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England men · Test · International series · 2nd Test

Sri Lanka
v England⁠

Result

England won by 57 runs

Sri Lanka
336 & 243
England
290 & 346
Date
Wednesday 14 November 2018 · England in 2018
Venue
Pallekele
Competition
Test · International series · 2nd Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

Sri Lanka v England Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 290 all out (75.4 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
RJ Burns c DM de Silva b A Dananjaya 43 81 5 0 53.1
KK Jennings c N Dickwella b RAS Lakmal 1 8 0 0 12.5
Ben Stokes lbw b MDK Perera 19 27 2 0 70.4
Joe Root b PM Pushpakumara 14 23 2 0 60.9
Jos Buttler c FDM Karunaratne b PM Pushpakumara 63 67 7 0 94.0
Moeen Ali lbw b PM Pushpakumara 10 23 0 0 43.5
BT Foakes c DM de Silva b MDK Perera 19 29 3 0 65.5
Sam Curran c FDM Karunaratne b MDK Perera 64 119 1 6 53.8
Adil Rashid lbw b MDK Perera 31 52 2 1 59.6
MJ Leach b A Dananjaya 7 13 1 0 53.8
James Anderson not out 7* 12 1 0 58.3
Extras (b 4, lb 3, w 0, nb 0, pen 5) 12
Total 75.4 overs 290

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (KK Jennings, 4.3 ov), 2-44 (BA Stokes, 13.2 ov), 3-65 (JE Root, 18.6 ov), 4-89 (RJ Burns, 25.5 ov), 5-134 (MM Ali, 34.2 ov), 6-165 (BT Foakes, 41.3 ov), 7-171 (JC Buttler, 46.1 ov), 8-216 (AU Rashid, 61.2 ov), 9-225 (MJ Leach, 64.4 ov), 10-285 (SM Curran, 75.4 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
RAS Lakmal 12 1 44 1 3.67 0 0
MDK Perera 24.4 5 61 4 2.47 0 0
PM Pushpakumara 23 4 89 3 3.87 0 0
DM de Silva 2 0 4 0 2.00 0 0
A Dananjaya 14 1 80 2 5.71 0 0

Sri Lanka · 1st innings 336 all out (103 overs)

Sri Lanka · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
FDM Karunaratne run out 63 125 4 0 50.4
JK Silva b MJ Leach 6 15 1 0 40.0
PM Pushpakumara c RJ Burns b MM Ali 4 22 0 0 18.2
DM de Silva c BT Foakes b AU Rashid 59 98 6 0 60.2
BKG Mendis c BA Stokes b MJ Leach 1 3 0 0 33.3
AD Mathews c BT Foakes b AU Rashid 20 42 1 0 47.6
ARS Silva c MM Ali b AU Rashid 85 174 4 1 48.9
N Dickwella lbw b JE Root 25 33 3 0 75.8
MDK Perera lbw b MJ Leach 15 37 2 0 40.5
A Dananjaya lbw b MM Ali 31 39 3 0 79.5
RAS Lakmal not out 15* 30 2 0 50.0
Extras (b 6, lb 6, w 0, nb 0) 12
Total 103 overs 336

Fall of wickets: 1-22 (JK Silva, 7.4 ov), 2-31 (PM Pushpakumara, 14.4 ov), 3-127 (FDM Karunaratne, 38.6 ov), 4-136 (BKG Mendis, 41.1 ov), 5-146 (DM de Silva, 46.2 ov), 6-165 (AD Mathews, 54.3 ov), 7-211 (N Dickwella, 66.4 ov), 8-252 (MDK Perera, 79.4 ov), 9-308 (A Dananjaya, 93.2 ov), 10-336 (ARS Silva, 102.6 ov)

Sri Lanka · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 14 2 40 0 2.86 0 0
Sam Curran 4 0 19 0 4.75 0 0
MJ Leach 29 5 70 3 2.41 0 0
Moeen Ali 25 1 85 2 3.40 0 0
Adil Rashid 22 2 75 3 3.41 0 0
Joe Root 8 0 26 1 3.25 0 0
Ben Stokes 1 0 9 0 9.00 0 0

England · 2nd innings 346 all out (80.4 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
MJ Leach lbw b MDK Perera 1 11 0 0 9.1
RJ Burns lbw b PM Pushpakumara 59 66 7 0 89.4
KK Jennings c DM de Silva b A Dananjaya 26 54 1 0 48.1
Joe Root lbw b A Dananjaya 124 146 10 2 84.9
Ben Stokes lbw b MDK Perera 0 2 0 0 0.0
Jos Buttler b A Dananjaya 34 45 3 0 75.6
Moeen Ali lbw b A Dananjaya 10 14 0 1 71.4
BT Foakes not out 65* 119 4 2 54.6
Sam Curran b A Dananjaya 0 1 0 0 0.0
Adil Rashid lbw b A Dananjaya 2 13 0 0 15.4
James Anderson b MDK Perera 12 13 3 0 92.3
Extras (b 4, lb 9, w 0, nb 0) 13
Total 80.4 overs 346

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (MJ Leach, 2.3 ov), 2-77 (KK Jennings, 19.1 ov), 3-108 (RJ Burns, 25.5 ov), 4-109 (BA Stokes, 26.3 ov), 5-183 (JC Buttler, 40.6 ov), 6-219 (MM Ali, 46.3 ov), 7-301 (JE Root, 69.2 ov), 8-301 (SM Curran, 69.3 ov), 9-305 (AU Rashid, 71.6 ov), 10-346 (JM Anderson, 80.4 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MDK Perera 20.4 2 96 3 4.65 0 0
PM Pushpakumara 27 1 101 1 3.74 0 0
A Dananjaya 25 0 115 6 4.60 0 0
DM de Silva 4 0 7 0 1.75 0 0
RAS Lakmal 4 0 14 0 3.50 0 0

Sri Lanka · 2nd innings 243 all out (74 overs)

Sri Lanka · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
FDM Karunaratne c BT Foakes b AU Rashid 57 96 4 0 59.4
JK Silva st BT Foakes b MJ Leach 4 6 0 0 66.7
DM de Silva c KK Jennings b MJ Leach 1 10 0 0 10.0
BKG Mendis lbw b MJ Leach 1 7 0 0 14.3
AD Mathews lbw b MM Ali 88 137 6 0 64.2
ARS Silva c JE Root b MM Ali 37 95 4 0 38.9
N Dickwella c BA Stokes b MM Ali 35 43 3 0 81.4
MDK Perera lbw b MJ Leach 2 11 0 0 18.2
A Dananjaya not out 8* 28 0 0 28.6
RAS Lakmal b MM Ali 0 2 0 0 0.0
PM Pushpakumara c & b MJ Leach 1 9 0 0 11.1
Extras (b 5, lb 4, w 0, nb 0) 9
Total 74 overs 243

Fall of wickets: 1-14 (JK Silva, 3.3 ov), 2-16 (DM de Silva, 5.3 ov), 3-26 (BKG Mendis, 7.5 ov), 4-103 (FDM Karunaratne, 27.6 ov), 5-176 (ARS Silva, 54.3 ov), 6-221 (AD Mathews, 62.3 ov), 7-226 (MDK Perera, 65.2 ov), 8-240 (N Dickwella, 70.1 ov), 9-240 (RAS Lakmal, 70.3 ov), 10-243 (PM Pushpakumara, 73.6 ov)

Sri Lanka · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 5 2 12 0 2.40 0 0
MJ Leach 28 2 83 5 2.96 0 0
Moeen Ali 19 2 72 4 3.79 0 0
Adil Rashid 17 1 52 1 3.06 0 0
Joe Root 5 0 15 0 3.00 0 0

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