge into Buttler's gloves. Crucial moment in this chase 48/2
    5.4 soft dismissal! Atkinson hits that in-between length once more, Kamindu tries to thump hard across the line, but merely scuffs a simple chance to short midwicket. England have their powerplay incision 27/1
    26.1 Jacks has the big fish! Kusal reviews but this is more in hope than anything else, surely. Tossed up on middle - slower as well - pitches and straightens as Mendis goes right across his crease and looks for the sweep. You can see leg stump as this strikes his front pad in front of middle. It's going nowhere else but the stumps, and the Sri Lankan skipper has to go. 105/6
    19.4 And now he's gone! This is outstanding work from Banton, who has done exceedingly well to keep his hands nice and low at short cover and hold on to this near his ankles. It was full outside off and driven, barely a foot off the ground, but Banton has anticipated that brilliantly and Pavan needs to go 84/3
    20.1 Two in quick succession! Asalanka has reviewed after a chat with his partner but this looked close. Tossed up on a good length on off, goes under the attempted sweep and strikes the front pad. It's a big lunge out but Asalanka is a short man, and this pitch doesn't have much bounce. And indeed, the three reds confirms the umpire's initial call. Sri Lanka lose another and burn a review in the process. 85/4
    23.4 Soft, soft dismissal! Liyanage will be very disappointed with that. This was short and wide, as Liyanage just has a waft outside off and offers a simple edge for Buttler to grab behind the stumps 100/5
    36.3 huge smear across the line, Overton's buckets do the rest! Wellalage came galloping out to reach the line from round the wicket, Jacks got some good dip on his loopy length, the chance spiralled high off the toe of the bat to mid-on. The end may now be nigh... 176/8
    30.3 Colombage's enterprising cameo comes to an end! This was the googly that was missed as the right-hander was struck on the inside front thigh. The finger goes up quick. Could it have been sliding down leg? No matter. Because Sri Lanka are out of reviews. 133/7
    not out
    7
    19
    31
    0
    0
    36.84
    36.5 one sighter was all Asitha needed! Second-ball, he opens his stance, smears across the tossed-up delivery outside off, Banton at wide long-on tracks back to the rope, takes well while looking over his shoulder. England are closing in now 176/9
    36.6 big ripper from outside off, pegs back off stump! What a wonderful way to claim five wickets! Three in the over, five in the match. Madushanka poked forward without conviction, the ball dipped and gripped, to ping the outside of the stump, past the inside-edge 176/10
    Extras
    9 (lb 1, w 8)
    TOTAL
    176 all out (37 Overs, RR: 4.75)
    Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Kamindu Mendis, 5.4 ov), 2-48 (Pathum Nissanka, 11.3 ov), 3-84 (Pavan Rathnayake, 19.4 ov), 4-85 (Charith Asalanka, 20.1 ov), 5-100 (Janith Liyanage, 23.4 ov), 6-105 (Kusal Mendis, 26.1 ov), 7-133 (Sachindu Colombage, 30.3 ov), 8-176 (Dunith Wellalage, 36.3 ov), 9-176 (Asitha Fernando, 36.5 ov), 10-176 (Dilshan Madushanka, 36.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    JC Archer613806.33236110
    AAP Atkinson702513.57303000
    JC Tongue502314.6142000
    Rehan Ahmed714616.57247100
    J Overton502124.2182010
    WG Jacks702253.14280020

Match Details

Toss

England , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Series result

England led the 3-match series 1-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

12.30 start, First Session 12.30-16.00, Interval 16.00-16.30, Second Session 16.30-20.00

Match days

22 September 2026 - day/night match (50-over match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Match Notes

Sri Lanka 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st27PHKD MendisP Nissanka
2nd21BKG MendisP Nissanka
3rd36BKG MendisP Rathnayake
4th1BKG MendisKIC Asalanka
5th15BKG MendisJ Liyanage
6th5BKG MendisDN Wellalage
7th28DN WellalageS Colombage
8th43PVD ChameeraDN Wellalage
9th0PVD ChameeraAM Fernando
10th0PVD ChameeraD Madushanka