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

Pathirana to Phil Salt, no run, slower dipping yorker, Salt steps across the stumps looking to whip it away but misses. The ball finishes down leg but he had moved across the stumps, umpire reckons it would've hit his pad in his original stance

Pathirana to Phil Salt, no run, slower short ball outside off, he looks to ramp but is beaten by the lack of pace

Pathirana to Phil Salt, no run, full toss angled in, Salt steps across the stumps, tries whipping it away but misses. Wasn't far from crashing into leg stump. Umpire makes the right call of not calling a wide

Pathirana to Phil Salt, FOUR, pitched up outside off, Salt steps across, hammers it down the ground and beats long-on to his left

Pathirana to Brook, 1 run, Nissanka drops a sitter! Bashed in on a short of length, Brook makes room, cuts in the air and it should've been taken at sweeper cover

Pathirana to Brook, no run, low full toss tailing in, Brook makes room and drives to cover

Pathirana to Phil Salt, 1 run, 148ks full and straight delivery from Pathirana. Salt gets an inside edge down to deep square leg

Pathirana to Phil Salt, wide, another wide called. This time well over the batter's head

Pathirana to Phil Salt, wide, too far down the leg-side. Wide called

Pathirana to Brook, 1 run, in the air and lands at no man's land. Brook had no idea where the ball was. A well directed short delivery at the body, Brook tries to pull, the ball takes the leading edge and falls to the right of third man

Pathirana to Brook, no run, 144ks good length delivery outside off, Brook gets beaten on the outside edge. His feet was nowhere as he attempts the shot

Pathirana to Brook, 2 runs, punched wide of point and gets off the mark with a couple

Pathirana to Tom Banton, out Caught by Asalanka!! That is a stunning take! It came straight off the meat of the bat as Banton creamed a full delivery outside off with an uppish drive. Asalanka flew to his right and plucked a brilliant, low-reaching catch out of the air to send him back to the hut. Tom Banton c Asalanka b Pathirana 29(15) [4s-3 6s-2]

Pathirana to Phil Salt, 1 run, short delivery outside off, Salt pulls it towards long-on. The fielder runs forward and tries to get his fingers underneath by diving forward. Ends up stopping it on the bounce. Good effort in the deep

Pathirana to Jacob Bethell, no run, Pathirana has a smile on his face. He foxed Bethell with a slower delivery. The ball dipped under his bat and missed the off-stump by a whisker

Pathirana to Jacob Bethell, no run, beaten for pace. 146 ks full delivery outside off, Bethell tries to reach out for the ball and misses

Pathirana to Jacob Bethell, no run, short delivery at the body, Bethell ducks under. Umpire calls it one for the over

Pathirana to Jacob Bethell, no run, bowled at 147ks, very full and outside off. Bethell is late to get the bat down. Gets beaten

Pathirana to Jacob Bethell, no run, what a comeback from Pathirana. Yorker on middle, Bethell squeezes it out to cover. Wait, SL have taken a review. They feel the ball hit the front foot first and then onto the bat. UltraEdge says it came clearly off the bat. Sri Lanka lose a review

Pathirana to Jacob Bethell, FOUR, half-volley outside off, Bethell leans forward and drives it through point region. Elegant looking shot from Bethell

Pathirana to Phil Salt, no run, off-cutter from Pathirana. Salt gets behind the line of the ball and blocks it

Pathirana to Buttler, 1 run, back of a length delivery outside off, Buttler stands tall and punches it to deep point

Pathirana to Buttler, wide, bowled well outside off, wide called

Pathirana to Buttler, no run, Buttler didn't see that coming. A waist high full toss that swung in the air away from the right-hander. Buttler is surprised and gets away just in time. Keeper does well to stop that on the bounce

Pathirana to Buttler, no run, just short of a yorker. Buttler gets squared up on the jam

Pathirana to Buttler, leg byes, FOUR, just moves away enough. Was bowled at 148ks. Buttler flicks and misses, the ball hits the thigh pad and races away fine past the diving slip fielder

Pathirana to Buttler, no run, Pathirana bowls it full and gets it to shape away. Buttler doesn't move his foot enough and the ball beats the outside edge through to the keeper