Sri Lanka vs England, 2nd ODI, England tour of Sri Lanka 2026 - Player Highlights

Dawson to Dhananjaya, out Caught by Root!! Liam Dawson breaks the 66-run stand. Flighted delivery, full in length, Dhananjaya crouches a bit to swing it across the line. Doesn't get the necessary elevation and Root takes a smart, low catch at midwicket. Survived a run-out chance a couple of balls earlier but doesn't take advantage of it. Dhananjaya c Root b Dawson 40(59) [4s-4]

Dawson to Dhananjaya, no run, flatter in trajectory, punched to long-on

Dawson to Dhananjaya, 1 run, tossed up ball, full in length, Dhananjaya drives to the left of bowler. Dawson half-stops with a dive. The batters decide to go for a risky single. Brook runs across from cover and has a shy at the bowler's end. Dhananjaya gives up and fortunately for him, there's no direct-hit

Root to Dhananjaya, 1 run, jabbed to the left of the diving short midwicket fielder. A single to long-on

Root to Dhananjaya, 1 run, plays with an angled blade and outside-halves this fullish ball to sweeper cover

Root to Dhananjaya, no run, offbreak on a short of length, Dhananjaya knocks it to midwicket

Root to Dhananjaya, FOUR, back-to-back fours! Root overcooks on this occasion. Too full and down leg, Dhananjaya sweeps it to fine leg

Root to Dhananjaya, FOUR, a drag down from round the wicket, Dhananjaya spots the length early, goes back and pulls hard over square leg

Adil Rashid to Dhananjaya, 1 run, stays back, pats this length ball to the left of cover and sets off for a quick single

Adil Rashid to Dhananjaya, no run, legbreak on a length, chopped to cover off the back foot

Root to Dhananjaya, no run, middle-stump line, blocked

Root to Dhananjaya, no run, fullish ball, Dhananjaya comes down the track to knock it back to the bowler

Adil Rashid to Dhananjaya, no run, backs away to try and access the off-side, the ball doesn't spin and he's cramped for room. Ends up blocking it into off

Adil Rashid to Dhananjaya, no run, slow through the air and fuller, Dhananjaya gets a leading edge towards cover as he shapes to flick

Adil Rashid to Dhananjaya, 2 runs, shortened length, Dhananjaya rocks back to pull against the spin but mishits through midwicket

Adil Rashid to Dhananjaya, 1 run, flighted delivery, full around off, driven along the ground to long-off

Jacob Bethell to Dhananjaya, 1 run, fullish ball and Dhananjaya eases it to long-off

Jacob Bethell to Dhananjaya, 1 run, flighted around off, punched with the spin to sweeper cover

Jacob Bethell to Dhananjaya, no run, round the wicket, tossed up and full, pushed to cover

Adil Rashid to Dhananjaya, 1 run, slow, spinning legbreak, Dhananjaya allows the ball to do its bit as he pushes it to deep point

Adil Rashid to Dhananjaya, leg byes, 1 run, drifting down leg, goes past Dhananjaya's glance and the ball rolls to short fine leg off the batter's pad

Rehan Ahmed to Dhananjaya, 1 run, more air and fuller, wrong'un, Dhananjaya crouches to swing across the line and drags it squarer off the inner part of the bat

Rehan Ahmed to Dhananjaya, no run, Rehan drags his length back, Dhananjaya stays back to just pat it to cover

Rehan Ahmed to Dhananjaya, no run, legbreak that pitches on off and spins away to beat the defensive outside edge of Dhananjaya

Rehan Ahmed to Dhananjaya, 1 run, push-drives this full ball to long-off and the single brings up Sri Lanka's 100

Will Jacks to Dhananjaya, 1 run, pad-lined, nurdled to short fine leg

Will Jacks to Dhananjaya, no run, round the wicket, Dhananjaya stays back and opens the bat-face to try and guide it fine. The ball goes on straight with the angle and just eludes the outside edge, mighty close to the off-stump as well

Will Jacks to Dhananjaya, 1 run, over the wicket, full and outside off, Dhananjaya leans across to drive it to deep cover's right

Rehan Ahmed to Dhananjaya, no run, gets forward to push-drive, finds the man at cover

Rehan Ahmed to Dhananjaya, no run, on a length and around off, played back at the bowler

Rehan Ahmed to Dhananjaya, no run, length ball just outside off, patted to cover off the back foot

Rehan Ahmed to Dhananjaya, 1 run, full leggie outside off, driven through extra cover and the batters are happy to take the single

Will Jacks to Dhananjaya, 1 run, full again, push-driven to long-on

Will Jacks to Dhananjaya, no run, full on the stumps, de drives and finds short midwicket

Will Jacks to Dhananjaya, 1 run, worked with the spin to long leg off the back foot

Will Jacks to Dhananjaya, no run, short of length outside off, cut to cover point off the back foot

Rehan Ahmed to Dhananjaya, 1 run, fraction short and Dhananjaya is quick to go back and punch it to sweeper cover

Rehan Ahmed to Dhananjaya, no run, drifting in towards middle-leg, Dhananjaya gets forward to push/drive and inside-edges onto his pad

Rehan Ahmed to Dhananjaya, no run, flighted leggie on off, Dhananjaya defends off the front foot

Rehan Ahmed to Dhananjaya, no run, leggie outside off, Dhananjaya cuts but can't get it past backward point

Will Jacks to Dhananjaya, no run, looks to work this full delivery through the leg-side and gets a leading edge towards point

Will Jacks to Dhananjaya, 1 run, round the wicket, leg-lined length ball, nurdled to backward square leg

Dawson to Dhananjaya, 1 run, 86kph, short of length, punched to deep extra cover

Will Jacks to Dhananjaya, no run, 86kph, fuller delivery and Dhananjaya clips it to midwicket

Will Jacks to Dhananjaya, no run, 88kph, middle-stump line, Dhananjaya gets half-forward to block with a squared up stance

Will Jacks to Dhananjaya, no run, fraction short and that's been defended into the leg-side

Will Jacks to Dhananjaya, FOUR, overpitched delivery outside off, Dhananjaya leans across and drives sweetly through the covers. Changed to round the wicket and doled out a half-volley

Will Jacks to Dhananjaya, no run

Will Jacks to Dhananjaya, no run, 86kph, over the wicket, decent bounce from a length, blocked

Dawson to Dhananjaya, 1 run, 89kph, full and drifting in towards middle, worked around the corner

Adil Rashid to Dhananjaya, no run, 83kph, pushed through on a good length, slightly quicker, Dhananjaya looks to cut and is beaten

Adil Rashid to Dhananjaya, no run, pushed with the turn to short cover

Adil Rashid to Dhananjaya, 1 run, punched off the back foot through cover

Dawson to Dhananjaya, 1 run, 90kph, full on off, Dhananjaya pushes to long-off

Dawson to Dhananjaya, FOUR, just a gentle tuck through midwicket and the placement is so good that he gets four for it. Was a desperate diving effort from long-on, tried flicking it back but failed

Dawson to Dhananjaya, no run, fired in on middle and leg, good length ball, Dhananjaya hangs back and defends

Adil Rashid to Dhananjaya, no run, slightly short on middle and leg, Dhananjaya makes room and gently punches to short cover

Adil Rashid to Dhananjaya, no run, overpitched outside off, driven to short cover

Adil Rashid to Dhananjaya, 1 run, pushed through flat, Dhananjaya tucks it off the back foot through square leg