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295 & 81-4 Series badge Won toss. Elected to batSRI
141 & 231 SRI flag
Overs: 27.2 RR: 2.96 vs spin: 2.85
vs seam: 2.93
 Overs: 93.2 RR: 2.48 vs spin: 2.61
vs seam: 2.30
Thu 25/05/06 England v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Edgbaston, Birmingham
ENGLAND WIN England won by 6 wickets
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Sri Lanka - 1st Inns 141 (51.2; RR: 2.75)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MG Vandort c Collingwood b Plunkett 9 19 1 0 47.37
WU Tharanga b Hoggard 0 2 0 0 0.00
KC Sangakkara c Jones b Plunkett 25 61 4 0 40.98
DPMD Jayawardene c Jones b Plunkett 0 3 0 0 0.00
TT Samaraweera c Collingwood b Hoggard 3 16 0 0 18.75
TM Dilshan c Trescothick b Flintoff 27 48 4 0 56.25
MF Maharoof c Jones b Mahmood 5 21 0 0 23.81
WPUJC Vaas not out 30 78 3 0 38.46
KMDN Kulasekara c Trescothick b Mahmood 3 8 0 0 37.50
SL Malinga lbw b Panesar 26 54 4 0 48.15
M Muralitharan c Plunkett b Flintoff 1 4 0 0 25.00
Extras (0b, 6lb, 0w, 6nb) 12  
TOTAL 141 all out (51.2 overs; RR: 2.75)

Fall of wickets

3-1 (WU Tharanga 0.5 ov), 16-2 (MG Vandort 7.3 ov), 16-3 (DPMD Jayawardene 7.6 ov), 25-4 (TT Samaraweera 12.5 ov), 46-5 (KC Sangakkara 19.3 ov), 65-6 (MF Maharoof 25.3 ov), 79-7 (TM Dilshan 30.1 ov), 82-8 (KMDN Kulasekara 31.3 ov), 132-9 (SL Malinga 48.5 ov), 141-10 (M Muralitharan 51.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MJ Hoggard 15.0 4 32 2 2.13 0 0
A Flintoff 13.2 4 28 2 2.15 0 3
LE Plunkett 12.0 1 43 3 3.58 0 3
SI Mahmood 9.0 1 25 2 2.78 0 0
MS Panesar 2.0 0 7 1 3.50 0 0

England - 1st Inns 295 (78.3; RR: 3.76)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
ME Trescothick c Sangakkara b Muralitharan 27 51 5 0 52.94
AJ Strauss run out 30 65 5 0 46.15
AN Cook lbw b Muralitharan 23 55 3 0 41.82
KP Pietersen lbw b Muralitharan 142 157 20 3 90.45
MJ Hoggard b Vaas 3 36 0 0 8.33
PD Collingwood c Tharanga b Muralitharan 19 47 2 0 40.43
A Flintoff b Malinga 9 48 1 0 18.75
GO Jones c Samaraweera b Muralitharan 4 12 0 0 33.33
LE Plunkett c Vandort b Muralitharan 0 6 0 0 0.00
SI Mahmood not out 0 1 0 0 0.00
MS Panesar lbw b Malinga 0 7 0 0 0.00
Extras (6b, 13lb, 0w, 14nb, 5pen) 38  
TOTAL 295 all out (78.3 overs; RR: 3.76)

Fall of wickets

56-1 (ME Trescothick 16.3 ov), 69-2 (AJ Strauss 20.3 ov), 125-3 (AN Cook 30.5 ov), 169-4 (MJ Hoggard 42.6 ov), 238-5 (PD Collingwood 59.3 ov), 290-6 (KP Pietersen 73.5 ov), 290-7 (A Flintoff 74.2 ov), 293-8 (LE Plunkett 75.6 ov), 294-9 (GO Jones 77.1 ov), 295-10 (MS Panesar 78.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WPUJC Vaas 16.0 6 30 1 1.88 0 0
SL Malinga 13.3 2 68 2 5.23 0 5
MF Maharoof 11.0 3 42 0 3.82 0 4
M Muralitharan 25.0 2 86 6 3.44 0 4
KMDN Kulasekara 13.0 2 45 0 3.46 0 1

Sri Lanka - 2nd Inns 231 (93.2; RR: 2.48)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MG Vandort c Jones b Plunkett 105 303 9 0 34.65
WU Tharanga c Jones b Hoggard 0 1 0 0 0.00
KC Sangakkara c Collingwood b Panesar 18 40 3 0 45.00
DPMD Jayawardene lbw b Hoggard 5 18 1 0 27.78
TT Samaraweera st Jones b Panesar 8 22 1 0 36.36
TM Dilshan lbw b Hoggard 59 113 8 0 52.21
MF Maharoof c & b Flintoff 13 55 2 0 23.64
WPUJC Vaas c Collingwood b Plunkett 1 10 0 0 10.00
KMDN Kulasekara c Collingwood b Plunkett 0 1 0 0 0.00
SL Malinga c Strauss b Flintoff 2 6 0 0 33.33
M Muralitharan not out 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (0b, 8lb, 1w, 11nb) 20  
TOTAL 231 all out (93.2 overs; RR: 2.48)

Fall of wickets

2-1 (WU Tharanga 0.4 ov), 38-2 (KC Sangakkara 14.4 ov), 43-3 (DPMD Jayawardene 21.2 ov), 56-4 (TT Samaraweera 26.5 ov), 181-5 (TM Dilshan 70.4 ov), 219-6 (MF Maharoof 88.2 ov), 223-7 (WPUJC Vaas 91.1 ov), 223-8 (KMDN Kulasekara 91.2 ov), 231-9 (SL Malinga 92.5 ov), 231-10 (MG Vandort 93.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MJ Hoggard 22.0 8 64 3 2.91 0 5
A Flintoff 19.0 3 50 2 2.63 1 4
LE Plunkett 13.2 6 17 3 1.31 0 1
MS Panesar 28.0 6 73 2 2.61 0 0
SI Mahmood 9.0 2 19 0 2.11 0 1
PD Collingwood 2.0 2 0 0 0.00 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 81-4 (27.2; RR: 2.96)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
ME Trescothick lbw b Muralitharan 0 10 0 0 0.00
AJ Strauss c Jayawardene b Muralitharan 16 36 2 0 44.44
AN Cook not out 34 85 4 0 40.00
KP Pietersen lbw b Muralitharan 13 25 2 0 52.00
PD Collingwood c Sangakkara b Muralitharan 3 11 0 0 27.27
A Flintoff not out 4 4 1 0 100.00
GO Jones  
MS Panesar  
LE Plunkett  
MJ Hoggard  
SI Mahmood  
Extras (2b, 0lb, 0w, 9nb) 11  
TOTAL 81-4 (27.2 overs; RR: 2.96)

Fall of wickets

9-1 (ME Trescothick 3.4 ov), 35-2 (AJ Strauss 13.1 ov), 63-3 (KP Pietersen 19.5 ov), 73-4 (PD Collingwood 25.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WPUJC Vaas 7.0 2 12 0 1.71 0 2
SL Malinga 7.0 1 29 0 4.14 0 3
M Muralitharan 12.2 3 29 4 2.42 0 2
TM Dilshan 1.0 0 9 0 9.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v Sri Lanka at Birmingham, 2nd Test

Date

Thursday May 25, 2006

Toss

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Edgbaston, Birmingham

Umpires

Aleem Dar, DB Hair

England Team

Playing XI

PD Collingwood, ME Trescothick, A Flintoff, MJ Hoggard, AJ Strauss, KP Pietersen, MS Panesar, GO Jones, SI Mahmood, LE Plunkett, AN Cook

Sri Lanka Team

Playing XI

M Muralitharan, WPUJC Vaas, DPMD Jayawardene, TM Dilshan, TT Samaraweera, KC Sangakkara, WU Tharanga, MF Maharoof, MG Vandort, SL Malinga, KMDN Kulasekara