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SRI flag SRIWon toss. Elected to bat
135 & 359 Series badge ENG
421 & 76-3 ENG flag
Overs: 136.5 RR: 2.62 vs spin: 2.86
vs seam: 2.04
 Overs: 24.2 RR: 3.12 vs spin: 2.75
vs seam: 3.14
Thu 14/01/21 Sri Lanka v England, 1st Test, Galle International Stadium, Galle
ENGLAND WIN England won by 7 wickets
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Sri Lanka - 1st Inns 135 (46.1; RR: 2.92)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
HDRL Thirimanne c Bairstow b Broad 4 22 0 0 18.18
MDKJ Perera c Root b Bess 20 28 2 0 71.43
BKG Mendis c Buttler b Broad 0 2 0 0 0.00
AD Mathews c Root b Broad 27 54 1 1 50.00
LD Chandimal c Curran b Leach 28 71 1 0 39.44
DPDN Dickwella c Sibley b Bess 12 21 1 0 57.14
MD Shanaka c Buttler b Bess 23 48 3 0 47.92
PWH de Silva b Bess 19 22 2 0 86.36
MDK Perera b Bess 0 2 0 0 0.00
L Ambuldeniya run out 0 1 0 0 0.00
AM Fernando not out 0 7 0 0 0.00
Extras (0b, 1lb, 0w, 1nb) 2  
TOTAL 135 all out (46.1 overs; RR: 2.92)

Fall of wickets

16-1 (HDRL Thirimanne 6.3 ov), 16-2 (BKG Mendis 6.5 ov), 25-3 (MDKJ Perera 10.2 ov), 81-4 (AD Mathews 28.6 ov), 81-5 (LD Chandimal 29.2 ov), 105-6 (DPDN Dickwella 38.1 ov), 126-7 (MD Shanaka 42.3 ov), 126-8 (MDK Perera 42.5 ov), 130-9 (L Ambuldeniya 43.5 ov), 135-10 (PWH de Silva 46.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
SCJ Broad 9.0 3 20 3 2.22 0 0
SM Curran 4.0 2 8 0 2.00 0 0
MA Wood 6.0 1 21 0 3.50 0 0
DM Bess 10.1 3 30 5 3.00 0 0
MJ Leach 17.0 2 55 1 3.24 0 1

England - 1st Inns 421 (117.1; RR: 3.59)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
Z Crawley c de Silva b Ambuldeniya 9 26 1 0 34.62
DP Sibley c Thirimanne b Ambuldeniya 4 15 0 0 26.67
JM Bairstow c Mendis b Ambuldeniya 47 93 2 0 50.54
JE Root c Ambuldeniya b Perera 228 321 18 1 71.03
DW Lawrence c Mendis b Perera 73 150 6 1 48.67
JC Buttler c Dickwella b Fernando 30 57 3 0 52.63
SM Curran b Fernando 0 1 0 0 0.00
DM Bess run out 0 4 0 0 0.00
MJ Leach lbw b Perera 4 20 1 0 20.00
MA Wood c Dickwella b Perera 2 9 0 0 22.22
SCJ Broad not out 11 13 2 0 84.62
Extras (7b, 0lb, 0w, 6nb) 13  
TOTAL 421 all out (117.1 overs; RR: 3.59)

Fall of wickets

10-1 (DP Sibley 4.2 ov), 17-2 (Z Crawley 8.4 ov), 131-3 (JM Bairstow 42.2 ov), 304-4 (DW Lawrence 85.3 ov), 372-5 (JC Buttler 104.1 ov), 372-6 (SM Curran 104.2 ov), 382-7 (DM Bess 105.6 ov), 398-8 (MJ Leach 111.2 ov), 406-9 (MA Wood 113.4 ov), 421-10 (JE Root 117.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
L Ambuldeniya 45.0 4 176 3 3.91 0 2
AM Fernando 14.0 1 44 2 3.14 0 0
PWH de Silva 15.0 1 63 0 4.20 0 2
MDK Perera 36.1 2 109 4 3.03 0 2
MD Shanaka 7.0 1 22 0 3.14 0 0

Sri Lanka - 2nd Inns 359 (136.5; RR: 2.62)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MDKJ Perera c Leach b Curran 62 109 5 1 56.88
HDRL Thirimanne c Buttler b Curran 111 251 12 0 44.22
BKG Mendis c Buttler b Leach 15 65 1 0 23.08
L Ambuldeniya c Sibley b Bess 0 11 0 0 0.00
AD Mathews c Root b Leach 71 219 4 0 32.42
LD Chandimal c Root b Bess 20 28 3 0 71.43
DPDN Dickwella c Buttler b Bess 29 74 1 0 39.19
MD Shanaka b Leach 4 5 0 0 80.00
PWH de Silva c Root b Leach 12 18 2 0 66.67
MDK Perera st Buttler b Leach 24 38 5 0 63.16
AM Fernando not out 0 6 0 0 0.00
Extras (7b, 1lb, 0w, 3nb) 11  
TOTAL 359 all out (136.5 overs; RR: 2.62)

Fall of wickets

101-1 (MDKJ Perera 37.4 ov), 155-2 (BKG Mendis 59.5 ov), 158-3 (L Ambuldeniya 62.6 ov), 210-4 (HDRL Thirimanne 82.1 ov), 243-5 (LD Chandimal 91.3 ov), 291-6 (DPDN Dickwella 115.1 ov), 296-7 (MD Shanaka 116.2 ov), 314-8 (PWH de Silva 122.2 ov), 352-9 (MDK Perera 132.5 ov), 359-10 (AD Mathews 136.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
SCJ Broad 17.0 11 14 0 0.82 0 0
SM Curran 11.0 1 37 2 3.36 0 1
DM Bess 33.0 4 100 3 3.03 0 0
MA Wood 21.0 5 49 0 2.33 0 0
MJ Leach 41.5 6 122 5 2.98 0 1
JE Root 11.0 1 19 0 1.73 0 0
DW Lawrence 2.0 0 10 0 5.00 0 1

England - 2nd Inns 76-3 (24.2; RR: 3.12)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
Z Crawley c Mendis b Ambuldeniya 8 21 1 0 38.10
DP Sibley b Ambuldeniya 2 5 0 0 40.00
JM Bairstow not out 35 65 2 0 53.85
JE Root run out 1 3 0 0 33.33
DW Lawrence not out 21 52 0 0 40.38
JC Buttler  
SM Curran  
DM Bess  
MJ Leach  
MA Wood  
SCJ Broad  
Extras (4b, 5lb, 0w, 0nb) 9  
TOTAL 76-3 (24.2 overs; RR: 3.12)

Fall of wickets

3-1 (DP Sibley 0.6 ov), 12-2 (Z Crawley 4.6 ov), 14-3 (JE Root 5.6 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
L Ambuldeniya 12.0 3 29 2 2.42 0 0
MDK Perera 11.2 2 34 0 3.09 0 0
PWH de Silva 1.0 0 4 0 4.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

Sri Lanka v England at Galle, 1st Test

Date

Thursday January 14, 2021

Toss

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat

Time

4:30am UTC

Venue

Galle International Stadium, Galle

Umpires

Sri Lanka Team

Playing XI

HDRL Thirimanne, MDKJ Perera, LD Chandimal, BKG Mendis, AD Mathews, DPDN Dickwella, MD Shanaka, PWH de Silva, MDK Perera, L Ambuldeniya, AM Fernando

England Team

Playing XI

Z Crawley, DP Sibley, JM Bairstow, JE Root, DW Lawrence, JC Buttler, SM Curran, DM Bess, MJ Leach, MA Wood, SCJ Broad