Live Cricket Scorecard - SL vs ENG 1st T20I, Sri Lanka tour of ENG in SL, 3 T20Is, 2026

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Sri Lanka
Pathum Nissanka
Kamil Mishara
Kusal Mendis (W)
Dhananjaya de Silva
Charith Asalanka
Janith Liyanage
Dasun Shanaka (C)
Wanindu Hasaranga
Maheesh Theekshana
Matheesha Pathirana
Eshan Malinga

England
Phil Salt
Jos Buttler (W)
Jacob Bethell
Tom Banton
Harry Brook (C)
Sam Curran
Will Jacks
Jamie Overton
Liam Dawson
Jofra Archer
Adil Rashid

Sri Lanka vs England MATCH INFO

Toss:England, who chose to field
Umpires:Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL), Ravindra Kottahachchi (SL) and Nimali Perera (SL)
Match Referee:Vengalil Narayanan Kutty (IND)
Match Date:Fri, 30th Jan 2026

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SL - INN ENG - INN

End of over 15
ENG125/4
ENG Batting H Brook 16(18) S Curran 1(1)

1
14.6: Dasun Shanaka to Harry Brook, Hard length on the pads, Harry Brook tucks this through mid-wicket for a single.

1
14.5: Dasun Shanaka to Sam Curran, On a length around off, Sam Curran punts this down the ground for a strike rotation.

0
14.4: Dasun Shanaka to Phil Salt, OUT! CAUGHT! Slower one, wide of off, and fuller. Phil Salt looks to get underneath it and slog this over the fence but fails to do it. Ends up chipping this straight to long on. Dunith Wellalage, on as a substitute, does well to run in front and dive in front to grab it. Salt vanishes just four short of his fifty.

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14.3: Dasun Shanaka to Harry Brook, Good length on off, Harry Brook punches this to sweeper cover for a single.

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14.2: Dasun Shanaka to Harry Brook, Short and on off, Harry Brook fends this to deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

0
14.1: Dasun Shanaka to Harry Brook, On a length shaping away from the batter, Harry Brook gets it edged to short third for no run.

End of over 14
ENG120/3
ENG Batting P Salt 46(34) H Brook 12(14)

0
13.6: Matheesha Pathirana to Phil Salt, Slower one, on the pads, Phil Salt looks to flick but misse again but the ball brushes his shoe as the ball rolls back to the keeper.

0
13.5: Matheesha Pathirana to Phil Salt, Short and wide of off, Phil Salt initially looks to poke at it but bails out at the end.

0
13.4: Matheesha Pathirana to Phil Salt, Full and just down the leg, Phil Salt comes a long way inside the line and misses the flick. Not a wide.

4
13.3: Matheesha Pathirana to Phil Salt, FOUR! Hammered down the ground for four. On a length, curving away from the batter, Phil Salt thumps this down to the left of long on for a boundary.

1
13.2: Matheesha Pathirana to Harry Brook, Pathum Nissanka drops a straightforward catch at sweeper cover. Short and wide of off, Harry Brook backs away and lofts this straight into the hands of Pathum Nissanka at sweeper cover. Pathum runs in rapidly and ends up dropping this as he gets too close to the flight of the ball.

0
13.1: Matheesha Pathirana to Harry Brook, Full and on leg, Harry Brook backs away and punches this to short extra cover.

End of over 13
ENG115/3
ENG Batting H Brook 11(12) P Salt 42(30)

1
12.6: Wanindu Hasaranga to Harry Brook, Dragged length, turns away a fair bit from off. Harry Brook hangs back and swivels before jamming the pull down to wide long on for one more.

1
12.5: Wanindu Hasaranga to Phil Salt, Lobbed up around off, turns away a bit. Salt slaps it down to long off and rotates strike.

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12.4: Wanindu Hasaranga to Phil Salt, Two is the call and two is what they get. Flatter delivery on middle, Salt presses back and tucks it neatly through mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

1
12.3: Wanindu Hasaranga to Harry Brook, The wrong'un now, on a length and outside off. Brook advances and gets an inside edge towards short fine leg for a single.

4
12.2: Wanindu Hasaranga to Harry Brook, FOUR! Up and over. Tossed up around off, Harry Brook sits down and goes for the reverse-sweep, getting more of a top edge on it but the ball sails over backward point for a boundary.

1
12.1: Wanindu Hasaranga to Phil Salt, Dragged length on middle, slower and turning away. Salt waits back and punches it down to long off for a single.

0
16.2: Jamie Overton to Wanindu Hasaranga, OUT! BOWLED'EM! Done and dusted! Jamie Overton goes back to bowling pace-on and angles in a length ball towards the leg pole. Wanindu Hasaranga makes a bit of room leg side to repeat the lofted drive from the last ball but is well beaten. The ball castles into the stumps and sends the leg stump knocking out of the ground. Sri Lanka are bowled out for 133 in 16.2 overs.

4
16.1: Jamie Overton to Wanindu Hasaranga, FOUR! Nearly went the distance. Slower one, on a good length and around off. Wanindu Hasaranga backs away and lofts it nicely over mid off for a boundary.

End of over 16
SL129/9
SL Batting M Pathirana 0(1) W Hasaranga 10(10)

0
15.6: Sam Curran to Matheesha Pathirana, OUT! TIMBER! Take a bow, Sam Curran! A deadly accurate yorker and Curran becomes the second English bowler to take a hat-trick in T20Is. Curran comes around the wicket to Matheesha Pathirana and jams in a perfect yorker towards the middle stump. Pathirana puts up a meek defence as he puts the bat down but it is already too late. The ball sneaks past the willow and makes a mess of the stumps. What a moment for Curran.

0
15.5: Sam Curran to Maheesh Theekshana, OUT! CAUGHT! That's a nothing shot from Maheesh Theekshana and Sam Curran is on a hat-trick. Curran pitches the ball fuller and around middle. Theekshana clears the front leg and simply chips the ball down to long on. Jamie Overton doesn't have to move an inch and takes the catch with ease. A golden duck for Theekshana.

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15.4: Sam Curran to Dasun Shanaka, OUT! CAUGHT! Excellent comeback over from Sam Curran. Curran goes full and wide again and takes some pace off the ball as well. Dasun Shanaka hangs back and reaches out, looking to power it over mid off. However, he doesn't get the desired elevation and Harry Brook snaffles it around face height. Shanaka departs for 20 (16) and Curran gets a wicket to his name.

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15.3: Sam Curran to Wanindu Hasaranga, Wanindu Hasaranga had given up there. Full and wide outside off, Hasaranga hits it firmly to mid off and the batters set off for the single. Harry Brook picks it up and fires it in at the bowler's end with Wanindu nowhere in the picture. Thankfully for him, Brook misses the direct hit and the single is completed.

0
15.2: Sam Curran to Dasun Shanaka, Attempted yorker on leg, ends up being a very low full toss. Shanaka clears the front leg to slog but misses. The ball clips the pad and rolls to short third for a leg bye.

2
15.1: Sam Curran to Dasun Shanaka, Good running. Full and at the toes, Dasun Shanaka jams it out wide of the fielder at deep square leg and this time the batters do hurry back for the second run.

End of over 15
SL125/6
SL Batting D Shanaka 18(13) W Hasaranga 9(9)

1
14.6: Jofra Archer to Dasun Shanaka, Oh, hesitation in the middle from the batters and a better throw could have had Hasaranga in trouble. Slower one, back of a length and Shanaka slogs it away wide of deep mid-wicket. The batters complete a single and look for two but Phil Salt is quick to run around to his left and Shanaka opts against the second run. However, Hasaranga is halfway down the pitch and scurries back as the throw at the keeper's end is a wide one.

1
14.5: Jofra Archer to Wanindu Hasaranga, Fuller in length and wide outside off, Wanindu Hasaranga reaches out and drives it to deep cover for a single.

1
14.4: Jofra Archer to Dasun Shanaka, Slower delivery, full and straight at the stumps. Shanaka walks inside the line and heaves it on the bounce to deep mid-wicket for a single.

0
14.3: Jofra Archer to Dasun Shanaka, Another one that is bowled shorter, around off stump. Dasun looks to back away and cut but misses.

0
14.2: Jofra Archer to Dasun Shanaka, A typical fast bowler's response from Archer. Banged in short over middle at 144 kph, this one flies through around head height. Shanaka sways away from the line of the ball.

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14.1: Jofra Archer to Dasun Shanaka, SIX! Oh, that is a clean strike from Dasun Shanaka and even Jofra Archer seems impressed. A leg cutter, back of a length and over leg. Shanaka backs away and tees off, swinging it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie.

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ENG in SL, 3 T20Is, 2026 Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy

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