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England men · Test · International series · 3rd Test

England
v Sri Lanka⁠

Result

Match drawn

England
416 & 233/7d
Sri Lanka
288 & 78/1
Date
Thursday 9 June 2016 · England in 2016
Venue
Lord's, London
Competition
Test · International series · 3rd Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Sri Lanka Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 416 all out (128.4 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook lbw b N Pradeep 85 173 9 0 49.1
Alex Hales c AD Mathews b HMRKB Herath 18 52 3 0 34.6
NRD Compton c LD Chandimal b RAS Lakmal 1 11 0 0 9.1
Joe Root lbw b RAS Lakmal 3 9 0 0 33.3
James Vince b N Pradeep 10 17 1 0 58.8
Jonny Bairstow not out 167* 251 18 0 66.5
Moeen Ali c AD Mathews b HMRKB Herath 25 60 3 0 41.7
Chris Woakes c & b HMRKB Herath 66 142 8 0 46.5
Stuart Broad c BKG Mendis b RAS Lakmal 14 32 1 0 43.8
Steven Finn c RAS Lakmal b HMRKB Herath 7 22 1 0 31.8
James Anderson c LD Chandimal b RMS Eranga 4 3 1 0 133.3
Extras (b 0, lb 16, w 0, nb 0) 16
Total 128.4 overs 416

Fall of wickets: 1-56 (AD Hales, 19.4 ov), 2-67 (NRD Compton, 24.3 ov), 3-71 (JE Root, 26.1 ov), 4-84 (JM Vince, 31.3 ov), 5-164 (AN Cook, 56.2 ov), 6-227 (MM Ali, 73.5 ov), 7-371 (CR Woakes, 113.3 ov), 8-396 (SCJ Broad, 122.2 ov), 9-411 (ST Finn, 127.5 ov), 10-416 (JM Anderson, 128.4 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
RMS Eranga 25.4 2 94 1 3.66 0 0
RAS Lakmal 27 2 90 3 3.33 0 0
N Pradeep 27 4 104 2 3.85 0 0
AD Mathews 13 5 31 0 2.38 0 0
HMRKB Herath 36 8 81 4 2.25 0 0

Sri Lanka · 1st innings 288 all out (95.1 overs)

Sri Lanka · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
FDM Karunaratne c JM Bairstow b ST Finn 50 101 7 0 49.5
JK Silva c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad 79 152 10 0 52.0
BKG Mendis lbw b CR Woakes 25 55 3 0 45.5
HDRL Thirimanne c JE Root b ST Finn 17 58 3 0 29.3
AD Mathews c JE Root b CR Woakes 3 14 0 0 21.4
LD Chandimal lbw b ST Finn 19 48 3 0 39.6
MDKJ Perera c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson 42 73 7 0 57.5
HMRKB Herath b SCJ Broad 31 49 5 0 63.3
RMS Eranga c JM Vince b CR Woakes 1 13 0 0 7.7
RAS Lakmal c JE Root b JM Anderson 0 5 0 0 0.0
N Pradeep not out 0* 3 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 4, lb 16, w 1, nb 0) 21
Total 95.1 overs 288

Fall of wickets: 1-108 (FDM Karunaratne, 30.6 ov), 2-162 (BKG Mendis, 50.1 ov), 3-166 (JK Silva, 53.1 ov), 4-169 (AD Mathews, 56.3 ov), 5-202 (LD Chandimal, 70.1 ov), 6-205 (HDRL Thirimanne, 72.6 ov), 7-276 (HMRKB Herath, 89.2 ov), 8-288 (MDKJ Perera, 92.4 ov), 9-288 (RAS Lakmal, 94.3 ov), 10-288 (RMS Eranga, 95.1 ov)

Sri Lanka · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 23 6 61 2 2.65 0 0
Stuart Broad 23 7 79 2 3.43 0 0
Steven Finn 18 1 59 3 3.28 1 0
Chris Woakes 17.1 5 31 3 1.81 0 0
Moeen Ali 14 2 38 0 2.71 0 0

England · 2nd innings 233/7 dec (71 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
NRD Compton c LD Chandimal b RMS Eranga 19 35 3 0 54.3
Alex Hales lbw b AD Mathews 94 179 10 1 52.5
Joe Root b N Pradeep 4 5 1 0 80.0
James Vince b N Pradeep 0 1 0 0 0.0
Jonny Bairstow b N Pradeep 32 72 1 0 44.4
Steven Finn lbw b RMS Eranga 7 28 1 0 25.0
Alastair Cook not out 49* 86 3 1 57.0
Moeen Ali c HMRKB Herath b RMS Eranga 9 25 0 0 36.0
Chris Woakes not out 0* 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 6, lb 4, w 1, nb 8) 19
Total 71 overs 233/7

Did not bat: SCJ Broad, JM Anderson

Fall of wickets: 1-45 (NRD Compton, 12.2 ov), 2-50 (JE Root, 13.4 ov), 3-50 (JM Vince, 13.5 ov), 4-101 (JM Bairstow, 35.1 ov), 5-120 (ST Finn, 42.2 ov), 6-202 (AD Hales, 63.2 ov), 7-224 (MM Ali, 70.2 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
RAS Lakmal 13 2 45 0 3.46 0 0
RMS Eranga 14 1 58 3 4.14 1 3
N Pradeep 15 5 37 3 2.47 0 3
HMRKB Herath 20 2 63 0 3.15 0 0
AD Mathews 9 3 20 1 2.22 0 0

Sri Lanka · 2nd innings 78/1 (24.2 overs)

Sri Lanka · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
FDM Karunaratne not out 37* 66 6 0 56.1
JK Silva lbw b JM Anderson 16 51 3 0 31.4
BKG Mendis not out 17* 30 2 1 56.7
Extras (b 1, lb 6, w 0, nb 1) 8
Total 24.2 overs 78/1

Did not bat: HDRL Thirimanne, AD Mathews, LD Chandimal, MDKJ Perera, HMRKB Herath, RMS Eranga, RAS Lakmal, N Pradeep

Fall of wickets: 1-45 (JK Silva, 15.4 ov)

Sri Lanka · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Stuart Broad 11 4 27 0 2.45 0 1
James Anderson 9 2 27 1 3.00 0 0
Chris Woakes 2 1 7 0 3.50 0 0
Moeen Ali 2 1 4 0 2.00 0 0
Joe Root 0.2 0 6 0 18.00 0 0

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