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England men · Test · International series · 2nd Test
Result
England won by 6 wickets
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MG Vandort | c PD Collingwood b LE Plunkett | 9 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 47.4 |
| WU Tharanga | b MJ Hoggard | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| KC Sangakkara | c GO Jones b LE Plunkett | 25 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 41.0 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | c GO Jones b LE Plunkett | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| TT Samaraweera | c PD Collingwood b MJ Hoggard | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 18.8 |
| TM Dilshan | c ME Trescothick b A Flintoff | 27 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 56.3 |
| MF Maharoof | c GO Jones b SI Mahmood | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 23.8 |
| WPUJC Vaas | not out | 30* | 78 | 3 | 0 | 38.5 |
| KMDN Kulasekara | c ME Trescothick b SI Mahmood | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37.5 |
| SL Malinga | lbw b MS Panesar | 26 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 48.1 |
| M Muralitharan | c LE Plunkett b A Flintoff | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 6, w 0, nb 6) | 12 | ||||
| Total | 51.2 overs | 141 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (WU Tharanga, 0.5 ov), 2-16 (MG Vandort, 7.3 ov), 3-16 (DPMD Jayawardene, 7.6 ov), 4-25 (TT Samaraweera, 12.5 ov), 5-46 (KC Sangakkara, 19.3 ov), 6-65 (MF Maharoof, 25.3 ov), 7-79 (TM Dilshan, 30.1 ov), 8-82 (KMDN Kulasekara, 31.3 ov), 9-132 (SL Malinga, 48.5 ov), 10-141 (M Muralitharan, 51.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Hoggard | 15 | 4 | 32 | 2 | 2.13 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 13.2 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 2.10 | 0 | 3 |
| Liam Plunkett | 12 | 1 | 43 | 3 | 3.58 | 0 | 3 |
| Sajid Mahmood | 9 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 2.78 | 0 | 0 |
| Monty Panesar | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Trescothick | c KC Sangakkara b M Muralitharan | 27 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 52.9 |
| Andrew Strauss | run out | 30 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 46.2 |
| Alastair Cook | lbw b M Muralitharan | 23 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 41.8 |
| Kevin Pietersen | lbw b M Muralitharan | 142 | 157 | 20 | 3 | 90.4 |
| Matthew Hoggard | b WPUJC Vaas | 3 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 |
| Paul Collingwood | c WU Tharanga b M Muralitharan | 19 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 40.4 |
| Andrew Flintoff | b SL Malinga | 9 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 18.8 |
| Geraint Jones | c TT Samaraweera b M Muralitharan | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Liam Plunkett | c MG Vandort b M Muralitharan | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sajid Mahmood | not out | 0* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Monty Panesar | lbw b SL Malinga | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 6, lb 13, w 0, nb 14, pen 5) | 38 | ||||
| Total | 78.3 overs | 295 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-56 (ME Trescothick, 16.3 ov), 2-69 (AJ Strauss, 20.3 ov), 3-125 (AN Cook, 30.5 ov), 4-169 (MJ Hoggard, 42.6 ov), 5-238 (PD Collingwood, 59.3 ov), 6-290 (KP Pietersen, 73.5 ov), 7-290 (A Flintoff, 74.2 ov), 8-293 (LE Plunkett, 75.6 ov), 9-294 (GO Jones, 77.1 ov), 10-295 (MS Panesar, 78.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPUJC Vaas | 16 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 1.88 | 0 | 0 |
| SL Malinga | 13.2 | 2 | 68 | 2 | 5.10 | 0 | 5 |
| MF Maharoof | 11 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 3.82 | 0 | 4 |
| M Muralitharan | 25.1 | 2 | 86 | 6 | 3.42 | 0 | 4 |
| KMDN Kulasekara | 13 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 3.46 | 0 | 1 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MG Vandort | c GO Jones b LE Plunkett | 105 | 303 | 9 | 0 | 34.7 |
| WU Tharanga | c GO Jones b MJ Hoggard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| KC Sangakkara | c PD Collingwood b MS Panesar | 18 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 45.0 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | lbw b MJ Hoggard | 5 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 27.8 |
| TT Samaraweera | st GO Jones b MS Panesar | 8 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 36.4 |
| TM Dilshan | lbw b MJ Hoggard | 59 | 113 | 8 | 0 | 52.2 |
| MF Maharoof | c & b A Flintoff | 13 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 23.6 |
| WPUJC Vaas | c PD Collingwood b LE Plunkett | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 |
| KMDN Kulasekara | c PD Collingwood b LE Plunkett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| SL Malinga | c AJ Strauss b A Flintoff | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| M Muralitharan | not out | 0* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 8, w 1, nb 11) | 20 | ||||
| Total | 93.1 overs | 231 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (WU Tharanga, 0.4 ov), 2-38 (KC Sangakkara, 14.4 ov), 3-43 (DPMD Jayawardene, 21.2 ov), 4-56 (TT Samaraweera, 26.5 ov), 5-181 (TM Dilshan, 70.4 ov), 6-219 (MF Maharoof, 88.2 ov), 7-223 (WPUJC Vaas, 91.1 ov), 8-223 (KMDN Kulasekara, 91.2 ov), 9-231 (SL Malinga, 92.5 ov), 10-231 (MG Vandort, 93.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Hoggard | 21.5 | 7 | 64 | 3 | 2.93 | 0 | 5 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 19 | 3 | 50 | 2 | 2.63 | 1 | 4 |
| Liam Plunkett | 13.2 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 1.28 | 0 | 1 |
| Monty Panesar | 28 | 6 | 73 | 2 | 2.61 | 0 | 0 |
| Sajid Mahmood | 9 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 2.11 | 0 | 1 |
| Paul Collingwood | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Trescothick | lbw b M Muralitharan | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Andrew Strauss | c DPMD Jayawardene b M Muralitharan | 16 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 44.4 |
| Alastair Cook | not out | 34* | 85 | 4 | 0 | 40.0 |
| Kevin Pietersen | lbw b M Muralitharan | 13 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 52.0 |
| Paul Collingwood | c KC Sangakkara b M Muralitharan | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 27.3 |
| Andrew Flintoff | not out | 4* | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 0, w 0, nb 9) | 11 | ||||
| Total | 27.2 overs | 81/4 | ||||
Did not bat: GO Jones, LE Plunkett, MJ Hoggard, MS Panesar, SI Mahmood
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (ME Trescothick, 3.4 ov), 2-35 (AJ Strauss, 13.1 ov), 3-63 (KP Pietersen, 19.5 ov), 4-73 (PD Collingwood, 25.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPUJC Vaas | 7 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1.71 | 0 | 2 |
| SL Malinga | 7 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 4.14 | 0 | 3 |
| M Muralitharan | 12.2 | 3 | 29 | 4 | 2.35 | 0 | 2 |
| TM Dilshan | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: Kevin Pietersen · Umpires: Aleem Dar, DB Hair · TV umpire: IJ Gould · Match referee: AG Hurst. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.
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