England v Sri Lanka, Colombo

England 336/10 & 230/10

Sri Lanka 240/10 & 284/10

England won by 42 runs

England v Sri Lanka 2018 · 3rd Test Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo 23–26 Nov 2018

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it tougher than Sri Lanka.

England

1.08× +8%

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

JM Bairstow England

125 +143

BKG Mendis Sri Lanka

113 +120

Ben Stokes England

99 +106

FDM Karunaratne Sri Lanka

106 +98

JC Buttler England

80 +94

Best bowling

Top match figures

AU Rashid5/49

MDK Perera5/88

PADLR Sandakan5/95

MJ Leach4/72

Top score

110

JM Bairstow · England

Biggest stand

142

2nd wkt · Sri Lanka

Worst collapse

3–2

3 wkts for 2 · Sri Lanka

Match facts

TossEngland, bat

ResultEngland won by 42 runs

Length4 days

England

336 /10 (92.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RJ Burns	b MDK Perera	14	34	2	0	41.18
KK Jennings	c ARS Silva b PM Pushpakumara	13	24	1	0	54.17
JM Bairstow	b PADLR Sandakan	110	186	9	1	59.14
Joe Root	c MD Gunathilaka b PADLR Sandakan	46	79	4	0	58.23
Ben Stokes	c DM de Silva b PADLR Sandakan	57	88	5	2	64.77
JC Buttler	c & b PADLR Sandakan	16	26	2	0	61.54
MM Ali	c AD Mathews b MDK Perera	33	55	4	0	60.00
BT Foakes	c N Dickwella b PM Pushpakumara	13	26	2	0	50.00
AU Rashid*	not out	21	31	2	0	67.74
SCJ Broad	b PADLR Sandakan	0	2	0	0	0.00
MJ Leach	c AD Mathews b MDK Perera	2	7	0	0	28.57

Extras 11 (b 7, lb 3, nb 1)

Total 336/10 (92.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RAS Lakmal	11.0	2	33	0	3.00
MDK Perera	32.5	2	113	3	3.44
PM Pushpakumara	20.0	3	64	2	3.20
PADLR Sandakan	22.0	0	95	5	4.32
DM de Silva	5.0	0	16	0	3.20
MD Gunathilaka	2.0	0	5	0	2.50

Fall of wickets

1-22 (RJ Burns, 7.5)·2-36 (KK Jennings, 10.5)·3-136 (Joe Root, 38.1)·4-235 (Ben Stokes, 64.5)·5-254 (JM Bairstow, 70.4)·6-265 (JC Buttler, 74.4)·7-294 (BT Foakes, 83.1)·8-328 (MM Ali, 90.5)·9-329 (SCJ Broad, 91.2)·10-336 (MJ Leach, 92.5)

Sri Lanka

240 /10 (65.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
MD Gunathilaka	c KK Jennings b MJ Leach	18	41	3	43.90
FDM Karunaratne	c KK Jennings b AU Rashid	83	125	9	66.40
DM de Silva	c KK Jennings b AU Rashid	73	129	8	56.59
BKG Mendis	c Ben Stokes b AU Rashid	27	36	4	75.00
AD Mathews	c BT Foakes b Ben Stokes	5	7	1	71.43
ARS Silva	c KK Jennings b AU Rashid	3	9	0	33.33
N Dickwella	c BT Foakes b Ben Stokes	5	16	0	31.25
MDK Perera	c BT Foakes b Ben Stokes	0	5	0	0.00
RAS Lakmal*	not out	3	9	0	33.33
PADLR Sandakan	run out	2	4	0	50.00
PM Pushpakumara	lbw b AU Rashid	13	14	3	92.86

Extras 8 (lb 7, w 1)

Total 240/10 (65.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
SCJ Broad	9.0	2	36	0	4.00
MJ Leach	18.0	2	59	1	3.28
MM Ali	13.0	2	55	0	4.23
AU Rashid	13.5	2	49	5	3.54
Joe Root	2.0	0	4	0	2.00
Ben Stokes	10.0	1	30	3	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-31 (MD Gunathilaka, 11.4)·2-173 (DM de Silva, 47.3)·3-187 (FDM Karunaratne, 51.6)·4-200 (AD Mathews, 54.1)·5-205 (ARS Silva, 55.6)·6-222 (N Dickwella, 60.2)·7-222 (BKG Mendis, 61.1)·8-222 (MDK Perera, 62.1)·9-224 (PADLR Sandakan, 62.5)·10-240 (PM Pushpakumara, 65.5)

England

230 /10 (69.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
RJ Burns	lbw b MDK Perera	7	27	0	25.93
KK Jennings	lbw b MDK Perera	1	12	0	8.33
JM Bairstow	c JK Silva b MDK Perera	15	31	1	48.39
Joe Root	c & b PM Pushpakumara	7	9	0	77.78
Ben Stokes	c PM Pushpakumara b MDK Perera	42	63	4	66.67
JC Buttler	st N Dickwella b PADLR Sandakan	64	79	3	81.01
MM Ali	c DM de Silva b PADLR Sandakan	22	53	1	41.51
BT Foakes*	not out	36	82	1	43.90
AU Rashid	c N Dickwella b PM Pushpakumara	24	48	1	50.00
SCJ Broad	c BKG Mendis b PM Pushpakumara	1	5	0	20.00
MJ Leach	c N Dickwella b MDK Perera	0	13	0	0.00

Extras 11 (b 3, lb 4, w 1, nb 3)

Total 230/10 (69.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MDK Perera	29.5	3	88	5	2.95
PM Pushpakumara	12.0	2	28	3	2.33
DM de Silva	9.0	1	24	0	2.67
RAS Lakmal	3.0	1	7	0	2.33
PADLR Sandakan	16.0	1	76	2	4.75

Fall of wickets

1-3 (KK Jennings, 4.1)·2-20 (RJ Burns, 10.1)·3-35 (JM Bairstow, 12.3)·4-39 (Joe Root, 13.6)·5-128 (Ben Stokes, 31.5)·6-168 (JC Buttler, 44.1)·7-171 (MM Ali, 46.2)·8-215 (AU Rashid, 60.6)·9-217 (SCJ Broad, 62.4)·10-230 (MJ Leach, 69.5)

Sri Lanka

284 /10 (86.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MD Gunathilaka	c Ben Stokes b MM Ali	6	20	0	0	30.00
FDM Karunaratne	b MM Ali	23	36	3	0	63.89
DM de Silva	lbw b MJ Leach	0	7	0	0	0.00
BKG Mendis	run out	86	129	8	1	66.67
AD Mathews	c SCJ Broad b Ben Stokes	5	9	0	0	55.56
PADLR Sandakan	c Ben Stokes b MJ Leach	7	41	1	0	17.07
ARS Silva	lbw b MM Ali	65	161	4	0	40.37
N Dickwella	c KK Jennings b MJ Leach	19	19	2	0	100.00
MDK Perera	c KK Jennings b MM Ali	5	22	1	0	22.73
RAS Lakmal	lbw b MJ Leach	11	38	1	0	28.95
PM Pushpakumara*	not out	42	40	6	1	105.00

Extras 15 (b 8, w 5, nb 2)

Total 284/10 (86.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
SCJ Broad	5.0	0	14	0	2.80
MM Ali	26.0	3	92	4	3.54
MJ Leach	28.4	5	72	4	2.51
Ben Stokes	8.0	1	25	1	3.12
AU Rashid	19.0	1	73	0	3.84

Fall of wickets

1-15 (MD Gunathilaka, 5.5)·2-24 (DM de Silva, 8.3)·3-34 (FDM Karunaratne, 11.6)·4-52 (AD Mathews, 16.2)·5-82 (PADLR Sandakan, 26.6)·6-184 (BKG Mendis, 57.4)·7-214 (N Dickwella, 65.2)·8-225 (MDK Perera, 72.3)·9-226 (ARS Silva, 74.1)·10-284 (RAS Lakmal, 86.4)