Denly's return inspires England over SL

England opening batsman Jason Roy led a charmed life to smash 69 off 36 balls before leg-spin duo Joe Denly and Adil Rashid shared seven wickets to lead the tourists to a 30-run win over Sri Lanka in a lone Twenty20 international.

England, who won the five-match one-day international series 3-1 against the hosts, posted 8-187 in their rain-interrupted innings after being put in to bat first on Saturday.

Sri Lanka lost the top half of their batting to the England spinners with just 77 on the board and were finally all out for 157 on the last ball of their innings.

Denly, playing his first match for England since a T20 against Pakistan in February 2010, opened the bowling and made an immediate impact by dismissing Kusal Mendis in his first over.

He then picked up the other opener Niroshan Dickwella in his next over.

The 32-year-old returned in the last over of the match to add two more wickets to his tally to finish with match figures of 4-19 to script a strong comeback to international cricket.

Sri Lanka's batsmen also failed to read much of Rashid's bowling, with his four overs of leg-spin costing just 11 runs for three wickets.

Sri Lanka captain Thisara Perera top-scored for his side with 57 in 31 balls but his knock was too little too late.

The two sides will now contest a three-Test series, starting in Galle from November 6.