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

Vandersay to Duckett, out Bowled!! Vandersay breaks the partnership in his 1st over. Spinning legbreak, Duckett goes back to cut and is beaten on the inside edge. He was cramped for room and heard the death rattle having failed to make contact. Sri Lanka get the opening Duckett b Vandersay 39(52) [4s-2 6s-1]

Vandersay to Duckett, no run, legbreak, spinning down leg and Duckett misses the glance

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

Wellalage to Duckett, 1 run, in the air and safe! Leg-lined, Duckett looks to work it around the corner and gets a leading edge that beats square leg comfortably to his right

Wellalage to Duckett, 3 runs, full delivery, Duckett gets low and inside the line to scoop it to fine leg. Good running results in three runs

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

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

Wellalage to Duckett, 1 run, six singles off the over. Flat ball on a length and Duckett hangs back to nudge it through square leg

Wellalage to Duckett, 1 run, leg-lined, Duckett turns it in front of square on the on-side for another single

Wellalage to Duckett, 1 run, pad-lined, worked around the corner

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 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

Wellalage to Duckett, no run, not that short, Duckett goes back to cut and ends up under-edging it. The ball dies down on the pitch. Three dots to end the over after conceding a couple of boundaries

Wellalage to Duckett, no run, goes back and knocks this length ball on the stumps back to the bowler

Wellalage to Duckett, no run, leg-lined, Duckett clips it to midwicket

Wellalage to Duckett, FOUR, full again with width on offer, Duckett presses forward to thump it over mid-off. One bounce and into the fence

Wellalage to Duckett, no run, full outside off and Duckett misses out as he finds the man at cover with his drive

Wellalage to Duckett, FOUR, Duckett greets Wellalage with a boundary. It's a flighted delivery outside off from over the wicket. Duckett leans forward and takes it on the full to drive it through extra cover

Dhananjaya to Duckett, 1 run, spinning away outside off on a fullish length, Duckett tries the reverse-sweep and gets a tickle on it. The ball dribbles to short third man

Dhananjaya to Duckett, no run, drifting in towards middle, Duckett drives and inside-edges to mid-on

Dhananjaya to Duckett, 2 runs, Duckett goes for the reverse-sweep and hits it over cover. The ball plugs and the batters take two

Dhananjaya to Duckett, no run, full on off, more loop and Duckett plays it back at the bowler

Dhananjaya to Duckett, 1 run, flighted offie, driven through extra cover

Pramod to Duckett, 1 run, leg-lined and Duckett tucks it through backward square leg

Pramod to Duckett, no run, length ball on leg-middle, flicked to midwicket

Dhananjaya to Duckett, SIX, a drag down from Dhananjaya and the batter pounces. Duckett is quick to trek back and hammer it over long-on with a pull shot. Has the wings to go all the way

Dhananjaya to Duckett, no run, full delivery and that's been pushed back to the bowler

Dhananjaya to Duckett, 1 run, slower one on middle, Duckett waits and clips it to midwicket

Dhananjaya to Duckett, no run, fuller ball with more flight, Duckett drives hard and finds cover

Dhananjaya to Duckett, no run, round the wicket, angling in from a length, Duckett makes room to punch it back to Dhananjaya

Dhananjaya to Duckett, 1 run, round the wicket, a drag down from Dhananjaya. Duckett doesn't quite middle the pull shot. A single to deep midwicket

Asitha Fernando to Duckett, no run, middle-stump line, Duckett blunts this length ball to midwicket

Pramod to Duckett, no run, yorker, Duckett looks to drive but ends up jamming it into the pitch. Replay shows that it was a knuckle ball from Pramod

Pramod to Duckett, no run, fuller than a length on the stumps, Duckett bunts it past the diving midwicket fielder but turns down the single as the ball goes straight to mid-on

Pramod to Duckett, 2 runs, inswinger, but it's too full and onto the pads, flicked through backward square leg and the man in the deep does well to make a sliding stop to his left, keeps the batters down to two

Asitha Fernando to Duckett, 3 runs, width on offer, Duckett flays it through point. Deep backward point dives to his left and prevents the boundary

Asitha Fernando to Duckett, no run, length ball wide of off, Duckett moves across a long way to scoop. Pace off from Asitha and the batter doesn't connect. Duckett smiles

Pramod to Duckett, no run, short of a good length, middle-stump line, punched back to the bowler

Pramod to Duckett, wide, inswinger, pitches outside leg and further goes down to beat Duckett's flick

Pramod to Duckett, no run, full pitcher, jammed back at the bowler

Pramod to Duckett, no run, uh-oh! Duckett shuffles across a long way and looks to play the premeditated scoop. It's a full inswinger but luckily for the batter, the line is outside off. No contact made

Pramod to Duckett, no run, shapes back in from a length and Duckett tucks it to midwicket

Pramod to Duckett, no run, big shout for lbw, almost a plead from the bowler and he collides with the batter in the process. Umpire Ravindra Kottahachchi raises the finger. Duckett reviews. Seams back in from a short of length and the left-hander is stuck in his crease. Beats the inside edge to rap him high on the back leg. Will the bounce save him? Yes, it does. Going over middle-stump. Successful review. The ball had actually rolled away to the fence but that won't count as the onfield umpire had deemed it out

Asitha Fernando to Duckett, no run, short of a good length ball on off, punched to mid-off

Asitha Fernando to Duckett, no run, straighter line and Duckett defends it to midwicket

Asitha Fernando to Duckett, no run, skiddy back of a length, Duckett shapes to cut and misses as the ball bounces over his blade

Asitha Fernando to Duckett, no run, pitched up ball, Duckett leans forward to drive it to cover