Sri Lanka v England, Galle

Sri Lanka 381/10 & 126/10

England 344/10 & 164/4

England won by 6 wickets

England v Sri Lanka 2021 · 2nd Test Galle International Stadium, Galle 22–25 Jan 2021

How hard each side found the batting

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

Sri Lanka

1.05× +5%

England

1.06× +6%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

How England's lead moved across the match.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

Joe Root England

197 +312

JC Buttler England

101 +134

AD Mathews Sri Lanka

115 +132

N Dickwella Sri Lanka

99 +130

MDK Perera Sri Lanka

71 +111

Best bowling

Top match figures

L Embuldeniya7/137

JM Anderson6/40

DM Bess4/49

MJ Leach4/59

Top score

186

Joe Root · England

Biggest stand

117

4th wkt · Sri Lanka

Worst collapse

3–11

3 wkts for 11 · England

Match facts

TossSri Lanka, bat

ResultEngland won by 6 wickets

Length4 days

Sri Lanka

381 /10 (139.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
HDRL Thirimanne	c JC Buttler b JM Anderson	43	95	5	0	45.26
MDKJ Perera	c Joe Root b JM Anderson	6	14	1	0	42.86
BOP Fernando	b JM Anderson	0	4	0	0	0.00
AD Mathews	c JC Buttler b JM Anderson	110	238	11	0	46.22
LD Chandimal	lbw b MA Wood	52	121	4	1	42.98
N Dickwella	c MJ Leach b JM Anderson	92	144	10	0	63.89
RTM Mendis	c JC Buttler b MA Wood	0	7	0	0	0.00
MDK Perera	c MJ Leach b SM Curran	67	170	8	1	39.41
RAS Lakmal	c Z Crawley b JM Anderson	0	2	0	0	0.00
L Embuldeniya	c Joe Root b MA Wood	7	33	0	1	21.21
AM Fernando*	not out	0	10	0	0	0.00

Extras 4 (lb 2, w 1, nb 1)

Total 381/10 (139.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	29.0	13	40	6	1.38
SM Curran	18.3	3	60	1	3.24
MJ Leach	38.0	5	119	0	3.13
MA Wood	28.0	4	84	3	3.00
DM Bess	26.0	2	76	0	2.92

Fall of wickets

1-7 (MDKJ Perera, 4.1)·2-7 (BOP Fernando, 4.5)·3-76 (HDRL Thirimanne, 26.2)·4-193 (LD Chandimal, 68.6)·5-232 (AD Mathews, 88.6)·6-243 (RTM Mendis, 91.6)·7-332 (N Dickwella, 120.4)·8-332 (RAS Lakmal, 120.6)·9-364 (L Embuldeniya, 132.6)·10-381 (MDK Perera, 139.3)

England

344 /10 (116.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c HDRL Thirimanne b L Embuldeniya	5	24	1	0	20.83
DP Sibley	lbw b L Embuldeniya	0	14	0	0	0.00
JM Bairstow	c BOP Fernando b L Embuldeniya	28	73	5	0	38.36
Joe Root	run out	186	309	18	0	60.19
DW Lawrence	c HDRL Thirimanne b L Embuldeniya	3	21	0	0	14.29
JC Buttler	c BOP Fernando b RTM Mendis	55	95	7	0	57.89
SM Curran	c HDRL Thirimanne b L Embuldeniya	13	43	0	1	30.23
DM Bess	c HDRL Thirimanne b L Embuldeniya	32	95	4	0	33.68
MA Wood	c HDRL Thirimanne b L Embuldeniya	1	6	0	0	16.67
MJ Leach	lbw b MDK Perera	1	17	0	0	5.88
JM Anderson*	not out	4	5	1	0	80.00

Extras 16 (b 8, lb 3, nb 5)

Total 344/10 (116.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RAS Lakmal	16.0	7	31	0	1.94
L Embuldeniya	42.0	6	137	7	3.26
AM Fernando	10.0	2	31	0	3.10
MDK Perera	32.1	5	86	1	2.67
RTM Mendis	16.0	1	48	1	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-4 (DP Sibley, 5.2)·2-5 (Z Crawley, 7.1)·3-116 (JM Bairstow, 35.5)·4-132 (DW Lawrence, 41.2)·5-229 (JC Buttler, 70.5)·6-252 (SM Curran, 81.2)·7-333 (DM Bess, 109.5)·8-337 (MA Wood, 111.2)·9-339 (Joe Root, 114.2)·10-344 (MJ Leach, 116.1)

Sri Lanka

126 /10 (35.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MDKJ Perera	lbw b MJ Leach	14	25	2	0	56.00
HDRL Thirimanne	c Z Crawley b MJ Leach	13	33	0	0	39.39
BOP Fernando	c Z Crawley b DM Bess	3	19	0	0	15.79
AD Mathews	b DM Bess	5	11	0	0	45.45
LD Chandimal	c JM Anderson b MJ Leach	9	6	2	0	150.00
N Dickwella	c DW Lawrence b DM Bess	7	14	1	0	50.00
RTM Mendis	c JC Buttler b MJ Leach	16	20	3	0	80.00
MDK Perera	c Z Crawley b DM Bess	4	13	0	0	30.77
RAS Lakmal*	not out	11	32	1	0	34.38
L Embuldeniya	c JM Bairstow b Joe Root	40	42	6	1	95.24
AM Fernando	b Joe Root	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 4 (b 3, nb 1)

Total 126/10 (35.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	2.0	0	6	0	3.00
SM Curran	2.0	0	9	0	4.50
DM Bess	16.0	1	49	4	3.06
MJ Leach	14.0	1	59	4	4.21
Joe Root	1.5	2	0	2	0.00

Fall of wickets

1-19 (MDKJ Perera, 5.2)·2-29 (BOP Fernando, 10.4)·3-37 (HDRL Thirimanne, 13.5)·4-37 (AD Mathews, 14.4)·5-47 (LD Chandimal, 15.6)·6-66 (N Dickwella, 20.1)·7-70 (MDK Perera, 22.3)·8-78 (RTM Mendis, 25.1)·9-126 (L Embuldeniya, 35.4)·10-126 (AM Fernando, 35.5)

England

164 /4 (43.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c BOP Fernando b L Embuldeniya	13	19	1	0	68.42
DP Sibley*	not out	56	144	2	0	38.89
JM Bairstow	lbw b L Embuldeniya	29	28	3	1	103.57
Joe Root	b RTM Mendis	11	16	1	0	68.75
DW Lawrence	c N Dickwella b L Embuldeniya	2	9	0	0	22.22
JC Buttler*	not out	46	48	5	0	95.83

Extras 7 (lb 4, nb 3)

Total 164/4 (43.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
L Embuldeniya	20.0	3	73	3	3.65
MDK Perera	13.3	1	39	0	2.89
RTM Mendis	10.0	0	48	1	4.80

Fall of wickets

1-17 (Z Crawley, 4.5)·2-62 (JM Bairstow, 14.5)·3-84 (Joe Root, 21.5)·4-89 (DW Lawrence, 24.6)