Sri Lanka v England, Galle

Sri Lanka 135/10 & 359/10

England 421/10 & 76/3

England won by 7 wickets

England v Sri Lanka 2021 · 1st Test Galle International Stadium, Galle 14–18 Jan 2021

How hard each side found the batting

Even conditions — a fairly typical match for batting, both sides much alike.

Sri Lanka

1.10× +10%

England

1.06× +6%

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

229 +353

AD Mathews Sri Lanka

98 +124

DW Lawrence England

94 +122

HDRL Thirimanne Sri Lanka

115 +112

JM Bairstow England

82 +102

Best bowling

Top match figures

DM Bess5/30

MJ Leach5/122

MDK Perera4/109

SCJ Broad3/20

Top score

228

Joe Root · England

Biggest stand

173

4th wkt · England

Worst collapse

3–9

3 wkts for 9 · Sri Lanka

Match facts

TossSri Lanka, bat

ResultEngland won by 7 wickets

Length5 days

Sri Lanka

135 /10 (46.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
HDRL Thirimanne	c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad	4	22	0	0	18.18
MDKJ Perera	c Joe Root b DM Bess	20	28	2	0	71.43
BKG Mendis	c JC Buttler b SCJ Broad	0	2	0	0	0.00
AD Mathews	c Joe Root b SCJ Broad	27	54	1	1	50.00
LD Chandimal	c SM Curran b MJ Leach	28	71	1	0	39.44
MD Shanaka	c JC Buttler b DM Bess	23	48	3	0	47.92
N Dickwella	c DP Sibley b DM Bess	12	21	1	0	57.14
PWH de Silva	b DM Bess	19	22	2	0	86.36
MDK Perera	b DM Bess	0	2	0	0	0.00
L Embuldeniya	run out (MJ Leach)	0	1	0	0	0.00
AM Fernando*	not out	0	7	0	0	0.00

Extras 2 (lb 1, nb 1)

Total 135/10 (46.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
SCJ Broad	9.0	3	20	3	2.22
SM Curran	4.0	2	8	0	2.00
MA Wood	6.0	1	21	0	3.50
DM Bess	10.1	4	30	5	2.95
MJ Leach	17.0	2	55	1	3.24

Fall of wickets

1-16 (HDRL Thirimanne, 6.3)·2-16 (BKG Mendis, 6.5)·3-25 (MDKJ Perera, 10.2)·4-81 (AD Mathews, 28.6)·5-81 (LD Chandimal, 29.2)·6-105 (N Dickwella, 38.1)·7-126 (MD Shanaka, 42.3)·8-126 (MDK Perera, 42.5)·9-130 (L Embuldeniya, 43.5)·10-135 (PWH de Silva, 46.1)

England

421 /10 (117.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c PWH de Silva b L Embuldeniya	9	26	1	0	34.62
DP Sibley	c HDRL Thirimanne b L Embuldeniya	4	15	0	0	26.67
JM Bairstow	c BKG Mendis b L Embuldeniya	47	93	2	0	50.54
Joe Root	c L Embuldeniya b MDK Perera	228	321	18	1	71.03
DW Lawrence	c BKG Mendis b MDK Perera	73	150	6	1	48.67
JC Buttler	c N Dickwella b AM Fernando	30	57	3	0	52.63
SM Curran	b AM Fernando	0	1	0	0	0.00
DM Bess	run out (M Bhanuka)	0	4	0	0	0.00
MJ Leach	lbw b MDK Perera	4	20	1	0	20.00
MA Wood	c N Dickwella b MDK Perera	2	9	0	0	22.22
SCJ Broad*	not out	11	13	2	0	84.62

Extras 13 (b 7, nb 6)

Total 421/10 (117.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
L Embuldeniya	45.0	4	176	3	3.91
AM Fernando	14.0	1	44	2	3.14
PWH de Silva	15.0	1	63	0	4.20
MDK Perera	36.1	3	109	4	3.01
MD Shanaka	7.0	1	22	0	3.14

Fall of wickets

1-10 (DP Sibley, 4.2)·2-17 (Z Crawley, 8.4)·3-131 (JM Bairstow, 42.2)·4-304 (DW Lawrence, 85.3)·5-372 (JC Buttler, 104.1)·6-372 (SM Curran, 104.2)·7-382 (DM Bess, 105.6)·8-398 (MJ Leach, 111.2)·9-406 (MA Wood, 113.4)·10-421 (Joe Root, 117.1)

Sri Lanka

359 /10 (136.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MDKJ Perera	c MJ Leach b SM Curran	62	109	5	1	56.88
HDRL Thirimanne	c JC Buttler b SM Curran	111	251	12	0	44.22
BKG Mendis	c JC Buttler b MJ Leach	15	65	1	0	23.08
L Embuldeniya	c DP Sibley b DM Bess	0	11	0	0	0.00
AD Mathews	c Joe Root b MJ Leach	71	219	4	0	32.42
LD Chandimal	c Joe Root b DM Bess	20	28	3	0	71.43
N Dickwella	c JC Buttler b DM Bess	29	74	1	0	39.19
MD Shanaka	b MJ Leach	4	5	0	0	80.00
PWH de Silva	c Joe Root b MJ Leach	12	18	2	0	66.67
MDK Perera	st JC Buttler b MJ Leach	24	38	5	0	63.16
AM Fernando*	not out	0	6	0	0	0.00

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

Total 359/10 (136.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
SCJ Broad	17.0	11	14	0	0.82
SM Curran	11.0	1	37	2	3.36
DM Bess	33.0	4	100	3	3.03
MA Wood	21.0	5	49	0	2.33
MJ Leach	41.5	7	122	5	2.92
Joe Root	11.0	1	19	0	1.73
DW Lawrence	2.0	0	10	0	5.00

Fall of wickets

1-101 (MDKJ Perera, 37.4)·2-155 (BKG Mendis, 59.5)·3-158 (L Embuldeniya, 62.6)·4-210 (HDRL Thirimanne, 82.1)·5-243 (LD Chandimal, 91.3)·6-291 (N Dickwella, 115.1)·7-296 (MD Shanaka, 116.2)·8-314 (PWH de Silva, 122.2)·9-352 (MDK Perera, 132.5)·10-359 (AD Mathews, 136.5)

England

76 /3 (24.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
Z Crawley	c BKG Mendis b L Embuldeniya	8	21	1	38.10
DP Sibley	b L Embuldeniya	2	5	0	40.00
JM Bairstow*	not out	35	65	2	53.85
Joe Root	run out (N Dickwella)	1	3	0	33.33
DW Lawrence*	not out	21	52	0	40.38

Extras 9 (b 4, lb 5)

Total 76/3 (24.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
L Embuldeniya	12.0	3	29	2	2.42
MDK Perera	11.2	2	34	0	3.00
PWH de Silva	1.0	0	4	0	4.00

Fall of wickets

1-3 (DP Sibley, 0.6)·2-12 (Z Crawley, 4.6)·3-14 (Joe Root, 5.6)