Sri Lanka vs England, 2nd T20I, England tour of Sri Lanka 2026 - Player Highlights

Jofra Archer to Asalanka, leg byes, 1 run, slower short ball into the body, Asalanka is through the pull early and misses. Goes through for a leg-bye. Brilliant last over from Archer, just two runs off the bat

Jofra Archer to Janith Liyanage, 1 run, half-volley on the pads, flicked to the left of short fine where Rashid cuts it off

Jofra Archer to Pavan Rathnayake, out Caught by Jacob Bethell!! This time the catch is taken! Another slower one, he looks to slog and miscues it in the air to deep midwicket. Good knock though from Rathnayake. Brought into the team today in place of DDS, he has made an impact. Pavan Rathnayake c Jacob Bethell b Jofra Archer 40(22) [4s-5 6s-1]

Jofra Archer to Asalanka, 1 run, Archer on his haunches as the catch goes down! Slower one angled into the body, Asalanka pulls in the air and it should've been taken at deep backward square. Banton misjudges it and down it goes

Jofra Archer to Pavan Rathnayake, byes, 1 run, slower one, Rathnayake walks across to scoop but misses. They go through for a bye as Buttler fails to gather cleanly with the ball bouncing in front of him

Jofra Archer to Asalanka, leg byes, 1 run, angling down leg from round the wicket, clips the thigh pad and runs down to fine leg.

Jofra Archer to Asalanka, 1 run, cracking yorker to finish the over, it's bang on middle stump and Asalanka does well to squeeze it out

Jofra Archer to Asalanka, FOUR, nice deft touch. Another slower one outside off, this time he opens the face and runs it past short third. Archer left frustrated

Jofra Archer to Asalanka, FOUR, sensational effort from Salt and he almost pulled it off! Slower one outside off, width on offer and Asalanka slaps it in the air. Salt charges across to his right before reaching out with both hands. Was at full tilt so couldn't hold on

Jofra Archer to Asalanka, FOUR, another one in the slot for Asalanka and this time he cashes in. Hasn't been in great form of late and needs some runs. It's full outside off, he goes hard and slaps it in the gap through extra cover. Mid-off was in the ring

Jofra Archer to Pavan Rathnayake, 1 run, slower one following Rathnayake as he backs away. He nudges it gently through midwicket

Jofra Archer to Asalanka, 1 run, full outside off at 137kph, it's in the slot and Asalanka wants to launch it down the ground. Ends up dragging it off the inside half through midwicket

Jofra Archer to Kamil Mishara, no run, angled in from round the wicket, strikes Mishara on the pad as he tries clipping it away. Was missing leg comfortably

Jofra Archer to Kamil Mishara, wide, short ball angling down leg, Mishara looks to pull but misses out

Jofra Archer to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, full at the stumps, pace off, Mendis works it wide of mid-on

Jofra Archer to Kusal Mendis, no run, slower one pitched up on off, Mendis pushes it to mid-on

Jofra Archer to Nissanka, out Bowled!! Dragged on! Wanted to cut hard but the length wasn't short enough, nor was the line wide enough. Gets a thick under-edge and it crashes into the stumps. He goes after setting the tone at the top. Archer with the breakthrough. Nissanka b Jofra Archer 34(22) [4s-3 6s-2]

Jofra Archer to Kamil Mishara, 1 run, slanted in on middle and leg, back of a length, Mishara stays leg-side and taps it to cover

Jofra Archer to Nissanka, 1 run, slower leg-cutter in the channel, back of a length, Nissanka waits and dabs to third man

Jofra Archer to Kamil Mishara, 1 run, half-volley at the stumps, driven to mid-on

Jofra Archer to Kamil Mishara, SIX, Mishara no slouch either! This is a blazing start from Sri Lanka! Good length on the pads, it's the away-swinger but he still smacks it across the line over midwicket. Archer's facial expression says the story as he acknowledges the quality of that shot

Jofra Archer to Kamil Mishara, no run, full delivery on off, outswinger, Mishara pushes to mid-on

Jofra Archer to Nissanka, 1 run, some width outside off, Nissanka flashes hard and it flies off the edge to third man. On the bounce to the fielder

Jofra Archer to Nissanka, 5 wides, Archer fails to control the swing, ends up well down leg and Buttler isn't able to stop it cleanly. Should've probably done better there

Jofra Archer to Nissanka, SIX, out of the ground! Nissanka on the charge and even Archer isn't spared here. Inswinger at the stumps, on a good length, and he swipes it a long way over square leg. Went with the swing and nailed it

Jofra Archer to Nissanka, 2 runs, goes for an inswinging yorker on the toes, ends up as a low full toss and Nissanka flicks nicely to the left of short fine. The fielder gets a hand diving across