England win rain-affected match by 11 runs (DLS) - report
Salt (46) anchors England chase after being dropped on 17
Curran takes hat-trick as SL dismissed for 133
Last four wickets fall for four runs
Sri Lanka earlier fall from 76-1 to 98-6
Rashid (3-19) and Dawson (2-31) impress
Match reduced to 17 overs per side
First of three T20s, Pallekele
Banton c Asalanka b Pathirana 29 (Eng 87.3 overs)
A fine catch by Charith Asalanka in the covers.
Tom Banton drives stylishly at a delivery from Matheesha Pathirana but Asalanka swoops to take a fine diving catch.
Asalanka judged that very well indeed.
Harsh to call it a drop, really, as it felt short.
Phil Salt boshes Matheesha Pathirana down the ground where Dhananjaya de Silva cannot get his hands under it.
It's neck and neck on the worm.
Do worms have necks?
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Kevin Howells
BBC Test Match Special commentator
Tom Banton putting a strong case for a good run in the team.
Maheesh Theekshana is back following a chastening first over which went for 16.
Tom Banton backs away an hits inside out to Theekshana's fourth ball, lofting it over the ring for four.
A healthy number of England fans in the crowd this evening. Certainly more than for the ODI series in Colombo.
England close to getting this down to a run a ball now.
Back-to-back sixes for Tom Banton off Wanindu Hasaranga.
This time Banton rocks on the back foot and muscles it across the line and over the mid-wicket boundary.
Marvellous from Tom Banton who reverse slog-sweeps Wanindu Hasaranga for one-bounce four behind square.
Banton repeats the shot next ball and this time its much squarer and goes for six.
Fast hands.
Kieran Parmley
CricViz analyst
Matheesha Pathirana bowled with plenty of heat in his opening spell and averaged 89.8 mph in his second over, the second fastest over bowled in T20Is in the last year.
The camera cuts to Harry Brook in the England dugout who is chuckling away to himself having spotted something of amusement.
England pinch a couple more singles off Dasun Shanaka's over.
Kieran Parmley
CricViz analyst
The googly is the real danger ball the England batters need to watch out for when facing Wanindu Hasaranga. He picks up a wicket every nine deliveries with his googly compared to a wicket every 18 deliveries with his leg-break.
Tom Banton slashes at wide one from Dasun Shanaka and the ball squirts behind point for four. A first boundary for the England number four.
Steve Harmison
Ex-England pace bowler on TNT Sports
That was a brilliant slower ball from Eshan Malinga. Jacob Bethell struggled in Colombo and there again was just deceived.
Tom Banton the new batter for England, who are in control of this run chase as things stand.
Phil Salt pulls Wanindu Hasaranga's first ball - which keeps slightly low - towards the mid-wicket boundary but picks out Kamil Mishara in the deep.
Salt gets a life, though, when the Sri Lanka fielder drops an absolute sitter.
Bethell c Shanaka b Malinga 9 (Eng 48-2)
Another slower ball from Eshan Malinga!
Jacob Bethell is duped into driving on the up against the seamer but with the pace held off he ends up chipping the ball into the hands of Dasun Shanaka in the ring.
Effortless from Jacob Bethell.
Eshan Malinga is a little too straight to the talented England left-hander who deposits the slinger's nephew for a one-bounce four through mid-wicket.
Target 134
Matheesha Pathirana is grinning like a Cheshire cat.
Another yorker to Jacob Bethell and it misses the off stump by a whisker.
Not just the bat, but the middle of the bat.
There's no doubt Jacob Bethell was caught off guard by the pace of Matheesha Pathirana but he did well to dig out that yorker.
Jacob Bethell creams Matheesha Pathirana through point for four but next ball the Sri Lankan slinger pole-axes the England batter.
Dasun Shanaka decides to take a look at an lbw.
It is full, but Bethell seemed to have got his bat down on this one.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nissanka,caught Buttler, bowled Rashid Nissanka, caught Buttler, bowled Rashid | 23 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 115.00 |
Mishara,caught Dawson, bowled Overton Mishara, caught Dawson, bowled Overton | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 177.78 |
Kusal Mendis,caught Overton, bowled Rashid Kusal Mendis, caught Overton, bowled Rashid | 37 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 185.00 |
Asalanka,caught Bethell, bowled Dawson Asalanka, caught Bethell, bowled Dawson | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 40.00 |
de Silva,caught Curran, bowled Rashid de Silva, caught Curran, bowled Rashid | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 91.67 |
Liyanage,leg before wicket, bowled Dawson Liyanage, leg before wicket, bowled Dawson | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 50.00 |
Shanaka,caught Brook, bowled Curran Shanaka, caught Brook, bowled Curran | 20 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 125.00 |
Hasaranga,bowled Overton Hasaranga, bowled Overton | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 116.67 |
Theekshana,caught Overton, bowled Curran Theekshana, caught Overton, bowled Curran | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Pathirana,bowled Curran Pathirana, bowled Curran | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Malinga,not out Malinga, not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 3, byes 4, leg byes 2, total 9 Extras, no balls 0, wides 3, byes 4, leg byes 2, total 9 | |||||||
Total,133 all out 16.2 overs Total,133 all out 16.2 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Curran | 3.0 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12.66 |
Archer | 3.0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7.33 |
Overton | 2.2 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7.28 |
Dawson | 4.0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7.75 |
Rashid | 4.0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.75 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
24 for 1 (2.3 overs) | Mishara |
76 for 2 (7.1 overs) | Nissanka |
79 for 3 (8.1 overs) | Asalanka |
89 for 4 (9.4 overs) | Kusal Mendis |
98 for 5 (10.4 overs) | Liyanage |
98 for 6 (11.4 overs) | de Silva |
129 for 7 (15.4 overs) | Shanaka |
129 for 8 (15.5 overs) | Theekshana |
129 for 9 (15.6 overs) | Pathirana |
133 for 10 (16.2 overs) | Hasaranga |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Salt,caught substitute, bowled Shanaka Salt, caught substitute, bowled Shanaka | 46 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 71 | 131.43 |
Buttler,bowled Malinga Buttler, bowled Malinga | 17 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 170.00 |
Bethell,caught Shanaka, bowled Malinga Bethell, caught Shanaka, bowled Malinga | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 81.82 |
Banton,caught Asalanka, bowled Pathirana Banton, caught Asalanka, bowled Pathirana | 29 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 193.33 |
Brook,not out Brook, not out | 16 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 88.89 |
Curran,not out Curran, not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 3, byes 0, leg byes 4, total 7 Extras, no balls 0, wides 3, byes 0, leg byes 4, total 7 | |||||||
Total,125 for 4 15.0 overs Total,125 for 4 15.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Theekshana | 3.0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10.33 |
Pathirana | 4.0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.50 |
Malinga | 2.0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12.00 |
Hasaranga | 4.0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9.00 |
Shanaka | 2.0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
36 for 1 (2.5 overs) | Buttler |
48 for 2 (4.6 overs) | Bethell |
87 for 3 (9.2 overs) | Banton |
123 for 4 (14.4 overs) | Salt |