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

END OF OVER:
71 | 10 Runs 1 Wkt | ENG: 233/7

  • Chris Woakes0 (1b)
  • Alastair Cook49 (86b)
  • Shaminda Eranga14-1-58-3
  • Angelo Mathews9-3-20-1

And that's that. Cook has declared with himself on 49. Sri Lanka will need 362. England have, weather permitting, 110 overs - 12 tonight and 98 tomorrow.

This was the second match Cook has gone scooping in, the first was also against Sri Lanka, as Chris Stocks for the Guardian once wrote, "He reached 50 in 44 balls with an audacious scooped six off Thisara Perera in the 19th over and then hit an identical shot with the same result in the next, bowled by Dhammika Prasad, before perishing the next ball, caught at long on."

On that note, it's back to Miller to see if Sri Lanka can make it through the day.

70.6
0
Eranga to Woakes, no run, and that's a ripping delivery! Nips and climbs past the outside edge

Terrific entertainment from the England skipper.Omar: "Cook hitting sixes and scooping?!?! what's happening "

70.5
1
Eranga to Cook, 1 run, and now he goes to scoop again, it's a full toss outside off, he doesn't get it quite right (it goes into his arm) and it lobs just wide of the keeper
70.4
6
Eranga to Cook, SIX, six over deep midwicket! Cook wants his one-day place back. Picked up from full outside and deposits it into the crowd...his 11th six in Tests
70.3
2
Eranga to Cook, 2 runs, and now a leading edge from Cook as he aims to work a length delivery to the leg side but it plops into space on the off side
70.2
W
Eranga to Ali, OUT, tries to clear the off side but it comes off the bottom of the bat and finds long off. Couldn't quite get his timing this innings

MM Ali c Herath b Eranga 9 (31m 25b 0x4 0x6) SR: 36.00

70.2
1w
Eranga to Ali, 1 wide, pushed very wide outside off and called a wide

Jules: "Are you on a bonus for saying 'intent' every over?!" I'm showing the intent to write intent

70.1
0
Eranga to Ali, no run, short ball outside off, a crunching pull but he picks out midwicket

END OF OVER:
70 | 6 Runs | ENG: 223/6

  • Moeen Ali9 (23b)
  • Alastair Cook40 (83b)
  • Angelo Mathews9-3-20-1
  • Shaminda Eranga13-1-48-2
69.6
1
Mathews to Ali, 1 run, drives firmly square through the off side but the point sweeper keeps them to a single

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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