MatchesMen's TestEngland tour of Sri Lanka 2020/21

Sri Lanka v England

2nd Test · Galle International Stadium, Galle · 22 Jan 2021 – 25 Jan 2021

England won by 6 wickets

Sri Lanka 1st innings381139.3 overs

England 1st innings344116.1 overs

Sri Lanka 2nd innings12635.5 overs

England 2nd innings164/443.3 overs

Sri Lanka 1st innings 381 (139.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
HDRL Thirimanne	c JC Buttler b JM Anderson	43	95	5	0	45.3
MDKJ Perera	c JE Root b JM Anderson	6	14	1	0	42.9
BOP Fernando	b JM Anderson	0	4	0	0	0.0
AD Mathews	c JC Buttler b JM Anderson	110	238	11	0	46.2
LD Chandimal	lbw b MA Wood	52	121	4	1	43.0
N Dickwella	c MJ Leach b JM Anderson	92	144	10	0	63.9
RTM Mendis	c JC Buttler b MA Wood	0	7	0	0	0.0
MDK Perera	c MJ Leach b SM Curran	67	170	8	1	39.4
RAS Lakmal	c Z Crawley b JM Anderson	0	2	0	0	0.0
L Embuldeniya	c JE Root b MA Wood	7	33	0	1	21.2
AM Fernando	not out	0	10	0	0	0.0
Extras		4
Total	all out, 139.3 overs	381

Fall of wickets: 7-1 (MDKJ Perera, 4.1 ov), 7-2 (BOP Fernando, 4.5 ov), 76-3 (HDRL Thirimanne, 26.2 ov), 193-4 (LD Chandimal, 68.6 ov), 232-5 (AD Mathews, 88.6 ov), 243-6 (RTM Mendis, 91.6 ov), 332-7 (N Dickwella, 120.4 ov), 332-8 (RAS Lakmal, 120.6 ov), 364-9 (L Embuldeniya, 132.6 ov), 381-10 (MDK Perera, 139.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
JM Anderson	29	13	40	6	1.38	154	0	0
SM Curran	18.3	3	60	1	3.24	84	0	0
MJ Leach	38	5	119	0	3.13	153	0	0
MA Wood	28	4	84	3	3.00	126	1	1
DM Bess	26	2	76	0	2.92	105	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	7	25	HDRL Thirimanne 1, MDKJ Perera 6
2	0	4	HDRL Thirimanne 0, BOP Fernando 0
3	69	129	HDRL Thirimanne 42, AD Mathews 26
4	117	256	AD Mathews 65, LD Chandimal 52
5	39	120	AD Mathews 19, N Dickwella 19
6	11	18	N Dickwella 11, RTM Mendis 0
7	89	172	N Dickwella 62, MDK Perera 26
8	0	2	MDK Perera 0, RAS Lakmal 0
9	32	72	MDK Perera 25, L Embuldeniya 7
10	17	39	MDK Perera 16, AM Fernando 0

England 1st innings 344 (116.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c HDRL Thirimanne b L Embuldeniya	5	24	1	0	20.8
DP Sibley	lbw b L Embuldeniya	0	14	0	0	0.0
JM Bairstow	c BOP Fernando b L Embuldeniya	28	73	5	0	38.4
JE Root	run out	186	309	18	0	60.2
DW Lawrence	c HDRL Thirimanne b L Embuldeniya	3	21	0	0	14.3
JC Buttler	c BOP Fernando b RTM Mendis	55	95	7	0	57.9
SM Curran	c HDRL Thirimanne b L Embuldeniya	13	43	0	1	30.2
DM Bess	c HDRL Thirimanne b L Embuldeniya	32	95	4	0	33.7
MA Wood	c HDRL Thirimanne b L Embuldeniya	1	6	0	0	16.7
MJ Leach	lbw b MDK Perera	1	17	0	0	5.9
JM Anderson	not out	4	5	1	0	80.0
Extras		16
Total	all out, 116.1 overs	344

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (DP Sibley, 5.2 ov), 5-2 (Z Crawley, 7.1 ov), 116-3 (JM Bairstow, 35.5 ov), 132-4 (DW Lawrence, 41.2 ov), 229-5 (JC Buttler, 70.5 ov), 252-6 (SM Curran, 81.2 ov), 333-7 (DM Bess, 109.5 ov), 337-8 (MA Wood, 111.2 ov), 339-9 (JE Root, 114.2 ov), 344-10 (MJ Leach, 116.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
RAS Lakmal	16	7	31	0	1.94	81	0
L Embuldeniya	42	6	137	7	3.26	178	4
AM Fernando	10	2	31	0	3.10	45	0
MDK Perera	32.1	4	86	1	2.67	130	1
RTM Mendis	16	1	48	1	3.00	63	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	4	32	Z Crawley 4, DP Sibley 0
2	1	11	Z Crawley 1, JM Bairstow 0
3	111	172	JM Bairstow 28, JE Root 80
4	16	33	JE Root 9, DW Lawrence 3
5	97	177	JE Root 38, JC Buttler 55
6	23	63	JE Root 10, SM Curran 13
7	81	171	JE Root 44, DM Bess 32
8	4	9	JE Root 3, MA Wood 1
9	2	18	JE Root 2, MJ Leach 0
10	5	11	MJ Leach 1, JM Anderson 4

Sri Lanka 2nd innings 126 (35.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MDKJ Perera	lbw b MJ Leach	14	25	2	0	56.0
HDRL Thirimanne	c Z Crawley b MJ Leach	13	33	0	0	39.4
BOP Fernando	c Z Crawley b DM Bess	3	19	0	0	15.8
AD Mathews	b DM Bess	5	11	0	0	45.5
LD Chandimal	c JM Anderson b MJ Leach	9	6	2	0	150.0
N Dickwella	c DW Lawrence b DM Bess	7	14	1	0	50.0
RTM Mendis	c JC Buttler b MJ Leach	16	20	3	0	80.0
MDK Perera	c Z Crawley b DM Bess	4	13	0	0	30.8
RAS Lakmal	not out	11	32	1	0	34.4
L Embuldeniya	c JM Bairstow b JE Root	40	42	6	1	95.2
AM Fernando	b JE Root	0	1	0	0	0.0
Extras		4
Total	all out, 35.5 overs	126

Fall of wickets: 19-1 (MDKJ Perera, 5.2 ov), 29-2 (BOP Fernando, 10.4 ov), 37-3 (HDRL Thirimanne, 13.5 ov), 37-4 (AD Mathews, 14.4 ov), 47-5 (LD Chandimal, 15.6 ov), 66-6 (N Dickwella, 20.1 ov), 70-7 (MDK Perera, 22.3 ov), 78-8 (RTM Mendis, 25.1 ov), 126-9 (L Embuldeniya, 35.4 ov), 126-10 (AM Fernando, 35.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JM Anderson	2	0	6	0	3.00	8	0
SM Curran	2	0	9	0	4.50	9	0
DM Bess	16	1	49	4	3.06	64	0
MJ Leach	14	1	59	4	4.21	54	1
JE Root	1.5	1	0	2	0.00	11	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	19	32	MDKJ Perera 14, HDRL Thirimanne 4
2	10	32	HDRL Thirimanne 6, BOP Fernando 3
3	8	19	HDRL Thirimanne 3, AD Mathews 5
4	0	5	AD Mathews 0, LD Chandimal 0
5	10	8	LD Chandimal 9, N Dickwella 1
6	19	25	N Dickwella 6, RTM Mendis 11
7	4	14	RTM Mendis 0, MDK Perera 4
8	8	16	RTM Mendis 5, RAS Lakmal 3
9	48	63	RAS Lakmal 8, L Embuldeniya 40
10	0	1	RAS Lakmal 0, AM Fernando 0

England 2nd innings 164/4 (43.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c BOP Fernando b L Embuldeniya	13	19	1	0	68.4
DP Sibley	not out	56	144	2	0	38.9
JM Bairstow	lbw b L Embuldeniya	29	28	3	1	103.6
JE Root	b RTM Mendis	11	16	1	0	68.8
DW Lawrence	c N Dickwella b L Embuldeniya	2	9	0	0	22.2
JC Buttler	not out	46	48	5	0	95.8
Extras		7
Total	4 wickets, 43.3 overs	164

Did not bat: MJ Leach, MA Wood, DM Bess, JM Anderson, SM Curran

Fall of wickets: 17-1 (Z Crawley, 4.5 ov), 62-2 (JM Bairstow, 14.5 ov), 84-3 (JE Root, 21.5 ov), 89-4 (DW Lawrence, 24.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
L Embuldeniya	20	3	73	3	3.65	77	2
MDK Perera	13.3	1	39	0	2.89	54	1
RTM Mendis	10	0	48	1	4.80	28	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	17	29	Z Crawley 13, DP Sibley 3
2	45	60	DP Sibley 11, JM Bairstow 29
3	22	42	DP Sibley 10, JE Root 11
4	5	19	DP Sibley 3, DW Lawrence 2
Unbroken	75	111	DP Sibley 29, JC Buttler 46

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 1243016