16 September,2026 07:27 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Dushmantha Chameera (Pic: X/@ICC)
Sri Lanka is set to lock horns with England in the second T20I match. The clash is scheduled to be played on September 17 at the Sophia Gardens Cricket Ground in Cardiff.
Ahead of the match, Sri Lanka's pacer Dushmantha Chameera is set to achieve a new feat in the shortest format of the game. He is just two wickets short of completing his tally of 100 scalps in the format.
Currently, having played 81 T20I matches for Sri Lanka, the pacer has claimed 98 scalps with the best bowling figures of five wickets for 24 runs.
If Chameera manages to claim the required wickets, he will then become only the third Sri Lankan bowler to achieve the feat of 100 T20I wickets. Before him, Wanindu Hasaranga (162 wickets) and legendary Lasith Malinga (107 wickets) have reached the feat.
In the first T20I match, the "Three Lions" posted a gigantic total of 254 runs for the loss of four wickets in 20 overs. Wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler smashed 80 runs off 44 balls, including eight boundaries and three maximums. Skipper Harry Brook also delivered an unbeaten knock of 114 runs in just 49 deliveries. His knock was laced with 10 boundaries and six maximums.
Sri Lanka's Dushmantha Chameera, Dunith Wellalage, Eshan Malinga, and Wanindu Hasaranga bagged one wicket each.
Later in the second innings, the Lankans were bowled out for 135 runs in 19 overs. Wellalage was the highest run-scorer. Facing 21 balls, he smashed 33 runs, including four boundaries and two maximums.
England's Sonny Baker returned with the figures of three wickets for 12 runs in four overs. Liam Dawson and Jamie Overton claimed two wickets each. Josh Tongue, Will Jacks, and Adil Rashid registered one wicket each.
England: Liam Dawson, Adil Rashid, Jos Buttler (WK), Jamie Overton, Ben Duckett, Jofra Archer, Aneurin Donald (WK), Saqib Mahmood, Josh Tongue, Harry Brook (C), Tom Banton, Will Jacks, Gus Atkinson, Jordan Cox (WK), James Coles, Sonny Baker.
Sri Lanka: Dushmantha Chameera, Dasun Shanaka, Binura Fernando, Lahiru Kumara (WK), Wanindu Hasaranga, Kamindu Mendis, Charith Asalanka (C), Janith Liyanage, Tharindu Rathnayake, Nuwan Thushara, Pathum Nissanka, Maheesh Theekshana, Kamil Mishara (WK), Dunith Wellalage, Dilshan Madushanka, Pavan Rathnayake, Eshan Malinga.
