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England v Sri Lanka — head-to-head

England 6–6 Sri Lanka · 12 World Cup meetings, ODI and T20 combined

Head-to-head over the matches the source covers — some of these editions are missing games, so this is the covered record, not necessarily every meeting.

Honours even — 6–6 in the covered data. Twelve World Cup meetings, ODI and T20 combined.

Meetings

England wins

Sri Lanka wins

Ties + no-results

2007 Cricket World Cup2010 T20 World Cup2011 Cricket World Cup2012 T20 World Cup2014 T20 World Cup2015 Cricket World Cup2016 T20 World Cup2019 Cricket World Cup2021 T20 World Cup2022 T20 World Cup2023 Cricket World Cup2026 T20 World Cup

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Biggest win — England beat Sri Lanka by 51 runs (2026 T20 World Cup).

England and Sri Lanka have met 12 times at the men's ODI and T20 World Cups in the covered data: England 6, Sri Lanka 6, 0 tied, 0 with no result. A no-result counts as a meeting, never a win; a tie stays a tie.

ODI and T20 World Cups combined

Format	Meetings
ODI World Cup	5
T20 World Cup	7
Total	12

All-time head-to-head

England	Sri Lanka	Tied	No result
6	6	0	0

Biggest win (by runs)

England 146/9 v Sri Lanka 95/10 — England beat Sri Lanka by 51 runs at the 2026 T20 World Cup.

Editions met

2007 Cricket World Cup, 2010 T20 World Cup, 2011 Cricket World Cup, 2012 T20 World Cup, 2014 T20 World Cup, 2015 Cricket World Cup, 2016 T20 World Cup, 2019 Cricket World Cup, 2021 T20 World Cup, 2022 T20 World Cup, 2023 Cricket World Cup, 2026 T20 World Cup.

More: England · Sri Lanka.

Source: 2026 T20 World Cup match data, via Cricsheet (ODC-By 1.0) — source

✓ Every fact computed from ball-by-ball data — Cricsheet (ODC-By 1.0). Not written by anyone.

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