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England men · Test · International series · 1st Test
Result
Sri Lanka won by 75 runs
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HDRL Thirimanne | c GP Swann b JM Anderson | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| TM Dilshan | c AJ Strauss b SCJ Broad | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 137.5 |
| KC Sangakkara | c MJ Prior b JM Anderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | c MJ Prior b JM Anderson | 180 | 315 | 22 | 3 | 57.1 |
| TT Samaraweera | run out (JM Anderson) | 20 | 82 | 3 | 0 | 24.4 |
| LD Chandimal | c IR Bell b SR Patel | 27 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 56.3 |
| HAPW Jayawardene | lbw b JM Anderson | 23 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 57.5 |
| S Randiv | run out (AJ Strauss) | 12 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 80.0 |
| HMRKB Herath | lbw b SR Patel | 5 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| UWMBCA Welegedara | b JM Anderson | 19 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 73.1 |
| RAS Lakmal | not out | 0* | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 14, w 0, nb 4) | 18 | ||||
| Total | 96.3 overs | 318 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (HDRL Thirimanne, 2.2 ov), 2-11 (KC Sangakkara, 2.3 ov), 3-15 (TM Dilshan, 3.5 ov), 4-67 (TT Samaraweera, 32.4 ov), 5-128 (LD Chandimal, 49.6 ov), 6-170 (HAPW Jayawardene, 61.5 ov), 7-191 (S Randiv, 65.6 ov), 8-253 (HMRKB Herath, 80.2 ov), 9-307 (UWMBCA Welegedara, 92.6 ov), 10-318 (DPMD Jayawardene, 96.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 20.3 | 5 | 72 | 5 | 3.51 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 21 | 3 | 71 | 1 | 3.38 | 0 | 4 |
| Monty Panesar | 23 | 11 | 42 | 0 | 1.83 | 0 | 0 |
| Graeme Swann | 23 | 3 | 92 | 0 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Samit Patel | 9 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Strauss | lbw b HMRKB Herath | 26 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 65.0 |
| Alastair Cook | lbw b RAS Lakmal | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jonathan Trott | st HAPW Jayawardene b HMRKB Herath | 12 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Kevin Pietersen | b UWMBCA Welegedara | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| Ian Bell | b HMRKB Herath | 52 | 87 | 8 | 1 | 59.8 |
| Matt Prior | lbw b HMRKB Herath | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Samit Patel | lbw b HMRKB Herath | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 |
| Stuart Broad | lbw b HMRKB Herath | 28 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 186.7 |
| Graeme Swann | c TM Dilshan b S Randiv | 24 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 92.3 |
| James Anderson | not out | 23* | 26 | 4 | 0 | 88.5 |
| Monty Panesar | lbw b S Randiv | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 118.2 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 2, w 1, nb 0) | 3 | ||||
| Total | 46.4 overs | 193 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (AN Cook, 1.5 ov), 2-40 (IJL Trott, 10.3 ov), 3-43 (AJ Strauss, 12.4 ov), 4-65 (KP Pietersen, 17.1 ov), 5-72 (MJ Prior, 18.6 ov), 6-92 (SR Patel, 26.1 ov), 7-122 (SCJ Broad, 32.1 ov), 8-157 (GP Swann, 39.4 ov), 9-157 (IR Bell, 40.5 ov), 10-193 (MS Panesar, 46.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UWMBCA Welegedara | 11 | 2 | 46 | 1 | 4.18 | 0 | 0 |
| RAS Lakmal | 9 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 5.00 | 1 | 0 |
| HMRKB Herath | 19 | 5 | 74 | 6 | 3.89 | 0 | 0 |
| S Randiv | 7.4 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 3.39 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HDRL Thirimanne | b GP Swann | 6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 26.1 |
| TM Dilshan | b SCJ Broad | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| KC Sangakkara | c IR Bell b GP Swann | 14 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 31.8 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | c JM Anderson b GP Swann | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 71.4 |
| TT Samaraweera | st MJ Prior b GP Swann | 36 | 74 | 5 | 0 | 48.6 |
| LD Chandimal | c KP Pietersen b MS Panesar | 31 | 83 | 5 | 0 | 37.3 |
| S Randiv | lbw b GP Swann | 18 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 28.6 |
| HAPW Jayawardene | not out | 61* | 123 | 3 | 3 | 49.6 |
| HMRKB Herath | b GP Swann | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 70.0 |
| UWMBCA Welegedara | c AJ Strauss b MS Panesar | 13 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 24.5 |
| RAS Lakmal | run out (KP Pietersen/JM Anderson) | 13 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 44.8 |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 4, w 1, nb 4) | 10 | ||||
| Total | 84.3 overs | 214 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (TM Dilshan, 1.3 ov), 2-8 (HDRL Thirimanne, 6.2 ov), 3-14 (DPMD Jayawardene, 8.1 ov), 4-41 (KC Sangakkara, 18.6 ov), 5-72 (TT Samaraweera, 30.1 ov), 6-114 (LD Chandimal, 47.2 ov), 7-115 (S Randiv, 50.5 ov), 8-127 (HMRKB Herath, 54.1 ov), 9-167 (UWMBCA Welegedara, 70.5 ov), 10-214 (RAS Lakmal, 84.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 10.3 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 2.48 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 11 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 3.00 | 1 | 4 |
| Graeme Swann | 30 | 5 | 82 | 6 | 2.73 | 0 | 0 |
| Monty Panesar | 24 | 6 | 59 | 2 | 2.46 | 0 | 0 |
| Samit Patel | 9 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Strauss | c TM Dilshan b HMRKB Herath | 27 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 45.0 |
| Alastair Cook | c HAPW Jayawardene b HMRKB Herath | 14 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 56.0 |
| Jonathan Trott | c TM Dilshan b S Randiv | 112 | 266 | 10 | 0 | 42.1 |
| Kevin Pietersen | c DPMD Jayawardene b S Randiv | 30 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 44.1 |
| Ian Bell | lbw b HMRKB Herath | 13 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 38.2 |
| Matt Prior | c HDRL Thirimanne b HMRKB Herath | 41 | 88 | 3 | 0 | 46.6 |
| Samit Patel | c TM Dilshan b HMRKB Herath | 9 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 |
| Stuart Broad | not out | 5* | 12 | 0 | 0 | 41.7 |
| Graeme Swann | lbw b HMRKB Herath | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 |
| James Anderson | c HAPW Jayawardene b S Randiv | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 83.3 |
| Monty Panesar | c TM Dilshan b S Randiv | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 6, w 1, nb 0) | 7 | ||||
| Total | 99 overs | 264 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (AN Cook, 8.5 ov), 2-48 (AJ Strauss, 18.3 ov), 3-118 (KP Pietersen, 42.5 ov), 4-152 (IR Bell, 58.1 ov), 5-233 (MJ Prior, 85.6 ov), 6-252 (SR Patel, 93.5 ov), 7-256 (IJL Trott, 94.6 ov), 8-259 (GP Swann, 97.5 ov), 9-264 (JM Anderson, 98.5 ov), 10-264 (MS Panesar, 98.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UWMBCA Welegedara | 13 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 3.08 | 0 | 0 |
| RAS Lakmal | 10 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 2.20 | 0 | 0 |
| HMRKB Herath | 38 | 9 | 97 | 6 | 2.55 | 0 | 0 |
| TM Dilshan | 12 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 2.08 | 0 | 0 |
| S Randiv | 26 | 2 | 74 | 4 | 2.85 | 1 | 0 |
Player of the match: HMRKB Herath · Umpires: Asad Rauf, RJ Tucker · TV umpire: BNJ Oxenford · Match referee: J Srinath. 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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