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England men · Test · International series · 1st Test
Result
England won by an innings and 88 runs
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alastair Cook | c LD Chandimal b MD Shanaka | 16 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 30.8 |
| Alex Hales | c PVD Chameera b HMRKB Herath | 86 | 206 | 12 | 0 | 41.7 |
| NRD Compton | c HDRL Thirimanne b MD Shanaka | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Joe Root | c BKG Mendis b MD Shanaka | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| James Vince | c BKG Mendis b RMS Eranga | 9 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Ben Stokes | c AD Mathews b N Pradeep | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 133.3 |
| Jonny Bairstow | c N Pradeep b PVD Chameera | 140 | 183 | 13 | 1 | 76.5 |
| Moeen Ali | c BKG Mendis b PVD Chameera | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Stuart Broad | b PVD Chameera | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Steven Finn | st LD Chandimal b HMRKB Herath | 17 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 37.0 |
| James Anderson | not out | 1* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 8, w 4, nb 3) | 15 | ||||
| Total | 90.3 overs | 298 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-49 (AN Cook, 20.1 ov), 2-49 (NRD Compton, 20.4 ov), 3-51 (JE Root, 22.2 ov), 4-70 (JM Vince, 30.2 ov), 5-83 (BA Stokes, 31.6 ov), 6-224 (AD Hales, 72.3 ov), 7-231 (MM Ali, 75.2 ov), 8-233 (SCJ Broad, 75.6 ov), 9-289 (JM Bairstow, 89.3 ov), 10-298 (ST Finn, 90.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RMS Eranga | 19 | 4 | 68 | 1 | 3.58 | 1 | 2 |
| N Pradeep | 19 | 7 | 56 | 1 | 2.95 | 1 | 0 |
| AD Mathews | 11 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 2.82 | 0 | 1 |
| PVD Chameera | 17 | 0 | 64 | 3 | 3.76 | 1 | 0 |
| MD Shanaka | 13 | 3 | 46 | 3 | 3.54 | 1 | 0 |
| HMRKB Herath | 11.3 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 2.17 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FDM Karunaratne | c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| JK Silva | c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson | 11 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 64.7 |
| BKG Mendis | c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| LD Chandimal | c JM Vince b BA Stokes | 15 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 39.5 |
| AD Mathews | lbw b JM Anderson | 34 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 54.8 |
| HDRL Thirimanne | c ST Finn b SCJ Broad | 22 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 32.8 |
| MD Shanaka | c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| HMRKB Herath | c BA Stokes b JM Anderson | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 |
| PVD Chameera | c ST Finn b SCJ Broad | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| RMS Eranga | c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| N Pradeep | not out | 0* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 5) | 5 | ||||
| Total | 36.4 overs | 91 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (FDM Karunaratne, 3.6 ov), 2-12 (JK Silva, 4.4 ov), 3-12 (BKG Mendis, 5.2 ov), 4-43 (LD Chandimal, 16.1 ov), 5-77 (AD Mathews, 26.6 ov), 6-81 (MD Shanaka, 28.1 ov), 7-83 (HMRKB Herath, 30.4 ov), 8-90 (PVD Chameera, 33.6 ov), 9-91 (HDRL Thirimanne, 35.5 ov), 10-91 (RMS Eranga, 36.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 11.4 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 1.37 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 10 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 2.10 | 0 | 2 |
| Ben Stokes | 7 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 3.57 | 0 | 1 |
| James Vince | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Finn | 7 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2.71 | 0 | 2 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FDM Karunaratne | c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 77.8 |
| JK Silva | c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson | 14 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 38.9 |
| BKG Mendis | b JM Anderson | 53 | 68 | 8 | 0 | 77.9 |
| LD Chandimal | b MM Ali | 8 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 47.1 |
| AD Mathews | c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 38.5 |
| HDRL Thirimanne | c JE Root b ST Finn | 16 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 53.3 |
| MD Shanaka | c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| HMRKB Herath | c SCJ Broad b ST Finn | 4 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 22.2 |
| PVD Chameera | c NRD Compton b ST Finn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| RMS Eranga | not out | 2* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| N Pradeep | b JM Anderson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 5, w 0, nb 1) | 6 | ||||
| Total | 35.3 overs | 119 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (FDM Karunaratne, 2.2 ov), 2-35 (JK Silva, 10.6 ov), 3-79 (LD Chandimal, 19.4 ov), 4-93 (AD Mathews, 23.2 ov), 5-93 (BKG Mendis, 24.2 ov), 6-101 (MD Shanaka, 28.3 ov), 7-111 (HMRKB Herath, 32.6 ov), 8-117 (PVD Chameera, 34.2 ov), 9-118 (HDRL Thirimanne, 34.4 ov), 10-119 (N Pradeep, 35.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 13.3 | 5 | 29 | 5 | 2.15 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 13 | 0 | 57 | 1 | 4.38 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Finn | 8 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 3.25 | 0 | 1 |
| Moeen Ali | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: Jonny Bairstow · Umpires: Aleem Dar, RJ Tucker · TV umpire: S Ravi · 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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