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England men · Test · International series · 2nd Test

England
v Sri Lanka⁠

Result

England won by 9 wickets

England
498/9d & 80/1
Sri Lanka
101 & 475
Date
Friday 27 May 2016 · England in 2016
Venue
Chester-le-Street
Competition
Test · International series · 2nd Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Sri Lanka Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 498/9 dec (132 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c FDM Karunaratne b RAS Lakmal 15 42 1 0 35.7
Alex Hales c AD Mathews b TAM Siriwardana 83 145 9 1 57.2
NRD Compton c RAS Lakmal b N Pradeep 9 34 0 0 26.5
Joe Root c JK Silva b N Pradeep 80 119 5 0 67.2
James Vince c HDRL Thirimanne b TAM Siriwardana 35 59 4 0 59.3
Jonny Bairstow c LD Chandimal b N Pradeep 48 57 5 0 84.2
Moeen Ali not out 155* 207 17 2 74.9
Chris Woakes c BKG Mendis b RAS Lakmal 39 76 6 0 51.3
Stuart Broad c BKG Mendis b N Pradeep 7 9 1 0 77.8
Steven Finn c & b HMRKB Herath 10 37 1 0 27.0
James Anderson not out 8* 7 1 0 114.3
Extras (b 1, lb 8, w 0, nb 0) 9
Total 132 overs 498/9

Fall of wickets: 1-39 (AN Cook, 13.6 ov), 2-64 (NRD Compton, 26.1 ov), 3-160 (AD Hales, 48.5 ov), 4-219 (JE Root, 64.5 ov), 5-227 (JM Vince, 67.4 ov), 6-297 (JM Bairstow, 86.2 ov), 7-389 (CR Woakes, 108.6 ov), 8-400 (SCJ Broad, 111.2 ov), 9-472 (ST Finn, 125.3 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
RMS Eranga 27 3 100 0 3.70 0 0
RAS Lakmal 29 4 115 2 3.97 0 0
N Pradeep 33 5 107 4 3.24 0 0
HMRKB Herath 29 1 116 1 4.00 0 0
AD Mathews 6 2 16 0 2.67 0 0
TAM Siriwardana 8 0 35 2 4.38 0 0

Sri Lanka · 1st innings 101 all out (43.3 overs)

Sri Lanka · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
FDM Karunaratne b JM Anderson 9 14 1 0 64.3
JK Silva c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad 13 22 2 0 59.1
BKG Mendis c JM Anderson b CR Woakes 35 62 3 0 56.5
LD Chandimal c AN Cook b JM Anderson 4 11 1 0 36.4
AD Mathews c JM Bairstow b CR Woakes 3 8 0 0 37.5
HDRL Thirimanne c NRD Compton b JM Anderson 19 80 1 0 23.8
TAM Siriwardana c JM Bairstow b CR Woakes 0 5 0 0 0.0
HMRKB Herath c JM Anderson b SCJ Broad 12 46 2 0 26.1
RMS Eranga c JE Root b SCJ Broad 2 3 0 0 66.7
RAS Lakmal c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad 0 5 0 0 0.0
N Pradeep not out 2* 6 0 0 33.3
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 0, nb 1) 2
Total 43.3 overs 101

Fall of wickets: 1-10 (FDM Karunaratne, 2.4 ov), 2-44 (JK Silva, 11.6 ov), 3-53 (LD Chandimal, 14.6 ov), 4-58 (AD Mathews, 17.6 ov), 5-67 (BKG Mendis, 21.1 ov), 6-67 (TAM Siriwardana, 21.6 ov), 7-88 (HMRKB Herath, 38.2 ov), 8-90 (RMS Eranga, 38.5 ov), 9-93 (RAS Lakmal, 40.3 ov), 10-101 (HDRL Thirimanne, 43.3 ov)

Sri Lanka · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 12.3 2 36 3 2.88 0 0
Stuart Broad 13 2 40 4 3.08 0 1
Chris Woakes 7 4 9 3 1.29 0 0
Steven Finn 7 3 15 0 2.14 0 0
Moeen Ali 4 4 0 0 0.00 0 0

Sri Lanka · 2nd innings 475 all out (128.2 overs)

Sri Lanka · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
FDM Karunaratne c JE Root b CR Woakes 26 55 2 0 47.3
JK Silva c JM Bairstow b ST Finn 60 145 6 0 41.4
BKG Mendis c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson 26 22 4 0 118.2
HDRL Thirimanne b MM Ali 13 27 2 0 48.1
AD Mathews c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson 80 105 9 1 76.2
LD Chandimal b SCJ Broad 126 207 13 1 60.9
TAM Siriwardana c AD Hales b JM Anderson 35 72 6 0 48.6
HMRKB Herath lbw b JM Anderson 61 99 8 0 61.6
RMS Eranga b JM Anderson 1 18 0 0 5.6
RAS Lakmal c SCJ Broad b CR Woakes 11 15 2 0 73.3
N Pradeep not out 13* 11 2 0 118.2
Extras (b 5, lb 11, w 1, nb 6) 23
Total 128.2 overs 475

Fall of wickets: 1-38 (FDM Karunaratne, 16.3 ov), 2-79 (BKG Mendis, 21.6 ov), 3-100 (HDRL Thirimanne, 30.4 ov), 4-182 (JK Silva, 51.6 ov), 5-222 (AD Mathews, 63.4 ov), 6-314 (TAM Siriwardana, 88.6 ov), 7-430 (HMRKB Herath, 117.1 ov), 8-442 (RMS Eranga, 121.5 ov), 9-453 (LD Chandimal, 125.5 ov), 10-475 (RAS Lakmal, 128.2 ov)

Sri Lanka · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 27 9 58 5 2.15 0 0
Stuart Broad 24 6 71 1 2.96 0 2
Chris Woakes 27.2 8 103 2 3.77 1 0
Steven Finn 19 0 78 1 4.11 0 1
Moeen Ali 28 5 136 1 4.86 0 3
James Vince 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 0
Joe Root 2 0 13 0 6.50 0 0

England · 2nd innings 80/1 (23.2 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook not out 47* 65 7 0 72.3
Alex Hales b TAM Siriwardana 11 37 1 0 29.7
NRD Compton not out 22* 38 4 0 57.9
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 0) 0
Total 23.2 overs 80/1

Did not bat: JE Root, JM Vince, JM Bairstow, MM Ali, CR Woakes, SCJ Broad, ST Finn, JM Anderson

Fall of wickets: 1-35 (AD Hales, 10.6 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
HMRKB Herath 10 3 18 0 1.80 0 0
N Pradeep 2 0 12 0 6.00 0 0
TAM Siriwardana 7.2 0 37 1 5.05 0 0
RAS Lakmal 3 0 9 0 3.00 0 0
RMS Eranga 1 0 4 0 4.00 0 0

Player of the match: James Anderson · Umpires: Aleem Dar, S Ravi · TV umpire: RJ Tucker · 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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