SL vs ENG Scorecard, England vs Sri Lanka, 24 January, 2026, R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama & Match Stats

England tour of Sri Lanka | January 24, 2026, 02:30 PM | R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama

Completed

Sri Lanka

219/10 (49.3 ov)

England

223/5 (46.2 ov)

England won by 5 wickets

Player of the Match

Joe Root - England

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Commentary Scorecard Squad Stats

Sri Lanka Inning Inning

219/10 (49.3 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Pathum Nissanka c WG Jacks b A Rashid	26	37	2	1	70.27
Kamil Mishara c BM Duckett b J Overton	5	12	1	0	41.67
Kusal Mendis runout (J Buttler / WG Jacks)	26	45	2	0	57.78
Dhananjaya de Silva c J Root b L Dawson	40	59	4	0	67.80
Charith Asalanka c BM Duckett b A Rashid	45	64	1	0	70.31
Janith Liyanage c A Rashid b J Overton	12	11	2	0	109.09
Pavan Rathnayake c L Dawson b WG Jacks	29	34	3	0	85.29
Dunith Wellalage c S Curran b J Root	20	19	2	0	105.26
Pramod Madushan st J Buttler b R Ahmed	7	11	0	0	63.64
Jeffrey Vandersay Not out	2	4	0	0	50.00
Asitha Fernando c & b J Root	0	1	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS ( b 0, lb 2, w 5, nb 0, p 0)	7
TOTAL (4.42 RUNS PER OVER)	219/10 (49.3 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

16-1 (Kamil Mishara, 4.3 ov), 58-2 (Pathum Nissanka, 14.1 ov), 68-3 (Kusal Mendis, 17.1 ov), 134-4 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 32.4 ov), 151-5 (Janith Liyanage, 35.3 ov), 179-6 (Charith Asalanka, 41.4 ov), 193-7 (Pavan Rathnayake, 44.6 ov), 213-8 (Pramod Madushan, 48.2 ov), 219-9 (Dunith Wellalage, 49.2 ov), 219-10 (Asitha Fernando, 49.3 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Dots	WD	ECO
Jamie Overton	5	1	21	2	22	1	4.20
Sam Curran	4	0	16	0	17	2	4.00
Liam Dawson	10	1	40	1	32	0	4.00
Will Jacks	10	0	47	1	27	1	4.70
Adil Rashid	10	0	34	2	31	1	3.40
Jacob Bethell	3	0	20	0	8	0	6.67
Rehan Ahmed	5	0	26	1	13	0	5.20
Joe Root	2.3	0	13	2	8	0	5.20

England Inning Inning

223/5 (46.2 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rehan Ahmed b D Silva	13	18	0	0	72.22
Ben Duckett b J Vandersay	39	52	2	1	75.00
Joe Root lbw b A Fernando	75	90	5	0	83.33
Jacob Bethell c C Asalanka b D Silva	6	14	0	0	42.86
Harry Brook lbw b J Vandersay	42	75	2	0	56.00
Jos Buttler Not out	33	21	3	1	157.14
Will Jacks Not out	8	8	1	0	100.00
EXTRAS ( b 0, lb 1, w 6, nb 0, p 0)	7
TOTAL (4.81 RUNS PER OVER)	223/5 (46.2 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

20-1 (Rehan Ahmed, 5.4 ov), 88-2 (Ben Duckett, 16.5 ov), 97-3 (Jacob Bethell, 19.3 ov), 178-4 (Joe Root, 40.3 ov), 189-5 (Harry Brook, 42.4 ov)

DID NOT BAT

Sam Curran, Jamie Overton, Liam Dawson, Adil Rashid

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	R	W	Dots	WD	ECO
Asitha Fernando	7	31	1	27	0	4.43
Pramod Madushan	3.2	20	0	11	1	6.00
Dhananjaya de Silva	7	37	2	19	0	5.29
Dunith Wellalage	10	50	0	27	1	5.00
Charith Asalanka	8	27	0	23	0	3.38
Jeffrey Vandersay	10	45	2	29	0	4.50
Pavan Rathnayake	1	12	0	1	0	12.00