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England men · Test · International series · 1st Test

Sri Lanka
v England⁠

Result

England won by 211 runs

Sri Lanka
203 & 250
England
342 & 322/6d
Date
Tuesday 6 November 2018 · England in 2018
Venue
Galle
Competition
Test · International series · 1st Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

Sri Lanka v England Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 342 all out (97 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
RJ Burns c N Dickwella b RAS Lakmal 9 12 2 0 75.0
KK Jennings b MDK Perera 46 53 7 0 86.8
Moeen Ali b RAS Lakmal 0 1 0 0 0.0
Joe Root b HMRKB Herath 35 46 5 0 76.1
Ben Stokes b MDK Perera 7 19 1 0 36.8
Jos Buttler c N Dickwella b MDK Perera 38 72 4 0 52.8
BT Foakes c DM de Silva b RAS Lakmal 107 202 10 0 53.0
Sam Curran c LD Chandimal b A Dananjaya 48 104 1 3 46.2
Adil Rashid c DM de Silva b MDK Perera 35 38 4 2 92.1
MJ Leach c DM de Silva b MDK Perera 15 31 2 0 48.4
James Anderson not out 0* 4 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 0, nb 0) 2
Total 97 overs 342

Fall of wickets: 1-10 (RJ Burns, 2.3 ov), 2-10 (MM Ali, 2.4 ov), 3-72 (JE Root, 16.1 ov), 4-98 (KK Jennings, 21.1 ov), 5-103 (BA Stokes, 23.3 ov), 6-164 (JC Buttler, 43.6 ov), 7-252 (SM Curran, 77.2 ov), 8-306 (AU Rashid, 87.4 ov), 9-330 (MJ Leach, 95.2 ov), 10-342 (BT Foakes, 96.6 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
RAS Lakmal 18 5 73 3 4.06 0 0
MDK Perera 31 6 75 5 2.42 0 0
A Dananjaya 20 2 96 1 4.80 0 0
HMRKB Herath 25 4 78 1 3.12 0 0
DM de Silva 3 0 18 0 6.00 0 0

Sri Lanka · 1st innings 203 all out (68 overs)

Sri Lanka · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
FDM Karunaratne c BT Foakes b JM Anderson 4 2 1 0 200.0
JK Silva lbw b SM Curran 1 6 0 0 16.7
DM de Silva b MM Ali 14 47 0 0 29.8
BKG Mendis c BA Stokes b MJ Leach 19 32 4 0 59.4
AD Mathews c KK Jennings b MM Ali 52 122 3 0 42.6
LD Chandimal st BT Foakes b AU Rashid 33 72 3 0 45.8
N Dickwella c JC Buttler b MM Ali 28 39 3 0 71.8
MDK Perera c JC Buttler b MJ Leach 21 49 2 0 42.9
A Dananjaya c BT Foakes b MM Ali 0 3 0 0 0.0
RAS Lakmal c JM Anderson b AU Rashid 15 20 2 0 75.0
HMRKB Herath not out 14* 16 2 0 87.5
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 0, nb 0) 2
Total 68 overs 203

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (FDM Karunaratne, 0.2 ov), 2-10 (JK Silva, 3.3 ov), 3-34 (BKG Mendis, 13.2 ov), 4-40 (DM de Silva, 16.3 ov), 5-115 (LD Chandimal, 43.2 ov), 6-136 (AD Mathews, 49.3 ov), 7-171 (N Dickwella, 59.6 ov), 8-173 (A Dananjaya, 61.3 ov), 9-175 (MDK Perera, 62.6 ov), 10-203 (RAS Lakmal, 67.6 ov)

Sri Lanka · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 10 0 26 1 2.60 0 0
Sam Curran 6 1 16 1 2.67 0 0
MJ Leach 18 2 41 2 2.28 0 0
Moeen Ali 21 4 66 4 3.14 0 0
Adil Rashid 9 1 30 2 3.33 0 0
Ben Stokes 4 0 22 0 5.50 0 0

England · 2nd innings 322/6 dec (93 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
RJ Burns run out 23 65 1 0 35.4
KK Jennings not out 146* 280 9 0 52.1
Moeen Ali c HMRKB Herath b MDK Perera 3 11 0 0 27.3
Joe Root c N Dickwella b HMRKB Herath 3 19 0 0 15.8
Ben Stokes b MDK Perera 62 93 4 3 66.7
Jos Buttler c JK Silva b HMRKB Herath 35 58 2 1 60.3
BT Foakes c BKG Mendis b A Dananjaya 37 34 1 3 108.8
Sam Curran not out 0* 0 0 0 –
Extras (b 4, lb 7, w 0, nb 2) 13
Total 93 overs 322/6

Did not bat: AU Rashid, MJ Leach, JM Anderson

Fall of wickets: 1-60 (RJ Burns, 22.6 ov), 2-67 (MM Ali, 26.3 ov), 3-74 (JE Root, 31.3 ov), 4-181 (BA Stokes, 60.5 ov), 5-258 (JC Buttler, 83.1 ov), 6-319 (BT Foakes, 92.5 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MDK Perera 30 3 94 2 3.13 0 0
RAS Lakmal 9 2 30 0 3.33 0 2
HMRKB Herath 23 1 59 2 2.57 0 0
A Dananjaya 18.5 2 87 1 4.62 0 0
DM de Silva 12.1 2 41 0 3.37 0 0

Sri Lanka · 2nd innings 250 all out (85.1 overs)

Sri Lanka · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
FDM Karunaratne c & b MM Ali 26 86 1 0 30.2
JK Silva lbw b MJ Leach 30 59 1 0 50.8
DM de Silva c JE Root b BA Stokes 21 44 0 1 47.7
BKG Mendis c MM Ali b MJ Leach 45 77 6 1 58.4
AD Mathews c JC Buttler b MM Ali 53 92 5 0 57.6
LD Chandimal b MJ Leach 1 11 0 0 9.1
N Dickwella c BA Stokes b MM Ali 16 32 1 0 50.0
MDK Perera c BA Stokes b AU Rashid 30 49 3 1 61.2
A Dananjaya c BA Stokes b MM Ali 8 18 0 0 44.4
RAS Lakmal not out 14* 25 1 1 56.0
HMRKB Herath run out 5 18 0 0 27.8
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 0, nb 0) 1
Total 85.1 overs 250

Fall of wickets: 1-51 (JK Silva, 22.3 ov), 2-59 (FDM Karunaratne, 25.2 ov), 3-98 (DM de Silva, 37.2 ov), 4-144 (BKG Mendis, 50.5 ov), 5-154 (LD Chandimal, 54.4 ov), 6-190 (N Dickwella, 66.1 ov), 7-197 (AD Mathews, 68.4 ov), 8-229 (A Dananjaya, 76.6 ov), 9-239 (MDK Perera, 79.3 ov), 10-250 (HMRKB Herath, 85.1 ov)

Sri Lanka · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Sam Curran 5 1 15 0 3.00 0 0
James Anderson 12 2 27 0 2.25 0 0
Moeen Ali 20 2 71 4 3.55 0 0
Adil Rashid 18.1 0 59 1 3.25 0 0
MJ Leach 21 1 60 3 2.86 0 0
Ben Stokes 8 2 16 1 2.00 0 0
Joe Root 1 0 1 0 1.00 0 0

Player of the match: BT Foakes · Umpires: CB Gaffaney, M Erasmus · TV umpire: S Ravi · 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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