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England vs Sri Lanka Scorecard, 2nd ODI, England in Sri Lanka 2026
Result · Jan 24 2026, Sat - 02:30 PM (IST)
SRI LANKA219
ENGLAND223/5
England won by 5 wickets
CRR:4.81
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | England in Sri Lanka 2026 |
| Date: | Jan 24 2026, Sat - 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: | Ben Duckett, Rehan Ahmed, Joe Root, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Will Jacks, Sam Curran, Jamie Overton, Liam Dawson, Adil Rashid |
- With their 19-run win in the first ODI, Sri Lanka have won each of their last two men’s ODI games against England, the last time they recorded three consecutive victories in this format over the Three Lions was in March 2015.
- Having won the first ODI by 19-runs, Sri Lanka are now on a two-game winning streak against England in men’s ODIs at home, the last time they recorded a longer such streak was for a four-game run from October 2007 to November 2014.
- Sri Lanka have won 10 men’s ODIs against England at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, only against India (18), Australia (11) and Bangladesh (11) have they won more in the format at this venue.
- England have lost each of their last four men’s ODIs including the ongoing series opener by 19-runs, the last time they recorded a longer such streak in the format was for a seven-game run from November 2024 to March 2025; their last win in the format was against South Africa in September 2025.
- England are currently on an 11-game losing streak in men’s ODIs whilst on road, their longest losing streak in such games; the last time they recorded a win in the format in an away game was against West Indies in North Sound on 2 November 2024.
- 55% of the balls faced by Sri Lankan batters in men’s ODIs since 2025 has been dot balls, among full-member teams only Bangladesh (60%) and West Indies (56%) have recorded a higher such rate in the format than the Three Lions.
- England bowlers have picked up 27 wickets in the Powerplay 1 phase (Overs 1-10) of men’s ODIs since the start of 2025, among full-member teams only New Zealand (39) have picked up more in this period.
- England have a catch efficiency rate of 83.1% in men’s ODIs since the beginning of 2025, only New Zealand (84.3%) and Australia (83.8%) among full-member teams have recorded a higher rate than the Three Lions.
- Dhananjaya de Silva (1875 runs) is 125 away from reaching to 2000 runs in ODIs for Sri Lanka, he is however yet to record a ton in the format having scored two 90+ runs in an ODI innings – 93 against Netherlands in June 2023 and 91 against England in July 2021.
- Harry Brook (England) has hit 20 boundary sixes in ODIs since the beginning of 2025, among batters from full-member teams, only Daryl Mitchell (27), Rohit Sharma (26) and Glenn Phillips (21) have struck more sixes in this period than Brook.