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England vs Sri Lanka Scorecard, 1st T20I, England in Sri Lanka 2026
Result · Jan 30 2026, Fri - 07:00 PM (IST)
SRI LANKA133
ENGLAND125/4
England won by 11 runs (DLS Method)
CRR:8.33
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | England in Sri Lanka 2026 |
| Date: | Jan 30 2026, Fri - 07:00 PM (IST) |
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| City: | Kandy |
| Venue: | Pallekele International Cricket Stadium |
| Toss: | England won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| Sri Lanka Playing XI: | Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Mendis (wk), Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Janith Liyanage, Dasun Shanaka (c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Eshan Malinga |
| England Playing XI: | Phil Salt, Jos Buttler (wk), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Harry Brook (c), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Liam Dawson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid |
- England won 3-0 in their only previous multigame bilateral men’s T20I series against Sri Lanka (June 2021); England have won their last eight matches against Sri Lanka in the format.
- Sri Lanka have only won one of their last five multigame bilateral men’s T20I series (D2 L2); they had won four of their previous five series prior to that span (L1).
- England are unbeaten in their last four multigame bilateral men’s T20I series (W3 D1) including winning their last two series; the last time they had a longer unbeaten span was a six-series stretch from March 2019 to December 2020 (W5 D1).
- Sri Lanka won by seven wickets against Bangladesh in their most recent men’s T20I at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium (10 July 2025), snapping a three-game winless streak (T1 L2); England have lost two of their three matches at the venue including a 19-run loss against Sri Lanka in their only previous encounter at the venue (1 October 2012).
- England have a batting strike rate of 161.8 in men’s T20Is since the start of 2025, the best of any full member side; Sri Lanka’s strike rate of 134.3 ranks 10th in the same category.
- Sri Lanka spinners have conceded 50.5% of their runs in boundaries in men’s T20Is since the start of 2025, the fourth fewest of any full member side; England’s spinners have conceded 61.2% of their runs in boundaries, the most of any full member team.
- Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka) has picked up 29.3% of his team’s wickets when playing in men’s T20Is since the start of 2025, the highest rate of any player from a full member side; he has picked up five wickets over his last two matches against England.
- England pair Harry Brook and Phil Salt averaged 111.5 runs as a partnership in men’s T20Is since the start of 2025, the highest of any pair from a full member side to have batted together more than twice.
- Pathum Nissanka top scored in the match with 67 runs when Sri Lanka last met England in a men’s T20I; though, he has only scored 31 runs over his last four innings in the format.
- Luke Wood (England) has picked up 14 wickets in the seven men’s T20Is when he has bowled his full allotment of four overs; he has only picked up three wickets from six matches when he has bowled two to three overs in a game.
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