🏏ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026: Super 8 - M42: England vs Sri Lanka🏏 - Page 8

Lowest totals for SL in T20 WCs

77 vs SA, New York, 2024

87 vs AUS, Bridgetown 2010

95 vs ENG, Pallekele, 2026*

101 vs AUS, Cape Town, 2007

101 vs WI, Colombo RPS, 2012

51 runs win is England’s second biggest in T20 WCs after 116 runs win against AFG at Colombo RPS in 2012.

This is England’s 12th successive win against Sri Lanka in T20Is. Only 15 wins by Pakistan against Zimbabwe is the most consecutive wins against a full-member team in T20Is.

Seven wickets by England spinners - the most by them in a T20 World Cup match.

Lowest totals successfully defended by ENG (20-over T20Is)

128/9 vs SL, Pallekele, 2026 (won by 12 runs)

129/6 vs PAK, Abu Dhabi, 2012 (by 5 runs)

142/7 vs AFG, Delhi, 2016 WC (by 15 runs)

146/9 vs SL, Palleleke, 2026 WC (20 runs)*

This is also the second-lowest total successfully defended against Sri Lanka in T20 WCs after West Indies’s 137/6 (won by 36 runs) at Colombo RPS in the 2012 edition.

Will Jacks | Player of the Match: We're buzzing with that. At the halfway stage, we were pleased to get up to 145, but obviously we knew we were going to have to bowl well and work hard. And we had such a brilliant start in the powerplay, Jof got us off to a good start. And then we managed to continue taking wickets all the way throughout. We seem to do well here. We've obviously just come off a series against Sri Lanka at this ground. So we do know it well. Yeah, with minimum really 12 overs to spin here. That's it. I think we spin the ball hard, which definitely helps there. And we seem to do well defending, squeezing the game, like squeezing, eking every dot out that we possibly can. And we know as a chasing side how hard it makes it. I love getting that responsibility with the ball. I think it encourages me to get into the game and perform better.

I think I like that responsibility and bowling in the powerplay is something I've done a lot. So it's not foreign to me. And when we get on the surface like that, I come into the game knowing what I need to do. We haven't quite been at our best, but importantly, we've been winning those close games. And I think it's quite relieving in a way to get through that stage where you're expected to win. Coming back here and against the better teams in a way, some of that pressure is off you and you just go out there and play your way. And that's something we've done today. Played with freedom. And it's just about trusting our own game. We know we're good enough and we know if we play with that freedom and that unity that more often than not we'll be in the right position.

Dasun Shanaka | Sri Lanka Captain - It's very disappointing, but at the same time we had a lot of positives with the ball. I think we restricted them by at least 20 runs and I expected my batters to chase it down. The pitch played well, was slow in the first innings, but settled well under lights. We batted badly, the batting from both teams wasn't good. I wouldn't say they bowled really well, we batted badly. We have tried 5 main bowlers in this WC, so I can use them accordingly. The discussion was to take it deep (in the chase). We've played a lot of cricket in these conditions, we needed to go deep and take the right options. We didn't do that well, one bad game can cost us in the World Cup tournament. It's one bad game for the batters, but I'm expecting them to do well in the coming games.

Congratulations to Sri Lanka for winning the match.

Congratulations to Will Jacks for winning the Player of the match award.

Cheers..

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