Sri Lanka chase 430 in Rawalpindi to beat England despite Harry Brook’s 202
Sri Lanka defeated England in Rawalpindi on 22 October 2026, chasing 430 to record the second-highest successful ODI chase in the format’s history, only behind the 438 game from 20 years ago. England’s Harry Brook scored 202 but his double century was not enough as Sri Lanka reached their target with one ball to spare.
Brook produced the fastest double hundred in ODI history, reaching 200 in 114 balls and surpassing Shubman Gill’s 117-ball effort for India against West Indies three weeks ago, with his footwork and array of ramps and scoops repeatedly underlined by observers. Tom Banton provided a brisk start with a fifty for the fourth game in a row, and a big third-wicket partnership between Brook and Joe Root followed; Root also passed 8,000 ODI runs in the innings, becoming the first Englishman to reach that mark. England made a selection switch, leaving Adil Rashid out in favour of Liam Dawson as the side opted for a skiddier left-arm option after Arafat Minhas’s success on Tuesday.
Brook began slowly, scoring 13 from his first 24 deliveries, and reached his half-century off 42 balls after taking advantage of part-time bowlers. He moved to a hundred from 75 balls in the 40th over, then accelerated from a ton to 150 in 20 balls and took a further 17 deliveries to reach 200; he was finally dismissed off the last ball of England’s innings for 202. Will Jacks contributed an unbeaten 66 from 30 balls as he and Brook added late impetus to set the enormous target.
Sri Lanka were reduced early to 24 for two but rallied through a third-wicket stand of 166 that swung the match back their way. Pavan Rathnayake top-scored with 130, Avishka Fernando made 97, and Dasun Shanaka also finished on 97, Shanaka striking eight sixes during his innings. Avishka fell just short of a century, returning a catch to Jamie Overton, and Rathnayake reached his hundred off 87 balls using a low-hands setup at the crease.
At 250 for three with 16 overs remaining, Sri Lanka were in a position England had not been at the same stage; with 109 required off 60 deliveries the visitors increasingly looked likely to prevail. Rathnayake was eventually dismissed at long-on by Sam Curran, and Shanaka fell on the boundary to Liam Dawson, but Sri Lanka maintained momentum through contributions from the lower order. Dunith Wellalage’s bowling contained Brook, the only bowler not to concede a boundary to the English batter, and his tight figures proved important for Sri Lanka’s chase.
The finish was tense: with eight needed from the final over Josh Tongue struck successive blows by rattling the stumps of Dunith Wellalage and Eshan Malinga, but Janith Liyanage hit a six down the ground to seal the victory and finished on 61. A single ball remained when Sri Lanka completed the chase, giving them the win by two wickets with one ball to spare.
Sri Lanka’s successful pursuit of 430 leaves England still without a victory in this ODI Tri-Series and confirms Sri Lanka as the winners of the match.