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ODI No. 4941

England tour of Sri Lanka 2026
2025-26 season
Sri Lanka vs England - 2nd ODI
Saturday January 24, 2026 - day/night (50-over match)

3-match series level 1-1

Venue : R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : England won by 5 wickets (with 22 balls remaining)


Sri Lanka Innings
(50 overs maximum)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Pathum Nissanka c Jacks b Rashid
26 
37 
2 
1
70.27 
»
 Kamil Mishara c Duckett b Overton
5 
12 
1 
0
41.67 
»
 Kusal Mendis run out
26 
45 
2 
0
57.78 
»
 Dhananjaya de Silva c Root b Dawson
40 
59 
4 
0
67.80 
»
 Charith Asalanka c Duckett b Rashid
45 
64 
1 
0
70.31 
»
 Janith Liyanage c Rashid b Overton
12 
11 
2 
0
109.09 
»
 Pavan Rathnayake c Dawson b Jacks
29 
34 
3 
0
85.29 
»
 Dunith Wellalage c Curran b Root
20 
19 
2 
0
105.26 
»
 Pramod Madushan st Buttler b Rehan Ahmed
8 
11 
0 
0
72.73 
»
 Jeffrey Vandersay Not Out
1 
4 
0 
0
25.00 
»
 Asitha Fernando c & b Root
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras LB 2, W 5
7
Total : (all out in 49.3 overs)
219
 RR : 4.42

Fall of wickets : 1-16 (Kamil Mishara, 4.3 ov), 2-58 (Pathum Nissanka, 14.1 ov), 3-68 (Kusal Mendis, 17.1 ov), 4-134 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 32.4 ov), 5-151 (Janith Liyanage, 35.3 ov), 6-179 (Charith Asalanka, 41.4 ov), 7-193 (Pavan Rathnayake, 44.6 ov), 8-212 (Pramod Madushan, 48.2 ov), 9-219 (Dunith Wellalage, 49.2 ov), 10-219 (Asitha Fernando, 49.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Jamie Overton
5
1 
21 
2
4.20
0
1
»
 Sam Curran
4
0 
16 
0
4.00
0
2
»
 Liam Dawson
10
1 
41 
1
4.10
0
0
»
 Will Jacks
10
0 
47 
1
4.70
0
1
»
 Adil Rashid
10
0 
34 
2
3.40
0
1
»
 Jacob Bethell
3
0 
20 
0
6.67
0
0
»
 Rehan Ahmed
5
0 
26 
1
5.20
0
0
»
 Joe Root
2
 .3
0 
12 
2
4.80
0
0

England Innings
(Target: 220 runs in 50 overs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Rehan Ahmed b de Silva
13 
18 
1 
0
72.22 
»
 Ben Duckett b Vandersay
39 
52 
2 
1
75.00 
»
 Joe Root lbw b AM Fernando
75 
90 
5 
0
83.33 
»
 Jacob Bethell c Asalanka b de Silva
6 
14 
0 
0
42.86 
»
 Harry Brook lbw b Vandersay
42 
75 
2 
0
56.00 
»
 Jos Buttler Not Out
33 
21 
3 
0
157.14 
»
 Will Jacks Not Out
8 
8 
1 
0
100.00 
Extras LB 1, W 6
7
Total : (5 wickets in 46.2 overs)
223
 RR : 4.81

did not bat: Adil Rashid, Jamie Overton, Liam Dawson, Sam Curran

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

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Asitha Fernando
7
0 
31 
1
4.43
0
0
»
 Pramod Madushan
3
 .2
0 
20 
0
6.00
0
1
»
 Dhananjaya de Silva
7
0 
37 
2
5.29
0
0
»
 Dunith Wellalage
10
0 
50 
0
5.00
0
1
»
 Charith Asalanka
8
0 
27 
0
3.38
0
0
»
 Jeffrey Vandersay
10
0 
45 
2
4.50
0
0
»
 Pavan Rathnayake
1
0 
12 
0
12.00
0
0

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

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