Archive · 23 Jan 2026
Sri Lanka Defeats England in 1st ODI
Sri Lanka and England played their first one-day international (ODI) cricket match in Colombo.
Sri Lanka batted first and scored 271 runs with 6 wickets lost.
Kusal Mendis scored 93 runs without getting out, which helped Sri Lanka a lot.
England started well with Ben Duckett and Joe Root scoring good runs, but they lost many wickets later and could only score 252 runs.
Jamie Overton tried to save England by scoring 34 runs quickly, but it wasn't enough.
Sri Lanka won the match by 19 runs.
The next match in the series will be on Saturday.
Sri Lanka beat England by 19 runs in the first ODI in Colombo.
Kusal Mendis scored an unbeaten 93 runs for Sri Lanka.
Jamie Overton scored a quick 34 runs off 17 balls for England.
Ben Duckett (62) and Joe Root (61) were the top scorers for England.
The second ODI is scheduled for Saturday.
- Who
- Sri Lanka vs. England
- What
- First ODI match
- When
- Thursday
- Where
- R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
- Why
- Part of a three-match ODI series
- Match Result
- Sri Lanka won by 19 runs
- Venue
- R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
- Sri Lanka's Total
- 271-6
- England's Total
- 252 all out
- Top Scorer for Sri Lanka
- Kusal Mendis (93 not out)
- Top Scorer for England
- Ben Duckett (62)
- Next Match
- Second ODI scheduled for Saturday
