Summary

  • Unchanged England win toss and bowl

  • Third T20, Emirates Old Trafford

Have your say on England men this summer

Live Reporting

by Matthew Henry

  1. Russel Arnold
    Ex-Sri Lanka all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    Coming from the sub-continent, you can't come to Australia and England and let a spinner strangle you. Where are you going to score your runs, which bowlers are you going to put under pressure. That's a problem Sri Lanka have had.

  2. 6 runs

    SL 30-1

    Liam Dawson replaces Jofra Archer after Archer's expensive start but gets similar treatment from Pathum Nissanka first ball.

    The wind is helping the slogs to the leg side here.

  3. SL 24-1

    Sonny Baker is having a decent series and nudges 90mph at the end of this over. He's been to the barbers since Thursday too. Sharp around the ears.

  4. Russel Arnold
    Ex-Sri Lanka all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    BakerPA Media

    Shot was on. Lahiru Udara getting the top edge, that went so high. Buttler had to run back but he made it look so simple. It wasn't the distance, it was the height that would have made it difficult.

  5. wicket

    WICKET

    Udara c Buttler b Baker 10 (SL 22-1)

    Good catch.

    Another top edge, another ball swirling in the breeze. Having called for it early, wicketkeeper Jos Buttler steadies himself and holds on. He looks a relieved man. It doesn't matter how you catch them...

  6. Russel Arnold
    Ex-Sri Lanka all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    Look at the breeze, how strong it is. The fielder wasn't sure whether the ball was going to come down on his head. The wind in Sri Lanka's favour.

  7. 6 runs

    SL 22-0

    This one is six! Pathum Nissanka top-edges a Jofra Archer bouncer but that strong breeze I mentioned carries the ball over the boundary at fine leg.

    15 runs come from Archer's first over.

  8. Russel Arnold
    Ex-Sri Lanka all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    Udara's hands were very calm. He guided it over the slips, that's a good sign, the way he played that shot.

  9. SL 15-0

    ArcherGetty Images

    Jofra Archer is under pressure early after being hit for two fours by Lahiru Udara.

  10. SL 7-0

    BakerGetty Images

    All in all it is a decent start from Sonny Baker, despite that boundary. Stephen Fleming is now watching on from the England balcony. He won't have any oversight over the T20 side but still has issues to solve with those all-format players.

  11. SL 5-0

    Pathum Nissanka gets Sri Lanka's first boundary by chopping through gully.

  12. How's stat?!

    Sri Lanka have won four of the 11 T20Is in which they batted first this year. That record is even worse when they bowled first, with just one win in six games.

  13. Sonny Baker is going to take the first over again for England. He plays here for Manchester Super Giants in The Hundred.

  14. Dawid Malan
    Former England batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Harry Brook has spoken quite clearly about how he wants to play. He wants them to be adaptable, he wants them to show intensity. They live at such a high intensity in the field that eventually other teams can't match that.

  15. Russel Arnold
    Ex-Sri Lanka all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    The two defeats really hurt. There were massive gaps, Sri Lanka were barely in the games. I've seen them play some good cricket, it's about finding the right mental zone to face a very good England team.

    It's not only Sri Lanka, India came here and got bashed up.

  16. Highlights: England take the series with six-wicket win

    Tom Banton and Liam Dawson were England's best performers in Thursday's second T20. Sri Lanka batted marginally better than in the first match but there bowlers were then whacked around Cardiff...

  17. Dawid Malan
    Former England batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Over the past few series they've tried to pick their best team possible. Maybe a bit of missed opportunity to try some players. This England team has got great depth, but maybe they could have a few players a bit of game experience.

  18. I said earlier this game was all about momentum. That isn't strictly true.

    Fans of the ICC rankings will be aware England can replace India at the summit again with a win today.

    ICC men's T20 rankings:

    1. India
    2. England
    3. Australia
    4. New Zealand
    5. South Africa

  19. Stephen Fleming, Kevin Pietersen and Brendon McCullumGetty Images

    Incoming England Test coach Stephen Fleming is at Old Trafford today.

    Here's a picture of England's past, present and future...

  20. England: Aneurin Donald, Jos Buttler (wk), Harry Brook (capt), Tom Banton, Jordan Cox, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Liam Dawson, Jofra Archer, Sonny Baker, Adil Rashid.

    Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara (wk), Lahiru Udara, Charith Asalanka (capt) Kamindu Mendis, Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Nuwan Thushara, Eshan Malinga