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England men · Test · International series · 2nd Test

England
v Sri Lanka⁠

Result

England won by 190 runs

England
427 & 251
Sri Lanka
196 & 292
Date
29 Aug – 2 Sep 2024 · England in 2024
Start
11:00 UK
Venue
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
Competition
Test · International series · 2nd 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 427 all out (102 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Ben Duckett c CBRLS Kumara b NGRP Jayasuriya 40 47 4 0 85.1
Dan Lawrence c KNM Fernando b CBRLS Kumara 9 22 2 0 40.9
Ollie Pope c DM de Silva b AM Fernando 1 10 0 0 10.0
Joe Root c P Nissanka b RMMP Rathnayake 143 206 18 0 69.4
Harry Brook lbw b AM Fernando 33 45 5 0 73.3
Jamie Smith c KNM Fernando b RMMP Rathnayake 21 57 4 0 36.8
Chris Woakes c AM Fernando b CBRLS Kumara 6 27 1 0 22.2
AAP Atkinson c RMMP Rathnayake b AM Fernando 118 115 14 4 102.6
Matthew Potts c KNM Fernando b AM Fernando 21 43 4 0 48.8
OP Stone c PHKD Mendis b AM Fernando 15 31 1 0 48.4
Shoaib Bashir not out 7* 10 1 0 70.0
Extras (b 8, lb 4, w 0, nb 1) 13
Total 102 overs 427

Fall of wickets: 1-33 (DW Lawrence, 6.5 ov), 2-42 (OJ Pope, 9.2 ov), 3-82 (BM Duckett, 18.4 ov), 4-130 (HC Brook, 30.5 ov), 5-192 (JL Smith, 48.6 ov), 6-216 (CR Woakes, 58.6 ov), 7-308 (JE Root, 77.3 ov), 8-393 (MJ Potts, 93.3 ov), 9-420 (AAP Atkinson, 99.3 ov), 10-427 (OP Stone, 101.6 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
AM Fernando 24 2 102 5 4.25 0 0
RMMP Rathnayake 23 2 89 2 3.87 0 1
CBRLS Kumara 23 2 101 2 4.39 0 0
NGRP Jayasuriya 29 2 96 1 3.31 0 0
PHKD Mendis 3 0 27 0 9.00 0 0

Sri Lanka · 1st innings 196 all out (55.3 overs)

Sri Lanka · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
KNM Fernando b CR Woakes 7 15 1 0 46.7
FDM Karunaratne b OP Stone 7 26 1 0 26.9
P Nissanka c MJ Potts b OP Stone 12 18 1 0 66.7
AD Mathews b MJ Potts 22 36 3 0 61.1
LD Chandimal c DW Lawrence b AAP Atkinson 23 33 3 0 69.7
DM de Silva c HC Brook b MJ Potts 0 3 0 0 0.0
PHKD Mendis c CR Woakes b AAP Atkinson 74 120 8 3 61.7
RMMP Rathnayake c JL Smith b CR Woakes 19 14 4 0 135.7
NGRP Jayasuriya b Shoaib Bashir 8 46 0 0 17.4
CBRLS Kumara run out (OJ Pope) 0 22 0 0 0.0
AM Fernando not out 1* 1 0 0 100.0
Extras (b 8, lb 13, w 1, nb 1) 23
Total 55.3 overs 196

Fall of wickets: 1-18 (KNM Fernando, 6.2 ov), 2-32 (FDM Karunaratne, 9.1 ov), 3-35 (P Nissanka, 9.6 ov), 4-83 (AD Mathews, 20.1 ov), 5-83 (DM de Silva, 20.4 ov), 6-87 (LD Chandimal, 23.1 ov), 7-118 (RMMP Rathnayake, 28.6 ov), 8-153 (NGRP Jayasuriya, 43.6 ov), 9-195 (CBRLS Kumara, 54.6 ov), 10-196 (PHKD Mendis, 55.3 ov)

Sri Lanka · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Chris Woakes 13 4 21 2 1.62 1 0
AAP Atkinson 8.3 2 40 2 4.71 0 0
OP Stone 13 0 70 2 5.38 0 1
Matthew Potts 11 4 19 2 1.73 0 0
Shoaib Bashir 7 1 21 1 3.00 0 0
Joe Root 3 0 4 0 1.33 0 0

England · 2nd innings 251 all out (54.3 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Ben Duckett c AD Mathews b RMMP Rathnayake 24 38 2 0 63.2
Dan Lawrence c KNM Fernando b CBRLS Kumara 7 12 1 0 58.3
Ollie Pope c NGRP Jayasuriya b AM Fernando 17 38 1 0 44.7
Joe Root c PHKD Mendis b CBRLS Kumara 103 121 10 0 85.1
Harry Brook c KNM Fernando b NGRP Jayasuriya 37 36 4 1 102.8
Jamie Smith lbw b NGRP Jayasuriya 26 34 3 0 76.5
Chris Woakes c P Nissanka b RMMP Rathnayake 5 10 1 0 50.0
AAP Atkinson c CBRLS Kumara b AM Fernando 14 12 2 0 116.7
Matthew Potts c LD Chandimal b AM Fernando 2 9 0 0 22.2
OP Stone c P Nissanka b CBRLS Kumara 7 16 1 0 43.8
Shoaib Bashir not out 1* 2 0 0 50.0
Extras (b 0, lb 5, w 2, nb 1) 8
Total 54.3 overs 251

Fall of wickets: 1-22 (DW Lawrence, 5.1 ov), 2-36 (BM Duckett, 10.3 ov), 3-69 (OJ Pope, 18.1 ov), 4-127 (HC Brook, 27.4 ov), 5-171 (JL Smith, 37.1 ov), 6-196 (CR Woakes, 40.5 ov), 7-221 (AAP Atkinson, 44.4 ov), 8-227 (MJ Potts, 46.6 ov), 9-250 (OP Stone, 52.6 ov), 10-251 (JE Root, 54.3 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
AM Fernando 13 0 52 3 4.00 2 1
CBRLS Kumara 12.3 0 53 3 4.24 0 0
RMMP Rathnayake 9 1 36 2 4.00 0 0
NGRP Jayasuriya 20 2 105 2 5.25 0 0

Sri Lanka · 2nd innings 292 all out (86.4 overs)

Sri Lanka · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
KNM Fernando c JE Root b AAP Atkinson 13 25 1 0 52.0
FDM Karunaratne c JL Smith b OP Stone 55 129 7 0 42.6
P Nissanka c JE Root b OP Stone 14 24 3 0 58.3
NGRP Jayasuriya c HC Brook b CR Woakes 4 41 0 0 9.8
AD Mathews c CR Woakes b Shoaib Bashir 36 91 3 0 39.6
LD Chandimal c DW Lawrence b AAP Atkinson 58 62 11 0 93.5
DM de Silva b AAP Atkinson 50 71 7 0 70.4
PHKD Mendis c BM Duckett b AAP Atkinson 4 5 0 0 80.0
RMMP Rathnayake c JL Smith b AAP Atkinson 43 56 7 0 76.8
CBRLS Kumara c OP Stone b CR Woakes 10 13 2 0 76.9
AM Fernando not out 0* 3 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 4, lb 1, w 0, nb 0) 5
Total 86.4 overs 292

Fall of wickets: 1-19 (KNM Fernando, 7.1 ov), 2-43 (P Nissanka, 13.6 ov), 3-60 (NGRP Jayasuriya, 26.2 ov), 4-115 (FDM Karunaratne, 46.4 ov), 5-174 (AD Mathews, 58.5 ov), 6-192 (LD Chandimal, 65.1 ov), 7-200 (PHKD Mendis, 67.2 ov), 8-273 (DM de Silva, 83.1 ov), 9-288 (RMMP Rathnayake, 85.3 ov), 10-292 (CBRLS Kumara, 86.4 ov)

Sri Lanka · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Chris Woakes 19.4 8 46 2 2.34 0 0
AAP Atkinson 16 4 62 5 3.88 0 0
Shoaib Bashir 23 1 78 1 3.39 0 0
Joe Root 4 1 9 0 2.25 0 0
Matthew Potts 11 2 34 0 3.09 0 0
OP Stone 12 0 56 2 4.67 0 0
Dan Lawrence 1 0 2 0 2.00 0 0

Player of the match: AAP Atkinson · Umpires: JS Wilson, PR Reiffel · TV umpire: CB Gaffaney · Match referee: DC Boon. 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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