BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dimuth Karunaratne	lbw b Beard	8	7	15	2	0	114.28
Kaushal Silva	c †Cross b Beard	0	3	6	0	0	0.00
Kusal Mendis	c †Cross b Beard	66	106	133	8	1	62.26
Dinesh Chandimal †	c Westley b Ryder	27	54	80	2	0	50.00
Angelo Mathews (c)	c Moore b Bopara	30	81	128	2	0	37.03
Milinda Siriwardana	b Beard	5	16	21	1	0	31.25
Dhananjaya de Silva	lbw b Ryder	5	10	14	1	0	50.00
Niroshan Dickwella	c †Cross b Moore	53	69	84	6	2	76.81
Dhammika Prasad	c Bopara b Moore	13	20	26	3	0	65.00
Shaminda Eranga	not out	1	5	19	0	0	20.00
Nuwan Pradeep	b Moore	11	13	10	1	1	84.61
Extras	(b 20, lb 5, nb 6, w 4)	35
TOTAL	63 Ov (RR: 4.03)	254
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Kaushal Silva, 0.4 ov), 2-16 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 2.3 ov), 3-104 (Dinesh Chandimal, 21.5 ov), 4-127 (Kusal Mendis, 33.3 ov), 5-142 (Milinda Siriwardana, 37.6 ov), 6-155 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 40.4 ov), 7-207 (Angelo Mathews, 52.1 ov), 8-231 (Dhammika Prasad, 58.3 ov), 9-242 (Niroshan Dickwella, 60.3 ov), 10-254 (Nuwan Pradeep, 62.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Aaron Beard	16	3	62	4	3.87	72	9	1	0	0
0.4 to JK Silva, . 1/1 2.3 to FDM Karunaratne, . 16/2 33.3 to BKG Mendis, . 127/4 37.6 to TAM Siriwardana, . 142/5
Matt Dixon	12	1	44	0	3.66	50	5	0	1	0
Thomas Moore	13	1	48	3	3.69	60	4	2	1	2
58.3 to KTGD Prasad, . 231/8 60.3 to N Dickwella, . 242/9 62.6 to N Pradeep, . 254/10
Jesse Ryder	10	0	48	2	4.80	45	6	1	1	2
21.5 to LD Chandimal, . 104/3 40.4 to DM de Silva, . 155/6
Ryan ten Doeschate	6	1	16	0	2.66	28	1	0	0	0
Tom Westley	1	0	3	0	3.00	3	0	0	0	0
Ravi Bopara	5	2	8	1	1.60	28	1	0	1	2
52.1 to AD Mathews, . 207/7

Essex 1st INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	lbw b Prasad	28	68	99	4	0	41.17
Jaik Mickleburgh	lbw b Prasad	109	188	254	17	0	57.97
Thomas Moore	b Eranga	3	11	14	0	0	27.27
Tom Westley	c de Silva b Pradeep	108	158	232	14	0	68.35
Ravi Bopara	not out	87	127	162	9	0	68.50
Dan Lawrence	not out	57	53	72	8	2	107.54
Extras	(b 1, lb 13, nb 5, w 1)	20
TOTAL	100 Ov (RR: 4.12)	412/4d
Did not bat: Jesse Ryder, Ryan ten Doeschate (c), Matthew Cross †, Aaron Beard, Matt Dixon
Fall of wickets: 1-78 (Nick Browne, 21.6 ov), 2-81 (Thomas Moore, 24.5 ov), 3-213 (Jaik Mickleburgh, 60.1 ov), 4-299 (Tom Westley, 81.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Dhammika Prasad	17.3	3	78	2	4.45	75	13	0	0	3
21.6 to NLJ Browne, . 78/1 60.1 to JC Mickleburgh, . 213/3
Nuwan Pradeep	18	1	62	1	3.44	77	8	0	0	0
81.4 to T Westley, . 299/4
Shaminda Eranga	19	7	55	1	2.89	92	8	0	0	2
24.5 to TC Moore, . 81/2
Angelo Mathews	10	5	19	0	1.90	52	3	0	0	0
Milinda Siriwardana	19	0	118	0	6.21	54	15	1	0	0
Dimuth Karunaratne	9.3	1	37	0	3.89	37	4	0	1	0
Dhananjaya de Silva	7	0	29	0	4.14	22	1	1	0	0

Sri Lankans 2nd INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dimuth Karunaratne	not out	16	32	55	1	0	50.00
Kaushal Silva	lbw b Beard	7	10	12	1	0	70.00
Kusal Mendis	c Westley b Dixon	16	37	43	3	0	43.24
Extras	(nb 1, w 2)	3
TOTAL	13 Ov (RR: 3.23)	42/2
Did not bat: Dhananjaya de Silva, Angelo Mathews (c), Dinesh Chandimal †, Milinda Siriwardana, Niroshan Dickwella, Shaminda Eranga, Nuwan Pradeep, Dhammika Prasad
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Kaushal Silva, 2.5 ov), 2-42 (Kusal Mendis, 12.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Aaron Beard	6	1	19	1	3.16	29	3	0	0	0
2.5 to JK Silva, . 9/1
Matt Dixon	4	0	17	1	4.25	18	2	0	2	0
12.6 to BKG Mendis, . 42/2
Thomas Moore	3	0	6	0	2.00	15	0	0	0	1

MATCH DETAILS

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Sri Lankans, elected to bat first
Series	Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland
Season	2016
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	8,9,10 May 2016 - day (3-day match)
FC debut	Aaron Beard
Umpires	Stephen Gale Steve O'Shaughnessy

CLOSE OF PLAY

Sun, 08 May - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 81/2 (Jaik Mickleburgh 42*, 24.5 ov)

Mon, 09 May - day 2 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 42/2 (Dimuth Karunaratne 16*, 13 ov)

Tue, 10 May - day 3 - no play

MATCH NOTES

Day 2

Essex 1st innings
N Dickwella has taken the gloves and started keeping from over 40.1
JC Mickleburgh: 100 off 172 balls, 239 mins (16x4)
T Westley: 100 off 144 balls, 209 mins (13x4)
KTGD Prasad left the field after ball 89.3, the over was completed by FDM Karunaratne

Match Coverage

Essex v Sri Lankans

Ford stays upbeat despite tough work-out

Sri Lankans Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
AP Beard	6	1	19	1	3.16
MW Dixon	4	0	17	1	4.25
TC Moore	3	0	6	0	2 (1 nb)

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	9	Kaushal Silva	Dimuth Karunaratne
2nd	33	Dimuth Karunaratne	Kusal Mendis

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Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland

TEAM	M	W	L	PT
ENG	9	6	0	20
SL	9	0	6	4