SL vs ENG Match 6 Highlights - Lahore (29 October 2026)

Full and around off, smacked away to sweeper cover for a single.

Around the wicket to the left-hander, spearing it in, full and straight. Sahan Arachchige hits it down to long on and rotates the strike.

Atkinson is bowling to his field at the moment. Length ball, slanted into the legs. Rathnayake flicks it down to deep backward square leg and picks up another single.

Good running. Fuller and wider of the off stump, Arachchige drives it square of the wicket and gets it to the right of sweeper cover for a couple of quick runs.

That's well bowled. Very full, slanted in towards the toes. Arachchige manages to get the front leg out of the way and plays it along the turf to long on for one more.

Fabulous from Gus, and only 6 runs come off that over. The straight yorker now, nailed right in the blockhole. Pavan Rathnayake nearly gets cleaned up, but manages to dig it out.

Curran gets the yorker right, landing it on middle and leg. Arachchige heaves it down to long on and picks up a single.

DROPPED! A tough return chance, but Sam Curran spills it out. Low full toss around off, Pavan Rathnayake hits it straight back but more off the toe end of the bat and to the left of the bowler. Curran sticks out his left hand, up and across, but the ball thuds into the fingers and falls down. What's more, Arachchige had backed up a bit too much and scurried back. Curran tries to react quickly, pick up the ball, and eke out a run-out, but Arachchige dives in and makes his ground.

Thinking about two, but won't get it, and Rathnayake moves on to 99. A full ball on leg stump, flicked away to deep mid-wicket for a single. This brings up the 50-run partnership between Rathnayake and Sahan!

Good change-up from Curran. Slower one, a tad fuller and on middle and leg, angling back in. Arachchige backs away to open up the off side but is well beaten.

Slower again at 108.9 kph, bowled short and over leg stump. Arachchige leans back and pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a run.

Knocked down the ground for a single, and that will be HUNDRED FOR RATHNAYAKE. Yet another one in a pressure situation, and his 3rd overall in ODIs. This is bowled full and at the toes, Pavan Rathnayake just eases it down to long on for a single and brings up his second ton of this series. He gets a deserved standing ovation from the dugout, but he'll know that his job is far from being over.

FOUR! Perfect start to the over for Pavan Rathnayake and Sri Lanka. Looking for the full and wide one, but this is slightly in the slot. Rathnayake hangs deep and creams it through covers for a boundary.

Good comeback from Crocombe. Yorker length, on leg stump, and jammed away behind square leg for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! Sahan Arachchige mistimes one, and Henry Crocombe strikes gold on his return. This is bowled relatively full again, in and around the off stump. Arachchige stays deep in his crease and gets low and clears the front leg to swing it away, but gets it high on the bat. The ball sails down to long on, where Harry Brook makes no mistake and Sri Lanka lose their 6th wicket, still needing 72 more off 45 balls.

Full and straight, slanting back in. Dunith Wellalage covers the line well and blocks it to silly mid on.

A length ball on the pads, Wellalage tucks it down to deep square leg and rotates strike.

FOUR! Crunched away, and an error in the field hands the boundary to Rathnayake. Hard length, wide of the off stump. Rathnayake stands tall and slaps it down to the left of sweeper cover. The fielder runs across and mistimes the slide, and the ball rolls off the practice pitches and goes under the hands for a boundary.

Back of a length and around off, nudged away down to backward point.

OUT! DUNITH WELLALAGE IS RUN OUT! That's a brain-fade moment, not just from Dunith Wellalage but from Sam Curran as well, and this might come back to haunt him. Slower one, pitched up on off. Wellalage stays back and plays it late, dabbing it to the left of backward point. The batters set off for the single, but Dunith halts and is ball-watching. Rathnayake is at the striker's end when Wellalage realizes that he had to run there. Joe Root picks up the ball and throws it to the bowler. Curran holds the ball and waits till Dunith gets out of his crease, and if he had whipped off the bails instantly, Rathnayake might have been out as both batters were inside the crease and hadn't crossed each other.

FOUR! Creamed away. Full and wide of the off stump, Pavan Rathnayake reaches out and drills the drive square through the off side for a boundary.

Full again and outside off, driven through covers for a single.

Pitched up around off, Malinga does well to defend it out.

Full and on off, shaping back in. Eshan Malinga defends it off the inside edge and gets it to the right of backward square leg, and Rathnayake denies the single.

FOUR! Sam Curran was never reaching the ball, and probably should have looked to stop the boundary there, another poor decision. Flighted up around middle and leg, drifted in on a length. Rathnayake sits down to slog sweep but top-edges it down to deep square leg. Curran runs across from deep backward square leg and slides across as the ball bounces past him for a boundary.

OUT! CAUGHT! And that should be that. A masterstroke from Harry Brook to bring back Liam Dawson for his final over now, and he sends the dangerous Pavan Rathnayake back to the dugout. Another ball that is flighted up on a length, not all that full and around middle. Rathnayake tries to force the slog sweep against the turn and gets a top edge that lobs behind to short fine leg. Sonny Baker reverse-cups it with ease, and brings about the end of a sensational knock from Rathnayake. England are now just 2 wickets away from victory.

Swing and a miss. Flatter one around off, Asitha Fernando goes down to slog sweep but fails to connect.

Fuller now, on off, Asitha clears the front leg and lofts it down to long off for a single.

Floated up on the pads, worked away through mid-wicket for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! No timing on that, and that's a fine catch by Tom Banton. Liam Dawson tosses this one up on middle, and gets the ball to dip a bit. Asitha Fernando sits down, clears the front leg and looks to slog it down the ground but miscues it back over the bowler's head. Banton runs in from long on and then slides across to his left, snaffling it brilliantly with both hands. Sri Lanka going down in a hurry now as Dawson ends with a four-fer.

OUT! KNOCKED HIM OVER! It's all over in a blink and England win by 55 runs! They will not advance further, but this will come as a huge relief, bringing their painful three-match losing streak to an end. Curran charges in from over the wicket and spears in a yorker on middle and off, with the ball shaping sharply back in. Malinga swings without much conviction, and the ball slips past the inside edge, rattling the stumps.