tt16478 itt3729 wctt358	Sri Lanka v England
	ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2025/26 (Super 8s Group 2)
Venue	Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Pallekele on 22nd February 2026 (20-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field
Result	England won by 51 runs
Points	Sri Lanka 0; England 2
Umpires	Ahsan Raza (Pakistan), AT Holdstock (South Africa)
TV umpire	NN Menon (India)
Referee	AJ Pycroft (Zimbabwe)
Reserve Umpire	Asif Yaqoob (Pakistan)
Player of the Match	WG Jacks
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2

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England innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
PD Salt	c Hemantha b Wellalage	62	40	76	6	2	10	155.00
+JC Buttler	lbw b Wellalage	7	14	14	-	-	8	50.00
JG Bethell	c Madushanka b Theekshana	3	4	9	-	-	1	75.00
T Banton	run out (Shanaka)	6	7	12	-	-	1	85.71
*HC Brook	lbw b Wellalage	14	7	10	1	-	2	200.00
SM Curran	c Mishara b Chameera	11	11	15	-	1	5	100.00
WG Jacks	c Wellalage b Madushanka	21	14	27	4	-	5	150.00
LA Dawson	c Shanaka b Theekshana	6	11	13	-	-	6	54.55
J Overton	not out	10	10	16	-	1	6	100.00
JC Archer	c Hemantha b Madushanka	0	1	1	-	-	1	0.00
AU Rashid	not out	1	1	6	-	-	0	100.00
Extras	(2 lb, 3 w)	5
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 105 minutes, 20 overs)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-16 (Buttler, 3.1 ov), 2-32 (Bethell, 5.1 ov), 3-49 (Banton, 7.5 ov), 4-68 (Brook, 9.6 ov), 5-94 (Curran, 13.2 ov), 6-106 (Salt, 14.2 ov), 7-124 (Dawson, 17.1 ov), 8-135 (Jacks, 18.5 ov), 9-135 (Archer, 18.6 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Madushanka	4	0	25	2	-	-	12	4	-	12.00	6.25
Wellalage	4	0	26	3	-	-	11	2	1	8.00	6.50
Theekshana	4	0	21	2	2	-	9	1	-	12.00	5.25
Hemantha	4	0	38	0	-	-	4	2	1	-	9.50
Chameera	4	0	34	1	1	-	9	2	2	24.00	8.50

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Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
PN Silva	c Overton b Archer	9	8	11	2	-	5	112.50
RVPK Mishara	c Overton b Archer	6	11	23	1	-	8	54.55
+BKG Mendis	c and b Jacks	4	4	4	1	-	3	100.00
P Rathnayake	c Banton b Jacks	0	1	1	-	-	1	0.00
DN Wellalage	c Brook b Jacks	10	10	10	2	-	6	100.00
PHKD Mendis	c and b Dawson	13	11	16	1	1	6	118.18
*MD Shanaka	c Banton b Rashid	30	24	35	1	2	9	125.00
MADI Hemantha	hit wkt b Overton	5	8	11	-	-	3	62.50
PVD Chameera	b Dawson	6	13	18	-	-	8	46.15
MM Theekshana	not out	10	8	8	1	-	3	125.00
LMD Madushanka	b Rashid	0	2	2	-	-	2	0.00
Extras	(2 w)	2
Total	(all out, 74 minutes, 16.4 overs)	95
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Silva, 2.4 ov), 2-20 (BKG Mendis, 3.3 ov), 3-20 (Rathnayake, 3.4 ov), 4-22 (Mishara, 4.5 ov), 5-34 (Wellalage, 5.5 ov), 6-52 (PHKD Mendis, 8.4 ov), 7-69 (Hemantha, 11.6 ov), 8-82 (Shanaka, 14.2 ov), 9-94 (Chameera, 15.6 ov), 10-95 (Madushanka, 16.4 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Archer	3	0	20	2	1	-	11	4	-	9.00	6.67
Jacks	4	0	22	3	-	-	16	3	1	8.00	5.50
Dawson	4	0	27	2	-	-	9	2	1	12.00	6.75
Rashid	3.4	0	13	2	1	-	13	-	-	11.00	3.55
Overton	2	0	13	1	-	-	5	-	1	12.00	6.50

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Notes
--> England powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (37/2)
--> Sri Lanka powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (34/5)
--> England innings: 50 in 8.1 overs
--> England innings: 100 in 13.6 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 50 in 8.3 overs
--> PD Salt 50 in 36 balls with 5 fours and 1 six

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Over 9.6: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - HC Brook (decision upheld - umpires call)
Over 19.4: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - J Overton (decision upheld)

 

 

 

 

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