Sri Lanka v England, Colombo

Sri Lanka 275/10 & 278/10

England 460/10 & 97/2

England won by 8 wickets

England v Sri Lanka 2012 · 2nd Test P Sara Oval, Colombo 3–7 Apr 2012

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Sri Lanka had it tougher than England.

Sri Lanka

1.00× 0%

England

1.08× +8%

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

DPMD Jayawardene Sri Lanka

169 +254

KP Pietersen England

193 +231

AD Mathews Sri Lanka

103 +171

AN Cook England

143 +161

TT Samaraweera Sri Lanka

101 +131

Best bowling

Top match figures

GP Swann6/106

HMRKB Herath6/133

GP Swann4/75

JM Anderson3/62

Top score

151

KP Pietersen · England

Biggest stand

124

4th wkt · Sri Lanka

Worst collapse

3–17

3 wkts for 17 · Sri Lanka

Match facts

TossSri Lanka, bat

ResultEngland won by 8 wickets

Length5 days

Sri Lanka

275 /10 (111.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
HDRL Thirimanne	lbw b JM Anderson	8	26	1	0	30.77
TM Dilshan	c MJ Prior b JM Anderson	14	16	3	0	87.50
KC Sangakkara	c AJ Strauss b JM Anderson	0	1	0	0	0.00
DPMD Jayawardene	lbw b GP Swann	105	216	11	1	48.61
TT Samaraweera	lbw b TT Bresnan	54	129	5	0	41.86
AD Mathews	c AJ Strauss b GP Swann	57	157	6	0	36.31
HAPW Jayawardene	c MJ Prior b ST Finn	7	19	1	0	36.84
S Randiv	c KP Pietersen b GP Swann	12	52	1	0	23.08
KTGD Prasad*	not out	12	30	2	0	40.00
HMRKB Herath	c MJ Prior b TT Bresnan	2	19	0	0	10.53
RAS Lakmal	b GP Swann	0	2	0	0	0.00

Extras 4 (b 4)

Total 275/10 (111.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	22.0	5	62	3	2.82
ST Finn	22.0	4	51	1	2.32
TT Bresnan	21.0	3	47	2	2.24
SR Patel	16.0	3	32	0	2.00
GP Swann	28.1	5	75	4	2.66
KP Pietersen	2.0	0	4	0	2.00

Fall of wickets

1-21 (TM Dilshan, 4.5)·2-21 (KC Sangakkara, 4.6)·3-30 (HDRL Thirimanne, 8.6)·4-154 (TT Samaraweera, 52.5)·5-216 (DPMD Jayawardene, 79.3)·6-227 (HAPW Jayawardene, 84.2)·7-258 (S Randiv, 101.4)·8-261 (AD Mathews, 103.2)·9-270 (HMRKB Herath, 108.6)·10-275 (RAS Lakmal, 111.1)

England

460 /10 (152.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	c HAPW Jayawardene b TM Dilshan	61	126	4	0	48.41
AN Cook	c DPMD Jayawardene b TM Dilshan	94	278	9	0	33.81
IJL Trott	c DPMD Jayawardene b HMRKB Herath	64	137	7	0	46.72
KP Pietersen	lbw b HMRKB Herath	151	165	16	6	91.52
IR Bell	c S Randiv b KTGD Prasad	18	53	1	0	33.96
MJ Prior	c KTGD Prasad b HMRKB Herath	11	26	2	0	42.31
SR Patel	c KTGD Prasad b S Randiv	29	72	1	0	40.28
TT Bresnan	b HMRKB Herath	5	17	0	0	29.41
GP Swann	c TM Dilshan b HMRKB Herath	17	33	1	1	51.52
JM Anderson	lbw b HMRKB Herath	2	6	0	0	33.33
ST Finn*	not out	2	4	0	0	50.00

Extras 6 (b 1, lb 2, w 1, nb 2)

Total 460/10 (152.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RAS Lakmal	22.0	4	81	0	3.68
KTGD Prasad	23.0	8	63	1	2.74
HMRKB Herath	53.0	9	133	6	2.51
TM Dilshan	20.0	4	73	2	3.65
S Randiv	34.3	5	107	1	3.10

Fall of wickets

1-122 (AJ Strauss, 51.3)·2-213 (AN Cook, 84.1)·3-253 (IJL Trott, 97.5)·4-347 (IR Bell, 117.3)·5-380 (MJ Prior, 126.2)·6-411 (KP Pietersen, 134.5)·7-419 (TT Bresnan, 138.5)·8-454 (GP Swann, 149.4)·9-458 (JM Anderson, 151.2)·10-460 (SR Patel, 152.3)

Sri Lanka

278 /10 (118.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
KTGD Prasad	c TT Bresnan b ST Finn	34	59	5	57.63
HDRL Thirimanne	c AJ Strauss b JM Anderson	11	28	1	39.29
TM Dilshan	c JM Anderson b GP Swann	35	66	0	53.03
KC Sangakkara	c MJ Prior b GP Swann	21	86	2	24.42
DPMD Jayawardene	c AN Cook b GP Swann	64	191	4	33.51
TT Samaraweera	b GP Swann	47	139	4	33.81
S Randiv	b GP Swann	0	2	0	0.00
AD Mathews	c AJ Strauss b ST Finn	46	98	6	46.94
HAPW Jayawardene	b GP Swann	2	6	0	33.33
HMRKB Herath	c JM Anderson b SR Patel	2	21	0	9.52
RAS Lakmal*	not out	4	17	1	23.53

Extras 12 (b 4, lb 6, w 2)

Total 278/10 (118.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	20.0	6	36	1	1.80
ST Finn	15.5	2	30	2	1.89
GP Swann	40.0	1	106	6	2.65
TT Bresnan	14.0	5	24	0	1.71
SR Patel	25.0	7	54	1	2.16
KP Pietersen	4.0	0	18	0	4.50

Fall of wickets

1-23 (HDRL Thirimanne, 8.2)·2-64 (KTGD Prasad, 18.2)·3-104 (TM Dilshan, 35.1)·4-125 (KC Sangakkara, 45.4)·5-215 (TT Samaraweera, 89.1)·6-215 (S Randiv, 89.3)·7-238 (DPMD Jayawardene, 101.5)·8-242 (HAPW Jayawardene, 103.5)·9-251 (HMRKB Herath, 108.2)·10-278 (AD Mathews, 118.5)

England

97 /2 (19.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	b TM Dilshan	0	6	0	0	0.00
AN Cook*	not out	49	69	6	0	71.01
IJL Trott	lbw b HMRKB Herath	5	15	0	0	33.33
KP Pietersen*	not out	42	28	4	2	150.00

Extras 1 (lb 1)

Total 97/2 (19.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TM Dilshan	7.4	1	43	1	5.61
HMRKB Herath	9.0	0	37	1	4.11
S Randiv	3.0	0	16	0	5.33

Fall of wickets

1-0 (AJ Strauss, 0.6)·2-31 (IJL Trott, 9.1)