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England tour of Sri Lanka - Tour match
Sri Lanka Board XI v England XI
England XI won by an innings and 15 runs
| Sri Lanka Board XI 1st innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| WAAM Silva | c †Prior b Finn | 66 | 179 | 8 | 0 | 36.87 | ||
| FDM Karunaratne | c †Prior b Anderson | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| PBB Rajapaksa | c Trott b Anderson | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7.69 | ||
| ARS Silva | b Anderson | 21 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 30.43 | ||
| HAPW Jayawardene*† | lbw b Anderson | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | ||
| SC Serasinghe | c Anderson b Panesar | 31 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 46.96 | ||
| MDK Perera | lbw b Panesar | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| KG Alvitigala | b Panesar | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | ||
| HMCM Bandara | c Swann b Panesar | 6 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 14.63 | ||
| TP Gamage | not out | 14 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 42.42 | ||
| WGHN Premaratne | b Panesar | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | ||
| Extras | (b 12, lb 2, w 5, nb 4) | 23 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 73.3 overs) | 169 | (2.29 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JM Anderson | 11 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 1.72 | |||
| ST Finn | 16 | 7 | 33 | 1 | 2.06 | (1w) | ||
| RS Bopara | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3.80 | (4nb) | ||
| GP Swann | 18 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 2.61 | |||
| MS Panesar | 23.3 | 11 | 37 | 5 | 1.57 |
| England XI 1st innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| AJ Strauss* | lbw b Perera | 40 | 106 | 6 | 0 | 37.73 | ||
| AN Cook | not out | 163 | 293 | 11 | 0 | 55.63 | ||
| IJL Trott | lbw b Bandara | 16 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 45.71 | ||
| KP Pietersen | lbw b Serasinghe | 39 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 66.10 | ||
| IR Bell | b Serasinghe | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| RS Bopara | lbw b Perera | 12 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 21.81 | ||
| MJ Prior† | c †Jayawardene b Alvitigala | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| GP Swann | c Karunaratne b Bandara | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 116.66 | ||
| ST Finn | lbw b Bandara | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| JM Anderson | not out | 12 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 31.57 | ||
| Extras | (lb 6, w 7, nb 1) | 14 | ||||||
| Total | (8 wickets dec; 100 overs) | 303 | (3.03 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat MS Panesar |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| MDK Perera | 25 | 2 | 84 | 2 | 3.36 | |||
| SC Serasinghe | 13 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 1.84 | |||
| TP Gamage | 12 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 2.00 | |||
| WGHN Premaratne | 13 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 4.38 | (1nb, 3w) | ||
| KG Alvitigala | 13 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 3.84 | |||
| HMCM Bandara | 24 | 4 | 58 | 3 | 2.41 |
| Sri Lanka Board XI 2nd innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| WAAM Silva | c Bopara b Anderson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| FDM Karunaratne | b Swann | 31 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 43.66 | ||
| PBB Rajapaksa | c Swann b Finn | 9 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 42.85 | ||
| ARS Silva | c Strauss b Anderson | 12 | 81 | 2 | 0 | 14.81 | ||
| HAPW Jayawardene*† | c Anderson b Finn | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| SC Serasinghe | c Cook b Swann | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 55.55 | ||
| MDK Perera | c †Prior b Finn | 6 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 16.66 | ||
| KG Alvitigala | c †Prior b Swann | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| HMCM Bandara | not out | 28 | 70 | 3 | 0 | 40.00 | ||
| TP Gamage | lbw b Panesar | 19 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 50.00 | ||
| WGHN Premaratne | lbw b Anderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Extras | (lb 9) | 9 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 56.4 overs) | 119 | (2.10 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JM Anderson | 11.4 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 1.80 | |||
| ST Finn | 13 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 1.84 | |||
| MS Panesar | 18 | 8 | 32 | 1 | 1.77 | |||
| GP Swann | 14 | 5 | 33 | 3 | 2.35 |
| Match details | |||||||
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Toss Sri Lanka Board XI, who chose to bat |
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Umpires
RA Kottahachchi and RR Wimalasiri Match referee B Perera Reserve umpire SSK Gallage |
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| Match notes |
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Mar 17, 2012 Graeme Swann exchanges words with Dilruwan Perera over a disputed catch © Getty Images |
Mar 17, 2012 James Anderson is congratulated on taking the final wicket © Getty Images |
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