Pakistan vs England vs Sri Lanka 2026: all 41 player ratings

The official Player of the Series. His 59 off 58 and 6/40 beat England by 87 runs in Rawalpindi, and he was Player of the Match for it. In the final he walked in at 230/5 with Pakistan needing 96 more and made 61 off 31 balls with four sixes, adding 94 for the sixth wicket with Hasan Nawaz. He followed the 6/40 with 2/26 against England in Lahore and 1/23 against Sri Lanka. His one bad day with the ball was the final: 0/64 from ten overs.

Four poor scores in the group stage (16, 0, 10, 5), then Player of the Match in the final with 127 off 99 balls, 11 fours and six sixes. He added 149 for the third wicket with Saad Baig and was out at 230/5 with the target still 96 away. Rated 8.5 rather than higher because 31 runs in his other four innings count too.

Ten wickets at 21.60 and an economy of 5.18: 3/55 in the opener, 4/46 against England in Lahore (Banton, Root, Curran and Crocombe) and 2/50 in the final. He then finished the final himself with a six in an unbeaten 6 off 3 balls. He went wicketless in the 2nd ODI (0/36).

Two matches, one innings that mattered. Pakistan were 154/9 chasing 242 when he and Haris Rauf added an unbroken 89 for the last wicket, and he finished 113 not out off 96 balls, his first ODI hundred, with 13 fours and five sixes. Player of the Match. He bowled seven overs for 31 with no wicket and made 2 in the 5th ODI.

Player of the Match in the opener with 107 off 90 balls, adding 97 for the fifth wicket with Hasan Nawaz and 64 for the sixth with Minhas. 175 runs at 35.00. In the final he took 2/44 from seven overs, removing Avishka Fernando and Kusal Mendis.

79 off 74 balls against England with four sixes, which took Pakistan from 133/5 to 302/9, and an unbeaten 37 off 45 in the final. 185 runs at 46.25 in five innings, though only 15 and 17 in the 4th and 5th ODIs.

Made his ODI debut in the opener with 39 off 40 balls and finished with 185 runs from five innings. 74 off 75 balls in the final put on 149 with Fakhar Zaman after Pakistan had lost two for 14. 32 off 22 in the one-wicket win.

Seven wickets from five matches at 6.14 an over, with 2/32 against England and 2/60 in the final. He faced 19 balls for 7 not out in the 89-run last-wicket stand with Shadab, and hit the winning boundary.

Five wickets from four matches at 39.60. 2/43 in the opener and 2/80 in the final, where he was the most expensive bowler on either side. 1/46 against England in the 2nd ODI.

One match, the one-wicket win. 2/38 from eight overs at 4.75, and 8 off 15 balls including a six, before he was bowled with Pakistan at 154/9.

39 off 26 balls with five fours and a six in the 2nd ODI lifted Pakistan past 300. Otherwise 6 in the opener and a golden duck in the final. 2/49 in the opener, then no wickets in five more overs. Three matches.

118 runs from five innings at 23.60 and a strike rate of 74.21. His best was 45 off 57 in the opener. He made 34, 10 and 29 after that, then a five-ball duck, caught by Rathnayake off Madushanka, in the final.

21 runs from three innings at 7.00: 7, 8 and 6. He also bowled 12 overs without a wicket for 79 runs. Replaced at the top by Maaz Sadaqat for the last two matches.

Two matches, two innings, 8 and 5, both lbw or caught in the first ten overs. Bowled 0.1 over.

The leading run-scorer by 81 runs. He made 79 in the opener, 130 off 106 balls to win the 430 chase against England, 118 off 77 in the 6th ODI and 77 off 65 in the final, and was not out on 23 in the other game. Two hundreds and two fifties in five innings, with only four dismissals. He shares the top rating with Minhas, whose runs and wickets decided the title.

131 off 128 balls in the final, 12 fours and two sixes, and 62 not out off 60 in the 5th ODI that took Sri Lanka into the final and eliminated England. 259 runs at 64.75. He also bowled four overs for 36 without a wicket across two matches.

The leading wicket-taker with 11. His 5/34 from 8.3 overs bowled Pakistan out for 110 and ended England's hopes; he was Player of the Match. In the final he took Maaz Sadaqat, Babar Azam (for a duck) and Fakhar Zaman, finishing 3/63. 0/89 in the 3rd ODI and 1/64 in the 6th pull his series average to 28.82.

61 not out off 27 balls in the 430 chase, with seven fours and three sixes, saw Sri Lanka home with one ball to spare. He also made 60 in the opener and added 119 for the fifth wicket with Rathnayake. 154 runs at 51.33 and a strike rate of 121.

97 off 83 balls with 11 fours in the 430 chase, then 48 off 50 in the 6th ODI and 38 off 49 in the final. 204 runs at 40.80 in five innings, one short of a hundred in the match that mattered.

97 off 50 balls with eight sixes in the 430 chase. 146 runs at a strike rate of 165.91 in four innings, but 4 in the 6th ODI and 17 in the final are the rest of the story. He bowled 27 overs for one wicket and 221 runs.

89 off 71 balls with five sixes in the 6th ODI. Otherwise 18, 0 (run out without facing), 8 and 8, so 123 runs at 24.60. Captained Sri Lanka to the final and kept wicket throughout.

Nine wickets, second only to Madushanka for Sri Lanka, from five matches at 32.89: 3/59 in the opener, 2/63 against England in Lahore and 2/72 in the final, where he also took Minhas and Faheem Ashraf. 1/34 in the 5th ODI. 296 runs conceded, more than any bowler bar Madushanka.

A career-best 4/46 in the opener, then 0/91 in the 3rd ODI and 1/101 in the 6th ODI, two of the most expensive spells of the series. Six wickets at 41.00 and 7.27 an over. 1/8 off four overs in the 5th ODI.

2/24 from five overs in the 5th ODI, Salman Agha and Shadab Khan, and 30 off 24 in the 6th ODI, 15 off 12 in the final. 61 runs at 15.25 at a strike rate of 124.

4 wickets in four matches at 48.25, 2/56 from ten in the 429 chase, 1/58 in the final and 1/4 in the 5th ODI. 0/75 against England in Lahore.

Played the final only: 1/57 from ten overs, the wicket of Saad Baig after his 74, and 9 not out off 8 balls with a six.

One match: 0/61 from ten overs in the opener and 1 off four balls with the bat.

346 runs in four matches at 86.50, with two hundreds: 105 off 111 balls against Pakistan, then 167 off 132 with 24 fours against Sri Lanka, for which he was Player of the Match. His 105 made up more than two-fifths of England's 241 in Lahore, and it was not enough. He had 45 and 29 in Rawalpindi.

202 off 116 balls in the 3rd ODI, 21 fours and 10 sixes, took England to 429/4 and still lost. Elsewhere he made 5, 1 and 44, so 252 runs at 63.00 flatter a series that turned on one day. As captain he saw Sri Lanka chase 430 and Pakistan chase 242 from 154/9.

England's best bowler by distance: seven wickets in three matches at 21.43 and an economy of exactly 5.00. 2/30 against Pakistan in Lahore and 4/49 against Sri Lanka, England's only win. 1/71 in the 430 chase was his one expensive game.

Three fifties in four innings: 57 against Pakistan, 50 off 51 in the 429 and 74 off 75 against Sri Lanka in Lahore. 185 runs at 46.25. His 4 in the one-wicket game was the first wicket of a collapse to 19/3.

66 not out off 30 balls in the 429, with eight fours and three sixes, and 30 off 21 in the 6th ODI. 128 runs at a strike rate of 141. Two wickets from 22 overs, including Babar Azam in the 2nd ODI.

Five wickets at 31.60 and the best economy among England's seamers: 5.27. 3/43 from ten overs in the 4th ODI, removing Saad Baig, Minhas and Shaheen, and 1/38 off ten in the 2nd. Eleven runs with the bat.

69 off 66 in the 429, the second-biggest knock of that innings, and 33 against Pakistan in the 2nd ODI. 5 in Lahore and no turn at the crease in the 6th ODI. 107 runs from three innings at 35.67, and one wicket from five overs.

Four wickets from 32 overs at 6.78 and 54.25 apiece, though 2/35 against Pakistan in the 2nd ODI and 2/62 in Lahore were useful. 36 not out off 28 balls, with three sixes, took England from 201/9 to 241.

Five wickets in two matches. 3/65 in the 2nd ODI, removing Ayub, Minhas and Naseem, and 2/75 against Sri Lanka in Lahore. Went for 7.78 an over.

One match: 3/79 from 8.5 overs in the 429/430 game, taking Kamindu Mendis, Wellalage and Malinga. Went for 8.94 an over.

42 off 52 in the 4th ODI and 21 not out off 12 in the 6th. With the ball 4 wickets for 219 runs in 29.1 overs: 2/103 from nine in the 430 chase is the most expensive figure of the series.

43 off 27 in the 6th ODI, and 18 and 6 in the others, 67 runs from three innings at 22.33. Kept wicket in all four England games he played.

Made his debut in the one-wicket defeat: 1/57 from 6.1 overs, and 8 off 14 balls as England's last man. 1/27 from three in the 6th ODI.

One match: 1/55 from eight overs in the 2nd ODI and a golden duck when England lost seven for 50.