England v Sri Lanka, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 2nd Match, Sri Lanka tour of England, 2026

Sri Lanka tour of England 2nd Match: England v Sri Lanka at Leeds, September 24, 2026

England

ENG

305/9 (50)

Sri Lanka

321/6 (50)

Finished

SL won by 16 runs

Sri Lanka InningSL Inning321/6 (50 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Pathum Nissanka	lbw b G Atkinson	25	33	3	1	75.76
lbw b G Atkinson
Kamindu Mendis	c H Brook b G Atkinson	54	65	4	3	83.08
c H Brook b G Atkinson
Kusal Mendis(WK/C)	c T Banton b R Ahmed	121	100	14	3	121.00
c T Banton b R Ahmed
Pavan Rathnayake	runout (J Buttler / J Root)	48	39	2	1	123.08
runout (J Buttler / J Root)
Charith Asalanka	c G Atkinson b R Ahmed	11	18	2	0	61.11
c G Atkinson b R Ahmed
Janith Liyanage	c J Root b J Archer	32	26	4	0	123.08
c J Root b J Archer
Dunith Wellalage	Not out	16	15	1	0	106.67
Not out
Sachindu Colombage	Not out	3	4	0	0	75.00
Not out
Extra	11 (b 1, w 7, nb 0, lb 3)
Total	321/6 (50)

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Jofra Archer	10	68	1	6.80
Gus Atkinson	10	55	2	5.50
Josh Tongue	7	50	0	7.14
Will Jacks	5	33	0	6.60
Jamie Overton	10	63	0	6.30
Rehan Ahmed	8	48	2	6.00

Fall of wickets: 1-45 (P Nissanka - 9.1 ov), 2-182 (K Mendis - 29.1 ov), 3-222 (K Mendis - 35.5 ov), 4-236 (C Asalanka - 39.4 ov), 5-282 (P Rathnayake - 44.4 ov), 6-312 (J Liyanage - 48.2 ov)

England InningENG Inning305/9 (50 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Tom Banton	st K Mendis b D Wellalage	73	62	7	3	117.74
st K Mendis b D Wellalage
Ben Duckett	b D Wellalage	67	63	9	0	106.35
b D Wellalage
Joe Root	c P Rathnayake b S Colombage	15	17	1	0	88.24
c P Rathnayake b S Colombage
Harry Brook(C)	lbw b D Wellalage	1	6	0	0	16.67
lbw b D Wellalage
Jos Buttler(WK)	c K Mendis b D Madushanka	69	49	5	5	140.82
c K Mendis b D Madushanka
Will Jacks	c J Liyanage b E Malinga	52	61	4	2	85.25
c J Liyanage b E Malinga
Rehan Ahmed	c K Mendis b D Madushanka	0	5	0	0	0.00
c K Mendis b D Madushanka
Gus Atkinson	c P Rathnayake b E Malinga	16	28	0	0	57.14
c P Rathnayake b E Malinga
Jamie Overton	c C Asalanka b A Fernando	2	3	0	0	66.67
c C Asalanka b A Fernando
Jofra Archer	Not out	0	6	0	0	0.00
Not out
Josh Tongue	Not out	1	1	0	0	100.00
Not out
Extra	9 (b 0, w 8, nb 1, lb 0)
Total	305/9 (50)

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Asitha Fernando	10	68	1	6.80
Dilshan Madushanka	9	54	2	6.00
Charith Asalanka	6	29	0	4.83
Eshan Malinga	9	50	2	5.56
Sachindu Colombage	6	55	1	9.17
Dunith Wellalage	10	49	3	4.90

Fall of wickets: 1-143 (BM Duckett - 19.4 ov), 2-153 (T Banton - 21.6 ov), 3-157 (H Brook - 23.3 ov), 4-203 (J Root - 28.1 ov), 5-259 (R Ahmed - 39.5 ov), 6-288 (G Atkinson - 46.5 ov), 7-295 (J Overton - 47.4 ov), 8-303 (WG Jacks - 48.4 ov), 9-303 (J Buttler - 49.1 ov)

Man of the Match

Kusal Mendis

Date

2026-09-24 17:00 PM

Venue

Headingley, Leeds

Toss

Sri Lanka elected to bat

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee