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

Dawson to Hasaranga, 1 run, into the pads from Dawson, Hasaranga nudges it through midwicket

Dawson to Shanaka, 1 run, slides in off a good length, Shanaka makes some room and punches through cover

Dawson to Shanaka, SIX, something to cheer for the crowd after a heap of wickets! Darted in at the stumps, on the shorter side, and Shanaka rocks back to pull hard over midwicket

Dawson to Hasaranga, 1 run, 97kph, full outside off, driven crisply to the left of cover who gets a hand diving across

Dawson to Shanaka, 1 run, 95kph, good length on the pads, Shanaka clips it through midwicket

Dawson to Shanaka, no run, fired in on back of a length, Shanaka mistimes the cut to short cover

Dawson to Shanaka, no run, grips and turns off a length after pitching on leg, Shanaka was looking to work it through the on-side, gets a soft leading edge in front of short cover

Dawson to Shanaka, no run, good length on middle and leg, Shanaka tries knocking it down to long-on but is denied by Dawson who dives across full stretch and cuts it off

Dawson to Janith Liyanage, out Lbw!! England review for LBW! Absolutely plumb if there's no edge. Oh yeah, that's dead. He's rooted to the crease to a full ball, it's fired in from round the wicket, slides past the inside edge in defence and hits him in front of middle. Three reds on ball-tracking and Sri Lanka lose another. Janith Liyanage lbw b Dawson 1(2)

Dawson to Dhananjaya, 1 run, fired in on a good length, Dhananjaya uses the pace and dabs to short third

Dawson to Dhananjaya, 2 runs, brilliant effort from Bethell but can't hold on! Full outside off, Dhananjaya arches back for the inside-out loft, slices it in front of sweeper cover and Bethell dives forward after charging in. Goes with two hands but can't hold on

Dawson to Dhananjaya, FOUR, runs away off the under-edge! He dances down but is completely stranded as Dawson fires it in on the shorter side. Tries cutting it away, gets cramped and chops it past leg stump

Dawson to Dhananjaya, no run, on a good length down the leg, Dhananjaya backs away and misses the tuck. The ball rolls to the off-side of the pads

Dawson to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, pushed through quicker on the pads, tucked to mid-wicket

Dawson to Dhananjaya, 1 run, arm ball on middle, Dhananjaya gets an inside edge on the drive. The ball flies over the bowler

Dawson to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, Mendis closes the bat face early and gets a leading edge that rolls past point

Dawson to Dhananjaya, 1 run, flatter on the legs, Dhananjaya clips it to vacant mid-wicket to get off the mark with a single

Dawson to Asalanka, out Caught by Jacob Bethell!! Another one bites the dust! Dawson tosses the ball wide of the left-hander, tempting him into a big slog sweep towards the longer boundary. Asalanka only managed to toe end the shot, and Jacob Bethell at deep mid-wicket dives to his right to take a sharp catch. Asalanka c Jacob Bethell b Dawson 2(5)

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