England v Sri Lanka, Cardiff

Sri Lanka 400/10 & 82/10

England 496/5

England won by 14 runs

England v Sri Lanka 2011 · 1st Test Sophia Gardens, Cardiff 26–30 May 2011

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Sri Lanka had it far tougher than England.

Sri Lanka

0.94× -6%

England

1.25× +25%

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

IJL Trott England

203 +218

HAPW Jayawardene Sri Lanka

115 +210

AN Cook England

133 +126

IR Bell England

103 +113

NT Paranavitana Sri Lanka

66 +67

Best bowling

Top match figures

GP Swann4/16

CT Tremlett4/40

JM Anderson3/66

GP Swann3/78

Top score

203

IJL Trott · England

Biggest stand

251

3rd wkt · England

Worst collapse

3–7

3 wkts for 7 · Sri Lanka

Match facts

TossSri Lanka, bat

ResultEngland won by 14 runs

Length5 days

Sri Lanka

400 /10 (118.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
NT Paranavitana	b CT Tremlett	66	191	6	34.55
TM Dilshan	b GP Swann	50	94	7	53.19
KC Sangakkara	c MJ Prior b JM Anderson	11	16	2	68.75
DPMD Jayawardene	c AJ Strauss b JM Anderson	4	35	0	11.43
TT Samaraweera	c GP Swann b JM Anderson	58	84	9	69.05
HAPW Jayawardene	c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad	112	168	12	66.67
MF Maharoof	run out (IJL Trott)	16	42	1	38.10
NLTC Perera	c CT Tremlett b SCJ Broad	25	40	4	62.50
HMRKB Herath	c IJL Trott b GP Swann	25	35	3	71.43
RAS Lakmal	c SCJ Broad b GP Swann	2	5	0	40.00
BAW Mendis*	not out	1	2	0	50.00

Extras 30 (b 9, lb 21)

Total 400/10 (118.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	28.0	8	66	3	2.36
SCJ Broad	33.0	4	113	2	3.42
CT Tremlett	26.0	9	81	1	3.12
GP Swann	24.4	2	78	3	3.16
IJL Trott	6.0	0	29	0	4.83
KP Pietersen	1.0	0	3	0	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-93 (TM Dilshan, 32.4)·2-114 (KC Sangakkara, 39.6)·3-133 (DPMD Jayawardene, 50.5)·4-159 (NT Paranavitana, 61.1)·5-243 (TT Samaraweera, 80.6)·6-278 (MF Maharoof, 92.2)·7-346 (NLTC Perera, 105.5)·8-397 (HMRKB Herath, 116.6)·9-397 (HAPW Jayawardene, 117.3)·10-400 (RAS Lakmal, 118.4)

England

496 /5 (155.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	c DPMD Jayawardene b RAS Lakmal	20	47	2	0	42.55
AN Cook	c HAPW Jayawardene b MF Maharoof	133	274	10	0	48.54
JM Anderson	c DPMD Jayawardene b BAW Mendis	1	16	0	0	6.25
IJL Trott	b TM Dilshan	203	409	17	0	49.63
KP Pietersen	lbw b HMRKB Herath	3	11	0	0	27.27
IR Bell*	not out	103	159	11	1	64.78
EJG Morgan*	not out	14	19	2	0	73.68

Extras 19 (b 10, lb 4, nb 5)

Total 496/5 (155.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RAS Lakmal	22.0	4	68	1	3.09
NLTC Perera	24.0	5	81	0	3.38
TM Dilshan	16.0	1	60	1	3.75
MF Maharoof	28.0	3	92	1	3.29
BAW Mendis	21.0	4	66	1	3.14
HMRKB Herath	44.0	7	115	1	2.61

Fall of wickets

1-46 (AJ Strauss, 19.1)·2-47 (JM Anderson, 22.5)·3-298 (AN Cook, 96.3)·4-305 (KP Pietersen, 101.3)·5-465 (IJL Trott, 148.5)

Sri Lanka

82 /10 (24.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
NT Paranavitana	c AJ Strauss b CT Tremlett	0	10	0	0.00
TM Dilshan	c & b CT Tremlett	10	10	2	100.00
DPMD Jayawardene	c AJ Strauss b CT Tremlett	15	32	2	46.88
KC Sangakkara	c AJ Strauss b GP Swann	14	38	1	36.84
TT Samaraweera	b GP Swann	0	9	0	0.00
HAPW Jayawardene	c MJ Prior b CT Tremlett	3	6	0	50.00
MF Maharoof	c MJ Prior b GP Swann	0	3	0	0.00
NLTC Perera	c IR Bell b SCJ Broad	20	17	4	117.65
HMRKB Herath	lbw b GP Swann	3	3	0	100.00
BAW Mendis*	not out	12	18	2	66.67
RAS Lakmal	c AN Cook b SCJ Broad	0	2	0	0.00

Extras 5 (b 5)

Total 82/10 (24.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
SCJ Broad	7.4	1	21	2	2.74
CT Tremlett	10.0	2	40	4	4.00
GP Swann	7.0	1	16	4	2.29

Fall of wickets

1-1 (NT Paranavitana, 1.6)·2-10 (TM Dilshan, 3.2)·3-33 (DPMD Jayawardene, 12.5)·4-36 (TT Samaraweera, 15.4)·5-43 (KC Sangakkara, 17.2)·6-43 (MF Maharoof, 17.5)·7-43 (HAPW Jayawardene, 18.1)·8-52 (HMRKB Herath, 19.1)·9-82 (NLTC Perera, 24.2)·10-82 (RAS Lakmal, 24.4)