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

Eshan Malinga to Buttler, out Bowled!! Malinga has the last laugh. Buttler fails to pick the slower delivery. He was way early in the shot misses it completely. The ball smashes into leg-stump sending dangerous Buttler back to the pavillion. Buttler b Eshan Malinga 17(10) [4s-4]

Eshan Malinga to Buttler, FOUR, boundaries keep coming. Buttler comes down the track and takes the ball on the full. Pumps it over cover for his fourth boundary of the over

Eshan Malinga to Buttler, FOUR, hattrick of boundaries for Buttler. Full and on the pads, Buttler flicks it to mid-wicket and collects four more

Eshan Malinga to Buttler, FOUR, luck is on Buttler's side. A streaky boundary down to third man. Shapes away and takes the outside edge of Buttler, who poked away from his body. Hint of extra bounce got Buttler surprised

Eshan Malinga to Buttler, FOUR, Buttler welcomes Malinga with a terrific shot. Hit on the up through the cover region. That went like a tracer bullet

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