We are LIVE for the third #SLvENG T20I from Pallekele. Listen at guerillacricket.com or watch us at www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3Ow...

We are LIVE for the second #SLvENG T20I from Pallekele. Listen at Guerillacricket.com or watch us at www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQxG...

In today's match between England and Sri Lanka, Sam Curran has just taken only the second hat-trick by England in T20 internationals, after Chris Jordan's against USA at Bridgetown in the 2024 T20 World Cup.

It's Curran's third T20 hat-trick in all - he's already done it in the IPL and The Men's Hundred. His brother Tom has one in the Blast.

https://stats.acscricket.com/Records/International_Twenty20/Overall/Bowling/Hat_Trick.html

https://stats.acscricket.com/Records/Twenty20/Overall/Bowling/Hat_Trick.html

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After a rain delay, we are LIVE from Pallakele for the first T20I #SLvENG - reduced to 17 overs a side. Listen at guerillacricket.com or watch us at www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF76...

We are LIVE for the third #SLvENG ODI from Colombo. You can listen at guerillacricket.com, or watch us on Youtube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4M3...

New on my #blog:
https://aspi.blog/2026/01/24/england-win-in-sri-lanka/
An account of today's ODI in Colombo and a photo gallery.
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England win by five wickets with 3.4 overs to spare. Jacks with the winning runs, ending with 8* (8), Buttler 33* (21).
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End of Vandersay's work for the day - 10-0-45-2. England 205-5, need just 15 more from the last five overs.
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Vandersay pins Brook plumb in front (the Yorkie doesn't even bother to send it upstairs) for 42 to make it 189-5, 31 needed from 7.2 overs with Jacks joining Buttler.
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Root LBW for a splendid 75 that should have won England this match and him the Player of the Match award. England 179-4, need 41 more from 9.2 overs.
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Two in two for Root as Asitha Fernando sends his first and only ball straight up into the air and Root himself gets under it for a 'caught and bowled'. Sri Lanka 219 all out, not completely indefensible on this surface but definitely a little short.
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Wellalage holes to Sam Curran off Joe Root for 20 (19) and Sri Lanka are 219-9 with four balls left in their innings.
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Joe Root bowling the last over of the Sri Lanka innings.
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35 overs gone and Sri Lanka are 150-4.
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If Sri Lanka can somehow get to 250 in what remains of their innings I would make them favourites on a pitch like this.
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Awful run out - Mendis hit the shot and set off, Dhananjaya de Silva was going nowhere, quite rightly, and Mendis could not get back. Sri Lanka 68-3 in the 18th over, Mendis gone for 26 (45).
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Moon ball from S Curran, Nissanka spots it early and sends it out of the park for the first six of the day. A dot follows to end the eighth over with Sri Lanka 26-1.
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Liam Dawson starts with a maiden over. Sri Lanka 18-1 after seven overs. Tidy from England so far.
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Mishara goes, lashing a full wide ball just too close to Ben Duckett who holds a good catch. J Overton the successful bowler, Mishara gone for 5 (12), Sri Lanka 16-1 in the fifth over.
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Almost game time in Colombo. Sri Lanka have won the toss and will bat. They have four specialist bowlers, a genuine all rounder and a couple of batting all rounders. England have a stack of all rounders and only one specialist bowler in Adil Rashid. Other than the veteran leggie overs for them will come from some combination of S Curran, J Overton, Dawson, R Ahmed, Jacks and Bethell.
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