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England men · Test · International series · 3rd Test
Result
Match drawn
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
England won the toss and chose to field
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NT Paranavitana | lbw b CT Tremlett | 11 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 25.6 |
| HDRL Thirimanne | c AJ Strauss b JM Anderson | 10 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 26.3 |
| KC Sangakkara | c MJ Prior b JM Anderson | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | c MJ Prior b CT Tremlett | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 |
| TT Samaraweera | c KP Pietersen b CT Tremlett | 31 | 74 | 4 | 0 | 41.9 |
| HAPW Jayawardene | c EJG Morgan b GP Swann | 43 | 104 | 5 | 0 | 41.3 |
| NLTC Perera | c MJ Prior b CT Tremlett | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| HMRKB Herath | c JM Anderson b CT Tremlett | 12 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 80.0 |
| CRD Fernando | not out | 39* | 51 | 6 | 0 | 76.5 |
| RAS Lakmal | c MJ Prior b CT Tremlett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| UWMBCA Welegedara | c EJG Morgan b SCJ Broad | 7 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 41.2 |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 15, w 4, nb 2) | 23 | ||||
| Total | 64.2 overs | 184 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (HDRL Thirimanne, 12.4 ov), 2-23 (NT Paranavitana, 13.5 ov), 3-29 (KC Sangakkara, 16.6 ov), 4-39 (DPMD Jayawardene, 23.1 ov), 5-89 (TT Samaraweera, 39.6 ov), 6-91 (NLTC Perera, 41.6 ov), 7-117 (HMRKB Herath, 47.1 ov), 8-158 (HAPW Jayawardene, 58.2 ov), 9-166 (RAS Lakmal, 59.1 ov), 10-184 (UWMBCA Welegedara, 64.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 23 | 7 | 56 | 2 | 2.43 | 1 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 19.2 | 3 | 51 | 1 | 2.64 | 2 | 1 |
| Chris Tremlett | 20 | 5 | 48 | 6 | 2.40 | 1 | 1 |
| Graeme Swann | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Strauss | c NT Paranavitana b UWMBCA Welegedara | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 |
| Alastair Cook | c TT Samaraweera b CRD Fernando | 55 | 102 | 7 | 0 | 53.9 |
| Jonathan Trott | c HAPW Jayawardene b RAS Lakmal | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 23.5 |
| Kevin Pietersen | c HAPW Jayawardene b NLTC Perera | 85 | 115 | 14 | 0 | 73.9 |
| Ian Bell | not out | 119* | 169 | 12 | 0 | 70.4 |
| James Anderson | c HAPW Jayawardene b UWMBCA Welegedara | 27 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 81.8 |
| Eoin Morgan | c HAPW Jayawardene b RAS Lakmal | 71 | 110 | 7 | 0 | 64.5 |
| Matt Prior | c DPMD Jayawardene b NLTC Perera | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Stuart Broad | c sub (S Randiv) b RAS Lakmal | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 2, w 3, nb 8) | 13 | ||||
| Total | 92.4 overs | 377/8 | ||||
Did not bat: GP Swann, CT Tremlett
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (AJ Strauss, 2.2 ov), 2-14 (IJL Trott, 7.3 ov), 3-120 (AN Cook, 30.3 ov), 4-191 (KP Pietersen, 46.3 ov), 5-236 (JM Anderson, 57.4 ov), 6-373 (EJG Morgan, 90.5 ov), 7-374 (MJ Prior, 91.2 ov), 8-377 (SCJ Broad, 92.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UWMBCA Welegedara | 24 | 3 | 90 | 2 | 3.75 | 1 | 2 |
| RAS Lakmal | 24.2 | 2 | 99 | 3 | 4.07 | 1 | 2 |
| CRD Fernando | 10.2 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 4.55 | 1 | 4 |
| NLTC Perera | 24 | 3 | 101 | 2 | 4.21 | 0 | 0 |
| HMRKB Herath | 9 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 3.67 | 0 | 0 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NT Paranavitana | c GP Swann b JM Anderson | 10 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 26.3 |
| HDRL Thirimanne | c AJ Strauss b CT Tremlett | 38 | 112 | 4 | 0 | 33.9 |
| KC Sangakkara | c sub (AP Rouse) b JM Anderson | 119 | 249 | 16 | 0 | 47.8 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad | 6 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 26.1 |
| HMRKB Herath | lbw b GP Swann | 36 | 72 | 4 | 0 | 50.0 |
| TT Samaraweera | not out | 87* | 128 | 9 | 0 | 68.0 |
| HAPW Jayawardene | not out | 6* | 6 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Extras | (b 16, lb 9, w 1, nb 6) | 32 | ||||
| Total | 104 overs | 334/5 | ||||
Did not bat: NLTC Perera, CRD Fernando, RAS Lakmal, UWMBCA Welegedara
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (NT Paranavitana, 12.1 ov), 2-86 (HDRL Thirimanne, 37.6 ov), 3-110 (DPMD Jayawardene, 45.4 ov), 4-185 (HMRKB Herath, 66.3 ov), 5-326 (KC Sangakkara, 101.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 30 | 9 | 81 | 2 | 2.70 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Tremlett | 21 | 5 | 66 | 1 | 3.14 | 0 | 3 |
| Stuart Broad | 18 | 4 | 51 | 1 | 2.83 | 0 | 1 |
| Graeme Swann | 25 | 6 | 57 | 1 | 2.28 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Pietersen | 7 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 4.29 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Trott | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: Chris Tremlett · Umpires: Aleem Dar, RJ Tucker · TV umpire: BR Doctrove · 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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