Sri Lanka vs England, 1st ODI at Colombo, SL v ENG, Jan 22 2026 - Live Cricket Score

pitched up in the channel, steered to mid-off coming forwards

full, angling in, turned to midwicket

better length, fourth stump and Root defends softly

full and driven! Root steps into a textbook cover drive. Weight coming forwards, full face of the bat, steered through cover for his first boundary

good length, 131kph/81mph and defended coming across

angling across, again Duckett looks to free the hands and chops the ball off the inside edge! This cannons into his pads and bounces away to safety

length ball, off-stump line, 133kph/82mph. Blocked to mid-on

inside-edged behind, taken on the bounce! Good length coming back on fourth stump, Duckett gets away with trying to force it away

good length, 139kph/86mph outside off, defended into the covers

chopped past his stumps! Madushan swings the ball back and Duckett is lucky to get away with an inside edge from a cramped drive that bounces to short fine leg

good length, 133kph outside off and Root again opens the face to glide through third

shortish outside off, Root opens the face and runs a single to deep third

back of a length but sliding down leg

loose drive, nicked behind! Crawley's return to one-day colours is short and unconvincing. Pitched up, drawing the drive and there's just a hint of nibble to find the edge. Perfect new-ball approach from Asitha, though it's a pretty dismal shot from the English perspective - after an Ashes winter full of them

slices through him on the inside! Nip-backer and it beats the inside edge, just clears off stump!

banged in short, 132kph/82mph and fended away through backward square leg

better length, shaping back in, defended

clonked through point! Low full toss and Duckett swings freely, bashed into the ground and then away over the infield

dragged through midwicket, Crawley picks up four although he looked to be aiming much straighter. Choked the drive with the bottom hand, but enough power to race away