England v Sri Lanka, Leeds

England 298/10

Sri Lanka 91/10 & 119/10

England won by 88 runs

England v Sri Lanka 2016 · 1st Test Headingley, Leeds 19–21 May 2016

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Sri Lanka had it far tougher than England.

England

1.21× +21%

Sri Lanka

0.87× -13%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

England's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

JM Bairstow England

140 +191

AD Hales England

86 +90

BKG Mendis Sri Lanka

53 +88

AD Mathews Sri Lanka

39 +50

HDRL Thirimanne Sri Lanka

38 +49

Best bowling

Top match figures

JM Anderson5/16

JM Anderson5/29

SCJ Broad4/21

ST Finn3/26

Top score

140

JM Bairstow · England

Biggest stand

141

6th wkt · England

Worst collapse

4–10

4 wkts for 10 · Sri Lanka

Match facts

TossSri Lanka, field

ResultEngland won by 88 runs

Length3 days

England

298 /10 (90.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Cook	c LD Chandimal b MD Shanaka	16	52	2	0	30.77
AD Hales	c PVD Chameera b HMRKB Herath	86	206	12	0	41.75
NRD Compton	c HDRL Thirimanne b MD Shanaka	0	3	0	0	0.00
Joe Root	c BKG Mendis b MD Shanaka	0	7	0	0	0.00
JM Vince	c BKG Mendis b RMS Eranga	9	27	2	0	33.33
Ben Stokes	c AD Mathews b N Pradeep	12	9	3	0	133.33
JM Bairstow	c N Pradeep b PVD Chameera	140	183	13	1	76.50
MM Ali	c BKG Mendis b PVD Chameera	0	8	0	0	0.00
SCJ Broad	b PVD Chameera	2	4	0	0	50.00
ST Finn	st LD Chandimal b HMRKB Herath	17	46	3	0	36.96
JM Anderson*	not out	1	1	0	0	100.00

Extras 15 (lb 8, w 4, nb 3)

Total 298/10 (90.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RMS Eranga	19.0	4	68	1	3.58
N Pradeep	19.0	7	56	1	2.95
AD Mathews	11.0	2	31	0	2.82
PVD Chameera	17.0	0	64	3	3.76
MD Shanaka	13.0	3	46	3	3.54
HMRKB Herath	11.3	1	25	2	2.17

Fall of wickets

1-49 (AN Cook, 20.1)·2-49 (NRD Compton, 20.4)·3-51 (Joe Root, 22.2)·4-70 (JM Vince, 30.2)·5-83 (Ben Stokes, 31.6)·6-224 (AD Hales, 72.3)·7-231 (MM Ali, 75.2)·8-233 (SCJ Broad, 75.6)·9-289 (JM Bairstow, 89.3)·10-298 (ST Finn, 90.3)

Sri Lanka

91 /10 (36.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad	0	12	0	0.00
JK Silva	c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson	11	17	1	64.71
LD Chandimal	c JM Vince b Ben Stokes	15	38	3	39.47
BKG Mendis	c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad	0	2	0	0.00
AD Mathews	lbw b JM Anderson	34	62	6	54.84
HDRL Thirimanne	c ST Finn b SCJ Broad	22	67	5	32.84
MD Shanaka	c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson	0	1	0	0.00
HMRKB Herath	c Ben Stokes b JM Anderson	1	11	0	9.09
PVD Chameera	c ST Finn b SCJ Broad	2	8	0	25.00
RMS Eranga	c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson	1	6	0	16.67
N Pradeep*	not out	0	1	0	0.00

Extras 5 (nb 5)

Total 91/10 (36.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	11.4	7	16	5	1.37
SCJ Broad	10.0	1	21	4	2.10
Ben Stokes	7.0	2	25	1	3.57
JM Vince	1.0	0	10	0	10.00
ST Finn	7.0	0	19	0	2.71

Fall of wickets

1-10 (FDM Karunaratne, 3.6)·2-12 (JK Silva, 4.4)·3-12 (BKG Mendis, 5.2)·4-43 (LD Chandimal, 16.1)·5-77 (AD Mathews, 26.6)·6-81 (MD Shanaka, 28.1)·7-83 (HMRKB Herath, 30.4)·8-90 (PVD Chameera, 33.6)·9-91 (HDRL Thirimanne, 35.5)·10-91 (RMS Eranga, 36.4)

Sri Lanka

119 /10 (35.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson	7	9	1	77.78
JK Silva	c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson	14	36	1	38.89
BKG Mendis	b JM Anderson	53	68	8	77.94
LD Chandimal	b MM Ali	8	17	1	47.06
AD Mathews	c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad	5	13	1	38.46
HDRL Thirimanne	c Joe Root b ST Finn	16	30	3	53.33
MD Shanaka	c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson	4	16	0	25.00
HMRKB Herath	c SCJ Broad b ST Finn	4	18	1	22.22
PVD Chameera	c NRD Compton b ST Finn	0	1	0	0.00
RMS Eranga*	not out	2	2	0	100.00
N Pradeep	b JM Anderson	0	4	0	0.00

Extras 6 (lb 5, nb 1)

Total 119/10 (35.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	13.3	5	29	5	2.15
SCJ Broad	13.0	0	57	1	4.38
ST Finn	8.0	0	26	3	3.25
MM Ali	1.0	0	2	1	2.00

Fall of wickets

1-10 (FDM Karunaratne, 2.2)·2-35 (JK Silva, 10.6)·3-79 (LD Chandimal, 19.4)·4-93 (AD Mathews, 23.2)·5-93 (BKG Mendis, 24.2)·6-101 (MD Shanaka, 28.3)·7-111 (HMRKB Herath, 32.6)·8-117 (PVD Chameera, 34.2)·9-118 (HDRL Thirimanne, 34.4)·10-119 (N Pradeep, 35.3)