Harry Brook and Jos Buttler went berserk in a T20 at Southampton for the second time this summer as England smoked 254-4 against Sri Lanka during a 119-run win in the series opener - their first game since Kevin Pietersen's appointment as white-ball mentor.

White-ball captain Brook (114no off 49 balls) and predecessor Buttler (80 off 44) plundered 128 from just 60 balls for England's second wicket once debutant Aneurin Donald (12 off 5) fell. Brook reached three figures from just 42 deliveries.

Sri Lanka subsided to 135 all out in 19 overs, suffering a 13th successive defeat to England in this format. Sonny Baker bagged 3-12, while Adil Rashid (1-31) nicked off Dasun Shanaka.

Brook's innings dazzled, with six boundaries in one over off Dunith Wellalage. Only Phil Salt has hit a faster T20I hundred for England, taking 39 balls against South Africa in 2025.