09/06Result
3rd Investec Test, Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland at London, Jun 9-13 2016
Match drawn
Player of the Match
Jonny Bairstow
Jonny BairstowEngland
09/06Result
3rd Investec Test, Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland at London, Jun 9-13 2016
Match drawn
Player of the Match
Jonny Bairstow
Jonny BairstowEngland

2.24pm All hail Jonny Bairstow. England's wicketkeeper is in the form of his life and leaves to a standing ovation after an innings of 167 not out, the highest score by an England keeper in a home Test. He's been the mainstay of an occasionally flaky England performance, but one that now looks pretty formidable. Back in five.

Oliver: "I was really hoping Bairstow would get to 168+ before being stranded - taking his test batting average to 40+ for the first time in his career. That would've hopefully earned me a "good statage" award... now all I have is this wistful sense of what may have been... Do I still win £5?" No, but that still counts as a statsgasm

128.4
W
Eranga to Anderson, OUT, short, Anderson leaps up in self-defence, feathers a nick, and that is the end of that!

JM Anderson c †Chandimal b Eranga 4 (6m 3b 1x4 0x6) SR: 133.33

BlackJack: "@Doris Why Doris why not Dorothy?" Doris ... DRS ... use your imagination, man!

128.3
4
Eranga to Anderson, FOUR, up on his toes, opens the face, steals a four through third man

Isuru: "Can Herath get on the honours board? Would be the second Sri Lankan bowler to do so. Guess who was the first?" I think I can tell you that ... he got a fifty in the same game too ...

128.2
1
Eranga to Bairstow, 1 run, on the pads, stabbed into the leg-side, he wanted two from the outset, but Anderson is having none of it
128.1
0
Eranga to Bairstow, no run, back of a length and keeps low as Bairstow jabs down late

END OF OVER:
128 | (wicket maiden) | ENG: 411/9

  • James Anderson0 (1b)
  • Jonny Bairstow166 (249b)
  • Rangana Herath36-8-81-4
  • Suranga Lakmal27-2-90-3

Nicco: "I love that link back to 1992. How did England expect to bowl that Pakistan batting line up out with a 4 man attack including Derek Pringle and a 37 year old Ian Botham?" Genius wasn't it? Mind you. Pringle could (should?) have been a national hero by then, but for Steve Bucknor's failure to deploy the trigger finger in their previous match against Pakistan...

127.6
0
Herath to Anderson, no run, solid block ...

Sam: "Textbook defence, huh Doris, I'm studying right now for my last and final exam and I can tell you we don't use textbooks anymore, all my notes are online and through past-papers. *changes tab Ctrl+Tab and gets back to studying*" Pah... the youth of today.

127.5
W
Herath to Finn, OUT, swept, top-edged, and gone! A sprawling chance to deep backward square ... Finn's patience was exhausted by a probing over, and his release shot plopped into the hands of Lakmal in front of the Mound Stand

ST Finn c Lakmal b Herath 7 (24m 22b 1x4 0x6) SR: 31.81

127.4
0
Herath to Finn, no run, no way through, as Herath changes his flight and length
127.3
0
Herath to Finn, no run, head over the ball, blocked back to the bowler
127.2
0
Herath to Finn, no run, fuller length, more tentatively forward
127.1
0
Herath to Finn, no run, well timed punch up to mid-on, big stride from a big lad

END OF OVER:
127 | 6 Runs | ENG: 411/8

  • Jonny Bairstow166 (249b)
  • Steven Finn7 (17b)
  • Suranga Lakmal27-2-90-3
  • Rangana Herath35-7-81-3

Phil - Durham : "Bairstow is a not just a cat. .He's the daddy cougar. ... 12 lives"

126.6
0
Lakmal to Bairstow, no run, definite signs of shape on the ball now, languid inswing and eased up to mid-on with a careful push
126.5
0
Lakmal to Bairstow, no run, solidly forward, a bit of inswing to contend with
126.4
1
Lakmal to Finn, 1 run, blocked into the covers and a jogged single ensues
126.3
0
Lakmal to Finn, no run, worked to leg

Jehangir Iqbal: "Didn't Alec Stewart scored 190 ??? :(" Not as a specialist keeper he didn't.

126.2
1
Lakmal to Bairstow, 1 run, punched into the covers
126.1
4
Lakmal to Bairstow, FOUR, edged and straight through the cordon! It was technically a chance, though to be fair, he could not have bissected keeper and slip any more perfectly. Mathews has staggered his cordon and paid the price

END OF OVER:
126 | 7 Runs | ENG: 405/8

  • Steven Finn6 (15b)
  • Jonny Bairstow161 (245b)
  • Rangana Herath35-7-81-3
  • Suranga Lakmal26-2-84-3
125.6
0
Herath to Finn, no run, solidly forward and blocked back down the track
125.5
1
Herath to Bairstow, 1 run, eased down to long-off, another simple single

Gocfe: "@Doris: What, the whole ball or just 51%?" The ball, the whole ball, and nothing but the ball

125.4
1
Herath to Finn, 1 run, nurdled to the leg side
125.3
4
Herath to Finn, FOUR, panned. Planting the front dog and tonking through the line. 'Ave it! Herath takes evasive action
125.2
0
Herath to Finn, no run, shuffling forward to meet the pitch, deflected past short leg
125.1
1
Herath to Bairstow, 1 run, round the wicket, tossed up and driven to mid-off

Match Coverage

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Draws galore

5

Consecutive drawn Tests between England and Sri Lanka at Lord's - in 2002, 2006, 2011, 2014 and 2016

Tough for SL

2

Instances of teams scoring more than 310 in the 4th innings of a Lord's Test in the last 30 years: by Australia (406 in 2009) and India (397 in 2002)

Unfamiliar for Anderson

2009

The last time before today that Anderson didn't bowl the first over of an innings; he bowled first change v West Indies at Lord's in May 2009

A rare six

79

Test innings between sixes for Cook; his last one before today was in December 2012, v India, when he made 190 in Kolkata

Stranger at No. 7

0

Instances in Tests that Cook had batted below No. 3 before today. He had opened the batting 218 times, and batted at No. 3 12 times

Hales in form

3

80+ scores for Hales in 5 innings in this series; in 8 Test innings in South Africa, his highest was 60

Long time ago

2002

Last time two right-handed batsmen opened the innings for Eng in Tests - Key & Vaughan v Ind, Leeds, 2002. Compton & Hales opened in 2nd inns today.

Anderson ends drought

409

No. of balls bowled by Anderson without a wicket at Lord's, before dismissing Perera. In the last Lord's match, he didn't take any wicket conceding 137 runs in 33 overs.

Sri Lanka involved again

2011

Last time both teams had 50+ stands for the 7th wicket in their first innings of a Lord's Test - Eng & SL. The same teams have featured in this Test as well.

Recovery yet again

116

Runs added by SL's 7th wicket in the 2nd inns of the last Test by Chandimal & Herath. K Perera and Herath have added 50+ runs for the same wicket in this Test.

Session of wickets

56/5

Sri Lanka's batting efforts in the first session of Day 3; reduced from 162/1 to 218/6. Anyways, they have managed to avoid follow-on for the first time this series.

Chandimal races to 2000

3

No. of SL batsmen, out of 15, who completed 2000 Test runs in fewer inns than Chandimal (49 inns) - Sangakkara (46), Jayasuriya (47) & Jayawardene (48).

Quick wickets

3

Wickets lost by Sri Lanka within the first ten overs of the third day. They were 162 for 1 at the end of Day 2.

Silva's love for Lord's

3

Fifty-plus scores for Kaushal Silva in three Test innings at Lord's - 63, 57, 79*. Among Sri Lankans, only Mahela Jayawardene has more 50+ Test scores here (4)

SL batsmen find form

2

Century stands for Sri Lanka in this series - 116 between Chandimal and Herath in Durham, and 108 between Karunaratne and Silva in this Test

Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland 2016

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