- BATSMENRB4s6sSR2.3 no such luck this time! Strangled down leg. Swing from Lakmal, on a good length, and Burns thinks this is easy runs. Doesn't get enough of it though and it's a good take by Dickwella. End of Burns' first Test knock. 10/121.1 bowled him! Beaten by the angle, the change of pace from the skiddier offspinner, coming round the wicket and firing it in flat, rattles the timbers as Jennings finds himself cramped on the cut. A fine innings as far as it went, but it's over too soon for England's liking... 98/42.4 what a ripper! Two in two! That's sexy from Suranga. Round the wicket straight away, wide of the crease, and he's made Moeen Ali's off stump take a vacation. What a start for the hosts! 10/216.1 Root has galloped down the track and yorked himself! Well, there we go, Root's intent costs him dear, and that is Herath's 100th wicket at Galle! There was no real need for such recklessness, but to be fair, his positive intent had hauled England off the canvas in the first hour ... but not the second. 72/323.3 Stokes walks across his stumps on the sweep, and is bowled round his legs! Crikey, this has been an all-action morning session! A poor choice from Stokes on that occasion, trying to get too cute with the angles, and hearing the death rattle ... he slams the pitch with the toe of his bat, that took out middle stump, which is an indication of how much room he gave himself 103/543.6 right on drinks, Sri Lanka strike! A moment's indecision from Buttler, who is caught on the crease as he's unsure how much this is going to turn. Takes the edge and that's a smart low take from Dickwella 164/696.6 flogged high out to extra cover ... Foakes looking for quick runs ... but he hasn't got enough bat on that one. A well-judged catch, and the end of a quality debut innings 342/1077.2 a massive wipe and Curran edges to slip! A huge wicket for Sri Lanka, tossed up by Akila, tempting Curran into a flat-batted mow through the covers. But the extra loop also meant extra turn away from the blade, and it ended up as a simple outside edge to Chandimal, who is still hobbling after damaging his groin earlier... 252/787.4 a slash, an edge, a wicket! One shot too many for Rashid, looking for the drive, but beaten by the angle across his bows. A sharp chance into Dhananjaya's breadbasket, and an enterprising knock comes to an end 306/895.2 edged and gone! Leach plays off the back foot, he's been troubled outside off for most of his innings, and this time, the ball climbs off a fat edge, straight to first slip. Perera has five! And Foakes has just James Anderson for company as he hunts down his hundred... 330/9Extras2 (b 1, lb 1)TOTAL342 all out (97 Overs, RR: 3.52)Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Rory Burns, 2.3 ov), 2-10 (Moeen Ali, 2.4 ov), 3-72 (Joe Root, 16.1 ov), 4-98 (Keaton Jennings, 21.1 ov), 5-103 (Ben Stokes, 23.3 ov), 6-164 (Jos Buttler, 43.6 ov), 7-252 (Sam Curran, 77.2 ov), 8-306 (Adil Rashid, 87.4 ov), 9-330 (Jack Leach, 95.2 ov), 10-342 (Ben Foakes, 96.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB RAS Lakmal 18 5 73 3 4.05 0 0 MDK Perera 31 6 75 5 2.41 0 0 A Dananjaya 20 2 96 1 4.80 0 0 HMRKB Herath 25 4 78 1 3.12 0 0 DM de Silva 3 0 18 0 6.00 0 0
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- BATSMENRB4s6sSR0.2 huge swing, huge appeal, up goes the finger! Karunaratne reviews immediately, but there's a clear spike on UltraEdge... the wicket stands! Brilliant from Anderson, looping into the channel and not so much luring the edge as demanding it. Foakes has his first Test catch after two balls in his primary role. Busy morning for him! 4/13.3 huge appeal, and that's plumb! That's what Curran can do when he gets his line right. Curling back into a planted front dog, the classic left-armer's lbw, and Sri Lanka are in serious bother now! 10/216.3 bowled him moved across again, too far across to try and sweep. Very poor choice of shot with lunch so close by. Beaten by the ball, which crashes into the stumps. Nothing special about the ball, just on a length and spinning into the stumps, just a bad, bad shot.Very similar to how Ben Stokes got out. 40/413.2 gets him that time! Leach has been rewarded for some good bowling. He was keeping the batsmen on their toes, draws him forward again, but it's turned the perfect amount to get a proper outside edge and go straight to first slip 34/349.3 short leg is in the action straightaway! This one sticks in the pitch, loops into the glove, pops into the leg side, and Jennings (not Denly, or Burns) under the lid stoops forward to snaffle the opportunity! That is a massive scalp so early in the session! 136/643.2 He's been outsmarted Chandimal was intent on coming down the track to Rashid, and this time the bowler deceives him. pulls his length back a tad, and Chandimal is all at sea, watching the ball rip away from him. Foakes completes a smart stumping. Partnership broken, and Sri Lanka in trouble again 115/559.6 there it is! Moeen tosses one up, slightly wider and slower, Dickwella can't resist throwing his bat through the line and Buttler at short cover claims a vital catch! 171/762.6 tossed up, turn on off stump, flogged to cover! Buttler's second grab of the innings and Sri Lanka are staring at a huge deficit now... 175/961.3 beautiful take by Foakes! He's right in the action today. Another beauty from Moeen, finding flight, dip and turn, and grazing the edge of a half-committed poke 173/867.6 Rashid finishes it off for England an ungainly hoick, a proper tailender shot that. Went for the heave across the line and got an outside edge that looped to Anderson at gully. 203/10Extras2 (lb 2)TOTAL203 all out (68 Overs, RR: 2.98)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 0.2 ov), 2-10 (Kaushal Silva, 3.3 ov), 3-34 (Kusal Mendis, 13.2 ov), 4-40 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 16.3 ov), 5-115 (Dinesh Chandimal, 43.2 ov), 6-136 (Angelo Mathews, 49.3 ov), 7-171 (Niroshan Dickwella, 59.6 ov), 8-173 (Akila Dananjaya, 61.3 ov), 9-175 (Dilruwan Perera, 62.6 ov), 10-203 (Suranga Lakmal, 67.6 ov)
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR22.6 Burns slides onto the back foot, clips to midwicket, an instant call, but he's always playing catch up... the shy comes in, and the stumps are broken!. An unfortunate way to go, but in truth, he allowed his doubts to consume him towards the end of that innings. Still, he's played his part in entrenching England's position 60/126.3 chips straight to mid-on. It's a feature, not a bug. Moeen Ali out swiping across the line, attempting to clear mid-on with no real conviction. It was flat and pushed through full on off stump, a drive-through-cover sort of ball. But he wants to clear Herath who is on the floor well before the ball reaches him and has to be patient as it dips on him. Takes it cleanly in the end 67/231.3 got him! Crafty from Herath. Made Root play at the length ball on middle all of last over, getting it to slide on. Root protects against that as he gets forward to another one at the same line and length, except this one is pushed through quicker and rips away from him. No time to react as the ball takes the edge and Dickwella is in perfect position for the catch 74/360.5 beauty! Dilruwan gets it up at a length outside leg stump and spins it past Stokes' outside edge to hit the top of off. That's the ball they've been negotiating with reverse sweeps all this while, and you can see why. Stokes wants to drive this through the leg side but he's nowhere near the pitch of this. It's all a bit frenzied. Like it has been over the last 10 or 15 minutes. Are England looking to declare this session? 181/483.1 sharp snaffle at silly point! Kaushal Silva stays low and scoops this, in one hand, straight off the face of the bat as Buttler presses forward. That is excellent alertness 258/592.5 holes out on the leg side. Legbreak at a length on off stump. Wants to smoke this over midwicket but it's come off the toe-end of the bat. Two fielders converging but it's deep square, running to his left, who gets it. Useful knock from Foakes. 319/6Extras13 (b 4, lb 7, nb 2)TOTAL322/6d (93 Overs, RR: 3.46)Fall of wickets: 1-60 (Rory Burns, 22.6 ov), 2-67 (Moeen Ali, 26.3 ov), 3-74 (Joe Root, 31.3 ov), 4-181 (Ben Stokes, 60.5 ov), 5-258 (Jos Buttler, 83.1 ov), 6-319 (Ben Foakes, 92.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB MDK Perera 30 3 94 2 3.13 0 0 RAS Lakmal 9 2 30 0 3.33 0 2 HMRKB Herath 23 1 59 2 2.56 0 0 A Dananjaya 18.5 2 87 1 4.61 0 0 DM de Silva 12.1 2 41 0 3.36 0 0
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR25.2 biffed back to the bowler and England have their second! A loss of discipline from Karunaratne, charging down the pitch, lamping a drive through the line of the ball and scudding a return chance at waist height to Moeen's right! A fine catch, that was travelling quickly, and there is his 150th wicket in Tests! 59/222.3 huge appeal and pinned on the front pad! Silva reviews, but that looks stone-dead to me. He was down on the sweep as the ball ghosted into his shin, lovely drift from Leach, and sure enough, that's plumb! 51/137.2 edged, gone this time! Ben Stokes makes things happen once more! Playing away from the body, as Stokes angled it in from a wide line and kissed the edge of a flimsy poke. Root at slip stooped low, gobbled the chance, and England are in total command now! 98/350.5 he has thrown away! Utterly bonkers. This is not smart cricket from Mendis. He's already shown Leach his intent, but now surely just work it for a single and keep the momentum up?! Not a chance say Mendis, as he goes dancing once more and skews it to Moeen. All that hard work done to see off Stokes, and he's chucked it in the gutter 144/468.4 Moeen, Moeen, Moeen Moeen - I'm begging of you please don't take my man! That's a good old fashioned stick in the mud. Grips in the pitch, Mathews plops it straight to Buttler. Sri Lanka sink further 197/754.4 now there's the magic! Perfect line and length, drift into the pads, a bit of bite off the deck, and back goes the off stump! Chandimal's lack of mobility perhaps played a part, as he ended up playing down the wrong line, but he was done in by the flight and beaten off the pitch 154/566.1 he strikes straight away! Moeen is a magician of the first ball after tea sort. Lovely turn on offer, Dickwella pushes at it and Stokes gobbles this up. A huge moment and that's a pin right through Sri Lanka's balloon 190/679.3 Rashid's earned that. Some delightful bowling, getting it to turn nicely and it's catching practice for Stokes 239/976.6 that's too good! More majesticness from Moeen! Pitches it exactly where Akila has to defend. Takes the edge and Stokes does not drop this one. England just two away 229/885.1 reverse sweep, and why not ... it slides behind the keeper, and hello, is he run out? Looked like it was an easy two, but he has to sprawl for the crease as the bails come off. Touch and go, but I think he's home by a whisker ... no he's not, the split frame shows his bat was on the line. That is the end of that! 250/10Extras1 (lb 1)TOTAL250 all out (85.1 Overs, RR: 2.93)Fall of wickets: 1-51 (Kaushal Silva, 22.3 ov), 2-59 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 25.2 ov), 3-98 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 37.2 ov), 4-144 (Kusal Mendis, 50.5 ov), 5-154 (Dinesh Chandimal, 54.4 ov), 6-190 (Niroshan Dickwella, 66.1 ov), 7-197 (Angelo Mathews, 68.4 ov), 8-229 (Akila Dananjaya, 76.6 ov), 9-239 (Dilruwan Perera, 79.3 ov), 10-250 (Rangana Herath, 85.1 ov)
Match Details
Toss
England , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
England led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10:00 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days
6,7,8,9 November 2018 (5-day match)
Test debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Tue, 6 Nov - day 1 - England 1st innings 321/8 (BT Foakes 87*, MJ Leach 14*, 91 ov)
- Wed, 7 Nov - day 2 - England 2nd innings 38/0 (RJ Burns 11*, KK Jennings 26*, 12 ov)
- Thu, 8 Nov - day 3 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 15/0 (FDM Karunaratne 7*, JK Silva 8*, 7 ov)
- Fri, 9 Nov - day 4 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 250 (85.1 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 21.4 overs (130 balls), Extras 0
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 130 balls (FDM Karunaratne 21, JK Silva 29, Ex 0)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 51/0 in 22.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 21, JK Silva 30)
- Over 22.3: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batsman - JK Silva (Struck down)
- Over 37.1: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - M Erasmus, Batsman - DM de Silva (Upheld)
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 98/3 in 37.2 overs (BKG Mendis 21)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 38.2 overs (230 balls), Extras 0
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 144/4 in 50.5 overs (AD Mathews 21)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 52.2 overs (314 balls), Extras 1
- AD Mathews: 50 off 85 balls (5 x 4)
- Tea: Sri Lanka - 190/5 in 66.0 overs (AD Mathews 50, N Dickwella 16)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 70.1 overs (421 balls), Extras 1
- Over 79.4: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - M Erasmus, Batsman - HMRKB Herath (Upheld)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 244/9 in 83.0 overs (RAS Lakmal 10, HMRKB Herath 3)
- Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 85.1 overs (511 balls), Extras 1
- Over 16.2: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batsman - RJ Burns (Umpires Call)
- England: 50 runs in 17.6 overs (109 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 109 balls (RJ Burns 17, KK Jennings 31, Ex 2)
- Drinks: England - 66/1 in 26.0 overs (KK Jennings 36, MM Ali 3)
- KK Jennings: 50 off 111 balls (4 x 4)
- England: 100 runs in 37.5 overs (229 balls), Extras 8
- Lunch: England - 111/3 in 42.0 overs (KK Jennings 60, BA Stokes 14)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 117 balls (KK Jennings 26, BA Stokes 23, Ex 4)
- England: 150 runs in 56.1 overs (339 balls), Extras 9
- BA Stokes: 50 off 82 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Drinks: England - 171/3 in 59.0 overs (KK Jennings 79, BA Stokes 54)
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 169 balls (KK Jennings 39, BA Stokes 60, Ex 5)
- England: 200 runs in 68.5 overs (415 balls), Extras 9
- Tea: England - 212/4 in 73.0 overs (KK Jennings 98, JC Buttler 14)
- KK Jennings: 100 off 231 balls (6 x 4)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 101 balls (KK Jennings 22, JC Buttler 24, Ex 4)
- New bowl taken at 80.1 overs
- England: 250 runs in 81.3 overs (491 balls), Extras 13
- Drinks: England - 276/5 in 88.0 overs (KK Jennings 124, BT Foakes 13)
- England: 300 runs in 89.3 overs (539 balls), Extras 13
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 46 balls (KK Jennings 20, BT Foakes 30, Ex 0)
- Innings Break: England - 322/6 in 93.0 overs (KK Jennings 146, SM Curran 0)
- Sri Lanka 2nd innings
- End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 15/0 in 7.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 7, JK Silva 8)
- BT Foakes: 100 off 200 balls (9 x 4)
- Innings Break: England - 342/10 in 97.0 overs (JM Anderson 0)
- Sri Lanka 1st innings
- Over 0.2: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batsman - FDM Karunaratne (Struck down)
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 42/4 in 19.0 overs (AD Mathews 3, LD Chandimal 1)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 24.3 overs (147 balls), Extras 0
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 114 balls (AD Mathews 31, LD Chandimal 21, Ex 1)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 36.5 overs (221 balls), Extras 1
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 102/4 in 37.0 overs (AD Mathews 36, LD Chandimal 27)
- AD Mathews: 50 off 121 balls (3 x 4)
- Tea: Sri Lanka - 136/5 in 49.2 overs (AD Mathews 52, N Dickwella 11)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 54.4 overs (328 balls), Extras 2
- Over 61.6: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - M Erasmus, Batsman - RAS Lakmal (Struck down)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 187/9 in 65.0 overs (RAS Lakmal 7, HMRKB Herath 6)
- Over 65.3: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - M Erasmus, Batsman - HMRKB Herath (Upheld)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 66.5 overs (401 balls), Extras 2
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 203/10 in 68.0 overs (HMRKB Herath 14)
- England 2nd innings
- End Of Day: England - 38/0 in 12.0 overs (RJ Burns 11, KK Jennings 26)
- England 1st innings
- Over 9.3: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - M Erasmus, Batsman - JE Root (Struck down)
- England: 50 runs in 9.6 overs (60 balls), Extras 1
- Over 11.1: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - M Erasmus, Batsman - KK Jennings (Struck down)
- Drinks: England - 57/2 in 13.0 overs (KK Jennings 19, JE Root 28)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 66 balls (KK Jennings 23, JE Root 29, Ex 0)
- England: 100 runs in 22.1 overs (133 balls), Extras 1
- England: 100 runs in 22.6 overs (138 balls), Extras 1
- Lunch: England - 113/5 in 29.0 overs (JC Buttler 10, BT Foakes 5)
- England: 150 runs in 39.3 overs (237 balls), Extras 1
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 99 balls (JC Buttler 28, BT Foakes 22, Ex 0)
- Drinks: England - 164/6 in 44.0 overs (BT Foakes 28)
- Tea: England - 199/6 in 59.0 overs (BT Foakes 49, SM Curran 14)
- England: 200 runs in 60.1 overs (361 balls), Extras 2
- BT Foakes: 50 off 111 balls (4 x 4)
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 128 balls (BT Foakes 30, SM Curran 23, Ex 1)
- England: 250 runs in 76.2 overs (458 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: England - 251/6 in 77.0 overs (BT Foakes 66, SM Curran 48)
- New ball taken at 80.1 overs
- England: 300 runs in 85.5 overs (515 balls), Extras 2
- 8th Wicket: 50 runs in 55 balls (BT Foakes 18, AU Rashid 35, Ex 0)
- End Of Day: England - 321/8 in 91.0 overs (BT Foakes 87, MJ Leach 14)
ENG in SL 2018-19 News
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Why do we think Test chases of over 300 aren't all that tough?
Despite the evidence of history, we continue to pin our hopes on teams chasing 300-plus in the fourth innings in Tests
Rabada reclaims No. 1 ICC bowling ranking from Anderson
Yasir Shah has returned to the top ten after his 14-wicket haul, while Jonny Bairstow and Mominul Haque made gains in the batting rankings
Ben Stokes' 'exemplary' showing in Sri Lanka wins praise from Trevor Bayliss
Ben Stokes has seemingly realised how much the game means to him and resolved to take every opportunity to be the best player he can be
Dimuth Karunaratne, Dilruwan Perera unable to lift poor Sri Lanka
Roshen Silva made a solid return to the team but too much of the batting was brittle and Suranga Lakmal struggled as stand-in captain