England v Sri Lanka, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 1st Match, Sri Lanka tour of England, 2026

Sri Lanka tour of England 1st Match: England v Sri Lanka at Chester-le-Street, September 22, 2026

England

ENG

265/10 (48.1)

Sri Lanka

176/10 (37)

Finished

ENG won by 89 runs

England InningENG Inning265/10 (48.1 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Tom Banton	b A Fernando	10	12	2	0	83.33
b A Fernando
Ben Duckett	lbw b D Wellalage	32	29	5	0	110.34
lbw b D Wellalage
Joe Root	b S Colombage	44	52	5	0	84.62
b S Colombage
Harry Brook(C)	c D Madushanka b D Chameera	67	69	7	0	97.10
c D Madushanka b D Chameera
Jos Buttler(WK)	lbw b S Colombage	31	33	2	0	93.94
lbw b S Colombage
Will Jacks	Not out	46	47	5	0	97.87
Not out
Rehan Ahmed	runout (C Asalanka)	2	7	0	0	28.57
runout (C Asalanka)
Jamie Overton	b S Colombage	8	13	1	0	61.54
b S Colombage
Gus Atkinson	b D Madushanka	14	20	1	0	70.00
b D Madushanka
Jofra Archer	b A Fernando	2	6	0	0	33.33
b A Fernando
Josh Tongue	b A Fernando	0	1	0	0	0.00
b A Fernando
Extra	9 (b 0, w 7, nb 0, lb 2)
Total	265/10 (48.1)

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Asitha Fernando	9.1	53	3	5.78
Dilshan Madushanka	10	45	1	4.50
Dushmantha Chameera	9	61	1	6.78
Dunith Wellalage	10	60	1	6.00
Sachindu Colombage	10	44	3	4.40

Fall of wickets: 1-16 (T Banton - 2.5 ov), 2-67 (BM Duckett - 10.5 ov), 3-135 (J Root - 22.3 ov), 4-182 (H Brook - 31.1 ov), 5-196 (J Buttler - 34.3 ov), 6-199 (R Ahmed - 35.5 ov), 7-211 (J Overton - 38.5 ov), 8-241 (G Atkinson - 45.2 ov), 9-247 (J Archer - 46.6 ov), 10-265 (JC Tongue - 48.1 ov)

Sri Lanka InningSL Inning176/10 (37 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Pathum Nissanka	c J Buttler b JC Tongue	27	37	4	0	72.97
c J Buttler b JC Tongue
Kamindu Mendis	c BM Duckett b G Atkinson	14	19	3	0	73.68
c BM Duckett b G Atkinson
Kusal Mendis(WK/C)	lbw b WG Jacks	42	60	4	0	70.00
lbw b WG Jacks
Pavan Rathnayake	c T Banton b J Overton	13	23	1	0	56.52
c T Banton b J Overton
Charith Asalanka	lbw b WG Jacks	1	3	0	0	33.33
lbw b WG Jacks
Janith Liyanage	c J Buttler b J Overton	4	8	0	0	50.00
c J Buttler b J Overton
Dunith Wellalage	c J Overton b WG Jacks	45	36	5	2	125.00
c J Overton b WG Jacks
Sachindu Colombage	lbw b R Ahmed	14	14	3	0	100.00
lbw b R Ahmed
Dushmantha Chameera	Not out	7	19	0	0	36.84
Not out
Asitha Fernando	c T Banton b WG Jacks	0	2	0	0	0.00
c T Banton b WG Jacks
Dilshan Madushanka	b WG Jacks	0	1	0	0	0.00
b WG Jacks
Extra	9 (b 0, w 8, nb 0, lb 1)
Total	176/10 (37)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Jofra Archer	6	1	38	0	6.33
Gus Atkinson	7	0	25	1	3.57
Josh Tongue	5	0	23	1	4.60
Rehan Ahmed	7	1	46	1	6.57
Jamie Overton	5	0	21	2	4.20
Will Jacks	7	0	22	5	3.14

Fall of wickets: 1-27 (K Mendis - 5.4 ov), 2-48 (P Nissanka - 11.3 ov), 3-84 (P Rathnayake - 19.4 ov), 4-85 (C Asalanka - 20.1 ov), 5-100 (J Liyanage - 23.4 ov), 6-105 (K Mendis - 26.1 ov), 7-133 (S Colombage - 30.3 ov), 8-176 (D Wellalage - 36.3 ov), 9-176 (A Fernando - 36.5 ov), 10-176 (D Madushanka - 36.6 ov)

Man of the Match

Will Jacks

Date

2026-09-22 17:00 PM

Venue

Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, Chester-le-Street

Toss

England elected to bat

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee