English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2025–26

English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2025–26
	Sri Lanka	England
Dates	22 January – 3 February 2026
Captains		Harry Brook
One Day International series
Twenty20 International series

The England cricket team is scheduled to tour Sri Lanka in January and February 2026 to play the Sri Lanka cricket team. ^{[1] [2]} The tour will consist of three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) matches. ^{[3] [4]} The T20I series will form part of both teams' preparation ahead of the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup tournament. ^[5] In August 2025, the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) confirmed the fixtures for the tour.

Squads

Sri Lanka		England
ODIs	T20Is	ODIs [6]	T20Is [7]
		Harry Brook (c) Rehan Ahmed Tom Banton Jacob Bethell Jos Buttler (wk) Brydon Carse Zak Crawley Sam Curran Liam Dawson Ben Duckett Will Jacks Jamie Overton Adil Rashid Joe Root Luke Wood	Harry Brook (c) Rehan Ahmed Tom Banton Jacob Bethell Jos Buttler (wk) Brydon Carse Sam Curran Liam Dawson Ben Duckett Will Jacks Jamie Overton Adil Rashid Phil Salt (wk) Josh Tongue Luke Wood

ODI series

1st ODI

22 January 2026 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	England

R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

2nd ODI

24 January 2026 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	England

R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

3rd ODI

27 January 2026 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	England

R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

T20I series

1st T20I

30 January 2026 19:00 (N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	England

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy

2nd T20I

1 February 2026 19:00 (N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	England

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy

3rd T20I

3 February 2026 19:00 (N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	England

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy

References

1. "England to tour Sri Lanka ahead of T20 World Cup 2026". Cricbuzz . Retrieved 20 August 2025.
2. "England Men to tour Sri Lanka ahead of ICC Men's T20 World Cup". England and Wales Cricket Board . Retrieved 20 August 2025.
3. "England's 2026 Sri Lanka tour: Full schedule of ODIs and T20Is before T20 World Cup". Sportstar . Retrieved 20 August 2025.
4. "England set tour Sri Lanka for white-ball series in Jan-Feb 2026". ThePapare. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
5. "England set for Sri Lanka tour ahead of T20 World Cup". International Cricket Council . Retrieved 20 August 2025.
6. "England Men name provisional ICC T20 World Cup squad and squads for Sri Lanka white-ball tour". England and Wales Cricket Board . Retrieved 30 December 2025.
7. "Archer and Tongue part of England's provisional squad for T20 World Cup". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 30 December 2025.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo