England v Sri Lanka, Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

England 285/10 & 346/10

Sri Lanka 336/10 & 243/10

England won by 57 runs

England v Sri Lanka 2018 · 2nd Test Pallekele International Cricket Stadium 14–18 Nov 2018

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it far tougher than Sri Lanka.

England

0.98× -2%

Sri Lanka

1.18× +18%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, England led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

Joe Root England

138 +204

ARS Silva Sri Lanka

122 +174

SM Curran England

64 +131

JC Buttler England

97 +131

RJ Burns England

102 +129

Best bowling

Top match figures

A Dananjaya6/115

MJ Leach5/83

MDK Perera4/61

MM Ali4/72

Top score

124

Joe Root · England

Biggest stand

3rd wkt · Sri Lanka

Worst collapse

4–22

4 wkts for 22 · Sri Lanka

Match facts

TossEngland, bat

ResultEngland won by 57 runs

Length5 days

England

285 /10 (75.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RJ Burns	c DM de Silva b A Dananjaya	43	81	5	0	53.09
KK Jennings	c N Dickwella b RAS Lakmal	1	8	0	0	12.50
Ben Stokes	lbw b MDK Perera	19	27	2	0	70.37
Joe Root	b PM Pushpakumara	14	23	2	0	60.87
JC Buttler	c FDM Karunaratne b PM Pushpakumara	63	67	7	0	94.03
MM Ali	lbw b PM Pushpakumara	10	23	0	0	43.48
BT Foakes	c DM de Silva b MDK Perera	19	29	3	0	65.52
SM Curran	c FDM Karunaratne b MDK Perera	64	119	1	6	53.78
AU Rashid	lbw b MDK Perera	31	52	2	1	59.62
MJ Leach	b A Dananjaya	7	13	1	0	53.85
JM Anderson*	not out	7	12	1	0	58.33

Extras 7 (b 4, lb 3)

Total 285/10 (75.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RAS Lakmal	12.0	1	44	1	3.67
MDK Perera	24.4	6	61	4	2.47
PM Pushpakumara	23.0	4	89	3	3.87
DM de Silva	2.0	0	4	0	2.00
A Dananjaya	14.0	1	80	2	5.71

Fall of wickets

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

Sri Lanka

336 /10 (103.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	run out	63	125	4	0	50.40
JK Silva	b MJ Leach	6	15	1	0	40.00
PM Pushpakumara	c RJ Burns b MM Ali	4	22	0	0	18.18
DM de Silva	c BT Foakes b AU Rashid	59	98	6	0	60.20
BKG Mendis	c Ben Stokes b MJ Leach	1	3	0	0	33.33
AD Mathews	c BT Foakes b AU Rashid	20	42	1	0	47.62
ARS Silva	c MM Ali b AU Rashid	85	174	4	1	48.85
N Dickwella	lbw b Joe Root	25	33	3	0	75.76
MDK Perera	lbw b MJ Leach	15	37	2	0	40.54
A Dananjaya	lbw b MM Ali	31	39	3	0	79.49
RAS Lakmal*	not out	15	30	2	0	50.00

Extras 12 (b 6, lb 6)

Total 336/10 (103.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	14.0	2	40	0	2.86
SM Curran	4.0	0	19	0	4.75
MJ Leach	29.0	5	70	3	2.41
MM Ali	25.0	1	85	2	3.40
AU Rashid	22.0	2	75	3	3.41
Joe Root	8.0	0	26	1	3.25
Ben Stokes	1.0	0	9	0	9.00

Fall of wickets

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

England

346 /10 (80.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MJ Leach	lbw b MDK Perera	1	11	0	0	9.09
RJ Burns	lbw b PM Pushpakumara	59	66	7	0	89.39
KK Jennings	c DM de Silva b A Dananjaya	26	54	1	0	48.15
Joe Root	lbw b A Dananjaya	124	146	10	2	84.93
Ben Stokes	lbw b MDK Perera	0	2	0	0	0.00
JC Buttler	b A Dananjaya	34	45	3	0	75.56
MM Ali	lbw b A Dananjaya	10	14	0	1	71.43
BT Foakes*	not out	65	119	4	2	54.62
SM Curran	b A Dananjaya	0	1	0	0	0.00
AU Rashid	lbw b A Dananjaya	2	13	0	0	15.38
JM Anderson	b MDK Perera	12	13	3	0	92.31

Extras 13 (b 4, lb 9)

Total 346/10 (80.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MDK Perera	20.4	3	96	3	4.65
PM Pushpakumara	27.0	1	101	1	3.74
A Dananjaya	25.0	0	115	6	4.60
DM de Silva	4.0	0	7	0	1.75
RAS Lakmal	4.0	0	14	0	3.50

Fall of wickets

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

Sri Lanka

243 /10 (74.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	c BT Foakes b AU Rashid	57	96	4	59.38
JK Silva	st BT Foakes b MJ Leach	4	6	0	66.67
DM de Silva	c KK Jennings b MJ Leach	1	10	0	10.00
BKG Mendis	lbw b MJ Leach	1	7	0	14.29
AD Mathews	lbw b MM Ali	88	137	6	64.23
ARS Silva	c Joe Root b MM Ali	37	95	4	38.95
N Dickwella	c Ben Stokes b MM Ali	35	43	3	81.40
MDK Perera	lbw b MJ Leach	2	11	0	18.18
A Dananjaya*	not out	8	28	0	28.57
RAS Lakmal	b MM Ali	0	2	0	0.00
PM Pushpakumara	c & b MJ Leach	1	9	0	11.11

Extras 9 (b 5, lb 4)

Total 243/10 (74.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	5.0	2	12	0	2.40
MJ Leach	28.0	2	83	5	2.96
MM Ali	19.0	2	72	4	3.79
AU Rashid	17.0	1	52	1	3.06
Joe Root	5.0	0	15	0	3.00

Fall of wickets

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