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ODI No. 5018

Sri Lanka tour of England, 2026
2026 season
England vs Sri Lanka - 2nd ODI
Thursday September 24, 2026 - day/night (50-over match)

3-match series level 1-1

Venue : Headingley, Leeds
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Sri Lanka won by 16 runs


Sri Lanka Innings
(50 overs maximum)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Pathum Nissanka lbw b Atkinson
25 
33 
3 
1
75.76 
»
 Kamindu Mendis c Brook b Atkinson
54 
65 
4 
3
83.08 
»
 Kusal Mendis c Banton b Rehan Ahmed
121 
100 
14 
3
121.00 
»
 Pavan Rathnayake run out
48 
39 
2 
1
123.08 
»
 Charith Asalanka c Atkinson b Rehan Ahmed
11 
18 
2 
0
61.11 
»
 Janith Liyanage c Root b Archer
32 
26 
4 
0
123.08 
»
 Dunith Wellalage Not Out
16 
15 
1 
0
106.67 
»
 Sachindu Colombage Not Out
3 
4 
0 
0
75.00 
Extras B 1, LB 3, W 7
11
Total : (6 wickets in 50.0 overs)
321
 RR : 6.42

did not bat: Asitha Fernando, Dilshan Madushanka, Eshan Malinga

Fall of wickets : 1-45 (Pathum Nissanka, 9.1 ov), 2-182 (Kamindu Mendis, 29.1 ov), 3-222 (Kusal Mendis, 35.5 ov), 4-236 (Charith Asalanka, 39.4 ov), 5-282 (Pavan Rathnayake, 44.4 ov), 6-312 (Janith Liyanage, 48.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Jofra Archer
10
0 
68 
1
6.80
0
4
»
 Gus Atkinson
10
0 
55 
2
5.50
0
2
»
 Josh Tongue
7
0 
50 
0
7.14
0
1
»
 Will Jacks
5
0 
33 
0
6.60
0
0
»
 Jamie Overton
10
0 
63 
0
6.30
0
0
»
 Rehan Ahmed
8
0 
48 
2
6.00
0
0

England Innings
(Target: 322 runs in 50 overs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Tom Banton st BKG Mendis b Wellalage
73 
62 
7 
3
117.74 
»
 Ben Duckett b Wellalage
67 
63 
9 
0
106.35 
»
 Joe Root c P Rathnayake b Colombage
15 
17 
1 
0
88.24 
»
 Harry Brook lbw b Wellalage
1 
6 
0 
0
16.67 
»
 Jos Buttler c PHKD Mendis b Madushanka
69 
49 
5 
5
140.82 
»
 Will Jacks c Liyanage b Malinga
52 
61 
4 
2
85.25 
»
 Rehan Ahmed c BKG Mendis b Madushanka
0 
5 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Gus Atkinson c P Rathnayake b Malinga
16 
28 
2 
0
57.14 
»
 Jamie Overton c Asalanka b Fernando
2 
3 
0 
0
66.67 
»
 Jofra Archer Not Out
0 
6 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Josh Tongue Not Out
1 
1 
0 
0
100.00 
Extras W 8, N 1
9
Total : (9 wickets in 50.0 overs)
305
 RR : 6.10

Fall of wickets : 1-143 (Ben Duckett, 19.4 ov), 2-153 (Tom Banton, 21.6 ov), 3-157 (Harry Brook, 23.3 ov), 4-203 (Joe Root, 28.1 ov), 4-254* (Jos Buttler, retired not out), 5-259 (Rehan Ahmed, 39.5 ov), 6-288 (Gus Atkinson, 46.5 ov), 7-295 (Jamie Overton, 47.4 ov), 8-303 (Will Jacks, 48.4 ov), 9-303 (Jos Buttler, 49.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Asitha Fernando
10
0 
68 
1
6.80
1
3
»
 Dilshan Madushanka
9
0 
54 
2
6.00
0
4
»
 Charith Asalanka
6
0 
29 
0
4.83
0
0
»
 Eshan Malinga
9
0 
50 
2
5.56
0
1
»
 Sachindu Colombage
6
0 
55 
1
9.17
0
0
»
 Dunith Wellalage
10
0 
49 
3
4.90
0
0

Match details
Man of the Match: Kusal Mendis (Sri Lanka)
Umpires : Adrian Holdstock (South Africa) and James Middlebrook (England)
Third Umpire: Wayne Knights (New Zealand)
Referee : Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve Umpire: Rob White (England)

Teams:
England Ben Duckett, Gus Atkinson, Harry Brook (Capt.), Jamie Overton, Joe Root, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler (wk), Josh Tongue, Rehan Ahmed, Tom Banton, Will Jacks
Sri Lanka Asitha Fernando, Charith Asalanka, Dilshan Madushanka, Dunith Wellalage, Eshan Malinga, Janith Liyanage, Kamindu Mendis, Kusal Mendis (Capt. & wk), Pathum Nissanka, Pavan Rathnayake, Sachindu Colombage
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