England vs Sri Lanka, 42nd Match, Super 8 Group 2 (Y1 v Y4), ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 - Player Highlights

Maheesh Theekshana to Will Jacks, no run, short and wobbles away ever so slightly outside off, Jacks looks to heave and misses. He surely did not expect the line to be that wide...

Maheesh Theekshana to Jamie Overton, 1 run, punched down the ground to the right of long-on

Maheesh Theekshana to Jamie Overton, no run, fired in on leg stump, Overton looks to pull and misses. Struck high on the front pad and the line was miles down leg

Maheesh Theekshana to Jamie Overton, no run, short outside off, Overton mistimes the punch back to the bowler

Maheesh Theekshana to Jamie Overton, wide, short and well wide of off, Overton looks to cut and misses

Maheesh Theekshana to Jamie Overton, no run, full on off, Overton is happy to block it back to the bowler

Maheesh Theekshana to Liam Dawson, out Caught by Dasun Shanaka!! Maheesh Theekshana brings out his bow celebration. Bowls the flicker and deceives Dawson all ends up. It was on a shorter length and Dawson got a thick top-edge on the attempted heave. He charged out of his crease and was nowhere near the pitch of the delivery, had to go through with the shot and skewed it to the man at cover to his left. Liam Dawson c Dasun Shanaka b Maheesh Theekshana 6(11)

Maheesh Theekshana to Will Jacks, FOUR, overpitched outside off, Will Jacks uses his bottom hand power to biff it in the air over the fielder at extra cover, A much-needed boundary that for England

Maheesh Theekshana to Liam Dawson, 1 run, knocks the fuller delivery to the right of long-on. Thinks of a second, but sent back!

Maheesh Theekshana to Will Jacks, 1 run, drops it flat and short outside off, slapped away to deep cover

Maheesh Theekshana to Will Jacks, no run, quicker on off, punched back to the right of the bowler

Maheesh Theekshana to Liam Dawson, 1 run, hangs back and punches this to the right of sweeper cover

Maheesh Theekshana to Will Jacks, 1 run, looks to nudge and gets a leading edge to the left of cover for a quick single

Maheesh Theekshana to Sam Curran, 1 run, 104.4kph, full on the stumps, driven down to long-off

Maheesh Theekshana to Phil Salt, 1 run, 96.2kph, carrom ball from Theekshana and that's been uppishly driven through mid-off

Maheesh Theekshana to Sam Curran, 1 run, 91.8kph, fullish ball angling in and Curran knocks it to long-on

Maheesh Theekshana to Sam Curran, no run, 96kph, round the wicket, full on middle-leg, Curran looks to work it into the leg-side and gets a leading edge back to the bowler

Maheesh Theekshana to Phil Salt, 1 run, width on offer, Salt stays back to cut it to deep backward point

Maheesh Theekshana to Phil Salt, 2 runs, short of length, leg-lined, Salt swivels and pulls it to long leg

Maheesh Theekshana to Phil Salt, 1 run, 93.8kph, offbreak on a short of length, Salt goes on the back foot to pull it to deep midwicket. End of a good powerplay for Sri Lanka

Maheesh Theekshana to Tom Banton, 1 run, 107.2kph, low full toss, Banton bunts it along the ground to long-on

Maheesh Theekshana to Phil Salt, 1 run, 96.1kph, chops this length ball to mid-off for a quick single

Maheesh Theekshana to Phil Salt, wide, 92kph, full and down the leg-side, Salt swings to try and send it to fine leg, doesn't connect

Maheesh Theekshana to Phil Salt, no run, 95.2kph, fraction short outside off, Theekshana gets away as Salt cuts it straight to short extra cover

Maheesh Theekshana to Tom Banton, 1 run, flat ball on a length, Banton punches it to long-on

Maheesh Theekshana to Jacob Bethell, out Caught by Dilshan Madushanka!! Theekshana strikes first ball! 91kph, flighted ball on a full length on the stumps, there's a bit of spin as well. Jacob Bethell tries to slog across the line. A wild shot attempted and he perishes. Gets a fat leading edge that goes to the right of backward point. Dilshan Madushanka, who just completed an over, moves swiftly to his right and takes a sharp diving catch with both hands. Even as his elbows hit the ground, he ensures that the ball doesn't pop out. Jacob Bethell c Dilshan Madushanka b Maheesh Theekshana 3(4)