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England men · Test · International series · 1st Test
Result
England won by an innings and 14 runs
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NT Paranavitana | b CT Tremlett | 66 | 191 | 6 | 0 | 34.6 |
| TM Dilshan | b GP Swann | 50 | 94 | 7 | 0 | 53.2 |
| KC Sangakkara | c MJ Prior b JM Anderson | 11 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 68.8 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | c AJ Strauss b JM Anderson | 4 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 11.4 |
| TT Samaraweera | c GP Swann b JM Anderson | 58 | 84 | 9 | 0 | 69.0 |
| HAPW Jayawardene | c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad | 112 | 168 | 12 | 0 | 66.7 |
| MF Maharoof | run out (IJL Trott) | 16 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 38.1 |
| NLTC Perera | c CT Tremlett b SCJ Broad | 25 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 62.5 |
| HMRKB Herath | c IJL Trott b GP Swann | 25 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 71.4 |
| BAW Mendis | not out | 1* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| RAS Lakmal | c SCJ Broad b GP Swann | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 |
| Extras | (b 9, lb 21, w 0, nb 0) | 30 | ||||
| Total | 118.4 overs | 400 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-93 (TM Dilshan, 32.4 ov), 2-114 (KC Sangakkara, 39.6 ov), 3-133 (DPMD Jayawardene, 50.5 ov), 4-159 (NT Paranavitana, 61.1 ov), 5-243 (TT Samaraweera, 80.6 ov), 6-278 (MF Maharoof, 92.2 ov), 7-346 (NLTC Perera, 105.5 ov), 8-397 (HMRKB Herath, 116.6 ov), 9-397 (HAPW Jayawardene, 117.3 ov), 10-400 (RAS Lakmal, 118.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 28 | 8 | 66 | 3 | 2.36 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 33 | 4 | 113 | 2 | 3.42 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Tremlett | 26 | 9 | 81 | 1 | 3.12 | 0 | 0 |
| Graeme Swann | 24.4 | 2 | 78 | 3 | 3.16 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Trott | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 4.83 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Pietersen | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Strauss | c DPMD Jayawardene b RAS Lakmal | 20 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 42.6 |
| Alastair Cook | c HAPW Jayawardene b MF Maharoof | 133 | 274 | 10 | 0 | 48.5 |
| James Anderson | c DPMD Jayawardene b BAW Mendis | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 |
| Jonathan Trott | b TM Dilshan | 203 | 409 | 17 | 0 | 49.6 |
| Kevin Pietersen | lbw b HMRKB Herath | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 27.3 |
| Ian Bell | not out | 103* | 159 | 11 | 1 | 64.8 |
| Eoin Morgan | not out | 14* | 19 | 2 | 0 | 73.7 |
| Extras | (b 10, lb 4, w 0, nb 5) | 19 | ||||
| Total | 155 overs | 496/5 | ||||
Did not bat: MJ Prior, SCJ Broad, GP Swann, CT Tremlett
Fall of wickets: 1-46 (AJ Strauss, 19.1 ov), 2-47 (JM Anderson, 22.5 ov), 3-298 (AN Cook, 96.3 ov), 4-305 (KP Pietersen, 101.3 ov), 5-465 (IJL Trott, 148.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAS Lakmal | 22 | 4 | 68 | 1 | 3.09 | 0 | 1 |
| NLTC Perera | 24 | 5 | 81 | 0 | 3.38 | 0 | 0 |
| TM Dilshan | 16 | 1 | 60 | 1 | 3.75 | 0 | 0 |
| MF Maharoof | 28 | 3 | 92 | 1 | 3.29 | 0 | 3 |
| BAW Mendis | 21 | 4 | 66 | 1 | 3.14 | 0 | 1 |
| HMRKB Herath | 44 | 7 | 115 | 1 | 2.61 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NT Paranavitana | c AJ Strauss b CT Tremlett | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| TM Dilshan | c & b CT Tremlett | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 |
| KC Sangakkara | c AJ Strauss b GP Swann | 14 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 36.8 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | c AJ Strauss b CT Tremlett | 15 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 46.9 |
| TT Samaraweera | b GP Swann | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| HAPW Jayawardene | c MJ Prior b CT Tremlett | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| MF Maharoof | c MJ Prior b GP Swann | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| NLTC Perera | c IR Bell b SCJ Broad | 20 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 117.6 |
| HMRKB Herath | lbw b GP Swann | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| BAW Mendis | not out | 12* | 18 | 2 | 0 | 66.7 |
| RAS Lakmal | c AN Cook b SCJ Broad | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 5, lb 0, w 0, nb 0) | 5 | ||||
| Total | 24.4 overs | 82 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (NT Paranavitana, 1.6 ov), 2-10 (TM Dilshan, 3.2 ov), 3-33 (DPMD Jayawardene, 12.5 ov), 4-36 (TT Samaraweera, 15.4 ov), 5-43 (KC Sangakkara, 17.2 ov), 6-43 (MF Maharoof, 17.5 ov), 7-43 (HAPW Jayawardene, 18.1 ov), 8-52 (HMRKB Herath, 19.1 ov), 9-82 (NLTC Perera, 24.2 ov), 10-82 (RAS Lakmal, 24.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Broad | 7.4 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 2.74 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Tremlett | 10 | 2 | 40 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Graeme Swann | 7 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 2.29 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: IJL Trott · Umpires: Aleem Dar, BR Doctrove · TV umpire: RJ Tucker · Match referee: J Srinath. 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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