England vs Sri Lanka T20Is have already set some great examples in this shortest international cricket format.
When England and Sri Lanka met in the T20I no.7 game (at Southampton on June 15, 2006), the Asian team made their T20I debut. Sri Lanka won that thriller by two runs.
Here we have brought major head-to-head records of England vs Sri Lanka in the T20I format.
Contents
England vs Sri Lanka in T20Is
Last 5 matches
Overall Head-to-Head
Head-to-Head: Batting 1st vs Batting 2nd
Head-to-Head: In countries
Head-to-Head: Bilateral series (matches results)
Head-to-Head: Bilateral series (series results)
Head-to-Head: Knockout stages
Head-to-Head: T20 World Cup
Head-to-Head: Teams’ Records [Highest totals, Lowest completed totals, Largest victories (by runs), Largest victories (by wickets)]
Head-to-Head: Players’ Records (Highest individual scores, Most runs, Best bowling figures, Most wickets)
England vs Sri Lanka Head to Head (T20I records)
Eng vs SL: Last 5 matches
Date | Competition | Stage | Venue | Winner | Win Margin |
1/11/2021 | T20 World Cup | Group (Super 12) | Sharjah | England | 26 runs |
26/06/2021
| Bilateral series | 3rd of 3-match series | Southampton
| England
| 89 runs
|
24/06/2021 | Bilateral series | 2nd of 3-match series | Cardiff | England | 5 wickets |
23/06/2021 | Bilateral series | 1st of 3-match series | Cardiff | England | 8 wickets |
27/10/2018
| Bilateral series | Only T20I
| Colombo (RPS) | England
| 30 runs
|
Eng vs SL: Overall Head to Head
Matches | Eng won | SL won | Tied | No Result | ||
Overall | Eng won | SL won | ||||
13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eng vs SL: Batting 1st vs Batting 2nd
Status | Matches | Eng won | SL won | Tied | No Result | ||
Overall | Eng won | SL won | |||||
Batting 1st | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Batting 2nd | 5 | 1 | |||||
Eng vs SL: In Countries
Host Country | Matches | Eng won | SL won | Tied | No Result | ||
Overall | Eng won | SL won | |||||
England | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bangladesh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UAE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
West Indies | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eng vs SL: Bilateral series (matches results)
Host Country | Matches | Eng won | SL won | Tied | No Result | ||
Overall | Eng won | SL won | |||||
England | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eng vs SL: Bilateral series (series results)
Host Country | Series | Eng won | SL won | Drawn |
England | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Also Read | India vs England Head to Head in T20I
Eng vs SL: Knockout stages
Matches | Eng won | SL won | Tied | No Result | ||
Overall | Eng won | SL won | ||||
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eng vs SL: T20 World Cup
Matches | Eng won | SL won | Tied | No Result | ||
Overall | Eng won | SL won | ||||
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eng vs SL: Teams’ Records (Top 3)
Highest totals | Lowest completed totals | Largest victories (by runs) | Largest victories (by wickets) | ||||
Eng | SL | Eng | SL | Eng | SL | Eng | SL |
190/4 | 189/4 | 136/9 | 91 | 89 | 19 | 8 | 9 |
187/8 | 183/7 | 150/9 | 111/7 | 30 | 9 | 8 | - |
180/6 | 169/6 | 161/5 | 128/6 | 26 | 2 | 7 | - |
Also Read | Pakistan vs England Head to Head in T20I
Eng vs SL: Players’ Records (Top 3)
(Batters)
Highest individual scores | Most runs | ||
Eng | SL | Eng | SL |
Alex Hales (116*)
| Mahela Jayawardene (89) | Jos Buttler (357)
| Mahela Jayawardene (213) |
Jos Buttler (101*) | Angelo Mathews (73*) | Eoin Morgan (253) | Angelo Mathews (194) |
Dawid Malan (76) | Mahela Jayawardene (72*) | Alex Hales (189) | Thisara Perera (182) |
(Bowlers)
Best bowling figures | Most wickets | ||
Eng | SL | Eng | SL |
Joe Denly (4/19) | Lasith Malinga (5/31) | Chris Jordan (17) | Lasith Malinga (13) |
Paul Collingwood (4/22) | Dushmantha Chameera (4/17) | Adil Rashid (9) | Nuwan Kulasekara (7) |
Chris Jordan (4/28) | Nuwan Kulasekara (4/32) | Sam Curran (5) | Dushmantha Chameera (7) |
