Summary

  • Second T20, Cardiff

  • England win by six wickets with 7.5 overs to spare

  • England 146-4 (12.1 overs): Banton 52* (24); Rathnayake 1-25

  • Hosts take unassailable 2-0 lead in series

  • Sri Lanka 145-9 (20.0 overs): Nissanka 37 (21); Dawson 3-32

  • Watch highlights on BBC Two and iPlayer from 23:05 BST

Have your say on England men this summer

Live Reporting

by Matthew Henry & Mike Peter

  1. 50 runs

    50 for Tom Banton

    Tom Banton gets to his fifty from 24 balls. It's another knock that consolidates his place in this England middle order in T20s.

  2. Ioan Griffiths
    BBC Sport Wales reporter at Sophia Gardens

    England's fantastic record at Sophia Garden's looks set to continue as they are motoring towards victory here.

    If they get the job done tonight it will be 10 wins from 12 T20I matches in Cardiff.

  3. Eng 137-4

    England only need nine to win now as Will Jacks faces up to his first delivery.

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

    I have to say, that's poor batting from Jordan Cox. That was his opportunity to get his team over the line. A soft shot.

  5. wicket

    WICKET

    Cox c Udara b Rathnayake 12 (Eng 135-4)

    Chipped to long-off. Jordan Cox misses his chance to be unbeaten at the end.

    Tharindu Rathnayake's first wicket comes with his left arm rather than his right.

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

    It feels like England have really done their homework. A criticism of Brendon McCullum is that his team haven't done their preparation, but they seem to have really thought about where they can score off each bowler.

  7. Eng 135-3

    It's all falling apart from Sri Lanka's perspective. After that superb catch earlier, Eshan Malinga slides to stop a Tom Banton sweep on the boundary but manages to knee the ball over the rope having initially made the save.

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

    England motoring here - I like this ruthlessness, it's like the rebuild under Eoin Morgan.

  9. 6 runs

    Eng 130-3

    Would England win the T20 World Cup if it started next week? Sadly for them they've got to wait until 2028 for another.

    Jordan Cox is caught this time but, sadly for Sri Lanka, it's by a man in a blue bandanna in the crowd.

  10. Eng 122-3

    Need 24 more runs from 60 balls

    This was special to dismiss Harry Brook, however.

  11. I reckon this six or Harry Brook's over square leg have been the biggest hits of the night...

  12. How's stat?!

    England vs spin in T20s this summer: 461 runs off 237 balls, six dismissals - 78.63 average, 194 strike rate.

  13. Drinks break

    That ball has been lost too so they're going to take drinks.

    England need 25 from 61 balls.

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

    It's been a trend of his, when Malinga gets hit for a boundary he goes to that slower delivery. Tom Banton was waiting for it, hitting down the ground.

  15. 6 runs

    Eng 121-3

    Beautifully hit over long-off!

    England look a brilliant T20 side right now.

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

    Such a good shot from Tom Banton. It was a really good short ball and Banton's managed to catch-up with that and hit it into the wind over fine leg.

  17. 6 runs

    Eng 115-3

    Six on the pull from Tom Banton now. The ball thuds into the brick building at fine leg.

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

    It looks like England have discussed where they want to hit Hasaranga. Every single batter tonight has gone for the same option.

  19. 6 runs

    Eng 104-3

    Need 42 more runs to win

    Tom Banton joins England's distance-hitting competition by thwacking Wanindu Hasaranga over the leg side. Brook's third effort in that previous over is still winning.

    England could do this with seven overs to spare.

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

    Maybe he should have stuck with the left-arm spin there. So far England have been a little short with the spin and England have really capitalised.