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Sri Lanka vs England Scorecard, Super Eight Match 2, ICC T20 World Cup
Result · Feb 22 2026, Sun - 03:00 PM (IST)
ENGLAND146/9
SRI LANKA95
England won by 51 runs
CRR:5.7
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | 20/20 World Cup |
| Date: | Feb 22 2026, Sun - 03:00 PM (IST) |
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| City: | Kandy |
| Venue: | Pallekele International Cricket Stadium |
| Toss: | Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| England Playing XI: | Phil Salt, Jos Buttler (wk), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Harry Brook (c), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid |
| Sri Lanka Playing XI: | Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Mendis (wk), Pavan Rathnayake, Kamindu Mendis, Dasun Shanaka (c), Dunith Wellalage, Dushan Hemantha, Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana, Dilshan Madushanka |
- Sri Lanka have lost each of their last 11 men’s T20Is against England, their outright longest losing run against a single opponent in the competition; this includes a 0-3 series sweep at home earlier this year, with all the three games of that series also taking place at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.
- Sri Lanka have lost five of their six ICC Men’s T20 World Cup games against England, including each of their last four games on the bounce, beating them only in 2012 when they last hosted the competition; indeed, the Lankan Lions have not lost to any side more often in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup history.
- England have won 10 of their last 11 men’s T20Is, with their only loss in this span coming against West Indies by 30 runs during ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026; England have also won six of their last seven men’s T20Is in Asia (L1), having won only one of their eight prior such games in the format.
- Sri Lanka are unbeaten in five ICC Men’s T20 World Cup matches played at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium (W4 T1); indeed, their four wins at the venue is their highest at any ground in the competition, with this tally including wins against Oman and Australia earlier in the 2026 edition.
- England beat Italy by 24 runs in their most recent ICC Men’s T20 World Cup game; they have now won each of their last four games in the competition when batting first on the occasion, their longest such streak.
- Sri Lanka have scored 160+ runs in each of their four games at ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, their longest run of such games in a single edition, while their tally of four such games is their highest in any single edition, overtaking the previous best of three such scores in 2021, 2014, 2012 and 2010 each.
- Pathum Nissanka (7) is one 50 away from overtaking Mahela Jayawardene (also 7) to become the Sri Lanka batter with the outright most 50+ scores in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup history; Nissanka has hit a ton and six 50s in the competition, including scores of 62 and 100* in his last two such innings.
- Will Jacks (England) has hit a six in every 5.9 balls (9 sixes from 53 balls faced) during ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, the most often of any batter in the competition so far (min. 30 balls faced).
- Dunith Wellalage (Sri Lanka) has taken a wicket in each of his last six men’s T20Is, his longest such run in the format; Wellalage is the only Sri Lanka bowler to have taken a wicket in all four of their group stage games in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026.
- Jamie Overton (England) has logged a bowling dot ball rate of 63.3% during the powerplay overs (1-6) during ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, the highest rate of any bowler with more than two overs bowled in this phase; 19 of his 30 balls bowled in this phase have been dots.
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