TestNo. 2548MenUpset 73

England v Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets

Sri Lanka tour of England, Match 36 September 2024 to 9 September 2024The Oval, London

Englandbatted first

325 & 15633.5 ov

Sri Lanka

263 & 219/240.3 ov

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to fieldPlayer of the match P Nissanka

England innings

32569.1 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
BM Duckett	c LD Chandimal b RMMP Rathnayake	86	79	9	2	108.9
DW Lawrence	c P Nissanka b CBRLS Kumara	5	21	0	0	23.8
OJ Pope	c FDM Karunaratne b MVT Fernando	154	156	19	2	98.7
JE Root	c MVT Fernando b CBRLS Kumara	13	48	1	0	27.1
HC Brook	c PHKD Mendis b RMMP Rathnayake	19	39	1	0	48.7
JL Smith	c BKG Mendis b MVT Fernando	16	31	2	0	51.6
CR Woakes	c RMMP Rathnayake b DM de Silva	2	4	0	0	50.0
AAP Atkinson	c RMMP Rathnayake b DM de Silva	5	12	0	0	41.7
OP Stone	not out	15*	12	1	1	125.0
J Hull	c DM de Silva b AM Fernando	2	10	0	0	20.0
Shoaib Bashir	c CBRLS Kumara b RMMP Rathnayake	1	3	0	0	33.3
Extras	b 4, lb 2, w 1	7
Total	all out, 69.1 overs, run rate 4.70	325

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 330

1-45 DW Lawrence2-140 BM Duckett3-191 JE Root4-261 HC Brook5-290 JL Smith6-299 CR Woakes7-307 AAP Atkinson8-307 OJ Pope9-318 J Hull10-325 Shoaib Bashir

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd
AM Fernando	20	0	88	1	4.40	78	8	1	0
MVT Fernando	13	1	46	2	3.54	51	4	0	1
CBRLS Kumara	16	1	97	2	6.06	53	9	4	0
RMMP Rathnayake	13.1	3	56	3	4.25	55	9	0	0
AD Mathews	3	0	14	0	4.67	11	2	0	0
DM de Silva	4	0	18	2	4.50	12	1	0	0

Sri Lanka innings

26361.2 ov

Sri Lanka batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
P Nissanka	c CR Woakes b J Hull	64	51	9	0	125.5
FDM Karunaratne	run out (OP Stone)	9	16	1	0	56.3
BKG Mendis	c HC Brook b CR Woakes	14	13	3	0	107.7
AD Mathews	c OJ Pope b OP Stone	3	11	0	0	27.3
LD Chandimal	lbw b OP Stone	0	4	0	0	0.0
DM de Silva	c Shoaib Bashir b J Hull	69	111	11	0	62.2
PHKD Mendis	c JE Root b CR Woakes	64	91	7	0	70.3
RMMP Rathnayake	c JL Smith b OP Stone	7	21	1	0	33.3
MVT Fernando	lbw b J Hull	0	8	0	0	0.0
CBRLS Kumara	not out	5*	29	0	0	17.2
AM Fernando	c JL Smith b Shoaib Bashir	11	14	2	0	78.6
Extras	b 8, lb 2, w 6, nb 1	17
Total	all out, 61.2 overs, run rate 4.29	263

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 330

1-34 FDM Karunaratne2-70 BKG Mendis3-86 AD Mathews4-91 P Nissanka5-93 LD Chandimal6-220 DM de Silva7-233 PHKD Mendis8-238 MVT Fernando9-248 RMMP Rathnayake10-263 AM Fernando

Bowling to Sri Lanka
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
CR Woakes	13	5	42	2	3.23	59	6	0	0
AAP Atkinson	9	1	46	0	5.11	33	6	0	0
J Hull	11	0	53	3	4.82	40	6	2	0
OP Stone	9	3	35	3	3.89	41	6	0	0
Shoaib Bashir	11.2	0	37	1	3.26	50	4	0	0
DW Lawrence	6	0	29	0	4.83	22	4	0	1
JE Root	2	0	11	0	5.50	8	2	0	0

England innings

15633.5 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
BM Duckett	c MVT Fernando b AM Fernando	7	8	1	0	87.5
DW Lawrence	c LD Chandimal b CBRLS Kumara	35	35	3	1	100.0
OJ Pope	b CBRLS Kumara	7	16	1	0	43.8
JE Root	lbw b MVT Fernando	12	18	2	0	66.7
HC Brook	lbw b MVT Fernando	3	14	0	0	21.4
JL Smith	c BKG Mendis b MVT Fernando	67	50	10	1	134.0
CR Woakes	c LD Chandimal b CBRLS Kumara	0	5	0	0	0.0
AAP Atkinson	lbw b RMMP Rathnayake	1	14	0	0	7.1
OP Stone	c KNM Fernando (sub) b CBRLS Kumara	10	31	1	0	32.3
J Hull	not out	7*	6	0	1	116.7
Shoaib Bashir	c KNM Fernando (sub) b AM Fernando	4	6	1	0	66.7
Extras	lb 3	3
Total	all out, 33.5 overs, run rate 4.61	156

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 330

1-20 BM Duckett2-35 OJ Pope3-56 DW Lawrence4-66 JE Root5-69 HC Brook6-70 CR Woakes7-82 AAP Atkinson8-140 JL Smith9-145 OP Stone10-156 Shoaib Bashir

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s
AM Fernando	12	2	49	2	4.08	48	4	2
RMMP Rathnayake	7	0	43	1	6.14	24	6	1
CBRLS Kumara	7	1	21	4	3.00	32	3	0
MVT Fernando	7.5	0	40	3	5.11	31	6	0

Sri Lanka innings

219/240.3 ov

Sri Lanka batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
P Nissanka	not out	127*	124	13	2	102.4
FDM Karunaratne	c & b CR Woakes	8	21	1	0	38.1
BKG Mendis	c Shoaib Bashir b AAP Atkinson	39	37	7	0	105.4
AD Mathews	not out	32*	61	3	0	52.5
Extras	b 4, lb 8, w 1	13
Total	2 wickets, 40.3 overs, run rate 5.41	219

Did not batLD Chandimal, DM de Silva, PHKD Mendis, RMMP Rathnayake, MVT Fernando, CBRLS Kumara, AM Fernando

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 330

1-39 FDM Karunaratne2-108 BKG Mendis

Bowling to Sri Lanka
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd
CR Woakes	12	0	52	1	4.33	47	8	0	0
AAP Atkinson	11	1	44	1	4.00	43	4	0	0
J Hull	6	0	38	0	6.33	20	5	0	0
OP Stone	8	0	45	0	5.63	24	2	2	1
Shoaib Bashir	3.3	0	28	0	8.00	8	5	0	0

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Player of the match

P NissankaSri Lanka

64off 51 balls, 9 fours and 0 sixes, strike rate 125.5

Match facts

Format: Test No. 2548
Competition: Sri Lanka tour of England
Toss: Sri Lanka, chose to field
Umpires: CB Gaffaney and JS Wilson
TV umpire: PR Reiffel
Match referee: DC Boon
Season: 2024

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 23 / 14°C, 1.8 mm rain
Day 2: 24 / 13°C, 1.5 mm rain
Day 3: 20 / 14°C, 3.2 mm rain
Day 4: 18 / 10°C, 1.3 mm rain

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    { "team": "England", "runs": 156, "wickets": 10 },
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