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England men · Test · International series · 2nd Test

Sri Lanka
v England⁠

Result

England won by 8 wickets

Sri Lanka
275 & 278
England
460 & 97/2
Date
Tuesday 3 April 2012 · England in 2012
Venue
P Sara Oval, Colombo
Competition
Test · International series · 2nd Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

Sri Lanka v England Test scorecard

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat

Sri Lanka · 1st innings 275 all out (111.1 overs)

Sri Lanka · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
HDRL Thirimanne lbw b JM Anderson 8 26 1 0 30.8
TM Dilshan c MJ Prior b JM Anderson 14 16 3 0 87.5
KC Sangakkara c AJ Strauss b JM Anderson 0 1 0 0 0.0
DPMD Jayawardene lbw b GP Swann 105 216 11 1 48.6
TT Samaraweera lbw b TT Bresnan 54 129 5 0 41.9
AD Mathews c AJ Strauss b GP Swann 57 157 6 0 36.3
HAPW Jayawardene c MJ Prior b ST Finn 7 19 1 0 36.8
S Randiv c KP Pietersen b GP Swann 12 52 1 0 23.1
KTGD Prasad not out 12* 30 2 0 40.0
HMRKB Herath c MJ Prior b TT Bresnan 2 19 0 0 10.5
RAS Lakmal b GP Swann 0 2 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 4, lb 0, w 0, nb 0) 4
Total 111.1 overs 275

Fall of wickets: 1-21 (TM Dilshan, 4.5 ov), 2-21 (KC Sangakkara, 4.6 ov), 3-30 (HDRL Thirimanne, 8.6 ov), 4-154 (TT Samaraweera, 52.5 ov), 5-216 (DPMD Jayawardene, 79.3 ov), 6-227 (HAPW Jayawardene, 84.2 ov), 7-258 (S Randiv, 101.4 ov), 8-261 (AD Mathews, 103.2 ov), 9-270 (HMRKB Herath, 108.6 ov), 10-275 (RAS Lakmal, 111.1 ov)

Sri Lanka · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 22 5 62 3 2.82 0 0
Steven Finn 22 4 51 1 2.32 0 0
Tim Bresnan 21 3 47 2 2.24 0 0
Samit Patel 16 3 32 0 2.00 0 0
Graeme Swann 28.1 4 75 4 2.66 0 0
Kevin Pietersen 2 0 4 0 2.00 0 0

England · 1st innings 460 all out (152.3 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c HAPW Jayawardene b TM Dilshan 61 126 4 0 48.4
Alastair Cook c DPMD Jayawardene b TM Dilshan 94 278 9 0 33.8
Jonathan Trott c DPMD Jayawardene b HMRKB Herath 64 137 7 0 46.7
Kevin Pietersen lbw b HMRKB Herath 151 165 16 6 91.5
Ian Bell c S Randiv b KTGD Prasad 18 53 1 0 34.0
Matt Prior c KTGD Prasad b HMRKB Herath 11 26 2 0 42.3
Samit Patel c KTGD Prasad b S Randiv 29 72 1 0 40.3
Tim Bresnan b HMRKB Herath 5 17 0 0 29.4
Graeme Swann c TM Dilshan b HMRKB Herath 17 33 1 1 51.5
James Anderson lbw b HMRKB Herath 2 6 0 0 33.3
Steven Finn not out 2* 4 0 0 50.0
Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 1, nb 2) 6
Total 152.3 overs 460

Fall of wickets: 1-122 (AJ Strauss, 51.3 ov), 2-213 (AN Cook, 84.1 ov), 3-253 (IJL Trott, 97.5 ov), 4-347 (IR Bell, 117.3 ov), 5-380 (MJ Prior, 126.2 ov), 6-411 (KP Pietersen, 134.5 ov), 7-419 (TT Bresnan, 138.5 ov), 8-454 (GP Swann, 149.4 ov), 9-458 (JM Anderson, 151.2 ov), 10-460 (SR Patel, 152.3 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
RAS Lakmal 22 4 81 0 3.68 0 2
KTGD Prasad 23 8 63 1 2.74 1 0
HMRKB Herath 53 9 133 6 2.51 0 0
TM Dilshan 20 4 73 2 3.65 0 0
S Randiv 34.3 4 107 1 3.10 0 0

Sri Lanka · 2nd innings 278 all out (118.5 overs)

Sri Lanka · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
KTGD Prasad c TT Bresnan b ST Finn 34 59 5 0 57.6
HDRL Thirimanne c AJ Strauss b JM Anderson 11 28 1 0 39.3
TM Dilshan c JM Anderson b GP Swann 35 66 0 0 53.0
KC Sangakkara c MJ Prior b GP Swann 21 86 2 0 24.4
DPMD Jayawardene c AN Cook b GP Swann 64 191 4 0 33.5
TT Samaraweera b GP Swann 47 139 4 0 33.8
S Randiv b GP Swann 0 2 0 0 0.0
AD Mathews c AJ Strauss b ST Finn 46 98 6 0 46.9
HAPW Jayawardene b GP Swann 2 6 0 0 33.3
HMRKB Herath c JM Anderson b SR Patel 2 21 0 0 9.5
RAS Lakmal not out 4* 17 1 0 23.5
Extras (b 4, lb 6, w 2, nb 0) 12
Total 118.5 overs 278

Fall of wickets: 1-23 (HDRL Thirimanne, 8.2 ov), 2-64 (KTGD Prasad, 18.2 ov), 3-104 (TM Dilshan, 35.1 ov), 4-125 (KC Sangakkara, 45.4 ov), 5-215 (TT Samaraweera, 89.1 ov), 6-215 (S Randiv, 89.3 ov), 7-238 (DPMD Jayawardene, 101.5 ov), 8-242 (HAPW Jayawardene, 103.5 ov), 9-251 (HMRKB Herath, 108.2 ov), 10-278 (AD Mathews, 118.5 ov)

Sri Lanka · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 20 6 36 1 1.80 0 0
Steven Finn 15.5 1 30 2 1.89 1 0
Graeme Swann 40 1 106 6 2.65 0 0
Tim Bresnan 14 5 24 0 1.71 1 0
Samit Patel 25 7 54 1 2.16 0 0
Kevin Pietersen 4 0 18 0 4.50 0 0

England · 2nd innings 97/2 (19.4 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss b TM Dilshan 0 6 0 0 0.0
Alastair Cook not out 49* 69 6 0 71.0
Jonathan Trott lbw b HMRKB Herath 5 15 0 0 33.3
Kevin Pietersen not out 42* 28 4 2 150.0
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 0, nb 0) 1
Total 19.4 overs 97/2

Did not bat: IR Bell, MJ Prior, SR Patel, TT Bresnan, GP Swann, JM Anderson, ST Finn

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (AJ Strauss, 0.6 ov), 2-31 (IJL Trott, 9.1 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
TM Dilshan 7.4 1 43 1 5.61 0 0
HMRKB Herath 9 0 37 1 4.11 0 0
S Randiv 3 0 16 0 5.33 0 0

Player of the match: Kevin Pietersen · Umpires: Asad Rauf, BNJ Oxenford · TV umpire: RJ Tucker · 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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