Sri Lanka vs England, Match 1, Men's ODIs 2026 Scorecard

Updated: 31 Oct 2026

Sri Lanka won by 19 runs. The top score was 93 from 117 balls by BKG Mendis of Sri Lanka. The best bowling figures were 3/39 by PM Liyanagamage.

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England tour of Sri Lanka, Match 1

22 January 2026 · R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat.

Result: Sri Lanka won by 19 runs. Player of the match: DN Wellalage.

Sri Lanka: 271/6 (50 ov)

Sri Lanka batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s
P Nissanka	c LA Dawson b SM Curran	21	30	2	0
K Mishara	b AU Rashid	27	37	2	1
BKG Mendis	not out	93	117	11	0
DM de Silva	lbw b AU Rashid	10	21	1	0
KIC Asalanka	c HC Brook b Rehan Ahmed	17	16	2	0
J Liyanage	c & b AU Rashid	46	53	5	2
P Rathnayake	c J Overton b LA Dawson	12	14	0	0
DN Wellalage	not out	25	12	3	1
Extras	b 0, lb 10, w 10, nb 0	20

Fall of wickets: 1-50 (P Nissanka, 10.3 ov), 2-54 (K Mishara, 13.4 ov), 3-97 (DM de Silva, 21.2 ov), 4-124 (KIC Asalanka, 26.3 ov), 5-212 (J Liyanage, 42.5 ov), 6-239 (P Rathnayake, 47.2 ov)

Bowling against Sri Lanka
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
J Overton	9	0	66	0	7.33
SM Curran	8	0	40	1	5.00
LA Dawson	10	1	31	1	3.10
AU Rashid	10	0	44	3	4.40
Rehan Ahmed	10	0	61	1	6.10
JG Bethell	3	0	19	0	6.33

England: 252/10 (49.2 ov)

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s
Z Crawley	c BKG Mendis b AM Fernando	6	11	1	0
BM Duckett	lbw b JDF Vandersay	62	76	5	1
JE Root	lbw b DM de Silva	61	90	5	0
JG Bethell	st BKG Mendis b DN Wellalage	15	33	1	0
HC Brook	st BKG Mendis b KIC Asalanka	6	12	0	0
JC Buttler	b PM Liyanagamage	19	20	0	1
SM Curran	c & b DN Wellalage	5	9	0	0
Rehan Ahmed	c DN Wellalage b JDF Vandersay	27	21	5	0
J Overton	c DN Wellalage b PM Liyanagamage	34	17	4	2
LA Dawson	c DM de Silva b PM Liyanagamage	2	2	0	0
AU Rashid	not out	0	6	0	0
Extras	b 0, lb 5, w 9, nb 1	15

Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Z Crawley, 2.5 ov), 2-129 (BM Duckett, 27.1 ov), 3-144 (JE Root, 32.4 ov), 4-157 (HC Brook, 36.4 ov), 5-159 (JG Bethell, 37.3 ov), 6-165 (SM Curran, 39.2 ov), 7-203 (Rehan Ahmed, 44.5 ov), 8-211 (JC Buttler, 45.2 ov), 9-213 (LA Dawson, 45.4 ov), 10-252 (J Overton, 49.2 ov)

Bowling against England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
AM Fernando	8	1	64	1	8.00
PM Liyanagamage	5.2	0	39	3	7.31
DM de Silva	8	0	22	1	2.75
DN Wellalage	10	0	41	2	4.10
KIC Asalanka	7	0	33	1	4.71
JDF Vandersay	10	0	39	2	3.90
K Mishara	1	0	9	0	9.00

Scorecard calculated from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data, licensed under the Open Data Commons Attribution License. See Data Sources.