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

Asalanka to Root, 1 run, full on leg and Root glances it through square leg to keep the strike

Asalanka to Brook, 1 run, shimmies down, isn't close to the pitch of the ball and closes the bat-face to work it behind square on the leg-side

Asalanka to Brook, 2 runs, Asalanka pulls his length back and Brook punches it to sweeper cover off the back foot

Asalanka to Brook, no run, fullish on off, Brook defends off the front foot

Asalanka to Root, 1 run, middle-stump line on a good length and Root gets down low to sweep it to deep square leg

Asalanka to Root, no run, over the wicket, tossed up ball, fullish and just outside off, Root gets forward to clip it to midwicket

Asalanka to Brook, 1 run, again goes back and works it wide of midwicket

Asalanka to Brook, no run, turning in off a good length, Brook hangs back and tucks to midwicket

Asalanka to Root, 1 run, the conventional straight batted bunt down to long-on

Asalanka to Root, no run, another false shot. That's three in a row now. Goes for the reverse-sweep and is hit on the glove

Asalanka to Root, no run, goes hard on the sweep but gets an inside edge onto pad

Asalanka to Root, no run, tries reverse-sweep off the stumps and mistimes it to backward point

Asalanka to Brook, 1 run, tossed up outside off, Brook looks to drive through the covers and drags it off a thick inside edge through midwicket as the ball turns in

Asalanka to Root, 1 run, floated up outside off, swept to deep backward square

Asalanka to Brook, 1 run, slightly on the shorter side, Brook goes back and whips it to deep midwicket

Asalanka to Brook, no run, no turn this time, Brook watches it carefully on the back foot and defends

Asalanka to Brook, no run, turning in sharply off a good length, Brook hangs back and defends

Asalanka to Root, 1 run, good length on off, tucked through square leg

Asalanka to Root, 1 run, full outside off, driven to long-on

Asalanka to Root, no run, flat and turning in at the stumps, Root punches it down the pitch

Asalanka to Brook, 1 run, goes reverse and hits it to deep backward point

Asalanka to Root, 1 run, swept to deep backward square

Asalanka to Root, no run, looks to sweep from outside off but is hit on the pad

Asalanka to Root, no run, good length on off, Root goes back and tucks it to short midwicket

Asalanka to Root, 1 run, turning into the pads, Root clips it behind square

Asalanka to Root, no run, tossed up wide of off, Root looks to sweep and drags it off a thick under-edge to backward square

Asalanka to Root, no run, fired in on a good length on off, Root tucks it to midwicket

Asalanka to Brook, 1 run, turning in at the stumps, good length ball, Brook punches off the back foot to long-on

Asalanka to Brook, no run, punched off the back foot down the pitch, Asalanka fields

Asalanka to Brook, no run, turning in off a good length on off, Brook hangs back and defends

Asalanka to Duckett, 2 runs, shorter ball, pulled to the left of long-on. Not a clean stop and the batters take two

Asalanka to Duckett, no run, pushed back to the bowler

Asalanka to Duckett, no run, brings his bat down in time does Duckett to blunt this non-turner into the leg-side

Asalanka to Duckett, no run, flighted ball, Duckett tries to steer it fine. Kusal Mendis grabs it on the bounce and breaks the stumps. Despite being off-balance, Duckett's back leg is inside the crease

Asalanka to Root, 1 run, swept to deep square leg and the batters rightly decide not to take the second

Asalanka to Duckett, 1 run, angling in towards leg, nudged to midwicket for a quick single

Asalanka to Root, 1 run, length ball, no spin, punched to long-on

Asalanka to Duckett, 1 run, fullish ball, knocked past the non-striker. A single to long-on

Asalanka to Root, 1 run, shuffles and goes back to glance this spinning offbreak to short fine leg

Asalanka to Root, no run, reverse-sweeps this full ball to short third man. Goes quickly to the fielder and hence the batters can't steal the single

Asalanka to Duckett, 1 run, off-stump line, Duckett makes room to cut it to deep backward point's right

Asalanka to Duckett, no run, full on the stumps, defensively pushed back to the bowler

Asalanka to Duckett, no run, pushes with hard hands, the ball holds and Duckett almost chips it back to the bowler. Falls short of Asalanka

Asalanka to Root, 1 run, clipped through midwicket off the back foot

Asalanka to Root, no run, brings out the reverse-sweep against this full delivery around off and finds Pramod at short third man

Asalanka to Duckett, 1 run, full delivery, pushed through point for a single

Asalanka to Duckett, no run, drifting in towards middle and Duckett defends it to midwicket

Asalanka to Root, 1 run, round the wicket, length ball on the stumps, worked through backward square leg off the back foot