MatchesMen's TestEngland tour of Sri Lanka 2020/21

Sri Lanka v England

1st Test · Galle International Stadium, Galle · 14 Jan 2021 – 18 Jan 2021

England won by 7 wickets

Sri Lanka 1st innings13546.1 overs

England 1st innings421117.1 overs

Sri Lanka 2nd innings359136.5 overs

England 2nd innings76/324.2 overs

Sri Lanka 1st innings 135 (46.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
HDRL Thirimanne	c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad	4	22	0	0	18.2
MDKJ Perera	c JE Root b DM Bess	20	28	2	0	71.4
BKG Mendis	c JC Buttler b SCJ Broad	0	2	0	0	0.0
AD Mathews	c JE Root b SCJ Broad	27	54	1	1	50.0
LD Chandimal	c SM Curran b MJ Leach	28	71	1	0	39.4
N Dickwella	c DP Sibley b DM Bess	12	21	1	0	57.1
MD Shanaka	c JC Buttler b DM Bess	23	48	3	0	47.9
PWH de Silva	b DM Bess	19	22	2	0	86.4
MDK Perera	b DM Bess	0	2	0	0	0.0
L Embuldeniya	run out (MJ Leach)	0	1	0	0	0.0
AM Fernando	not out	0	7	0	0	0.0
Extras		2
Total	all out, 46.1 overs	135

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 (N Dickwella, 38.1 ov), 126-7 (MD Shanaka, 42.3 ov), 126-8 (MDK Perera, 42.5 ov), 130-9 (L Embuldeniya, 43.5 ov), 135-10 (PWH de Silva, 46.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
SCJ Broad	9	3	20	3	2.22	44	0
SM Curran	4	2	8	0	2.00	20	0
MA Wood	6	1	21	0	3.50	23	0
DM Bess	10.1	3	30	5	2.95	43	0
MJ Leach	17	2	55	1	3.24	74	1

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	16	39	HDRL Thirimanne 4, MDKJ Perera 12
2	0	2	MDKJ Perera 0, BKG Mendis 0
3	9	21	MDKJ Perera 8, AD Mathews 1
4	56	112	AD Mathews 26, LD Chandimal 28
5	0	2	LD Chandimal 0, N Dickwella 0
6	24	53	N Dickwella 12, MD Shanaka 12
7	21	26	MD Shanaka 11, PWH de Silva 10
8	0	2	PWH de Silva 0, MDK Perera 0
9	4	6	PWH de Silva 4, L Embuldeniya 0
10	5	14	PWH de Silva 5, AM Fernando 0

England 1st innings 421 (117.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c PWH de Silva b L Embuldeniya	9	26	1	0	34.6
DP Sibley	c HDRL Thirimanne b L Embuldeniya	4	15	0	0	26.7
JM Bairstow	c BKG Mendis b L Embuldeniya	47	93	2	0	50.5
JE Root	c L Embuldeniya b MDK Perera	228	321	18	1	71.0
DW Lawrence	c BKG Mendis b MDK Perera	73	150	6	1	48.7
JC Buttler	c N Dickwella b AM Fernando	30	57	3	0	52.6
SM Curran	b AM Fernando	0	1	0	0	0.0
DM Bess	run out (M Bhanuka/N Dickwella)	0	4	0	0	0.0
MJ Leach	lbw b MDK Perera	4	20	1	0	20.0
MA Wood	c N Dickwella b MDK Perera	2	9	0	0	22.2
SCJ Broad	not out	11	13	2	0	84.6
Extras		13
Total	all out, 117.1 overs	421

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)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
L Embuldeniya	45	4	176	3	3.91	180	2
AM Fernando	14	1	44	2	3.14	61	0
PWH de Silva	15	1	63	0	4.20	52	2
MDK Perera	36.1	2	109	4	3.01	134	2
MD Shanaka	7	1	22	0	3.14	29	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	10	26	Z Crawley 5, DP Sibley 4
2	7	26	Z Crawley 4, JM Bairstow 3
3	114	202	JM Bairstow 44, JE Root 70
4	173	259	JE Root 90, DW Lawrence 73
5	68	112	JE Root 36, JC Buttler 30
6	0	1	JE Root 0, SM Curran 0
7	10	10	JE Root 10, DM Bess 0
8	16	32	JE Root 12, MJ Leach 4
9	8	14	JE Root 6, MA Wood 2
10	15	21	JE Root 4, SCJ Broad 11

Sri Lanka 2nd innings 359 (136.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MDKJ Perera	c MJ Leach b SM Curran	62	109	5	1	56.9
HDRL Thirimanne	c JC Buttler b SM Curran	111	251	12	0	44.2
BKG Mendis	c JC Buttler b MJ Leach	15	65	1	0	23.1
L Embuldeniya	c DP Sibley b DM Bess	0	11	0	0	0.0
AD Mathews	c JE Root b MJ Leach	71	219	4	0	32.4
LD Chandimal	c JE Root b DM Bess	20	28	3	0	71.4
N Dickwella	c JC Buttler b DM Bess	29	74	1	0	39.2
MD Shanaka	b MJ Leach	4	5	0	0	80.0
PWH de Silva	c JE Root b MJ Leach	12	18	2	0	66.7
MDK Perera	st JC Buttler b MJ Leach	24	38	5	0	63.2
AM Fernando	not out	0	6	0	0	0.0
Extras		11
Total	all out, 136.5 overs	359

Fall of wickets: 101-1 (MDKJ Perera, 37.4 ov), 155-2 (BKG Mendis, 59.5 ov), 158-3 (L Embuldeniya, 62.6 ov), 210-4 (HDRL Thirimanne, 82.1 ov), 243-5 (LD Chandimal, 91.3 ov), 291-6 (N 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)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
SCJ Broad	17	11	14	0	0.82	94	0
SM Curran	11	1	37	2	3.36	48	1
DM Bess	33	4	100	3	3.03	140	0
MA Wood	21	5	49	0	2.33	95	0
MJ Leach	41.5	6	122	5	2.92	176	1
JE Root	11	1	19	0	1.73	48	0
DW Lawrence	2	0	10	0	5.00	6	1

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	101	226	MDKJ Perera 62, HDRL Thirimanne 38
2	54	133	HDRL Thirimanne 37, BKG Mendis 15
3	3	19	HDRL Thirimanne 3, L Embuldeniya 0
4	52	115	HDRL Thirimanne 33, AD Mathews 18
5	33	56	AD Mathews 13, LD Chandimal 20
6	48	142	AD Mathews 16, N Dickwella 29
7	5	7	AD Mathews 1, MD Shanaka 4
8	18	36	AD Mathews 6, PWH de Silva 12
9	38	63	AD Mathews 10, MDK Perera 24
10	7	24	AD Mathews 7, AM Fernando 0

England 2nd innings 76/3 (24.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c BKG Mendis b L Embuldeniya	8	21	1	0	38.1
DP Sibley	b L Embuldeniya	2	5	0	0	40.0
JM Bairstow	not out	35	65	2	0	53.8
JE Root	run out (N Dickwella)	1	3	0	0	33.3
DW Lawrence	not out	21	52	0	0	40.4
Extras		9
Total	3 wickets, 24.2 overs	76

Did not bat: MJ Leach, MA Wood, JC Buttler, DM Bess, SM Curran, SCJ Broad

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

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
L Embuldeniya	12	3	29	2	2.42	51
MDK Perera	11.2	2	34	0	3.00	40
PWH de Silva	1	0	4	0	4.00	2

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	3	6	Z Crawley 1, DP Sibley 2
2	9	24	Z Crawley 7, JM Bairstow 2
3	2	6	JM Bairstow 1, JE Root 1
Unbroken	62	110	JM Bairstow 32, DW Lawrence 21

Match details

Toss: Sri Lanka, chose to bat
Player of the match: JE Root
Ground: Galle International Stadium, Sri Lanka
Season: 2020/21
Umpires: HDPK Dharmasena, RSA Palliyaguruge
Match referee: RS Madugalle
Source: Cricsheet match 1243015