Summary

  • England win by 119 runs to go 1-0 up in three-game series

  • Baker the pick of England's bowlers with 3-12

  • Brook hits 42-ball century as England post 254-4

  • Buttler crunches 80 off 44

  • Debutant Donald falls for 12 off 5 balls

  • Second match in three-game series on Thursday

Have your say on England men this summer

  1. 6 runs

    Eng 181-2published at 14 overs

    Brook 76, Banton 2

    Six more! Over the leg side this time.

    Harry Brook has seven balls if he wants to break Phil Salt's record for England's fastest T20 century.

  2. Postpublished at 19:35 BST 15 September

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

    Harry Brook is seeing it like a football. He'll hit you everywhere.

  3. Eng 171-2published at 13.2 overs

    Sri Lanka just have to get Harry Brook off strike. He is hitting boundaries at will.

    This latest is smashed through the covers.

  4. Eng 165-2published at 13 overs

    Tom Banton is the new batter.

    He starts with two dot balls - only the third and fourth since the ninth over - but Harry Brook is gifted four later in the over when Wellalage lets a cut shot straight through his hands.

    It has not been Sri Lanka's day.

  5. Postpublished at 19:31 BST 15 September

    Here's how Buttler scored his runs in that breathtaking knock.

    Wagon wheelImage source, Cricviz
  6. Postpublished at 19:30 BST 15 September

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

    Towards the end I thought Wellalage had made a mess of it, but he hung onto it. That was a tremendous knock from Jos Buttler. Hasaranga bowling above the bowler's eye-line, that's why Buttler spliced it.

  7. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 12.1 overs

    Buttler c Wellalage b Hasaranga 80 (Eng 159-2)

    The Buttler blitz ends. He's not quite timed this one and the catch is taken at deep extra cover.

    England's balcony stands to applaud the former skipper. That was brutal.

  8. Eng 159-1published at 12 overs

    Buttler 80, Brook 56

    Again, three singles in a row feel like a small win for Sri Lanka but Harry Brook ends it by slapping the ball past the diving mid-off.

    Anything under 240 would be disappointing from here.

  9. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 19:26 BST 15 September

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    BattersImage source, Getty Images

    Batting techniques for T20 have ended up like baseball - clear the front leg and swing regardless of length.

    Jack, Yorkshire

  10. 6 runs

    Eng 152-1published at 11.2 overs

    Hello Dasun Shanaka. Goodbye Dasun Shanaka.

    Kamindu Mendis tries a flying stop on the boundary rope but this was always clearing him.

  11. Postpublished at 19:24 BST 15 September

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

    Given where Sri Lanka are in this game, Hasaranga tossing the ball up wider is bold. He is trying to buy a wicket.

  12. 50 runs

    50 for Harry Brookpublished at 11 overs

    Harry BrookImage source, Getty Images

    Harry Brook reaches fifty in 20 balls. It's not even his quickest in this format.

  13. How's stat?!published at 19:21 BST 15 September

    Brook & ButtlerImage source, Getty Images

    England have faced just 11 dot balls (14%) in the first 10 overs of the innings - the lowest in their T20I history and the third lowest ever among full member nations.

  14. 6 runs

    Eng 141-1published at 10.2 overs

    Jos Buttler does, of course, hold the record for the most runs in T20 cricket.

    You can read our feature from August when he broke the record, which breaks down what makes him a great in this format.

    He has just pinged another six straight after drinks.

  15. Postpublished at 19:20 BST 15 September

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

    England have dominated Sri Lanka in this format for 12 years. This will be in the back of these players' minds. You go out looking for a good start, if you don't get that then you're looking for a place to hide.

  16. Postpublished at 19:19 BST 15 September

    The hitting has been outrageous...

  17. Eng 134-1published at 10 overs

    Buttler 65, Brook 47

    Any ball that doesn't go for a boundary feels like a win for Sri Lanka right now.

    Charith Asalanka diving in the dust denies Jos Buttler once but when he aims in that direction again with an outrageous wristy flick there's no stopping it.

    That's Buttler at his absolute best. He drills four to end the over too.

  18. How's stat?!published at 19:13 BST 15 September

    That is Buttler's 116th fifty in T20 cricket. Only David Warner (128) and Virat Kohli (120) have more.

  19. Eng 120-1published at 9 overs

    Jos Buttler calls for a drink at the end of the over. He has that look in his eye.

  20. Postpublished at 19:11 BST 15 September

    Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    HasarangaImage source, Getty Images

    Hasaranga is going at nine an over and he's meant to be the banker for Sri Lanka in terms of economy.