Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    10.3 flogged off the back foot, straight to midwicket! A floppy end to Rehan's innings. That was a drag-down from Hasaranga, but sometimes they are the lethal balls. His eyes lit up, he climbed across his pull and couldn't get the requisite elevation. England's second wicket falls 40/2
    6.5 reverse-sweep, straight to point this time! DDS makes the breakthrough... Duckett was starting to get twitchy about his strike-rate, he thought the shot was on, but couldn't get over the top of his stroke. Slightly wider line, a bit of drift on a slower delivery. Straight into the fielder's bread-basket 19/1
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    108
    181
    9
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    102.77
    31.1 hammered... straight to the man! Wellalage plucks the boundary catch at head height. Probably wouldn have been six had he not been there. Bethell looks aghast at having given it away. Dragged down and he piled into the pull shot, but put it too close to the fielder. Wellalage had to make up some ground to his right, and the ball was going quickly - but he did well 166/3
    not out
    136
    66
    85
    11
    9
    206.06
    Extras
    14 (b 4, lb 3, w 7)
    TOTAL
    357/3 (50 Overs, RR: 7.14)
    Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Ben Duckett, 6.5 ov), 2-40 (Rehan Ahmed, 10.3 ov), 3-166 (Jacob Bethell, 31.1 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    AM Fernando907708.552410240
    J Liyanage31702.33120000
    DM de Silva50451943100
    DN Wellalage1004904.9284100
    PW Hasaranga1007617.6225410
    JDF Vandersay1007617.6217200
    KIC Asalanka302006.6662010
  • BATSMEN
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    9.1 fifty and out for Nissanka! Picks out deep midwicket! Overton claims another big scalp. Short ball, possibly a cutter, and Nissanka takes it on - only to hole out tamely to the fielder in the deep. Quiet descends on the Premadasa as SL's gun at the top walks off 94/3
    5.1 gets a wicket first ball with a long hop! Jacks looks almost embarrassed to celebrate this. Short, wide and Mishara throws the bat, but only manages to loft a gentle catch into the hands of Rehan Ahmed at backward point. Sri Lanka's belligerent opening stand ends with a whimper 48/1
    7.4 gone, drilled to mid-off! Overton bellows in celebration. Mendis is intoxicated by the scoring rate and launches into another drive, only to pick out the man! He clocks himself over the head with his bat in admonishment as he walks off. What a ding-dong battle this is turning into 85/2
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    105.21
    46.4 yorks him, that's the game! Curran bests Rathnayake at the last, bowled through his legs as he swung across the line. All of which means, England win by 53 runs and take the series 2-1 304/10
    14.5 another gimme, slapped to midwicket! Dreck gets wickets, as the saying doesn't quite go. Dropped short, and Asalanka's eyes lit up. However, he only succeeded in hacking it off the splice to his opposite number, who pockets a casual catch to leave SL four down 131/4
    25.5 makes room to leg, taps a single into the covers, runs himself out in slow motion! Well that was an abject way to go. The two batters looked at each other in the middle as the shy came back in to the keeper! Rathnayake was never interested to be fair 174/5
    31.1 flogged off the full length, holes out to midwicket! That's a priceless wicket, maybe even the series-sealing one. Round the wicket from Jacks, tossed up outside off, DDS seemed in two minds about his shot selection, in the end he settled for a powerful haul across the line but picked out the skipper. Jayasuriya on the boundary's edge mimes a drive over the top. That might have been the better option 202/6
    39.6 top-edged high to point! Daws on the board. Canny stuff from the Wily Old Fox™. Loops this one up again, wide line and inviting the big shot. Wellalage duly obliges but makes a complete hash of timing it, and Jacks has time to circle under a dolly of a catch inside the ring 252/7
    41.2 chipped... down the throat of deep cover! Rashid wins the battle of the leggies. Flighted legbreak, turning away from Hasaranga's arc as he looks to go big. Ends up hitting it much too square and Duckett clings on this time running in 264/8
    45.4 scooped to mid-off, Vandersay no more! Dawson wins the game of cat and mouse, slowing the ball up as Vandersay tried to come down again, ends up flipping it high but with no power - and Curran runs in to take a regulation catch 298/9
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    Extras
    2 (lb 1, w 1)
    TOTAL
    304 all out (46.4 Overs, RR: 6.51)
    Fall of wickets: 1-48 (Kamil Mishara, 5.1 ov), 2-85 (Kusal Mendis, 7.4 ov), 3-94 (Pathum Nissanka, 9.1 ov), 4-131 (Charith Asalanka, 14.5 ov), 5-174 (Janith Liyanage, 25.5 ov), 6-202 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 31.1 ov), 7-252 (Dunith Wellalage, 39.6 ov), 8-264 (Wanindu Hasaranga, 41.2 ov), 9-298 (Jeffrey Vandersay, 45.4 ov), 10-304 (Pavan Rathnayake, 46.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    J Overton4048212117210
    SM Curran5.404417.76156100
    LA Dawson1004824.8323100
    WG Jacks804325.37245000
    AU Rashid1006126.1205000
    JG Bethell502805.6131100
    Rehan Ahmed403107.7573100

Match Details

Toss

England , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

England won the 3-match series 2-1

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00, Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15

Match days

27 January 2026 - day/night match (50-over match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Match Notes

Sri Lanka 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st48P NissankaK Mishara
2nd37BKG MendisP Nissanka
3rd9P NissankaP Rathnayake
4th37KIC AsalankaP Rathnayake
5th43J LiyanageP Rathnayake
6th28DM de SilvaP Rathnayake
7th50DN WellalageP Rathnayake
8th12PW HasarangaP Rathnayake
9th34JDF VandersayP Rathnayake
10th6AM FernandoP Rathnayake