Sri Lanka vs England Scorecard 2020/21

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Lahiru Thirimanne	c †Buttler b Anderson	43	95	123	5	0	45.26

Kusal Perera	c Root b Anderson	6	14	20	1	0	42.85

Oshada Fernando	b Anderson	0	4	4	0	0	0.00

Angelo Mathews	c †Buttler b Anderson	110	238	376	11	0	46.21

Dinesh Chandimal (c)	lbw b Wood	52	121	184	4	1	42.97

Niroshan Dickwella †	c Leach b Anderson	92	144	235	10	0	63.88

Ramesh Mendis	c †Buttler b Wood	0	7	16	0	0	0.00

Dilruwan Perera	c Leach b Curran	67	170	224	8	1	39.41

Suranga Lakmal	c Crawley b Anderson	0	2	4	0	0	0.00

Lasith Embuldeniya	c Root b Wood	7	33	58	0	1	21.21

Asitha Fernando	not out	0	10	35	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 2, nb 1, w 1)	4
TOTAL	139.3 Ov (RR: 2.73)	381
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Kusal Perera, 4.1 ov), 2-7 (Oshada Fernando, 4.5 ov), 3-76 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 26.2 ov), 4-193 (Dinesh Chandimal, 68.6 ov), 5-232 (Angelo Mathews, 88.6 ov), 6-243 (Ramesh Mendis, 91.6 ov), 7-332 (Niroshan Dickwella, 120.4 ov), 8-332 (Suranga Lakmal, 120.6 ov), 9-364 (Lasith Embuldeniya, 132.6 ov), 10-381 (Dilruwan Perera, 139.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
James Anderson	29	13	40	6	1.37	155	6	0	0	0
4.1 to MDKJ Perera, thrashed through the line, a revolting hack, and Root clings on at first slip! That's a terrible way to give it away! Outside off, Perera thought he could just deposit this over long-on, but a hint of movement outside off was enough to catch the edge, and it's a sharp chance above the skipper's head. England have their opening, and it's a familiar tale of batsman error .... 7/1 4.5 to BOP Fernando, back of a length, inside-edge, and he's chopped onto his own timbers! Anderson mops his brow with a hint of embarrassment, but that was made by the bowler's extra nip off the seam. Fernando failed to account for the bounce, and couldn't get on top of the ball. This innings is in a bit of strife now!. 7/2 26.2 to HDRL Thirimanne, got him straightaway! Anderson nags away in that corridor outside off, but it's the seam that's done Thirimanne there. Perfectly upright, extracting every ounce of lift and moverment available in the deck, and kissing a thin edge through to the keeper! A fatal stab outside the line, and England have their opening!. 76/3 88.6 to AD Mathews, wriggles through to the keeper! But there's no conviction in this appeal as Mathews stabs forward with bat and pad, and the ball takes a deflection of sorts. Looked like pad to the naked eye, but England have reviewed. Definitely flicks the knee-roll, outside the line on a good length, but was there inside-edge... there was! A tiny spike ... but hang on, the third ump is confusing himself... starts to tell umpire Dharmasena to stay with his on-field decision... but checks himself, when he realises that the ball has carried to the keeper!. 232/5 120.4 to N Dickwella, rash from Dickwella and Anderson has five! The pressure told in the end, he took on the drive to a ball that wasn't quite there, wide line but never came onto the bat. Leach, in a more conventional wide mid-off, stretched well to his right to cling on in both hands! He had no need to do that, the runs were coming slowly but surely, but that field messed with his mind, and a very fine innings has a sad end. 332/7 120.6 to RAS Lakmal, slashed to gully and make that six! Outside off, a wild drive, a fat edge, Crawley makes it look easy as he reaches high to his left. Lakmal goes without impact!. 332/8
Sam Curran	18.3	3	60	1	3.24	85	9	0	0	0
139.3 to MDK Perera, Perera finally holes out, with Leach taking it at deep square leg. Banged in short, looks like a slower-ball legcutter from Curran, Perera goes for a hook, and winds up dragging it to the outfielder. 381/10
Jack Leach	38	5	119	0	3.13	153	9	2	0	0
Mark Wood	28	4	84	3	3.00	126	10	0	1	1
68.6 to LD Chandimal, massive inswing and Wood gets his reward! Superb bowling, Chandimal reviews as he is all but plucked off his feet. It's feasible that this was doing too much, but still a superb, wicked in-ducker, Waqar-esque no less! Nope, nothing wrong there! Slapping leg stump, and that's a key breakthrough!. 193/4 91.6 to RTM Mendis, brilliant take from Buttler, and Wood has two! It's a bread-and-butter strangle down the leg side, but that's the benefit of extra pace. Mendis toppled over a touch as the ball was speared into his pads, but Buttler flung himself down the leg side, leading with his left hand, snaffling the edge and transforming Wood's fortune after such hard yakka yesterday!. 243/6 132.6 to L Embuldeniya, edged and grabbed at first slip. Third strike for Wood. Much fuller and homing away outside from round the wicket, no feet from Embuldeniya, he spars at it and nicks it off. 364/9
Dom Bess	26	2	76	0	2.92	105	5	1	0	0

England 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Zak Crawley	c Thirimanne b Embuldeniya	5	24	31	1	0	20.83

Dom Sibley	lbw b Embuldeniya	0	14	22	0	0	0.00

Jonny Bairstow	c BOP Fernando b Embuldeniya	28	73	141	5	0	38.35

Joe Root (c)	run out (BOP Fernando)	186	309	495	18	0	60.19

Dan Lawrence	c Thirimanne b Embuldeniya	3	21	29	0	0	14.28

Jos Buttler †	c BOP Fernando b Mendis	55	95	145	7	0	57.89

Sam Curran	c Thirimanne b Embuldeniya	13	43	45	0	1	30.23

Dom Bess	c Thirimanne b Embuldeniya	32	95	128	4	0	33.68

Mark Wood	c Thirimanne b Embuldeniya	1	6	9	0	0	16.66

Jack Leach	lbw b MDK Perera	1	17	22	0	0	5.88

James Anderson	not out	4	5	9	1	0	80.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 3, nb 5)	16
TOTAL	116.1 Ov (RR: 2.96)	344
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Dom Sibley, 5.2 ov), 2-5 (Zak Crawley, 7.1 ov), 3-116 (Jonny Bairstow, 35.5 ov), 4-132 (Dan Lawrence, 41.2 ov), 5-229 (Jos Buttler, 70.5 ov), 6-252 (Sam Curran, 81.2 ov), 7-333 (Dom Bess, 109.5 ov), 8-337 (Mark Wood, 111.2 ov), 9-339 (Joe Root, 114.2 ov), 10-344 (Jack Leach, 116.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Suranga Lakmal	16	7	31	0	1.93	81	5	0	0	0
Lasith Embuldeniya	42	6	137	7	3.26	178	15	0	0	4
5.2 to DP Sibley, slides one through, right back on the timbers, and Sibley is gone! A similar set-up to his first Test dismissal, confounded by the quicker flatter delivery, feet trapped in treacle, and though he reviews that looks to be thumping leg stump! Sure is... no reprieve. Sri Lanka strike!. 4/1 7.1 to Z Crawley, edged and gone straightaway! No sighters to Crawley! An impeccable left-armer's dismissal, round the wicket, angled in and dipping on an off-stump line, biting sharply to kiss the edge, and a simple snick to the lurking slip! Big problems at the top of the order for England. And big problems for the foreseeable in this innings!. 5/2 35.5 to JM Bairstow, explodes out of the pitch, and a tangle of limbs, and Sri Lanka think they have their breakthrough! Bairstow presses forward, not quite to the pitch as the ball thumps his pad and flicks high to bat-pad. The umpire says no, but was there inside edge, or even glove, first? Sri Lanka review. Yep, it kissed the bat on the way through. There's the opening!. 116/3 41.2 to DW Lawrence, turn and bounce, and another one bites the dust! Not much Lawrence could do about that, once he was committed to the front foot. Round the wicket, dipping on an off-stump line, demanding he put bat to ball, and sharp spin biting the edge through to the first of two slips. That banana was a waste of rations, and Embuldeniya has all four!. 132/4 81.2 to SM Curran, edged and grabbed at slip. The new ball slides in at off stump, a crease-bound Curran plays for turn and edges it low to Thirimanne. Five-wicket haul for Embuldeniya. Well done. 252/6 109.5 to DM Bess, edged and taken cleanly at first slip. Thirimanne clings onto this to give Embuldeniya his sixth wicket. On a length, drifts in from wide of the crease at off, kicks up and rips away. Off the glove and balloons to Thirimanne. 333/7 111.2 to MA Wood, Thirimanne leaps to his left and grabs it. Pushed through outside off, drifts away, Wood has a big swipe at it and edges it, Thirmanne is alert to it, taking his fifth catch and giving Embuldeniya his seventh wicket. 337/8
Asitha Fernando	10	2	31	0	3.10	45	5	0	0	0
Dilruwan Perera	32.1	4	86	1	2.67	136	6	1	0	1
116.1 to MJ Leach, down on one knee for another sweep, and pinned lbw! England review but out of hope rather than expectation. Didn't turn a whole lot, skidding under the bat as it swung through, no edge involved. This looks like hitting middle and leg. In fact, nothing but middle! Thumping the stump three-quarters up, and Sri Lanka take a 37-run lead. 344/10
Ramesh Mendis	16	1	48	1	3.00	63	5	0	0	0
70.5 to JC Buttler, R Mendis thinks he has Buttler for his maiden Test wicket. Umpire Dharmasena refers it to the TV umpire. The soft signal is not out, Buttler aims for another reverse-sweep, this time the ball loops off the boot, and not off the ground, to Oshada, man under the helmet at short leg. The TV umpire confirms that it's off the boot although the second angle is less clear than the first. Buttler has to go. After having nothing to show for with the bat in the first innings, R Mendis snaps the near-century stand with the wicket of Buttler. Big moment for R Mendis. 229/5

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Kusal Perera	lbw b Leach	14	25	26	2	0	56.00

Lahiru Thirimanne	c Crawley b Leach	13	33	63	0	0	39.39

Oshada Fernando	c Crawley b Bess	3	19	19	0	0	15.78

Angelo Mathews	b Bess	5	11	24	0	0	45.45

Dinesh Chandimal (c)	c Anderson b Leach	9	6	15	2	0	150.00

Niroshan Dickwella †	c Lawrence b Bess	7	14	30	1	0	50.00

Ramesh Mendis	c †Buttler b Leach	16	20	44	3	0	80.00

Dilruwan Perera	c Crawley b Bess	4	13	14	0	0	30.76

Suranga Lakmal	not out	11	32	54	1	0	34.37
Lasith Embuldeniya	c Bairstow b Root	40	42	37	6	1	95.23

Asitha Fernando	b Root	0	1	2	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 3, nb 1)	4
TOTAL	35.5 Ov (RR: 3.51)	126
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Kusal Perera, 5.2 ov), 2-29 (Oshada Fernando, 10.4 ov), 3-37 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 13.5 ov), 4-37 (Angelo Mathews, 14.4 ov), 5-47 (Dinesh Chandimal, 15.6 ov), 6-66 (Niroshan Dickwella, 20.1 ov), 7-70 (Dilruwan Perera, 22.3 ov), 8-78 (Ramesh Mendis, 25.1 ov), 9-126 (Lasith Embuldeniya, 35.4 ov), 10-126 (Asitha Fernando, 35.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
James Anderson	2	0	6	0	3.00	8	0	0	0	0
Sam Curran	2	0	9	0	4.50	9	2	0	0	0
Dom Bess	16	1	49	4	3.06	65	6	0	0	0
10.4 to BOP Fernando, gottim, bat-pad straight to short leg! Bess finds the right length, Fernando drawn forward but he can't quit cover the turn, the ball clips the inside edge and sails to Crawley at head height for a simple catch! What was that I said about a collapse...?. 29/2 14.4 to AD Mathews, bowled 'im! My word, that's spun for Bess, and England have another! Mathews went on the attack, aiming an aggressive sweep to a delivery tossed up wide, but it slipped under the bat and ragged back to clip off stump... Huge wicket for England, who know the door is ajar. 37/4 20.1 to N Dickwella, plinked straight to cover, England have another! Dickwella on the charge, but he can carry on straight back to the dressing room - 93 short of that maiden Test hundred. Straightforward catch for Dan Lawrence, who bags his first one in Tests. Sri Lanka are a beastly 66-6!. 66/6 22.3 to MDK Perera, flipped off the toes, and Crawley plucks another blinder at short leg! Another outstanding piece of focussed close catching. Crawley is a tall man, but stayed low, with a firm base, even as Perera was signalling his intention to belt the ball in his direction. Safe hands, watching the ball straight in, and Sri Lanka's slide continues!. 70/7
Jack Leach	14	1	59	4	4.21	55	7	1	0	1
5.2 to MDKJ Perera, slog sweep and pinned lbw! The round-the-wicket angle brings the stumps into play, and Perera's impetuosity does the rest. A wild wipe of the bat as the ball grips on a middle-stump line, and Dharmasena's finger goes up! Perera reviews, but it's umpire's call, clipping the top of middle. England strike!. 19/1 13.5 to HDRL Thirimanne, another one goes, straight into the bread basket at short leg! Crawley snaffles up a Keaton Jennings-esque take on the move and SL are three down! Leach has a second, and England might just feel they have a sniff here... Tucked off the bat face by Thirimanne but Crawley was anticipating the short, stayed low and enclosed his hands around the ball smartly. 37/3 15.6 to LD Chandimal, top-edged high in the sky... and Anderson takes a brilliant running catch! He was backpedalling immediately from mid-on but had to turn a couple of times to pick up the path of the ball, waited for it to come over his shoulder and pouched it smooth as you like! Chandimal's decision to hit out or get out succeeds, in a manner, and this is threatening to become a roundabout pile-up for SL. 47/5 25.1 to RTM Mendis, on the sweep again, and another big appeal for an inside-edge! England are using their last review! A flurry of limbs, and that looks like an under-edge onto the boot and up again! Yep, this is clearly a foot-fault, a looping chance to Buttler behind the stumps, and Sri Lanka are eight-down! Buttler, in fact, was appealing for the lbw before suddenly realising a catch was lobbing his way. He called for the review, as Root is currently off the field. 78/8
Joe Root	1.5	1	0	2	0.00	11	0	0	0	0
35.4 to L Embuldeniya, there's the breakthrough! Much fuller from Root, Embuldeniya is startled by the more incisive length, and offers an open-faced poke, almost on the half volley, straight into Bairstow's hands at slip! The end of a tremendous and invaluable innings. He's given himself the rope with which to hang England's run-chase!. 126/9 35.5 to AM Fernando, bowled him first ball! Root takes two in two ... all ten wickets to spin in the second innings... tossed right up to the popping crease, drifting away too, but Asitha's uncertain stab scuttles off the under-edge, and into the stumps. England have given themselves a chance of a 2-0 clean sweep, but it's going to be dicey!. 126/10

England 2nd Innings (T: 164 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Zak Crawley	c BOP Fernando b Embuldeniya	13	19	16	1	0	68.42

Dom Sibley	not out	56	144	181	2	0	38.88
Jonny Bairstow	lbw b Embuldeniya	29	28	46	3	1	103.57

Joe Root (c)	b Mendis	11	16	30	1	0	68.75

Dan Lawrence	c †Dickwella b Embuldeniya	2	9	14	0	0	22.22

Jos Buttler †	not out	46	48	77	5	0	95.83
Extras	(lb 4, nb 3)	7
TOTAL	43.3 Ov (RR: 3.77)	164/4
Did not bat: Sam Curran, Dom Bess, Jack Leach, Mark Wood, James Anderson
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Zak Crawley, 4.5 ov), 2-62 (Jonny Bairstow, 14.5 ov), 3-84 (Joe Root, 21.5 ov), 4-89 (Dan Lawrence, 24.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Lasith Embuldeniya	20	3	73	3	3.65	77	7	0	0	2
4.5 to Z Crawley, explodes to take the gloves, plops into the hands of gully! Embuldeniya strikes (of course he does) with one that drew Crawley out and then spat out of the fryer. Snapped up by Fernando diving across slip, and England's good start - these things are relative - is checked. 17/1 14.5 to JM Bairstow, right back on the stumps as Bairstow is done in the flight! Up goes the finger but here comes the review! It's clipping the leg stump! So well bowled, fizzed through so much quicker with scarcely a change of action, no spin, all skid, and a very handy cameo comes to an end. Bairstow would have wanted something more, obviously, but he's laid a platform here. 62/2 24.6 to DW Lawrence, massive appeal for absolutely everything! Sri Lanka are reviewing the lot. Lawrence was on the move, and effectively yorked himself, was there an inside-edge through to the keeper? If so, he's caught, if not, lbw is very on ... yes, there's a fat nick onto the pad, and England's fourth wicket falls!. 89/4
Dilruwan Perera	13.3	1	39	0	2.88	55	2	0	0	1
Ramesh Mendis	10	0	48	1	4.80	28	3	1	0	0
21.5 to JE Root, bowled round his legs! Oh my, this is a massive moment in the Test match! Root's sweeps haven't been firing in this innings, fatigue kicking in no doubt, and he gets too far over to the off side, and is through the stroke by the time his leg stump is pegged back, via an under-edge off his glove! England are roughly halfway to their target, but they've lost three-quarters of their series runs!. 84/3

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CLOSE OF PLAY

Fri, 22 Jan - day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 229/4 (Angelo Mathews 107*, Niroshan Dickwella 19*, 87 ov)

Sat, 23 Jan - day 2 - England 1st innings 98/2 (Jonny Bairstow 24*, Joe Root 67*, 30 ov)

Sun, 24 Jan - day 3 - England 1st innings 339/9 (Jack Leach 0*, 114.2 ov)

Mon, 25 Jan - day 4 - England 2nd innings 164/4 (43.3 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

Day 1

Sri Lanka 1st innings
Over 1.2: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - RSA Palliyaguruge, Batsman - MDKJ Perera (Struck down - Umpires Call)
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 28/2 in 13.0 overs (HDRL Thirimanne 19, AD Mathews 2)
Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 19.1 overs (115 balls), Extras 1
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 93 balls (HDRL Thirimanne 34, AD Mathews 15, Ex 1)
Lunch: Sri Lanka - 76/2 in 26.0 overs (HDRL Thirimanne 43, AD Mathews 26)
Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 34.5 overs (209 balls), Extras 1
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 108/3 in 39.0 overs (AD Mathews 41, LD Chandimal 17)
AD Mathews: 50 off 89 balls (7 x 4)
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 103 balls (AD Mathews 26, LD Chandimal 29, Ex 0)
Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 50.4 overs (304 balls), Extras 1
Tea: Sri Lanka - 155/3 in 53.0 overs (AD Mathews 63, LD Chandimal 42)
4th Wicket: 100 runs in 222 balls (AD Mathews 54, LD Chandimal 47, Ex 0)
LD Chandimal: 50 off 110 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 193/4 in 69.0 overs (AD Mathews 91)
Over 68.6: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batsman - LD Chandimal (Struck down)
Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 74.3 overs (447 balls), Extras 1
AD Mathews: 100 off 207 balls (10 x 4)
New ball taken at 80.1 overs
End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 229/4 in 87.0 overs (AD Mathews 107, N Dickwella 19)

Day 2

Over 88.6: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batsman - AD Mathews (Upheld)
Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 94.2 overs (566 balls), Extras 2
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 264/6 in 98.0 overs (N Dickwella 49, MDK Perera 1)
N Dickwella: 50 off 95 balls (6 x 4)
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 87 balls (N Dickwella 31, MDK Perera 18, Ex 1)
Sri Lanka: 300 runs in 107.5 overs (648 balls), Extras 3
Lunch: Sri Lanka - 313/6 in 113.0 overs (N Dickwella 78, MDK Perera 21)
Over 115.4: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - RSA Palliyaguruge, Batsman - MDK Perera (Struck down)
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 346/8 in 126.0 overs (MDK Perera 40, L Embuldeniya 0)
Sri Lanka: 350 runs in 127.4 overs (767 balls), Extras 3
MDK Perera: 50 off 134 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 381/10 in 139.3 overs (AM Fernando 0)
Tea: Sri Lanka - 381/10 in 139.3 overs (AM Fernando 0)
England 1st innings
Over 5.2: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - RSA Palliyaguruge, Batsman - DP Sibley (Struck down)
Drinks: England - 37/2 in 16.0 overs (JM Bairstow 12, JE Root 20)
England: 50 runs in 19.1 overs (115 balls), Extras 0
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 74 balls (JM Bairstow 17, JE Root 33, Ex 0)
Over 20.4: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batsman - JE Root (Struck down)
JE Root: 50 off 65 balls (7 x 4)
Over 26.5: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batsman - JM Bairstow (Struck down - Umpires Call)
End Of Day: England - 98/2 in 30.0 overs (JM Bairstow 24, JE Root 67)

Day 3

England: 100 runs in 30.3 overs (183 balls), Extras 2
3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 154 balls (JM Bairstow 24, JE Root 73, Ex 3)
Over 35.5: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - RSA Palliyaguruge, Batsman - JM Bairstow (Upheld)
Drinks: England - 139/4 in 44.0 overs (JE Root 90, JC Buttler 5)
England: 150 runs in 45.4 overs (277 balls), Extras 8
JE Root: 100 off 139 balls (14 x 4)
Over 52.1: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batsman - JC Buttler (Upheld)
Lunch: England - 181/4 in 55.0 overs (JE Root 105, JC Buttler 30)
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 87 balls (JE Root 18, JC Buttler 30, Ex 3)
England: 200 runs in 62.3 overs (379 balls), Extras 11
JC Buttler: 50 off 80 balls (7 x 4)
Drinks: England - 223/4 in 68.0 overs (JE Root 124, JC Buttler 52)
New ball taken at 80.1 overs
Over 80.3: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batsman - SM Curran (Struck down - Umpires Call)
England: 250 runs in 80.6 overs (490 balls), Extras 11
Tea: England - 252/6 in 81.2 overs (JE Root 137)
JE Root: 150 off 257 balls (16 x 4)
England: 300 runs in 97.3 overs (590 balls), Extras 16
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 98 balls (JE Root 22, DM Bess 23, Ex 5)
Drinks: England - 303/6 in 98.0 overs (JE Root 160, DM Bess 23)
End Of Day: England - 339/9 in 114.2 overs (MJ Leach 0)

Day 4

Innings Break: England - 344/10 in 116.1 overs (JM Anderson 4)
Over 116.1: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batsman - MJ Leach (Struck down)
Sri Lanka 2nd innings
Over 5.2: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batsman - MDKJ Perera (Struck down - Umpires Call)
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 33/2 in 12.0 overs (HDRL Thirimanne 11, AD Mathews 3)
Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 16.1 overs (98 balls), Extras 2
Over 17.4: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batsman - N Dickwella (Struck down)
Lunch: Sri Lanka - 67/6 in 21.0 overs (RTM Mendis 11, MDK Perera 1)
Over 23.5: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batsman - RTM Mendis (Struck down)
Over 25.1: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batsman - RTM Mendis (Upheld)
Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 29.5 overs (180 balls), Extras 4
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 126/9 in 35.4 overs (RAS Lakmal 11)
Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 126/10 in 35.5 overs (RAS Lakmal 11)
England 2nd innings
Over 10.4: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batsman - DP Sibley (Struck down - Umpires Call)
Over 11.3: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - RSA Palliyaguruge, Batsman - DP Sibley (Struck down - Umpires Call)
Tea: England - 46/1 in 12.0 overs (DP Sibley 14, JM Bairstow 17)
England: 50 runs in 12.2 overs (76 balls), Extras 2
Over 12.3: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batsman - JM Bairstow (Struck down)
Over 14.5: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batsman - JM Bairstow (Struck down - Umpires Call)
England: 100 runs in 26.4 overs (163 balls), Extras 7
Drinks: England - 100/4 in 27.0 overs (DP Sibley 34, JC Buttler 4)
Over 33.1: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - RSA Palliyaguruge, Batsman - DP Sibley (Struck down - Umpires Call)
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 76 balls (DP Sibley 19, JC Buttler 31, Ex 0)
Drinks: England - 143/4 in 39.0 overs (DP Sibley 48, JC Buttler 33)
England: 150 runs in 40.2 overs (245 balls), Extras 7
DP Sibley: 50 off 139 balls (2 x 4)

MATCH DETAILS

Galle International Stadium
Toss	Sri Lanka, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of Sri Lanka ICC World Test Championship
Season	2020/21
Player Of The Match	Joe Root
Player Of The Series	Joe Root
Series result	England won the 2-match series 2-0
Match number	Test no. 2405
Hours of play (local time)	10.00 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days	22,23,24,25 January 2021 - day (5-day match)
Test debut	Ramesh Mendis
Umpires	Kumar Dharmasena Ruchira Palliyaguruge
TV Umpire	Lyndon Hannibal
Reserve Umpire	Raveendra Wimalasiri
Match Referee	Ranjan Madugalle
Points	England 60, Sri Lanka 0

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Karachi nights and Mumbai magic: six of England's best Test wins in Asia this century

After a famous win in Chennai, we take a look at some of England's best recent Test performances in Asia

England's 2-0 victory over Sri Lanka is a terrific achievement

England have now won five successive overseas Tests, but face sterner stuff in India

Mickey Arthur bemoans poor batting after second Test goes 'horribly wrong' for Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka "let it slip in one disastrous session", says coach, after second Galle defeat

Joe Root - England 'couldn't be in better place' for India challenge

Captain hails team's ability to overcome adversity after hard-fought 2-0 win

Stats - England's winning streak in SL, and Root second only to Hammond

Stats highlights from England's convincing series win in Sri Lanka

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We couldn't be in a better place to challenge India - Root

England Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
Z Crawley	caught	13	19
DP Sibley	not out	56	144
JM Bairstow	lbw	29	28
JE Root	bowled	11	16
DW Lawrence	caught	2	9
JC Buttler	not out	46	48
Extras	(lb 4, nb 3)
Total	164(4 wkts; 43.3 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
L Embuldeniya	20	3	73	3	3.65 (2 nb)
MDK Perera	13.3	1	39	0	2.88 (1 nb)
RTM Mendis	10	0	48	1	4.8

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	17	Dom Sibley	Zak Crawley
2nd	45	Jonny Bairstow	Dom Sibley
3rd	22	Joe Root	Dom Sibley
4th	5	Dom Sibley	Dan Lawrence
5th	75	Jos Buttler	Dom Sibley

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ICC World Test Championship

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT	RPWR
IND	17	12	4	1	520	1.577
ENG	21	11	7	3	442	1.12
NZ	11	7	4	0	420	1.281
AUS	14	8	4	2	332	1.392
PAK	12	4	5	3	286	0.822
SA	13	5	8	0	264	0.787
SL	12	2	6	4	200	0.729
WI	13	3	8	2	194	0.661
BAN	7	0	6	1	20	0.601

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