27/05Result
2nd Investec Test, Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland at Chester-le-Street, May 27-30 2016
England won by 9 wkts
Player of the Match
James Anderson
James AndersonEngland
27/05Result
2nd Investec Test, Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland at Chester-le-Street, May 27-30 2016
England won by 9 wkts
Player of the Match
James Anderson
James AndersonEngland

England have enforced the follow-on

43.3
W
Anderson to Thirimanne, OUT, all over. Compton takes the catch, not so elegant but it will do. All smiles as Anderson is slightly disbelieving of how tough Compton made that clanger look. A full delivery on middle and leg, Thirmanne goes for an ugly hoick and gets a leading edge. Lobs to point. Compton sets himself for the catch, takes it off balance and almost falls over.

HDRL Thirimanne c Compton b Anderson 19 (117m 80b 1x4 0x6) SR: 23.75

43.2
1
Anderson to Pradeep, 1 run, Anderson isn't oo happy. Drifts down leg and Pradeep whips one away to fine leg. Trudges to the non-strikers end joyously
43.1
0
Anderson to Pradeep, no run, setting him up with a bouncer. Not great direction though. Well outside off and easily avoided

Thirimanne is the first SL batsman to face more than 70 balls in this series, says Bharat Seervi

END OF OVER:
43 | 3 Runs | SL: 100/9

  • Lahiru Thirimanne19 (79b)
  • Nuwan Pradeep1 (4b)
  • Stuart Broad13-2-40-4
  • James Anderson12-2-35-2
42.6
0
Broad to Thirimanne, no run, 73.8mph slower ball is skewed horribly. Didn't quite account for some inward movement. Wanted to go straight but the ball came back enough to skew off the inside half to midwicket
42.5
0
Broad to Thirimanne, no run, works to perfection. Overpitched on middle and leg, clipped straight to midwicket

A slip moves to midwicket to stop the single

42.4
0
Broad to Thirimanne, no run, good length, swerving away just enough to take the outside half of Thirimann's bat towards point
42.3
0
Broad to Thirimanne, no run, good length on off, nagging away at that off bail. Thirimanne's defensive technique intervenes

Thilan: "Any chance Thirimanne can take a single off every last ball of the day? Finish with a 103 off 611 balls and do the same the next day?" - Course there is.

42.2
2
Broad to Thirimanne, 2 runs, nicely played. Stays back to punch a good length delivery through the vacant cover region for a brace
42.1
1
Broad to Pradeep, 1 run, direct hit and out. Moeen misses. Full and straight. Pradeep, in typical fashion, moves his body out of the way but taps a ball towards point. Thirimanne is quick to realise there is one on offer and calls his partner through. Moeen misses at the bowler's end

END OF OVER:
42 | 4 Runs | SL: 97/9

  • Lahiru Thirimanne17 (74b)
  • Nuwan Pradeep0 (3b)
  • James Anderson12-2-35-2
  • Stuart Broad12-2-37-4
41.6
0
Anderson to Thirimanne, no run, well bowled. Good end-overs bowling. Thirimanne steps out again and gives himself a bit of room by backing away. Anderson fires it full and wide. Thiri can't reach
41.5
4
Anderson to Thirimanne, FOUR, there's his response. A forward shimmy and a nice clean swing of the bat. lofted over the bowler. Lands just inside the boundary

The field changes to stop the single, square leg in place

41.4
0
Anderson to Thirimanne, no run, pulls his length back just enough to force a good length delivery outside off. Punched to cover

Match Coverage

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Two in two

2002

Last time England won two matches in a Test series against Sri Lanka, before this. They played 6 series in between these two series.

Youngest

0

No. of batsmen who reached 10,000 Test runs at a younger age than Cook who got there at 31 years, 157 days. Tendulkar was the youngest at 31y, 326d.

Half-A-Dozen club

6

No. of bowlers who have taken 450 or more Test wkts, including Anderson who joined with his wicket of Herath. He's the 3rd fast bowler to do so.

Special ton

8

No. of wicketkeepers who have scored a century while following-on in Tests, including Chandimal. Andy Flower is the only keeper to do it twice.

Three in one

311

Runs scored by SL in their first three inns of this series - 91, 119 and 101. They have scored more than those 3 inns combined in the 2nd inns of this Test.

Angelo in follow-ons

3

Number of fifty-plus scores by Angelo Mathews while following on in Tests - the most by a Sri Lanka batsman.

SL's Longest of the series

0

Number of partnerships for Sri Lanka that had faced 100 balls in this series before the one between Silva and Mathews. Silva and Karunaratne's stand had lasted 99 balls.

Kaushal Back on Track?

15.6

Kaushal Silva's batting average from his last ten Test innings. Had got out for four single-digit scores, including two ducks.

Some start

10

Ave 1st-wkt stand for SL in this series, in their previous three inns. They lost their 1st wkt exactly at the score of 10 in each of their innings. Not in this 2nd inns but.

Only the second time

1994

Last and the only time Sri Lanka were asked to follow-on twice in a Test series, before this - by India in 1993-94.

Follow-on twice

2010

Last time England enforced follow-on twice in a Test series, before this, was against Bangladesh in 2010. Last by any team was NZ v WI, 2013-14.

Second-lowest

1

No. of lower innings totals at Chester-le-Street in Tests than Sri Lanka's 101 in this match. Zimbabwe were all out for 94 in 2003.

Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland 2016

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