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England
v Sri Lanka⁠

Result

Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets

England
325 & 156
Sri Lanka
263 & 219/2
Date
6 Sep – 10 Sep 2024 · England in 2024
Start
11:00 UK
Venue
The Kia Oval, Kennington
Competition
Test · International series · 3rd 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 325 all out (69.1 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Ben Duckett c LD Chandimal b RMMP Rathnayake 86 79 9 2 108.9
Dan Lawrence c P Nissanka b CBRLS Kumara 5 21 0 0 23.8
Ollie Pope c FDM Karunaratne b MVT Fernando 154 156 19 2 98.7
Joe Root c MVT Fernando b CBRLS Kumara 13 48 1 0 27.1
Harry Brook c PHKD Mendis b RMMP Rathnayake 19 39 1 0 48.7
Jamie Smith c BKG Mendis b MVT Fernando 16 31 2 0 51.6
Chris Woakes c RMMP Rathnayake b DM de Silva 2 4 0 0 50.0
AAP Atkinson c RMMP Rathnayake b DM de Silva 5 12 0 0 41.7
OP Stone not out 15* 12 1 1 125.0
J Hull c DM de Silva b AM Fernando 2 10 0 0 20.0
Shoaib Bashir c CBRLS Kumara b RMMP Rathnayake 1 3 0 0 33.3
Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 1, nb 0) 7
Total 69.1 overs 325

Fall of wickets: 1-45 (DW Lawrence, 9.2 ov), 2-140 (BM Duckett, 25.6 ov), 3-191 (JE Root, 38.3 ov), 4-261 (HC Brook, 52.4 ov), 5-290 (JL Smith, 59.6 ov), 6-299 (CR Woakes, 62.2 ov), 7-307 (AAP Atkinson, 64.5 ov), 8-307 (OJ Pope, 65.1 ov), 9-318 (J Hull, 68.2 ov), 10-325 (Shoaib Bashir, 69.1 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
AM Fernando 20 0 88 1 4.40 0 0
MVT Fernando 13 1 46 2 3.54 1 0
CBRLS Kumara 16 1 97 2 6.06 0 0
RMMP Rathnayake 13.1 3 56 3 4.25 0 0
AD Mathews 3 0 14 0 4.67 0 0
DM de Silva 4 0 18 2 4.50 0 0

Sri Lanka · 1st innings 263 all out (61.2 overs)

Sri Lanka · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
P Nissanka c CR Woakes b J Hull 64 51 9 0 125.5
FDM Karunaratne run out (OP Stone) 9 16 1 0 56.3
BKG Mendis c HC Brook b CR Woakes 14 13 3 0 107.7
AD Mathews c OJ Pope b OP Stone 3 11 0 0 27.3
LD Chandimal lbw b OP Stone 0 4 0 0 0.0
DM de Silva c Shoaib Bashir b J Hull 69 111 11 0 62.2
PHKD Mendis c JE Root b CR Woakes 64 91 7 0 70.3
RMMP Rathnayake c JL Smith b OP Stone 7 21 1 0 33.3
MVT Fernando lbw b J Hull 0 8 0 0 0.0
CBRLS Kumara not out 5* 29 0 0 17.2
AM Fernando c JL Smith b Shoaib Bashir 11 14 2 0 78.6
Extras (b 8, lb 2, w 6, nb 1) 17
Total 61.2 overs 263

Fall of wickets: 1-34 (FDM Karunaratne, 6.2 ov), 2-70 (BKG Mendis, 10.5 ov), 3-86 (AD Mathews, 14.4 ov), 4-91 (P Nissanka, 15.3 ov), 5-93 (LD Chandimal, 16.2 ov), 6-220 (DM de Silva, 47.5 ov), 7-233 (PHKD Mendis, 50.1 ov), 8-238 (MVT Fernando, 51.4 ov), 9-248 (RMMP Rathnayake, 56.5 ov), 10-263 (AM Fernando, 61.2 ov)

Sri Lanka · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Chris Woakes 13 5 42 2 3.23 0 0
AAP Atkinson 9 1 46 0 5.11 0 0
J Hull 11 0 53 3 4.82 2 0
OP Stone 9 3 35 3 3.89 0 0
Shoaib Bashir 11.2 0 37 1 3.26 0 0
Dan Lawrence 6 0 29 0 4.83 0 1
Joe Root 2 0 11 0 5.50 0 0

England · 2nd innings 156 all out (33.5 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Ben Duckett c MVT Fernando b AM Fernando 7 8 1 0 87.5
Dan Lawrence c LD Chandimal b CBRLS Kumara 35 35 3 1 100.0
Ollie Pope b CBRLS Kumara 7 16 1 0 43.8
Joe Root lbw b MVT Fernando 12 18 2 0 66.7
Harry Brook lbw b MVT Fernando 3 14 0 0 21.4
Jamie Smith c BKG Mendis b MVT Fernando 67 50 10 1 134.0
Chris Woakes c LD Chandimal b CBRLS Kumara 0 5 0 0 0.0
AAP Atkinson lbw b RMMP Rathnayake 1 14 0 0 7.1
OP Stone c sub (KNM Fernando) b CBRLS Kumara 10 31 1 0 32.3
J Hull not out 7* 6 0 1 116.7
Shoaib Bashir c sub (KNM Fernando) b AM Fernando 4 6 1 0 66.7
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 0, nb 0) 3
Total 33.5 overs 156

Fall of wickets: 1-20 (BM Duckett, 2.6 ov), 2-35 (OJ Pope, 7.4 ov), 3-56 (DW Lawrence, 11.1 ov), 4-66 (JE Root, 14.3 ov), 5-69 (HC Brook, 16.3 ov), 6-70 (CR Woakes, 17.4 ov), 7-82 (AAP Atkinson, 23.4 ov), 8-140 (JL Smith, 30.6 ov), 9-145 (OP Stone, 32.2 ov), 10-156 (Shoaib Bashir, 33.6 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
AM Fernando 12 2 49 2 4.08 0 0
RMMP Rathnayake 7 0 43 1 6.14 0 0
CBRLS Kumara 7 1 21 4 3.00 0 0
MVT Fernando 7.5 0 40 3 5.11 0 0

Sri Lanka · 2nd innings 219/2 (40.3 overs)

Sri Lanka · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
P Nissanka not out 127* 124 13 2 102.4
FDM Karunaratne c & b CR Woakes 8 21 1 0 38.1
BKG Mendis c Shoaib Bashir b AAP Atkinson 39 37 7 0 105.4
AD Mathews not out 32* 61 3 0 52.5
Extras (b 4, lb 8, w 1, nb 0) 13
Total 40.3 overs 219/2

Did not bat: LD Chandimal, DM de Silva, PHKD Mendis, RMMP Rathnayake, MVT Fernando, CBRLS Kumara, AM Fernando

Fall of wickets: 1-39 (FDM Karunaratne, 6.6 ov), 2-108 (BKG Mendis, 19.3 ov)

Sri Lanka · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Chris Woakes 12 0 52 1 4.33 0 0
AAP Atkinson 11 1 44 1 4.00 0 0
J Hull 6 0 38 0 6.33 0 0
OP Stone 8 0 45 0 5.63 1 0
Shoaib Bashir 3.3 0 28 0 8.00 0 0

Player of the match: P Nissanka · Umpires: CB Gaffaney, JS Wilson · TV umpire: PR Reiffel · 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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