Best performances - Batsmen
HC Brook
114(49) 10x4 - 6x6
Control %80%
- Productive Shot
- pull
- 30 runs
- 1x4 - 4x6
JC Buttler
80(44) 8x4 - 3x6
Control %84%
- Productive Shot
- flick
- 19 runs
- 1x4 - 1x6
15/09Result
1st T20I (N), Sri Lanka tour of England at Southampton, Sep 15 2026
-
![England]( "England")
254/4 -
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
135 (19/20 ov)
Player of the Match
15/09Result
1st T20I (N), Sri Lanka tour of England at Southampton, Sep 15 2026
-
![England]( "England")
254/4 -
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
135 (19/20 ov)
Player of the Match
Best performances - Bowlers
S Baker
- O4
- M1
- R12
- W3
- Eco3
| 1W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
J Overton
- O3
- M0
- R20
- W2
- Eco6.66
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
Partnerships
England - Innings
Sri Lanka - Innings
Manhattan
Run rate graph
Worm
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