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

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 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

Sam Curran to Pavan Rathnayake, FOUR, 17 off the over! Full toss to finish from Curran, Rathnayake doesn't go hard on the drive, just punches it in the gap to the left of mid-off to get the desired result

Sam Curran to Pavan Rathnayake, 2 runs, superb from Bethell in the deep, saves two! Low full toss at the stumps, Rathnayake makes some room and carves it through backward point. It's running away and Bethell flicks it back as he slides across. Had gone past him when he reached out and flicked it back

Sam Curran to Pavan Rathnayake, wide, down the leg-side, Rathnayake swings and misses

Sam Curran to Pavan Rathnayake, FOUR, now Rathnayake with the scoop and the result is the same. Plan is clear from Curran to go for the yorkers, so the shot is on. Rathnayake falls over into the off-side, takes it on the full and makes good contact

Sam Curran to Pavan Rathnayake, 1 run, aims for the yorker, misses by a few inches but Rathnayake can't capitalise. Drags it off a thick inside edge behind square

Dawson to Pavan Rathnayake, 1 run, full toss on the pads, Rathnayake swipes it to deep midwicket

Dawson to Pavan Rathnayake, 1 run, fired into the pads, Rathnayake flicks it through square leg

Dawson to Pavan Rathnayake, FOUR, whacked across the line! Another one turning away off a good length, this time he doesn't try anything fancy, just clobbers it across the line through midwicket

Dawson to Pavan Rathnayake, no run, good length outside off, Rathnayake tries a big reverse-hit but the ball turns sharply and beats him

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

Adil Rashid to Pavan Rathnayake, 1 run, slow through the air, tossed up on off, Rathnayake steps out and knocks it to long-off

Will Jacks to Pavan Rathnayake, 1 run, steps across the stumps again, it's fired in on a good length and he taps it through midwicket

Will Jacks to Pavan Rathnayake, FOUR, Rathnayake again steps across the stumps, Jacks fires it wide and he drags it off a thick under-edge past the keeper. Went for a big sweep shot and got the result he desired with luck going his way

Will Jacks to Pavan Rathnayake, no run, sliding on with the arm from round the wicket, Rathnayake was trying to work it through the on-side but gets a soft leading edge rolling to cover

Adil Rashid to Pavan Rathnayake, 1 run, flat outside off, Rathnayake bunts it down to long-off

Dawson to Pavan Rathnayake, 1 run, fired into the blockhole, Rathnayake squeezes it through midwicket

Dawson to Pavan Rathnayake, 1 run, 93kph, length ball fired in on middle and leg, Rathnayake tucks it through midwicket

Jamie Overton to Pavan Rathnayake, 1 run, difficult chance goes down! Slower one wide of off, Rathnayake reaches out to cut but it takes the edge. Banton leaps and goes full stretch with his hands over the head, only gets fingertips to it

Jamie Overton to Pavan Rathnayake, 2 runs, slower length ball on off, Rathnayake opens the face and slices it through backward point, back for two

Jamie Overton to Pavan Rathnayake, FOUR, nothing streaky about this one! Back of a length, sits up around the waist and he bludgeons the pull shot over midwicket

Jamie Overton to Pavan Rathnayake, SIX, the top-edge flies over the ropes and there's nothing Overton can do but smile about it! Good bumper that gets big on Rathnayake. He goes through with the pull shot and it sails over fine leg