Watch the highlights of Sri Lanka vs England 3rd ODI - 2026 England tour of Sri Lanka 3-match ODI series - The third and final One-Day International cricket match between Sri Lanka and England played at the R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on January 27, 2026.
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| An record unbeaten 191-run stand between Joe Root and Harry Brook © AFP / Getty Images |
Harry Brook's record-breaking 61-ball fastest century and Joe Root's 20th hundred before Bowlers helped to England comfortable 53-run victory over Sri Lanka and clinch the three-match series with 2-1 in a high-scoring third & final ODI.
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- England's 53-run win was their ninth largest victory by terms of runs against Sri Lanka in One-day internationals.
- This is the 22nd instance of England's two or three batsmen were scores of centuries or more runs in their innings in One-day international and It is their second such instance against Sri Lanka in ODIs.
- The only other such instance came against Sri Lanka at Birmingham in 2016.
- Harry Brook's unbeaten 136 was his highest score for England in One-day international and the second highest-score by an England batsman against Sri Lanka in ODIs after Jason Roy's 162 at The Oval in 2016.
- 126 : Jacob Bethell and Joe Root set up the second highest third-wicket partnership for England against Sri Lanka in ODIs, The highest is unbeaten 140-run stand between Joe Root and Eoin Morgan at The Oval in 2021.
- 191* : Joe Root and Harry Brook set up the record fourth-wicket partnership for England against Sri Lanka in One-day international, previously held by the unbeaten 154-run stand between Graeme Hick and Neil Fairbrother at Adelaide in the 1999 Carlton & United Series and the England's fifth highest fourth-wicket stand in ODIs. The highest is 232-run stand between Dawid Malan and Jos Buttler at Kimberley in 2023.
- 191* : Joe Root and Harry Brook set up the second highest any-wicket stand against Sri Lanka in ODIs, The highest is unbeaten 256-run stand between Jason Roy and Alex Hales at Birmingham in 2016.
- England's 357 was their highest score against Sri Lanka in One-day international, previous highest was 333 at Taunton in the 1983 World Cup and It is their highest total in Sri Lanka in ODIs, previous best was 298 against Zimbabwe at Colombo (RPS) in the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy.
- Harry Brook equalled a 57-ball joint sixth fastest century for England in One-day international, jointly with Eoin Morgan and the fastest hundred by an England batsman against Sri Lanka in ODI cricket history, surpassing the previous record of 61-ball century held by Jos Buttler at Lord's in 2014.
- 9 : Harry Brook hit his second most sixes in an innings for England in One-day international and the most-sixes hit by an England batsman against Sri Lanka in an innings in ODIs, surpassing the previous record of 6-sixes hit by Alex Hales at Birmingham in 2016.
- Joe Root became the first England batsman to scored 20 centuries in ODi cricket history.
- Joe Root became the first England batsman to scored three centuries against Sri Lanka in ODI cricket history, beating Jason Roy's record of 2 hundreds.
- Sri Lanka's 304 was their ninth highest score against England in ODIs.
- Pavan Rathnayake's 121 was his highest score for Sri Lanka in One-day international and the eighth highest-score by an Sri Lankan batsman against England in ODIs.
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England scored mammoth total of 357-3 in 50 overs with top scorer by Harry Brook hammered a career-best unbeaten 136 off 66-balls - which was his 3rd ODI hundred and his first century against Sri Lanka in ODIs.
Joe Root cracked a unbeaten 111 off 108-balls - which was his 20th ODI hundred and his third century against Sri Lanka in ODIs - including 9-fours & a six.
Jacob Bethell hit 65 off 72-balls including 8-fours and Rehan Ahmed struck 24 off 37-balls contained 3-fours.
Sri Lanka best bowler by Dhananjaya de Silva, Wanindu Hasaranga and Jeffrey Vandersay each took one-wickets.
Sri Lanka scored 304 for all-out in 46.4 overs with top scorer by Pavan Rathnayake cracked a career-best 121 off 115-balls - which was his 1st ODI hundred - including 12-fours & a six.
Pathum Nissanka hammered a 50 off 25-balls including 5-fours & 3-sixes with strike rate of 200, Kamil Mishara blasted a 22 off 17-balls included 5-fours with strike rate of 129.41.
Dunith Wellalage hit 22 off 24-balls including one-six & a four, Janith Liyanage scored 22 off 36-balls without a boundary and Kusal Mendis hammered a 20 off 9-balls contained 3-fours & a six with strike-rate of 222.22.
England best bowler by Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid each took 2-wickets and one for Sam Curran.
Harry Brook named Player of the match for his blazing batting performance to smashed a career-best unbeaten 136-runs knocked off facing 66-balls including 11-fours & 9-sixes with strike rate of 206.06.
