Watch the highlights of England vs Sri Lanka Only T20I 2006 - Sri Lanka tour of England one & only first time Twenty20 international match played between Sri Lanka and England at The Rose Bowl, Southampton in 15th June 2006.
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| Sanath Jayasuriya plays a shot © Getty Images |
All-round display from Sanath Jayasuriya before Dilhara Fernando holds nerve as debutants Sri Lanka pulled off a historic their first-ever T20I win by thrilling 2-run over England, despite a fighting knock from Marcus Trescothick's 72 in a high-voltage game of the one-off T20 international.
* Paul Collingwood's 4 for 22 was the best bowling figures by an England bowler in T20 international, surpassing the previous record of 4 for 24 held by Jon Lewis against Australia at same venue in the last year.
Sri Lanka scored 163 for all-out in exact 20 overs with top scorer by Sanath Jayasuriya 41, Upul Tharanga struck 34 off 25-balls including 4-fours & a six, Chamara Kapugedera 22 and Kumar Sangakkara 21.
England best bowler by Paul Collingwood claimed a career-best 4-wickets for 22-runs in 4-overs, Debutants Jamie Dalrymple, Sajid Mahmood and Liam Plunkett each took one-wickets on their debut T20I match.
England scored 161-5 in 20 overs with top scorer by Marcus Trescothick struck 72 off 58-balls including 9-fours & a six.
Andrew Strauss hammered a 33 off 21-balls including 6-fours with strike rate of 157.14 and Kevin Pietersen 17
Sri Lanka best bowler by Sanath Jayasuriya took 2-wickets and one for Tillakaratne Dilshan - Dilhara Fernando.
Sanath Jayasuriya named Player of the match for his all-round performance to took 2-wickets for 32-runs in 4-overs after scoring a superb 41 off 30-balls including 4-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 136.66.
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