Sri Lanka vs England, 3rd ODI, England tour of Sri Lanka 2026 - Player Highlights

Wellalage to Brook, FOUR, fired down leg, flat and good length, Brook paddles and uses the pace to get it well wide of short fine to his right, runs away

Wellalage to Brook, SIX, a shot only a generational talent can play! This is on a good length outside off, slower and Brook goes on the back foot and cuts from there over extra-cover, to generate such power from there needs a special talent and Brook is one. Flies all the way over the wide long-off fence

Wellalage to Root, 1 run, slower and well wide outside off, Root had already sunk low for the reverse-sweep, finds short third man, tight run and had the throw gone to Wellalage, Root was struggling. The throw is well wide of Kusal Mendis though and Brook is easily in

Wellalage to Brook, 1 run, tossed up full outside off, Brook gets forward to drive to sweeper cover, opened the face at the last moment

Wellalage to Root, 1 run, 20th ODI ton for Root. He hugs his Yorkshire and England mate Brook. A big smile on his face. It's full on middle, Root gets forward to flick through the vacant mid-wicket area, wants two but long-on gets across and cuts it off to his right. The Barmy Army and the England camp are up to clap. What a player and what a run-glutton he is, back from Australia where he scored two tons in the Tests, now in supreme form in the ODIs in Sri Lanka. Talk about adapting to all conditions and formats. Arguably England's best-ever!

Wellalage to Root, no run, full outside off, Root gets forward to drive it back to Wellalage, didn't time that

Wellalage to Brook, 1 run, Brook comes down the track and this is slower and he is not to the pitch of the ball outside off, so he adjusts and drives to sweeper cover

Wellalage to Brook, no run, fired full and flat outside off, Brook misses the big sweep

Wellalage to Root, 1 run, slower and tossed up full outside off, Root reverse-sweeps to the right of short third man for one

Wellalage to Root, no run, flat and fullish on off, Root gets forward and pushes it to backward point, again opened the face

Wellalage to Root, no run, tossed up full on off, grips and turns a hint, Root gets forward to angle it to short third man with an open-face

Wellalage to Root, no run, this stays down near off, good length and Root goes on the back foot to punch it back to Wellalage, did well to get bat on it as he crouched low

Wellalage to Brook, 1 run, good length and flat outside off, Brook goes on the back foot and punches it to extra-cover, they take on the fielder and take a quick single

Wellalage to Root, 1 run, slower and fuller just outside off, Root gets forward to drive, the thick inside-edge hits the pad and rolls to the short mid-wicket area, they pinch another quick single

Wellalage to Brook, 1 run, good length flat just outside off, Brook goes on the back foot and punches it down to long-off

Wellalage to Root, 1 run, fired full as Root comes down the track, he drives to mid-on and takes a quick single

Wellalage to Brook, 1 run, slower and tossed up full outside off, Brook gets low to sweep, the thick inside-edge goes to the vacant backward square-leg area

Wellalage to Brook, no run, good length and flat outside off, Brook goes on the back foot and punches straight to the fielder at cover-point

Wellalage to Root, 1 run, full on off, Root gets low and slogsweeps hard and wide of deep mid-wicket, who gets across and cuts it off

Wellalage to Root, no run, slower and fuller just outside off, Root gets forward to drive it back to Wellalage

Wellalage to Brook, 1 run, tossed up full on off, Brook gets forward to drive to long-off

Wellalage to Root, 1 run, full on off, Root gets forward to angle it with an open-face to the vacant backward point area

Wellalage to Root, no run, tossed up full outside off, Root gets forward to drive to extra-cover and this time along the ground

Wellalage to Root, no run, tossed up full outside off, Root gets forward to drive, slightly uppish but well short of extra-cover

Wellalage to Root, FOUR, no deep mid-wicket and Root picks the gap. It's tossed up full on middle, Root gets low and slogsweeps over mid-wicket, calculated blow

Wellalage to Jacob Bethell, 1 run, very full on off and middle, Jacob Bethell gets low and sweeps to deep backward square-leg

Wellalage to Root, 1 run, tossed up full just outside off, Root gets forward to drive to long-off

Wellalage to Root, FOUR, that's a poor delivery, four more. It's tossed up full outside the leg-stump, Root sweeps and beats the run and dive of DdS at deep backward square-leg to his right. Went along the ground too

Wellalage to Jacob Bethell, 1 run, flat good length just outside off, Jacob Bethell goes on the back foot and punches to the left of Wellalage who fails to stop it

Wellalage to Root, 1 run, tossed up full on middle and Root gets forward to drive to long-on

Wellalage to Root, FOUR, fraction short around off, Root is quick to pick the length, he goes on the back foot and pulls over mid-wicket, no deep mid-wicket and races away

Wellalage to Jacob Bethell, leg byes, 1 run, tossed up full outside off, Jacob Bethell gets well outside off and sweeps and misses, hit on the body, highly optimistic shout for LBW is turned down

Wellalage to Root, leg byes, 1 run, drifts down leg, Root goes on the back foot and tucks, misses, off the thigh pad and it's a legbye

Wellalage to Root, no run, full on middle, Root gets forward to drive and finds mid-wicket to his right

Wellalage to Root, no run, tossed up full outside off, Root gets forward to drive to cover

Wellalage to Root, no run, flat good length on middle, Root backs away slightly, dabs it to backward point, sent back

Wellalage to Jacob Bethell, 1 run, going across Jacob Bethell with the arm. He dabs it towards backward point and scampers across to the other end

Wellalage to Root, 1 run, full delivery drifting in on middle and off, eased through cover-point

Wellalage to Jacob Bethell, 1 run, on a back of a length on middle and off, knocked down to long-on

Wellalage to Jacob Bethell, no run, full delivery around off, Jacob Bethell mistimes the reverse sweep towards backward point

Wellalage to Jacob Bethell, no run, Jacob Bethell uses his feet, is not quite to the pitch of it and strokes it to the left of Wellalage who dives on his followthrough to stop it

Wellalage to Root, 1 run, on the shorter side, punched with the spin to long-off

Wellalage to Jacob Bethell, no run, Jacob Bethell advances down the track and drives this one crisply to mid-off

Wellalage to Jacob Bethell, no run, nicely bowled! Slower through the air, turning in nicely from outside off, Jacob Bethell leans ahead and tries to block but gets an inside edge onto the pads

Wellalage to Jacob Bethell, no run, full delivery drifting in from outside off, Jacob Bethell leans ahead and smothers the turn

Wellalage to Root, 1 run, on the shorter side outside off, chopped through cover-point

Wellalage to Jacob Bethell, 1 run, Bethell hangs back to the shorter one and punches it towards long-on

Wellalage to Jacob Bethell, no run, on the shorter side outside off, turning in, pushed back to Wellalage

Wellalage to Root, no run, nicely bowled! 88kph length delivery outside off, turning away nicely with extra bounce, Root goes for the slog-sweep but gets beaten

Wellalage to Rehan Ahmed, 1 run, coming in with the arm and on a back of a length on middle and leg, tucked to deep mid-wicket

Wellalage to Rehan Ahmed, no run, 89kph back of a length delivery outside off, cut to cover-point

Wellalage to Rehan Ahmed, no run, coming in with the arm and on the shorter side, cut to point

Wellalage to Root, 1 run, full delivery outside off, Root drives it past the left side of the dive of Wellalage towards long-off

Wellalage to Rehan Ahmed, 1 run, Rehan Ahmed strokes it to covers and the batters scamper across

Wellalage to Rehan Ahmed, no run, quicker and flatter and on a back of a length on off, punched to point. Tidy start from Wellalage

Wellalage to Rehan Ahmed, no run, on the shorter side on off, Rehan Ahmed rocks back and cuts it fiercely but it's straight to extra cover

Wellalage to Root, 1 run, floaty full delivery on middle, driven towards mid-on for a brisk single

Wellalage to Root, no run, full delivery drifting down, Root tries to flick it across but is struck on the pads

Wellalage to Root, no run, full delivery drifting in on off, flicked to short mid-wicket

Wellalage to Root, no run, tossed up full delivery drifting in on off from round the wicket, eased back to Wellalage