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Tom Banton deed 54 not retired disconnected 33 balls and England won the 2nd T20 against Sri Lanka by six wickets with 2 balls remaining nether the DLS method to clinch the series.
England has a 2-0 pb successful the three-match bid up of cricket's T20 World Cup, which starts connected Saturday (February 7, 2026).
Banton deed 3 sixes and 4 fours arsenic England successfully chased down the revised people of 168 successful 17 overs. It finished with 173-4 successful 16.4 overs. Jos Buttler scored 39 runs disconnected 29 balls, with six fours.
Sri Lanka mislaid the flip and had earlier reached 189-5 successful 20 overs, with Pavan Rathnayake top-scoring for his squad with 40 disconnected 22 balls.
A abbreviated burst of rainfall meant the crippled was reduced to 17 overs a side.
Sri Lanka was beaten by 11 runs successful a rain-affected bid opener connected Friday (January 30, 2026), besides astatine Pallekele. The last T20 volition beryllium played astatine the aforesaid venue connected Tuesday (February 3, 2026).
Quick commencement for Sri Lanka
Pathum Nissanka scored 34 disconnected 22 balls with 2 sixes and added 56 disconnected 33 with Kamil Mishara (36) for the archetypal wicket.
Jofra Archer (2-42) got the breakthrough successful the sixth over, bowling Nissanka. Kusal Mendis past added different 50 disconnected 33 balls for the 2nd wicket with Mishara.
Mendis deed 32 disconnected 17 deliveries, with 4 fours and a six, arsenic Sri Lanka kept up a bully scoring complaint earlier losing 3 speedy wickets.
Will Jacks had Mishara dismissed successful the 11th over. Eight balls later, Liam Dawson sent backmost Mendis, portion Adil Rashid trapped Dasun Shanaka lbw for 1 successful the 14th over.
Rathnayake helped rescue the broadside from 131-4, sharing a basal of 56 runs disconnected 36 balls with Charith Asalanka, who scored 28 not retired disconnected 22 balls and 4 fours.
England's pursuit
It seemed a pugnacious people for England, which had reached 57-2 successful 7.2 overs — down the DLS par people — erstwhile rainfall intervened.
Opener Phil Salt fell for 1, caught disconnected Matheesha Pathirana (2-47), portion Jacob Bethell was retired for 13.
Rain and a bedewed outfield held up play for astir 75 minutes earlier resuming with an adjusted target.
Buttler provided enactment to Banton, who powered his mode to a half-century disconnected 29 balls.
The duo added 43 disconnected 28 deliveries earlier Buttler fell to Dunith Wellalage successful the 10th over.
Banton added different 49 disconnected lone 20 balls with skipper Harry Brook (36), and past different accelerated 43 disconnected 25 with Sam Curran (20 not retired disconnected 14 balls) to triumph the match.
Brook smashed 4 sixes disconnected 12 balls to bring the people wrong reach, earlier helium was caught disconnected Pathirana.
