TestNo. 2403Men

Sri Lanka v England

England won by 7 wickets

England tour of Sri Lanka, Match 114 January 2021 to 18 January 2021Galle International Stadium, Galle

Sri Lankabatted first

135 & 359136.5 ov

England

421 & 76/324.2 ov

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match JE Root

Sri Lanka innings

13546.1 ov

Sri Lanka batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
HDRL Thirimanne	c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad	4	22	0	0	18.2
MDKJ Perera	c JE Root b DM Bess	20	28	2	0	71.4
BKG Mendis	c JC Buttler b SCJ Broad	0	2	0	0	0.0
AD Mathews	c JE Root b SCJ Broad	27	54	1	1	50.0
LD Chandimal	c SM Curran b MJ Leach	28	71	1	0	39.4
N Dickwella	c DP Sibley b DM Bess	12	21	1	0	57.1
MD Shanaka	c JC Buttler b DM Bess	23	48	3	0	47.9
PWH de Silva	b DM Bess	19	22	2	0	86.4
MDK Perera	b DM Bess	0	2	0	0	0.0
L Embuldeniya	run out (MJ Leach)	0	1	0	0	0.0
AM Fernando	not out	0*	7	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 1, nb 1	2
Total	all out, 46.1 overs, run rate 2.92	135

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-16 HDRL Thirimanne2-16 BKG Mendis3-25 MDKJ Perera4-81 AD Mathews5-81 LD Chandimal6-105 N Dickwella7-126 MD Shanaka8-126 MDK Perera9-130 L Embuldeniya10-135 PWH de Silva

Bowling to Sri Lanka
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
SCJ Broad	9	3	20	3	2.22	44	3	0	0
SM Curran	4	2	8	0	2.00	20	0	0	0
MA Wood	6	1	21	0	3.50	23	1	0	0
DM Bess	10.1	3	30	5	2.95	43	2	0	0
MJ Leach	17	2	55	1	3.24	74	4	1	1

England innings

421117.1 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c PWH de Silva b L Embuldeniya	9	26	1	0	34.6
DP Sibley	c HDRL Thirimanne b L Embuldeniya	4	15	0	0	26.7
JM Bairstow	c BKG Mendis b L Embuldeniya	47	93	2	0	50.5
JE Root	c L Embuldeniya b MDK Perera	228	321	18	1	71.0
DW Lawrence	c BKG Mendis b MDK Perera	73	150	6	1	48.7
JC Buttler	c N Dickwella b AM Fernando	30	57	3	0	52.6
SM Curran	b AM Fernando	0	1	0	0	0.0
DM Bess	run out (M Bhanuka (sub), N Dickwella)	0	4	0	0	0.0
MJ Leach	lbw b MDK Perera	4	20	1	0	20.0
MA Wood	c N Dickwella b MDK Perera	2	9	0	0	22.2
SCJ Broad	not out	11*	13	2	0	84.6
Extras	b 7, nb 6	13
Total	all out, 117.1 overs, run rate 3.59	421

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-10 DP Sibley2-17 Z Crawley3-131 JM Bairstow4-304 DW Lawrence5-372 JC Buttler6-372 SM Curran7-382 DM Bess8-398 MJ Leach9-406 MA Wood10-421 JE Root

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
L Embuldeniya	45	4	176	3	3.91	180	15	1	2
AM Fernando	14	1	44	2	3.14	61	6	0	0
PWH de Silva	15	1	63	0	4.20	52	6	0	2
MDK Perera	36.1	2	109	4	3.01	134	4	1	2
MD Shanaka	7	1	22	0	3.14	29	2	0	0

Sri Lanka innings

359136.5 ov

Sri Lanka batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
MDKJ Perera	c MJ Leach b SM Curran	62	109	5	1	56.9
HDRL Thirimanne	c JC Buttler b SM Curran	111	251	12	0	44.2
BKG Mendis	c JC Buttler b MJ Leach	15	65	1	0	23.1
L Embuldeniya	c DP Sibley b DM Bess	0	11	0	0	0.0
AD Mathews	c JE Root b MJ Leach	71	219	4	0	32.4
LD Chandimal	c JE Root b DM Bess	20	28	3	0	71.4
N Dickwella	c JC Buttler b DM Bess	29	74	1	0	39.2
MD Shanaka	b MJ Leach	4	5	0	0	80.0
PWH de Silva	c JE Root b MJ Leach	12	18	2	0	66.7
MDK Perera	st JC Buttler b MJ Leach	24	38	5	0	63.2
AM Fernando	not out	0*	6	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 7, lb 1, nb 3	11
Total	all out, 136.5 overs, run rate 2.62	359

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-101 MDKJ Perera2-155 BKG Mendis3-158 L Embuldeniya4-210 HDRL Thirimanne5-243 LD Chandimal6-291 N Dickwella7-296 MD Shanaka8-314 PWH de Silva9-352 MDK Perera10-359 AD Mathews

Bowling to Sri Lanka
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
SCJ Broad	17	11	14	0	0.82	94	1	0	0
SM Curran	11	1	37	2	3.36	48	4	0	1
DM Bess	33	4	100	3	3.03	140	11	0	0
MA Wood	21	5	49	0	2.33	95	5	0	0
MJ Leach	41.5	6	122	5	2.92	176	11	1	1
JE Root	11	1	19	0	1.73	48	0	0	0
DW Lawrence	2	0	10	0	5.00	6	1	0	1

England innings

76/324.2 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c BKG Mendis b L Embuldeniya	8	21	1	0	38.1
DP Sibley	b L Embuldeniya	2	5	0	0	40.0
JM Bairstow	not out	35*	65	2	0	53.8
JE Root	run out (N Dickwella)	1	3	0	0	33.3
DW Lawrence	not out	21*	52	0	0	40.4
Extras	b 4, lb 5	9
Total	3 wickets, 24.2 overs, run rate 3.12	76

Did not batJC Buttler, SM Curran, DM Bess, MJ Leach, MA Wood, SCJ Broad

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-3 DP Sibley2-12 Z Crawley3-14 JE Root

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s
L Embuldeniya	12	3	29	2	2.42	51	1
MDK Perera	11.2	2	34	0	3.00	40	2
PWH de Silva	1	0	4	0	4.00	2	0

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Player of the match

JE RootEngland

228off 321 balls, 18 fours and 1 sixes, strike rate 71.0

Match facts

Format: Test No. 2403
Competition: England tour of Sri Lanka
Toss: Sri Lanka, chose to bat
Umpires: HDPK Dharmasena and RSA Palliyaguruge
TV umpire: LE Hannibal
Match referee: RS Madugalle
Season: 2020/21

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 27 / 25°C, 6.9 mm rain
Day 2: 28 / 26°C, 4.3 mm rain
Day 3: 26 / 25°C, 4.3 mm rain
Day 4: 28 / 26°C, 5.4 mm rain
Day 5: 28 / 26°C, 8.2 mm rain

GET/v1/matches/2021-01-14-sri-lanka-v-england/scorecard200

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  "result": "England won by 7 wickets",
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    { "team": "England", "runs": 421, "wickets": 10 },
    { "team": "Sri Lanka", "runs": 359, "wickets": 10 },
    { "team": "England", "runs": 76, "wickets": 3 }
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  "batting": [ ... 38 rows ... ],
  "bowling": [ ... 20 rows ... ]
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