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1st Test, Sri Lanka v England 2021

Sri Lanka v England

Galle International Stadium, Galle

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Highlights - Sri Lanka fight back after sensational Root double century | Sri Lanka v England | First Test | Day 3

England won by 7 wickets

76/3

SL 135 & 359 ENG 421

England won by 7 wickets

Sri Lanka

135

Sri Lanka 1st Innings

Sri Lanka have scored 135 runs and have lost all their wickets. They are all out

& 359

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings

Sri Lanka have scored 359 runs and have lost all their wickets. They are all out

England

421

England 1st Innings

England have scored 421 runs and have lost all their wickets. They are all out

& 76/3

England 2nd Innings

England have scored 76 runs and lost 3 wickets

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B Stokes

32nd test Appearance

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B Stokes

SR:23
4's:13
6's:4

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B Stokes

c Miller, b Imran Tahir 34

SR:23

Batting Striker Rate

The average number of runs scored per 100 balls faced.
4s:13

Fours

The batsman has hit 13 fours in this innings
6s:4

Sixes

The batsman has hit 4 sixes in this innings

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Batting	Runs	Balls	Strike Rate SR	4s	6s
Lahiru ThirimanneL Thirimanne c Jonny Bairstow b Stuart Broad	4	22	18.18	0	0
Kusal PereraMDKJ Perera c Joe Root b Dom Bess	20	28	71.42	2	0
Kusal MendisBKG Mendis c Jos Buttler b Stuart Broad	0	2	0.00	0	0
Angelo MathewsA Mathews c Joe Root b Stuart Broad	27	54	50.00	1	1
Dinesh ChandimalD Chandimal CPT c Sam Curran b Jack Leach	28	71	39.43	1	0
Niroshan DickwellaN Dickwella WKT c Dom Sibley b Dom Bess	12	21	57.14	1	0
Dasun ShanakaD Shanaka c Jos Buttler b Dom Bess	23	48	47.91	3	0
Wanindu HasarangaW Hasaranga b Dom Bess	19	22	86.36	2	0
Dilruwan PereraMDK Perera b Dom Bess	0	2	0.00	0	0
Lasith EmbuldeniyaL Embuldeniya run out (Jack Leach)	0	1	0.00	0	0
Asitha FernandoAM Fernando NOT OUT	0	7	0.00	0	0
Extras (nb 1, lb 1)	2
Total (10 wickets, 46.1 overs)	135

Bowling	Overs	Runs	Wickets Wkts	Economy Econ	Dots	Maidens
Stuart BroadS Broad	9	20	3	2.22	44	3
Sam CurranS Curran	4	8	0	2.00	20	2
Mark WoodM Wood	6	21	0	3.50	23	1
Dom BessD Bess	10.1	30	5	2.95	43	3
Jack LeachJ Leach	17	55	1	3.23	75	2

Fall of wicketsFOW	Batsman	Over #
1-16	Lahiru ThirimanneL Thirimanne	6.3
2-16	Kusal MendisBKG Mendis	6.5
3-25	Kusal PereraMDKJ Perera	10.2
4-81	Angelo MathewsA Mathews	28.6
5-81	Dinesh ChandimalD Chandimal	29.2
6-105	Niroshan DickwellaN Dickwella	38.1
7-126	Dasun ShanakaD Shanaka	42.3
8-126	Dilruwan PereraMDK Perera	42.5
9-130	Lasith EmbuldeniyaL Embuldeniya	43.5
10-135	Wanindu HasarangaW Hasaranga	46.1

Batting	Runs	Balls	Strike Rate SR	4s	6s
Zak CrawleyZ Crawley c Wanindu Hasaranga b Lasith Embuldeniya	9	26	34.61	1	0
Dom SibleyD Sibley c Lahiru Thirimanne b Lasith Embuldeniya	4	15	26.66	0	0
Jonny BairstowJ Bairstow c Kusal Mendis b Lasith Embuldeniya	47	93	50.53	2	0
Joe RootJ Root CPT c Lasith Embuldeniya b Dilruwan Perera	228	321	71.02	18	1
Dan LawrenceD Lawrence c Kusal Mendis b Dilruwan Perera	73	150	48.66	6	1
Jos ButtlerJ Buttler WKT c Niroshan Dickwella b Asitha Fernando	30	57	52.63	3	0
Sam CurranS Curran b Asitha Fernando	0	1	0.00	0	0
Dom BessD Bess run out (sub [Manod Bhanuka])	0	4	0.00	0	0
Jack LeachJ Leach lbw Dilruwan Perera	4	20	20.00	1	0
Mark WoodM Wood c Niroshan Dickwella b Dilruwan Perera	2	9	22.22	0	0
Stuart BroadS Broad NOT OUT	11	13	84.61	2	0
Extras (nb 6, b 7)	13
Total (10 wickets, 117.1 overs)	421

Bowling	Overs	Runs	Wickets Wkts	Economy Econ	Dots	Maidens
Lasith EmbuldeniyaL Embuldeniya	45	176	3	3.91	179	4
Asitha FernandoAM Fernando	14	44	2	3.14	62	1
Wanindu HasarangaW Hasaranga	15	63	0	4.20	52	1
Dilruwan PereraMDK Perera	36.1	109	4	3.01	137	2
Dasun ShanakaD Shanaka	7	22	0	3.14	29	1

Fall of wicketsFOW	Batsman	Over #
1-10	Dom SibleyD Sibley	4.2
2-17	Zak CrawleyZ Crawley	8.4
3-131	Jonny BairstowJ Bairstow	42.2
4-304	Dan LawrenceD Lawrence	85.3
5-372	Jos ButtlerJ Buttler	104.1
6-372	Sam CurranS Curran	104.2
7-382	Dom BessD Bess	105.6
8-398	Jack LeachJ Leach	111.2
9-406	Mark WoodM Wood	113.4
10-421	Joe RootJ Root	117.1

Batting	Runs	Balls	Strike Rate SR	4s	6s
Kusal PereraMDKJ Perera c Jack Leach b Sam Curran	62	109	56.88	5	1
Lahiru ThirimanneL Thirimanne c Jos Buttler b Sam Curran	111	251	44.22	12	0
Kusal MendisBKG Mendis c Jos Buttler b Jack Leach	15	65	23.07	1	0
Lasith EmbuldeniyaL Embuldeniya c Dom Sibley b Dom Bess	0	11	0.00	0	0
Angelo MathewsA Mathews c Joe Root b Jack Leach	71	219	32.42	4	0
Dinesh ChandimalD Chandimal CPT c Joe Root b Dom Bess	20	28	71.42	3	0
Niroshan DickwellaN Dickwella WKT c Jos Buttler b Dom Bess	29	74	39.18	1	0
Dasun ShanakaD Shanaka b Jack Leach	4	5	80.00	0	0
Wanindu HasarangaW Hasaranga c Joe Root b Jack Leach	12	18	66.66	2	0
Dilruwan PereraMDK Perera st Jos Buttler b Jack Leach	24	38	63.15	5	0
Asitha FernandoAM Fernando NOT OUT	0	6	0.00	0	0
Extras (nb 3, b 7, lb 1)	11
Total (10 wickets, 136.5 overs)	359

Bowling	Overs	Runs	Wickets Wkts	Economy Econ	Dots	Maidens
Stuart BroadS Broad	17	14	0	0.82	95	11
Sam CurranS Curran	11	37	2	3.36	48	1
Dom BessD Bess	33	100	3	3.03	141	4
Mark WoodM Wood	21	49	0	2.33	95	5
Jack LeachJ Leach	41.5	122	5	2.91	177	6
Joe RootJ Root	11	19	0	1.72	49	1
Dan LawrenceD Lawrence	2	10	0	5.00	6	0

Fall of wicketsFOW	Batsman	Over #
1-101	Kusal PereraMDKJ Perera	37.4
2-155	Kusal MendisBKG Mendis	59.5
3-158	Lasith EmbuldeniyaL Embuldeniya	62.6
4-210	Lahiru ThirimanneL Thirimanne	82.1
5-243	Dinesh ChandimalD Chandimal	91.3
6-291	Niroshan DickwellaN Dickwella	115.1
7-296	Dasun ShanakaD Shanaka	116.2
8-314	Wanindu HasarangaW Hasaranga	122.2
9-352	Dilruwan PereraMDK Perera	132.5
10-359	Angelo MathewsA Mathews	136.5

Batting	Runs	Balls	Strike Rate SR	4s	6s
Zak CrawleyZ Crawley c Kusal Mendis b Lasith Embuldeniya	8	21	38.09	1	0
Dom SibleyD Sibley b Lasith Embuldeniya	2	5	40.00	0	0
Jonny BairstowJ Bairstow NOT OUT	35	65	53.84	2	0
Joe RootJ Root CPT run out (Niroshan Dickwella)	1	3	33.33	0	0
Dan LawrenceD Lawrence NOT OUT	21	52	40.38	0	0
Jos ButtlerJ Buttler WKT	-	-	-	-	-
Sam CurranS Curran	-	-	-	-	-
Dom BessD Bess	-	-	-	-	-
Jack LeachJ Leach	-	-	-	-	-
Mark WoodM Wood	-	-	-	-	-
Stuart BroadS Broad	-	-	-	-	-
Extras (b 4, lb 5)	9
Total (3 wickets, 24.2 overs)	76

Bowling	Overs	Runs	Wickets Wkts	Economy Econ	Dots	Maidens
Lasith EmbuldeniyaL Embuldeniya	12	29	2	2.41	52	3
Dilruwan PereraMDK Perera	11.2	34	0	3.00	42	2
Wanindu HasarangaW Hasaranga	1	4	0	4.00	2	0

Fall of wicketsFOW	Batsman	Over #
1-3	Dom SibleyD Sibley	0.6
2-12	Zak CrawleyZ Crawley	4.6
3-14	Joe RootJ Root	5.6

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Highlights - Sri Lanka fight back after sensational Root double century | Sri Lanka v England | First Test | Day 3

Hosts still trail by 130 runs despite battling performance with the bat as Three Lions push for victory in Galle.

Format: Test
Event: Sri Lanka v England 2021
Venue: Galle International Stadium, Galle
Dates: (5-day match)
Toss: Sri Lanka, who chose to bat

Umpires: Handunnettige Dharmasena, Ruchira Palliyaguruge, Lyndon Hannibal, Raja Wimalasiri
Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle

Sri LankaSL
EnglandENG

Lahiru

Thirimanne

Test Series 2015/16

M:	23	R:	1383	Wkts:	57

Kusal

Perera

Test Series 2015/16

M:	23	R:	1383	Wkts:	57

CPT

Dinesh

Chandimal

Test Series 2015/16

M:	23	R:	1383	Wkts:	57

Kusal

Mendis

Test Series 2015/16

M:	23	R:	1383	Wkts:	57

Angelo

Mathews

Test Series 2015/16

M:	23	R:	1383	Wkts:	57

WKT

Niroshan

Dickwella

Test Series 2015/16

M:	23	R:	1383	Wkts:	57

Dasun

Shanaka

Test Series 2015/16

M:	23	R:	1383	Wkts:	57

Wanindu

Hasaranga

Test Series 2015/16

M:	23	R:	1383	Wkts:	57

Dilruwan

Perera

Test Series 2015/16

M:	23	R:	1383	Wkts:	57

Lasith

Embuldeniya

Test Series 2015/16

M:	23	R:	1383	Wkts:	57

Asitha

Fernando

Test Series 2015/16

M:	23	R:	1383	Wkts:	57

Zak

Crawley

Test Series 2015/16

M:	23	R:	1383	Wkts:	57

Dom

Sibley

Test Series 2015/16

M:	23	R:	1383	Wkts:	57

Jonny

Bairstow

Test Series 2015/16

M:	23	R:	1383	Wkts:	57

M:	23	R:	1383	Wkts:	57

Dan

Lawrence

Test Series 2015/16

M:	23	R:	1383	Wkts:	57

M:	23	R:	1383	Wkts:	57

Sam

Curran

Test Series 2015/16

M:	23	R:	1383	Wkts:	57

Dom

Bess

Test Series 2015/16

M:	23	R:	1383	Wkts:	57

Jack

Leach

Test Series 2015/16

M:	23	R:	1383	Wkts:	57

Mark

Wood

Test Series 2015/16

M:	23	R:	1383	Wkts:	57

Stuart

Broad

Test Series 2015/16

M:	23	R:	1383	Wkts:	57

Sri Lanka Test Form

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v England

England won by 7 wickets
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Loss

v South Africa

South Africa won by 10 wickets
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v South Africa

South Africa won by an innings and 45 runs
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No result

v England

Match cancelled without a ball bowled
N

No result

v England

Match cancelled without a ball bowled

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England won by 7 wickets

Sri Lanka
135 & 359

46.1 & 136.5

England
421 & 76/3

117.1 & 24.2

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Galle International Stadium, Galle
Match cancelled without a ball bowled

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Sri Lanka v England 2020

Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Match cancelled without a ball bowled

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England won by 7 wickets
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England won by 269 runs

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Sri Lanka 1st Innings

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& 359

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings

Sri Lanka have scored 359 runs and have lost all their wickets. They are all out

England

421

England 1st Innings

England have scored 421 runs and have lost all their wickets. They are all out

& 76/3

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England have scored 76 runs and lost 3 wickets

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