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England men · Test · International series · 1st Test

England
v Sri Lanka⁠

Result

Match drawn

England
575/9d & 267/8d
Sri Lanka
453 & 201/9
Date
Thursday 12 June 2014 · England in 2014
Venue
Lord's, London
Competition
Test · International series · 1st Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Sri Lanka Test scorecard

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field

England · 1st innings 575/9 dec (130.3 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook b KMDN Kulasekara 17 26 2 0 65.4
SD Robson c HAPW Jayawardene b N Pradeep 1 7 0 0 14.3
Gary Ballance c HAPW Jayawardene b N Pradeep 23 40 4 0 57.5
Ian Bell lbw b RMS Eranga 56 75 7 1 74.7
Joe Root not out 200* 298 16 0 67.1
Moeen Ali c DPMD Jayawardene b HMRKB Herath 48 98 6 1 49.0
Matt Prior c JK Silva b RMS Eranga 86 131 10 0 65.6
Chris Jordan c HAPW Jayawardene b RMS Eranga 19 19 3 0 100.0
Stuart Broad c FDM Karunaratne b N Pradeep 47 38 9 0 123.7
Liam Plunkett c JK Silva b N Pradeep 39 42 6 0 92.9
James Anderson not out 9* 15 1 0 60.0
Extras (b 12, lb 12, w 0, nb 6) 30
Total 130.3 overs 575/9

Fall of wickets: 1-14 (SD Robson, 3.6 ov), 2-22 (AN Cook, 6.1 ov), 3-74 (GS Ballance, 18.5 ov), 4-120 (IR Bell, 28.2 ov), 5-209 (MM Ali, 58.2 ov), 6-380 (MJ Prior, 97.6 ov), 7-402 (CJ Jordan, 101.6 ov), 8-466 (SCJ Broad, 111.3 ov), 9-547 (LE Plunkett, 125.3 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
KMDN Kulasekara 22 3 83 1 3.77 0 0
N Pradeep 29 2 123 4 4.24 0 2
RMS Eranga 30 3 163 3 5.43 0 4
AD Mathews 11 2 39 0 3.55 0 0
HMRKB Herath 37.3 2 136 1 3.63 0 0
HDRL Thirimanne 1 0 7 0 7.00 0 0

Sri Lanka · 1st innings 453 all out (138.4 overs)

Sri Lanka · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
FDM Karunaratne c MJ Prior b CJ Jordan 38 38 6 0 100.0
JK Silva c MJ Prior b JM Anderson 63 160 10 0 39.4
KC Sangakkara c MJ Prior b MM Ali 147 258 16 0 57.0
DPMD Jayawardene lbw b SCJ Broad 55 105 7 0 52.4
HDRL Thirimanne c SD Robson b JM Anderson 2 17 0 0 11.8
AD Mathews lbw b LE Plunkett 102 172 12 0 59.3
HAPW Jayawardene c IR Bell b LE Plunkett 6 16 1 0 37.5
KMDN Kulasekara c MJ Prior b CJ Jordan 9 23 2 0 39.1
HMRKB Herath b JM Anderson 2 17 0 0 11.8
RMS Eranga not out 5* 22 0 0 22.7
N Pradeep hit wicket b CJ Jordan 4 6 1 0 66.7
Extras (b 7, lb 5, w 6, nb 2) 20
Total 138.4 overs 453

Fall of wickets: 1-54 (FDM Karunaratne, 12.3 ov), 2-151 (JK Silva, 48.2 ov), 3-277 (DPMD Jayawardene, 81.4 ov), 4-289 (HDRL Thirimanne, 86.6 ov), 5-385 (KC Sangakkara, 109.6 ov), 6-400 (HAPW Jayawardene, 116.1 ov), 7-413 (KMDN Kulasekara, 121.6 ov), 8-430 (HMRKB Herath, 130.5 ov), 9-442 (AD Mathews, 135.4 ov), 10-453 (N Pradeep, 138.4 ov)

Sri Lanka · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 31 7 93 3 3.00 1 0
Stuart Broad 29 8 67 1 2.31 1 0
Chris Jordan 27.4 4 102 3 3.69 1 0
Liam Plunkett 32 2 116 2 3.63 3 2
Moeen Ali 16 2 56 1 3.50 0 0
Joe Root 3 1 7 0 2.33 0 0

England · 2nd innings 267/8 dec (69 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
SD Robson b RMS Eranga 19 50 2 0 38.0
Alastair Cook c HAPW Jayawardene b RMS Eranga 28 40 6 0 70.0
Gary Ballance not out 104* 188 12 1 55.3
Ian Bell b RMS Eranga 9 17 1 0 52.9
Joe Root lbw b HMRKB Herath 15 18 2 0 83.3
Moeen Ali b HMRKB Herath 4 2 1 0 200.0
Matt Prior c HDRL Thirimanne b KMDN Kulasekara 16 26 1 0 61.5
Chris Jordan c KC Sangakkara b HMRKB Herath 35 50 5 0 70.0
Stuart Broad c & b HMRKB Herath 24 18 3 0 133.3
Liam Plunkett not out 2* 7 0 0 28.6
Extras (b 3, lb 4, w 2, nb 2) 11
Total 69 overs 267/8

Did not bat: JM Anderson

Fall of wickets: 1-46 (AN Cook, 13.2 ov), 2-51 (SD Robson, 15.5 ov), 3-69 (IR Bell, 19.4 ov), 4-98 (JE Root, 26.6 ov), 5-102 (MM Ali, 28.2 ov), 6-121 (MJ Prior, 37.2 ov), 7-199 (CJ Jordan, 59.2 ov), 8-256 (SCJ Broad, 66.4 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
KMDN Kulasekara 15 2 65 1 4.33 0 0
N Pradeep 13 3 37 0 2.85 0 1
RMS Eranga 18 7 63 3 3.50 2 1
HMRKB Herath 23 2 95 4 4.13 0 0

Sri Lanka · 2nd innings 201/9 (90 overs)

Sri Lanka · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
FDM Karunaratne c SD Robson b SCJ Broad 16 24 3 0 66.7
JK Silva c MJ Prior b CJ Jordan 57 105 7 0 54.3
KC Sangakkara b JM Anderson 61 168 4 0 36.3
DPMD Jayawardene c MJ Prior b JM Anderson 18 45 3 0 40.0
HDRL Thirimanne c CJ Jordan b JM Anderson 2 11 0 0 18.2
AD Mathews c AN Cook b JM Anderson 18 90 2 0 20.0
HAPW Jayawardene lbw b CJ Jordan 8 62 0 0 12.9
KMDN Kulasekara lbw b SCJ Broad 1 11 0 0 9.1
HMRKB Herath c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad 1 14 0 0 7.1
RMS Eranga not out 0* 6 0 0 0.0
N Pradeep not out 0* 5 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 11, lb 7, w 0, nb 1) 19
Total 90 overs 201/9

Fall of wickets: 1-25 (FDM Karunaratne, 7.1 ov), 2-123 (JK Silva, 42.1 ov), 3-159 (DPMD Jayawardene, 54.4 ov), 4-169 (KC Sangakkara, 58.1 ov), 5-170 (HDRL Thirimanne, 58.5 ov), 6-194 (HAPW Jayawardene, 78.6 ov), 7-199 (KMDN Kulasekara, 83.2 ov), 8-201 (AD Mathews, 86.6 ov), 9-201 (HMRKB Herath, 89.1 ov)

Sri Lanka · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 19 10 25 4 1.32 0 0
Stuart Broad 21 9 43 3 2.05 0 0
Chris Jordan 18 10 34 2 1.89 0 0
Liam Plunkett 16 5 39 0 2.44 0 0
Moeen Ali 12 2 35 0 2.92 0 1
Joe Root 4 3 7 0 1.75 0 0

Player of the match: Joe Root · Umpires: BF Bowden, PR Reiffel · TV umpire: SJ Davis · Match referee: AJ Pycroft. 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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