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ODI No. 4940

England tour of Sri Lanka 2026
2025-26 season
Sri Lanka vs England - 1st ODI
Thursday January 22, 2026 - day/night (50-over match)

Sri Lanka led the 3-match series 1-0

Venue : R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Sri Lanka won by 19 runs


Sri Lanka Innings
(50 overs maximum)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Pathum Nissanka c Dawson b Curran
21 
30 
2 
0
70.00 
»
 Kamil Mishara b Rashid
27 
37 
2 
1
72.97 
»
 Kusal Mendis Not Out
93 
117 
11 
0
79.49 
»
 Dhananjaya de Silva lbw b Rashid
10 
21 
1 
0
47.62 
»
 Charith Asalanka c Brook b Rehan Ahmed
17 
16 
2 
0
106.25 
»
 Janith Liyanage c & b Rashid
46 
53 
5 
2
86.79 
»
 Pavan Rathnayake c Overton b Dawson
12 
14 
0 
0
85.71 
»
 Dunith Wellalage Not Out
25 
12 
3 
1
208.33 
Extras LB 10, W 10
20
Total : (6 wickets in 50.0 overs)
271
 RR : 5.42

did not bat: Pramod Madushan, Jeffrey Vandersay, Asitha Fernando

Fall of wickets : 1-50 (Pathum Nissanka, 10.3 ov), 2-54 (Kamil Mishara, 13.4 ov), 3-97 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 21.2 ov), 4-124 (Charith Asalanka, 26.3 ov), 5-212 (Janith Liyanage, 42.5 ov), 6-239 (Pavan Rathnayake, 47.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Jamie Overton
9
0 
66 
0
7.33
0
2
»
 Sam Curran
8
0 
40 
1
5.00
0
1
»
 Liam Dawson
10
1 
31 
1
3.10
0
1
»
 Adil Rashid
10
0 
44 
3
4.40
0
0
»
 Rehan Ahmed
10
0 
61 
1
6.10
0
1
»
 Jacob Bethell
3
0 
19 
0
6.33
0
0

England 2nd Innings
(Target: 272 runs in 50 overs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Zak Crawley c BKG Mendis b AM Fernando
6 
11 
1 
0
54.55 
»
 Ben Duckett lbw b Vandersay
62 
76 
5 
1
81.58 
»
 Joe Root lbw b de Silva
61 
90 
5 
0
67.78 
»
 Jacob Bethell st BKG Mendis b Wellalage
15 
33 
1 
0
45.45 
»
 Harry Brook st BKG Mendis b Asalanka
6 
12 
0 
0
50.00 
»
 Jos Buttler b Madushan
19 
20 
0 
1
95.00 
»
 Sam Curran c & b Wellalage
5 
9 
0 
0
55.56 
»
 Rehan Ahmed c Wellalage b Vandersay
27 
21 
5 
0
128.57 
»
 Jamie Overton c Wellalage b Madushan
34 
17 
4 
2
200.00 
»
 Liam Dawson c de Silva b Madushan
2 
2 
0 
0
100.00 
»
 Adil Rashid Not Out
0 
6 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras LB 5, W 9, N 1
15
Total : (all out in 49.2 overs)
252
 RR : 5.11

Fall of wickets : 1-12 (Zak Crawley, 2.5 ov), 2-129 (Ben Duckett, 27.1 ov), 3-144 (Joe Root, 32.4 ov), 4-157 (Harry Brook, 36.4 ov), 5-159 (Jacob Bethell, 37.3 ov), 6-165 (Sam Curran, 39.2 ov), 7-203 (Rehan Ahmed, 44.5 ov), 8-211 (Jos Buttler, 45.2 ov), 9-213 (Liam Dawson, 45.4 ov), 10-252 (Jamie Overton, 49.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Asitha Fernando
8
1 
64 
1
8.00
1
3
»
 Pramod Madushan
5
 .2
0 
39 
3
7.31
0
4
»
 Dhananjaya de Silva
8
0 
22 
1
2.75
0
0
»
 Dunith Wellalage
10
0 
41 
2
4.10
0
0
»
 Charith Asalanka
7
0 
33 
1
4.71
0
1
»
 Jeffrey Vandersay
10
0 
39 
2
3.90
0
1
»
 Kamil Mishara
1
0 
9 
0
9.00
0
0

Match details
Man of the Match: Dunith Wellalage (Sri Lanka)
Umpires : Raveendra Wimalasiri (Sri Lanka) and Rod Tucker (Australia)
Third Umpire: Adrian Holdstock (South Africa)
Referee : Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire: Ravindra Kottahachchi (Sri Lanka)

Teams:
Sri Lanka Pavan Rathnayake, Pramod Madushan, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Kamil Mishara, Jeffrey Vandersay, Janith Liyanage, Dunith Wellalage, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka (Capt.), Asitha Fernando
England Zak Crawley, Sam Curran, Rehan Ahmed, Liam Dawson, Jos Buttler (wk), Joe Root, Jamie Overton, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook (Capt.), Ben Duckett, Adil Rashid
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