Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    37.6 clubbed... straight to long-on! Banton's fun is done. He looks disappointed to have to go. Just underhit this one, maybe done by the fullness in length. Well held on the run by Malinga... but it's been a brilliant knock from Banton, his maiden hundred in a England shirt 242/4
    1.2 beauty! Swings out, than jags back to hit off! Nice and full, drew a big whoosh of the bat from Duckett, before dancing inside to pings the bails. Madushanka leaps and whoops in celebration. Duckett gets a blob, SL amongst 'em early 6/1
    15.1 wow, that looks close! Shaping into middle and leg, Root shuffles down the track, across the stumps and plants that front foot down the line. He is pinned flush in front. The umpire reckons it's missing leg, but surely not by much! Sri Lanka review! ... and with good reason, as that is nailing leg stump! 68/2
    34.4 gottim - Brook steps away, but plinks to mid-off! Asitha with a vital breakthrough for SL, with Brook ready to rampage. Managed to keep the length good and the line tight as Brook went for that favoured up-and-over slap. Came high off the bat and it's a simple catch running to his left for Wellalage 218/3
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    146.15
    49.5 bowled behind his legs looking to scoop! Asitha just hits a length and flicks the off bail from its groove as Cox moves across his stumps and misses. He's frustrated, but that was a more than handy knock subbing in for the injured Jos Buttler 355/6
    43.6 miscued and taken at mid-off! Spin still effective here. Jacks was looking to launch as advertised, going back and hauling across the line. But it turns and takes a big top edge before looping tamely to mid-off 287/5
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    49.6 Asitha nails the leg-stump yorker! Finally, the ball they've been looking for! Slides under the swing of the bat, hits the boot and deflects into the woodwork. Dawson walks out and back in for a golden duck. But England's work was already done 355/7
    Extras
    12 (b 4, lb 3, nb 1, w 4)
    TOTAL
    355/7 (50 Overs, RR: 7.1)
    Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Ben Duckett, 1.2 ov), 2-68 (Joe Root, 15.1 ov), 3-218 (Harry Brook, 34.4 ov), 4-242 (Tom Banton, 37.6 ov), 5-287 (Will Jacks, 43.6 ov), 6-355 (Jordan Cox, 49.5 ov), 7-355 (Liam Dawson, 49.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    AM Fernando906437.11287201
    D Madushanka704917245300
    E Malinga906507.22228100
    DN Wellalage916206.88247110
    J Liyanage603716.16183120
    S Colombage1007127.1255210
  • BATSMEN
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    1.2 swing, bounce, nick, gone! That's sublime from Baker, and Nissanka did well to get a bat on it! 89mph once more, such a tight line on the full length, kicking off the edge, and kissing the splice as the batter tried to play the initial line. Cox takes a sharp rising catch well. What a start! 1/1
    6.4 oops, he's got right underneath that one! Another attempted flick across the hard line from round the wicket, Kamindu's bat skewed on impact for the ball to fly high into the floodlights, and plummet to Duckett at midwicket, who judged it well to make no mistake. Both openers gone in the powerplay 36/2
    8.6 Attempts another wipe across the line, but it's a sucker-punch! Atkinson tucked him up with a shorter length, bit of movement back off the seam, Banton circles at midwicket to judge the top-edge, and pockets coolly over his shoulder. Three-down in the powerplay spells deep trouble for Sri Lanka 53/3
    14.6 dabbed to short third, Archer pile-drives the stumps with his shy! A crazy run, but actually, Cox's gloves broke the bails before the ball had arrived. The power of the shy actually plucked the entire stump out of the ground, but Cox probably needed to have the ball in his glove and hold it to said stump for the wicket to count! There's also a chance that one of those bails was still in situ... and the original not-out has been overturned! Well, that is all deeply confusing. We'll need to go thumbing through the Laws to work out the exact train of thoughts from the umpires... but hard to dispute that the correct upshot has been reached! 77/4
    15.2 drops short, spliced over mid-on... but not beyond the wingspan of Jamie Overton! Asalanka's eyes lit up but the execution was a mess and Overton grabs it over his shoulder running back. Root strikes second ball. From 77 for 3 Sri Lanka plunge into the brown stuff at 77 for 5 77/5
    23.1 steepling top edge, swallowed behind the stumps! Overton gets in on the fun now. Short ball, Liyanage swivels into a hack across the line but only manages to splice it up into the clouds. Another simple bit of work for Cox behind the poles 106/8
    16.2 top-edged hack, taken! Nowhere near the connection Wellalage was looking for as he unfurled a slog-sweep. The ball ballooned up over Cox but Baker was alert and running around to his right from short third to take it reverse-cup. SL in danger of being bombed out cheaply 82/6
    22.3 beats him on the walk, Cox finishes the job! Maiden List A stumping for him, on a day of firsts. Colombage was clearly getting itchy just tapping them back and strode out for a whirl. Slipped through past the inside edge, Cox collects down leg and nudges off the bails 104/7
    29.1 swept... into the hands of leg slip! Nonchalantly held by Root down by his shins and that's it for the summer. England win by a massive margin of 223 runs and claim the series 2-1! 132/10
    26.2 hoicked to mid-on! Asitha goes for that slog-sweep again but only managed to slam it into the big buckets of Overton on the edge of the ring. England one wicket away 120/9
    not out
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    Extras
    9 (b 1, lb 4, w 4)
    TOTAL
    132 all out (29.1 Overs, RR: 4.52)
    Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Pathum Nissanka, 1.2 ov), 2-36 (Kamindu Mendis, 6.4 ov), 3-53 (Kusal Mendis, 8.6 ov), 4-77 (Pavan Rathnayake, 14.6 ov), 5-77 (Charith Asalanka, 15.2 ov), 6-82 (Dunith Wellalage, 16.2 ov), 7-104 (Sachindu Colombage, 22.3 ov), 8-106 (Janith Liyanage, 23.1 ov), 9-120 (Asitha Fernando, 26.2 ov), 10-132 (Eshan Malinga, 29.1 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    AAP Atkinson502625.2222200
    S Baker402716.75122130
    JC Archer301505112000
    WG Jacks3.10812.52120000
    LA Dawson802633.25323010
    JE Root301515111100
    J Overton301013.33111000

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)

10.30 start, First Session 10.30-14.00, Interval 14.00-14.30, Second Session 14.30-18.00

Match days

27 September 2026 (50-over match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Match Notes

Sri Lanka 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st1PHKD MendisP Nissanka
2nd35BKG MendisPHKD Mendis
3rd17BKG MendisP Rathnayake
4th24KIC AsalankaP Rathnayake
5th0J LiyanageKIC Asalanka
6th5J LiyanageDN Wellalage
7th22J LiyanageS Colombage
8th2J LiyanageE Malinga
9th14AM FernandoE Malinga
10th12D MadushankaE Malinga