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England vs Sri Lanka Scorecard, 1st ODI, England in Sri Lanka 2026
Result · Jan 22 2026, Thu - 02:30 PM (IST)
SRI LANKA271/6
ENGLAND252
Sri Lanka won by 19 runs
CRR:5.11
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | England in Sri Lanka 2026 |
| Date: | Jan 22 2026, Thu - 02:30 PM (IST) |
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| City: | Colombo |
| Venue: | R. Premadasa Stadium |
| Toss: | Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. |
| Sri Lanka Playing XI: | Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Mendis (wk), Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka (c), Janith Liyanage, Pavan Rathnayake, Dunith Wellalage, Pramod Madushan, Jeffrey Vandersay, Asitha Fernando |
| England Playing XI: | Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Sam Curran, Rehan Ahmed, Jamie Overton, Liam Dawson, Adil Rashid |
- England have won their last three multigame bilateral men’s ODI series against Sri Lanka after losing their previous two series; they will be looking to win four consecutive series for the first time in the history of this fixture.
- Sri Lanka are unbeaten in their last 12 multigame bilateral men’s ODI series in Sri Lanka (W11 D1) including winning each of their last eight home series, their longest such winning run; the last time they lost a home series was 1-2 against India in July 2021.
- England have lost their last four multigame bilateral men’s ODI series outside of England including a 0-3 defeat in their most recent series against New Zealand (October - November 2025); they will be looking to avoid losing five consecutive away series for the first time in format history (also L4 from March 1993 - January 1997).
- The team batting second on the day has successfully chased the target in the last three men’s ODIs involving these teams, with England winning two of those matches (L1); the team batting first had won the previous two encounters with Sri Lanka winning both of these matches.
- Sri Lanka lost their most recent men’s ODI at R Premadasa Stadium against Bangladesh (5 July 2025), snapping an eight-game unbeaten run (W7 T1); they have also won their last seven encounters against England at the venue.
- England batters collectively scored at 6.39 runs per over in men’s ODIs in 2025, the highest rate of any full-member team; in fact, it was the second quickest rate of any team in a calendar year in format history (England - 6.49 in 2019, *min 5 matches played).
- Sri Lanka (30.7) and England (31.4) spinners had the best and second-best collective bowling strike rates in men’s ODIs in 2025 among full member sides; though, England’s spinners conceded 6.5 runs per over, the only full-member team to have conceded more than six runs per over.
- Kusal Mendis (Sri Lanka) has hit a boundary once every 4.8 deliveries in the Powerplay phase of men’s ODIs, the third best such rate by batters to have faced at least 100 deliveries in the format since 2025 behind Jamie Smith (4.4) and Travis Head (4.7).
- Adil Rashid (England) took 30 wickets in men’s ODIs in 2025, the second-most of any bowler (Matt Henry - 31); though, he has only taken one wicket in his last four matches against Sri Lanka.
- Asitha Fernando (Sri Lanka) has picked up 15 wickets in the Powerplay phase of men’s ODIs since the beginning of 2025, the most by any bowler; he has however failed to pick up a wicket in his only outing against England on 1 July 2021 (0-54).