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

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

Dawson to Asalanka, 1 run, Curran nearly ran right past it. Short and wide, he cuts to backward point and Curran is almost undone by the spin on the outfield. Does well to recover but has hurt his finger

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

Dawson to Asalanka, 1 run, steps out, gets a quick full toss and drives to long-on

Dawson to Shanaka, no run, such a clever delivery. Sees Shanaka backing away and tosses it up wide of off. Shanaka ends up leaving it alone, conceding his defeat

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

Dawson to Shanaka, 1 run, flat length ball at the stumps, Shanaka looks to pull, goes almost straight-batted and it's on the bounce to long-on

Dawson to Shanaka, no run, 88kph, drifting in on middle and leg, grips off a good length, Shanaka hangs back and defends

Dawson to Kusal Mendis, out Caught by Adil Rashid!! This is a big wicket. Mendis is the one who has tackled spin quite well so far. He's gone now. Good length on middle and leg, he looks to sweep but top-edges it to short fine. Kusal Mendis c Adil Rashid b Dawson 32(17) [4s-4 6s-1]

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

Dawson to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, loose delivery and punished! Fired in full, drifting down leg, Mendis gets low and paddles it fine

Dawson to Kusal Mendis, 2 runs, hangs back to a length ball and bunts it wide of long-on

Dawson to Kamil Mishara, 1 run, works it off the back foot behind square

Dawson to Kamil Mishara, SIX, all the way over midwicket! Tossed up outside leg, Mishara gets low and whacks the slog-sweep over the ropes. One of the rare deliveries that was tossed up by Dawson and Mishara pounced on it

Dawson to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, fired in full at the stumps, Mendis pushes it down to long-off

Dawson to Kamil Mishara, 1 run, flat and sliding away outside off, Mishara cuts to deep point

Dawson to Kamil Mishara, 1 run, darted in on a good length, sliding across middle, Mishara punches down to long-on

Dawson to Kamil Mishara, FOUR, full toss outside off, field is in the ring and Mishara carves it through the gap at point

Dawson to Kamil Mishara, no run, 98kph, very full on off, Mishara is late on it and mistimes the drive to point

Dawson to Nissanka, 1 run, low full toss on the pads, Nissanka works it through midwicket

Dawson to Nissanka, no run, pops up off the leading edge but falls short of Dawson. Might've held up in the pitch a touch Nissanka tried clipping it off the back foot

Dawson to Nissanka, no run, round the wicket, length ball sliding in on leg, defended forward