Sri Lanka vs England, 1st T20I, England tour of Sri Lanka 2026 - Player Highlights

Adil Rashid to Nissanka, out Caught by Buttler!! Very clever bowling from Adil Rashid! He tossed it up wide of the stumps, tempting Nissanka to go for a big hit. He lost his shape while trying to slog sweep, resulting in a simple leading edge that went straight to Buttler for an easy catch. Nissanka c Buttler b Adil Rashid 23(20) [4s-3 6s-1]

Adil Rashid to Nissanka, wide, leg-break well outside the tramline, wide called

Adil Rashid to Nissanka, 1 run, very full on off, driven down to long-off

Adil Rashid to Nissanka, 1 run, Nissanka turns it to the on-side and gets across for a single

Adil Rashid to Nissanka, no run, slower delivery outside off, Nissanka taps it to point

Dawson to Nissanka, no run, Nissanka makes room and picks cover-point on the cut

Dawson to Nissanka, SIX, Nissanka goes inside out over extra cover. Fuller in length, Nissanka gets to the pitch of the ball and deals it with a straight bat. Times the loft so well that the ball goes all the way over long-off

Dawson to Nissanka, no run, fired in on middle, pushed to the off-side

Dawson to Nissanka, FOUR, Nissanka makes room and cuts it fine. Into the third man fence

Dawson to Nissanka, byes, FOUR, What just happened there? England decide against the review. Nissanka goes for the reverse sweep and misses. Probably clipped the keeper's pads on the way. Wasn't far from clipping the leg-stump. UltraEdge confirms the ball clipped the leg-stump, but the bails never got dislodged

Dawson to Nissanka, no run, tossed up delivery on the pads. Dawson gets the ball to grip and turn away. Nissanka gets a soft leading edge to the the off-side

Jofra Archer to Nissanka, 1 run, drilled past cover-point for a single

Jofra Archer to Nissanka, FOUR, top shot! Nissanka makes room and picks the length early. Dismisses from his presence with a flat batted shot over cover. Raced away in no time

Jofra Archer to Nissanka, no run, Loud shout for LBW! Nothing from the umpire. Players get together and discuss if they need to take it upstairs. They decide against it. Nissanka gets across and looks to scoop it fine. Probably for a thick inside edge and onto the pads

Jofra Archer to Nissanka, no run, yorker on middle, Nissanka jams it out in time

Jofra Archer to Nissanka, no run, back of a length delivery outside off, punched to point

Jofra Archer to Nissanka, 1 run, fuller length delivery outside off, driven wide of mid-off for a quick single

Jofra Archer to Nissanka, no run, Jofra starts with a yorker on off. Nissanka digs it out to the off-side

Sam Curran to Nissanka, 1 run, there is protection in the deep on the off-side now. Nissanka square drives the wide delivery to deep point

Sam Curran to Nissanka, FOUR, cracking shot! Skids on to the bat nicely, Nissanka gets to the pitch of the ball and creams the drive through cover region. Raced away in a jiffy

Sam Curran to Nissanka, leg byes, 1 run, SL gets the scoreboard moving. Swings in and thuds the thighpad as Nissanka misses the tuck. The ball rolls towards point for a leg bye