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England vs Sri Lanka Scorecard, 3rd ODI, England in Sri Lanka 2026
Result · Jan 27 2026, Tue - 02:30 PM (IST)
ENGLAND357/3
SRI LANKA304
England won by 53 runs
CRR:6.51
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Match Info
| Series: | England in Sri Lanka 2026 |
| Date: | Jan 27 2026, Tue - 02:30 PM (IST) |
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| City: | Colombo |
| Venue: | R. Premadasa Stadium |
| Toss: | England 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, Jeffrey Vandersay, Asitha Fernando, Wanindu Hasaranga |
| England Playing XI: | Rehan Ahmed, Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Will Jacks, Sam Curran, Jamie Overton, Liam Dawson, Adil Rashid |
- Sri Lanka lost their most recent men’s ODI against England (by 5 wickets), after winning two in succession prior to that; it was the Lions’ second loss against the Three Lions at the R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo (W10).
- England’s five-wicket win against Sri Lanka in their last men’s ODI snapped a four-game losing streak for them in the format; the last time they won back-to-back games in the format was a stretch of three games between May and June in 2025.
- Sri Lanka have lost just two of their last nine men’s ODIs at home (W7), including the most recent one by a 5-wicket margin; the last time they lost back-to-back games at home was a stretch of two losses between June and November in 2022.
- England have lost four of their last five men’s ODIs when batting first on the day (W1), including each of the last three on the bounce; in fact, England have won just two of their 10 matches in the format when batting first on the day since the start of 2025, the joint lowest among sides that have batted first more than five times in this period (also West Indies).
- Sri Lanka’s spinners have logged a collective bowling average of 26 in men’s ODIs since the start of 2025, the second best by any full-member side behind Bangladesh (24.1); in fact, only India’s spinners (61) have take more wickets in the format during this period than Sri Lanka’s (59).
- England have struck a boundary once in every 8.4 deliveries since the start of 2025, the fastest among full-member sides; in fact, their collective batting strike rate of 101.3 is the best among all full-member sides during the same period.
- Kusal Mendis (4,870 runs) is 130 away from becoming the 11th Sri Lanka batter to score 5,000+ runs in men’s ODIs; Mendis’ last ton in the format came on 8 July 2025 (124 vs Bangladesh), however, he is yet to score a ton against England in the format (4 fifties).
- Adil Rashid has taken four or more wickets 12 times in men’s ODIs, the joint third most by any England bowler behind Chris Woakes (14) and James Anderson (13); Rashid has taken 4+ wickets against Sri Lanka in just one of his 16 innings against them (4/36 on 17 October 2018).
- Jeffrey Vandersay (47 wickets) is three away from picking up 50 wickets for Sri Lanka in men’s ODIs; he has picked up multiple wickets in each of his last three innings in the format, his joint longest such streak (also 3 games in January 2022).
- Joe Root has logged a batting dot ball rate of 41.3% in men’s ODIs since the start of 2025, the second best among full-member side batters to have faced 500+ deliveries behind Virat Kohli (41.2%); 47.6% of his runs during this period have come via singles, the second highest among full-member sides (min. 500 balls faced) behind Tawhid Hridoy (50.5%).