- BATSMENRB4s6sSRExtras14 (b 6, lb 3, nb 3, w 2)TOTAL392/9d (89.5 Overs, RR: 4.36)Fall of wickets: 1-99 (Kaushal Silva, 28.6 ov), 2-139 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 38.2 ov), 3-204 (Sadeera Samarawickrama, 48.3 ov), 4-214 (Charith Asalanka, 49.6 ov), 5-227 (Angelo Mathews, 53.3 ov), 6-242 (Kamindu Mendis, 57.5 ov), 7-280 (Roshen Silva, 68.2 ov), 8-325 (Ashan Priyanjan, 76.6 ov), 9-392 (Pathum Nissanka, 89.5 ov)
- BATSMENRB4s6sSRExtras11 (b 8, lb 1, nb 1, w 1)TOTAL365/7 (90 Overs, RR: 4.05)Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Keaton Jennings, 13.1 ov), 2-77 (Rory Burns, 23.6 ov), 3-112 (Joe Denly, 32.2 ov), 3-135* (Ben Stokes, retired not out ), 4-220 (Jos Buttler, 55.1 ov), 5-273 (Joe Root, 63.3 ov), 6-321 (Ben Stokes, 74.6 ov), 7-332 (Moeen Ali, 76.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB CBRLS Kumara 11 1 42 1 3.81 1 0 CAK Rajitha 10 1 44 0 4.40 0 1 KN Peiris 26 3 108 3 4.15 0 0 DSK Madushanka 7 0 23 1 3.28 0 0 JDF Vandersay 22 1 89 0 4.04 0 0 PHKD Mendis 9 0 39 0 4.33 0 0 KIC Asalanka 5 1 11 0 2.20 0 0
Match Details
Players per side
England 16 ( 11 batting, 11 fielding); Sri Lanka Board XI 15 ( 11 batting, 11 fielding)
Toss
Sri Lanka Board XI , elected to bat first
Season
Match days
30.31 October 2018 (2-day match)
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Tue, 30 Oct - day 1 - Sri Lanka Board XI 1st innings 392/9d
- Wed, 31 Oct - day 2 - England 1st innings 365/7 (90 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Sri Lanka Board XI 1st innings
- JK Silva 50 runs in 74 balls (8 x 4)
- Change Keeper after 29 overs (BT Foakes)
- S Samarawickrama 50 runs in 55 balls (10 x 4)
- SMA Priyanjan 50 runs in 86 balls (6 x 4)
- DM Sarathchandra 50 runs in 45 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- England 1st innings
- JE Root 50 runs in 57 balls (7 x 4)
- JE Root 100 runs in 117 balls (13 x 4)
- MM Ali 50 runs in 64 balls (6 x 4)
- BA Stokes retired hurt on 10* from 135/3 to 273/5
Match Coverage
All Match NewsScare for England as Ben Stokes retires hurt after blow to elbow
Stokes was struck when attempting to pull a short delivery from Lahiru Kumara
Joe Root and Rory Burns show encouraging form in drawn warm-up game
There was a fifty for Moeen Ali, too, but Joe Denly and Keaton Jennings were less convincing in their stints at the crease
England ring changes, but Sri Lankans run rings in opening Test warm-up
For all the talk of England searching for a "different formula", there was a wearing familiarity to their approach on the first day of the red-ball leg of their tour