England vs Sri Lanka, 2nd T20I, England vs Sri Lanka T20I Series 2026

Match info

Match

England vs Sri Lanka, 2nd T20I

Series

England vs Sri Lanka T20I Series 2026

Format

T20I

Date

Thursday, 17 September 2026

Start

11:00 PM IST · 6:30 PM local

Venue

Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

ENG vs SL Recent Form and Head to Head

ENGEngland5 won of last 5

WWWWW

• WENG vs IND11 Jul 2026 · England won by 56 runs
• WENG vs IND9 Jul 2026 · England won by 9 wickets
• WENG vs IND7 Jul 2026 · England won by 125 runs
• WENG vs IND4 Jul 2026 · England won by 4 wickets

SLSri Lanka0 won of last 5

LLLLL

• LWI vs SL14 Jun 2026 · West Indies won by 5 wkts
• LWI vs SL12 Jun 2026 · West Indies won by 7 wickets
• LIND vs SL26 Sep 2025 · India won the super over
• LPAK vs SL23 Sep 2025 · Pakistan Won by 5 Wickets

Head to head

• NR15 Sep 2026, 1st T20IEngland vs Sri Lanka T20I Series 2026

ENG vs SL Team Records

At Sophia Gardens

ENGEngland

0Won

1Lost

0No result

L

Last 1 T20 match here

SLSri Lanka

First T20 match here on our records.

Batting first and chasing

ENGEngland

Batting first4/5 won

Chasing4/5 won

Average first-innings score175

SLSri Lanka

Batting first0/5 won

Chasing4/5 won

Average first-innings score139

Last 10 T20 results with a result.

In England vs Sri Lanka T20I Series 2026

ENGEngland

0Won

0Lost

1No result

SLSri Lanka

0Won

0Lost

1No result

ENG vs SL Key Players

Top performers from their last match

ENGEnglandvs IND, 11 Jul

• JBJos ButtlerBatSR 20513164 balls
• HBHarry BrookBatSR 21195*45 balls
• SCSam CurranBowlEcon 9.03/364 overs
• ARAdil RashidBowlEcon 8.02/243 overs

Players in form

ENGEnglandlast 5 T20 matches

Batting

• JBJos Buttler2 inns · best 131 · SR 196167runs
• HBHarry Brook2 inns · best 95 · SR 195111runs
• PSPhilip Salt2 inns · best 24 · SR 10030runs

Bowling

• ARAdil Rashid2 inns · econ 7.53wickets
• SCSam Curran2 inns · econ 8.23wickets
• JAJofra Archer2 inns · econ 8.12wickets

ENG vs SL Pitch Report

Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

The surface at Sophia Gardens tends to give both batters and bowlers something to work with.

Across the last 9 T20I matches here, the side batting first has averaged 157, with chasing teams averaging 135. Batting first, a side will want something around 150-165 on the board. Results have been evenly split: 4 wins for the side batting first and 5 for the chasers.

The last 5 first-innings scores here, newest first: 159/5 (GLO-W, won), 217/7 (NORT, won), 103/6 (WOR, lost), 184/4 (WAR, lost), 185/4 (GLA-W, won). Scoring has gone up lately: the last 5 first innings averaged 170, above the ground average of 157. First-innings totals here have ranged from 54 to 217 in that time.

Toss call: a close one. Bowling first and knowing the target is the safer choice.

Sophia Gardens Record

Full ground record