TestNo. 2405Men

Sri Lanka v England

England won by 6 wickets

England tour of Sri Lanka, Match 222 January 2021 to 25 January 2021Galle International Stadium, Galle

Sri Lankabatted first

381 & 12635.5 ov

England

344 & 164/443.3 ov

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

Sri Lanka innings

381139.3 ov

Sri Lanka batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
HDRL Thirimanne	c JC Buttler b JM Anderson	43	95	5	0	45.3
MDKJ Perera	c JE Root b JM Anderson	6	14	1	0	42.9
BOP Fernando	b JM Anderson	0	4	0	0	0.0
AD Mathews	c JC Buttler b JM Anderson	110	238	11	0	46.2
LD Chandimal	lbw b MA Wood	52	121	4	1	43.0
N Dickwella	c MJ Leach b JM Anderson	92	144	10	0	63.9
RTM Mendis	c JC Buttler b MA Wood	0	7	0	0	0.0
MDK Perera	c MJ Leach b SM Curran	67	170	8	1	39.4
RAS Lakmal	c Z Crawley b JM Anderson	0	2	0	0	0.0
L Embuldeniya	c JE Root b MA Wood	7	33	0	1	21.2
AM Fernando	not out	0*	10	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 2, w 1, nb 1	4
Total	all out, 139.3 overs, run rate 2.73	381

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 390

1-7 MDKJ Perera2-7 BOP Fernando3-76 HDRL Thirimanne4-193 LD Chandimal5-232 AD Mathews6-243 RTM Mendis7-332 N Dickwella8-332 RAS Lakmal9-364 L Embuldeniya10-381 MDK Perera

Bowling to Sri Lanka
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
JM Anderson	29	13	40	6	1.38	154	6	0	0	0
SM Curran	18.3	3	60	1	3.24	84	9	0	0	0
MJ Leach	38	5	119	0	3.13	153	9	2	0	0
MA Wood	28	4	84	3	3.00	126	10	0	1	1
DM Bess	26	2	76	0	2.92	105	5	1	0	0

England innings

344116.1 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c HDRL Thirimanne b L Embuldeniya	5	24	1	0	20.8
DP Sibley	lbw b L Embuldeniya	0	14	0	0	0.0
JM Bairstow	c BOP Fernando b L Embuldeniya	28	73	5	0	38.4
JE Root	run out	186	309	18	0	60.2
DW Lawrence	c HDRL Thirimanne b L Embuldeniya	3	21	0	0	14.3
JC Buttler	c BOP Fernando b RTM Mendis	55	95	7	0	57.9
SM Curran	c HDRL Thirimanne b L Embuldeniya	13	43	0	1	30.2
DM Bess	c HDRL Thirimanne b L Embuldeniya	32	95	4	0	33.7
MA Wood	c HDRL Thirimanne b L Embuldeniya	1	6	0	0	16.7
MJ Leach	lbw b MDK Perera	1	17	0	0	5.9
JM Anderson	not out	4*	5	1	0	80.0
Extras	b 8, lb 3, nb 5	16
Total	all out, 116.1 overs, run rate 2.96	344

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 390

1-4 DP Sibley2-5 Z Crawley3-116 JM Bairstow4-132 DW Lawrence5-229 JC Buttler6-252 SM Curran7-333 DM Bess8-337 MA Wood9-339 JE Root10-344 MJ Leach

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
RAS Lakmal	16	7	31	0	1.94	81	5	0	0
L Embuldeniya	42	6	137	7	3.26	178	15	0	4
AM Fernando	10	2	31	0	3.10	45	5	0	0
MDK Perera	32.1	4	86	1	2.67	130	6	1	1
RTM Mendis	16	1	48	1	3.00	63	5	0	0

Sri Lanka innings

12635.5 ov

Sri Lanka batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
MDKJ Perera	lbw b MJ Leach	14	25	2	0	56.0
HDRL Thirimanne	c Z Crawley b MJ Leach	13	33	0	0	39.4
BOP Fernando	c Z Crawley b DM Bess	3	19	0	0	15.8
AD Mathews	b DM Bess	5	11	0	0	45.5
LD Chandimal	c JM Anderson b MJ Leach	9	6	2	0	150.0
N Dickwella	c DW Lawrence b DM Bess	7	14	1	0	50.0
RTM Mendis	c JC Buttler b MJ Leach	16	20	3	0	80.0
MDK Perera	c Z Crawley b DM Bess	4	13	0	0	30.8
RAS Lakmal	not out	11*	32	1	0	34.4
L Embuldeniya	c JM Bairstow b JE Root	40	42	6	1	95.2
AM Fernando	b JE Root	0	1	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 3, nb 1	4
Total	all out, 35.5 overs, run rate 3.52	126

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 390

1-19 MDKJ Perera2-29 BOP Fernando3-37 HDRL Thirimanne4-37 AD Mathews5-47 LD Chandimal6-66 N Dickwella7-70 MDK Perera8-78 RTM Mendis9-126 L Embuldeniya10-126 AM Fernando

Bowling to Sri Lanka
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
JM Anderson	2	0	6	0	3.00	8	0	0	0
SM Curran	2	0	9	0	4.50	9	2	0	0
DM Bess	16	1	49	4	3.06	64	6	0	0
MJ Leach	14	1	59	4	4.21	54	7	1	1
JE Root	1.5	1	0	2	0.00	11	0	0	0

England innings

164/443.3 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c BOP Fernando b L Embuldeniya	13	19	1	0	68.4
DP Sibley	not out	56*	144	2	0	38.9
JM Bairstow	lbw b L Embuldeniya	29	28	3	1	103.6
JE Root	b RTM Mendis	11	16	1	0	68.8
DW Lawrence	c N Dickwella b L Embuldeniya	2	9	0	0	22.2
JC Buttler	not out	46*	48	5	0	95.8
Extras	lb 4, nb 3	7
Total	4 wickets, 43.3 overs, run rate 3.77	164

Did not batSM Curran, DM Bess, MA Wood, MJ Leach, JM Anderson

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 390

1-17 Z Crawley2-62 JM Bairstow3-84 JE Root4-89 DW Lawrence

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
L Embuldeniya	20	3	73	3	3.65	77	7	0	2
MDK Perera	13.3	1	39	0	2.89	54	2	0	1
RTM Mendis	10	0	48	1	4.80	28	3	1	0

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Player of the match

JE RootEngland

186off 309 balls, 18 fours and 0 sixes, strike rate 60.2

2-0in 1.5 overs

Match facts

Format: Test No. 2405
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: 29 / 26°C, 1.3 mm rain
Day 2: 28 / 26°C, 0.6 mm rain
Day 3: 28 / 26°C, 0.1 mm rain
Day 4: 28 / 26°C, 0.1 mm rain

GET/v1/matches/2021-01-22-sri-lanka-v-england/scorecard200

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    { "team": "England", "runs": 344, "wickets": 10 },
    { "team": "Sri Lanka", "runs": 126, "wickets": 10 },
    { "team": "England", "runs": 164, "wickets": 4 }
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