England v Sri Lanka, Chester-le-Street

England 498/9 & 80/1

Sri Lanka 101/10 & 475/10

England won by 9 wickets

England v Sri Lanka 2016 · 2nd Test Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street 27–30 May 2016

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Sri Lanka had it far tougher than England.

England

1.28× +28%

Sri Lanka

0.96× -4%

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

LD Chandimal Sri Lanka

130 +223

MM Ali England

155 +204

HMRKB Herath Sri Lanka

73 +100

AD Mathews Sri Lanka

83 +90

JK Silva Sri Lanka

73 +75

Best bowling

Top match figures

JM Anderson5/58

SCJ Broad4/40

N Pradeep4/107

CR Woakes3/9

Top score

155*

MM Ali · England

Biggest stand

116

7th wkt · Sri Lanka

Worst collapse

3–13

3 wkts for 13 · Sri Lanka

Match facts

TossEngland, bat

ResultEngland won by 9 wickets

Length4 days

England

498 /9 (132.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Cook	c FDM Karunaratne b RAS Lakmal	15	42	1	0	35.71
AD Hales	c AD Mathews b TAM Siriwardana	83	145	9	1	57.24
NRD Compton	c RAS Lakmal b N Pradeep	9	34	0	0	26.47
Joe Root	c JK Silva b N Pradeep	80	119	5	0	67.23
JM Vince	c HDRL Thirimanne b TAM Siriwardana	35	59	4	0	59.32
JM Bairstow	c LD Chandimal b N Pradeep	48	57	5	0	84.21
MM Ali*	not out	155	207	17	2	74.88
CR Woakes	c BKG Mendis b RAS Lakmal	39	76	6	0	51.32
SCJ Broad	c BKG Mendis b N Pradeep	7	9	1	0	77.78
ST Finn	c & b HMRKB Herath	10	37	1	0	27.03
JM Anderson*	not out	8	7	1	0	114.29

Extras 9 (b 1, lb 8)

Total 498/9 (132.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RMS Eranga	27.0	3	100	0	3.70
RAS Lakmal	29.0	4	115	2	3.97
N Pradeep	33.0	5	107	4	3.24
HMRKB Herath	29.0	1	116	1	4.00
AD Mathews	6.0	2	16	0	2.67
TAM Siriwardana	8.0	0	35	2	4.38

Fall of wickets

1-39 (AN Cook, 13.6)·2-64 (NRD Compton, 26.1)·3-160 (AD Hales, 48.5)·4-219 (Joe Root, 64.5)·5-227 (JM Vince, 67.4)·6-297 (JM Bairstow, 86.2)·7-389 (CR Woakes, 108.6)·8-400 (SCJ Broad, 111.2)·9-472 (ST Finn, 125.3)

Sri Lanka

101 /10 (43.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	b JM Anderson	9	14	1	64.29
JK Silva	c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad	13	22	2	59.09
BKG Mendis	c JM Anderson b CR Woakes	35	62	3	56.45
LD Chandimal	c AN Cook b JM Anderson	4	11	1	36.36
AD Mathews	c JM Bairstow b CR Woakes	3	8	0	37.50
HDRL Thirimanne	c NRD Compton b JM Anderson	19	80	1	23.75
TAM Siriwardana	c JM Bairstow b CR Woakes	0	5	0	0.00
HMRKB Herath	c JM Anderson b SCJ Broad	12	46	2	26.09
RMS Eranga	c Joe Root b SCJ Broad	2	3	0	66.67
RAS Lakmal	c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad	0	5	0	0.00
N Pradeep*	not out	2	6	0	33.33

Extras 2 (lb 1, nb 1)

Total 101/10 (43.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	12.3	2	36	3	2.88
SCJ Broad	13.0	2	40	4	3.08
CR Woakes	7.0	4	9	3	1.29
ST Finn	7.0	3	15	0	2.14
MM Ali	4.0	4	0	0	0.00

Fall of wickets

1-10 (FDM Karunaratne, 2.4)·2-44 (JK Silva, 11.6)·3-53 (LD Chandimal, 14.6)·4-58 (AD Mathews, 17.6)·5-67 (BKG Mendis, 21.1)·6-67 (TAM Siriwardana, 21.6)·7-88 (HMRKB Herath, 38.2)·8-90 (RMS Eranga, 38.5)·9-93 (RAS Lakmal, 40.4)·10-101 (HDRL Thirimanne, 43.3)

Sri Lanka

475 /10 (128.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	c Joe Root b CR Woakes	26	55	2	0	47.27
JK Silva	c JM Bairstow b ST Finn	60	145	6	0	41.38
BKG Mendis	c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson	26	22	4	0	118.18
HDRL Thirimanne	b MM Ali	13	27	2	0	48.15
AD Mathews	c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson	80	105	9	1	76.19
LD Chandimal	b SCJ Broad	126	207	13	1	60.87
TAM Siriwardana	c AD Hales b JM Anderson	35	72	6	0	48.61
HMRKB Herath	lbw b JM Anderson	61	99	8	0	61.62
RMS Eranga	b JM Anderson	1	18	0	0	5.56
RAS Lakmal	c SCJ Broad b CR Woakes	11	15	2	0	73.33
N Pradeep*	not out	13	11	2	0	118.18

Extras 23 (b 5, lb 11, w 1, nb 6)

Total 475/10 (128.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	27.0	9	58	5	2.15
SCJ Broad	24.0	6	71	1	2.96
CR Woakes	27.2	8	103	2	3.77
ST Finn	19.0	0	78	1	4.11
MM Ali	28.0	5	136	1	4.86
JM Vince	1.0	1	0	0	0.00
Joe Root	2.0	0	13	0	6.50

Fall of wickets

1-38 (FDM Karunaratne, 16.3)·2-79 (BKG Mendis, 21.6)·3-100 (HDRL Thirimanne, 30.4)·4-182 (JK Silva, 51.6)·5-222 (AD Mathews, 63.4)·6-314 (TAM Siriwardana, 88.6)·7-430 (HMRKB Herath, 117.1)·8-442 (RMS Eranga, 121.5)·9-453 (LD Chandimal, 125.5)·10-475 (RAS Lakmal, 128.2)

England

80 /1 (23.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AN Cook*	not out	47	65	7	72.31
AD Hales	b TAM Siriwardana	11	37	1	29.73
NRD Compton*	not out	22	38	4	57.89

Extras 0

Total 80/1 (23.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
HMRKB Herath	10.0	3	18	0	1.80
N Pradeep	2.0	0	12	0	6.00
TAM Siriwardana	7.2	0	37	1	5.05
RAS Lakmal	3.0	0	9	0	3.00
RMS Eranga	1.0	0	4	0	4.00

Fall of wickets

1-35 (AD Hales, 10.6)