- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR56.2 gottim, plumb in front! Pradeep's apparently futile attempts to drag Cook across his stumps and slip one past the inside edge suddenly morph into a brilliant strength-into-weakness gambit and there's no chance a review would save England's captain here. That was missing off, missing leg and taking middle out for dinner and drinks 164/519.4 big swing, nicks the edge - and taken at slip! Hales falls to spin for the fourth time in the series, just a little turn and bounce as he tried to cart the ball down the ground, looped gently off the top edge and straight to close catcher. That's what happens when you forget it's a five-day game and start trying to tonk it before lunch (and to the second ball you've faced from the spinner) 56/124.3 pitched up and edged on the drive! Compton uses up another life, gone for 1, his Test career surely hanging by a thread. There was just a hint of lateral movement for Lakmal, the ball going away down the hill and Compton wasn't far enough forward, reaching away from his body and a feather of a nick was snapped up by Chandimal 67/226.1 full and veering late, hitting the pads...
computerTucker says no but Mathews decides to review, this could well be close. Root was falling over to the off side, off balance as he swished to leg, it was very, very full... andcomputerHawk-Eye says it was hurtling into leg stump! A spot-on review from Mathews and England are three down before lunch, their shirt front increasingly ruffled 71/331.3 crumbs, he's been bowled! The bowler is appealing, the batsman is baffled, neither has really twigged that Vince's off bail has been filched! That was the archetypal bail-trimmer, a perfect lifter on off stump, Vince played inside the line, was beaten as the ball angled in and he has to walk! 84/473.5 goes straight on, that's come off the edge, and snapped up at slip! Moeen wants to be certain that it's carried, the umpires' soft signal is out - and replays confirm Mathews grabbed it well above the turf, that's more out than a Micky Flanagan sketch ("out out")! Lovely bowling, one spun past the inside of the bat and then two balls later Herath clips the outside edge and Moeen is on his way 227/6113.3 dances forward, drives in the air... straight back to the bowler! Herath has jimmied the lock again, though it very nearly slipped from his grasp! The tactic of lobbing it into the rough has paid off, think the ball went on instead of turning in, came off the inner part of Woakes' bat and looped up gently for the caught-and-bowled 371/7122.2 wide, walloped ... straight to gully! Broad stayed too leg-side of the ball and failed to control his slash through the cordon. There were lots of gaps on offer but not at gully, where Mendis swallows the offering in his bread-basket 396/8127.5 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 411/9128.4 short, Anderson leaps up in self-defence, feathers a nick, and that is the end of that! 416/10Extras16 (lb 16)TOTAL416 all out (128.4 Overs, RR: 3.23)Fall of wickets: 1-56 (Alex Hales, 19.4 ov), 2-67 (Nick Compton, 24.3 ov), 3-71 (Joe Root, 26.1 ov), 4-84 (James Vince, 31.3 ov), 5-164 (Alastair Cook, 56.2 ov), 6-227 (Moeen Ali, 73.5 ov), 7-371 (Chris Woakes, 113.3 ov), 8-396 (Stuart Broad, 122.2 ov), 9-411 (Steven Finn, 127.5 ov), 10-416 (James Anderson, 128.4 ov)Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB RMS Eranga 25.4 2 94 1 3.66 0 0 RAS Lakmal 27 2 90 3 3.33 0 0 N Pradeep 27 4 104 2 3.85 0 0 AD Mathews 13 5 31 0 2.38 0 0 HMRKB Herath 36 8 81 4 2.25 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR30.6 on the hips, and Finn makes the breakthrough with the strangle! He has the knack, even when he's not on song, Karunaratne got too far across his leg-side flick and just feathered into Bairstow's gloves. I think that's 17 for Bairstow in the series now, only two shy of the three-Test record. And yet, it's the drop we'll be talking about. C'est la vie... 108/153.1 gottim! That was coming after a superb tight start to this spell. Broad goes just a nibble closer to the off stump, Silva hangs his bat out, and there's the thinnest of clicks of willow through to Bairstow. The end of a fine and fighting innings, but he never got started this morning 166/350.1 massive appeal and given straightaway! A tight line, angling into the pads, and though there might have been a thought of a review, Mendis thinks better of it! That would have
smashed middle and legnibbled most of leg stump according to HawkEye, and it's due reward for a luckless first day. Who needs the fielders anyway? 162/272.6 now there's an even bigger cheer, as Thiri steers to slip! Oh dear, oh dear... That's bobbins from Sri Lanka's last senior Test batsman, a few minutes before lunch he reaches for a push drive, thick edge and Root snaffles it. Finn has another, the spring quickly returning to his step 205/656.3 superb bowling. Extra bounce from just back of a length, Mathews has no time to respond, anchored on the back foot, and a spliced edge loops tantalisingly to Root at second slip! That's a shattering blow for Sri Lanka 169/470.1 full and straight, that's hitting all three! Although Chandimal thinks otherwise and decides to review... I'll not make any rash promises but I'd be surprised if that's missing. Well, well, it's much closer than I thought, pinned him right in front but only just clipping leg, according to Hawk-Eye. That's enough to support Ravi's on-field call, however, and Chandimal is a goner all the same 202/592.4 another short ball, Kusal gives it the charging-cross-batted-swipe - and nicks behind! Bairstow avoids drama in holding on to give Anderson his first wicket and end a spirited knock from young Master Perera. Seemed a bit shaken up by that blow to the hand, obviously didn't trust Eranga to hang around for long, and fell on his sword 288/889.2 bowled 'im, Herath chops on! Broad ends the fun, nothing special about the delivery but Herath, his dander up, was probably trying to cut a ball that was there for it, tad too close and he got a thick bottom edge into off stump 276/795.1 and he does so, first ball again, steered to slip and that is that, SL dismissed for 288 and conceding a 128-run lead 288/1094.3 edged this time, and taken this time... at least, Root is confident it was clean. The on-field umpires send it upstairs to be certain but replays quickly confirm that Root had got both mitts around the ball as he went low to his right. Anderson has another (cheap tail-end) wicket and SL are nine down 288/9Extras21 (b 4, lb 16, w 1)TOTAL288 all out (95.1 Overs, RR: 3.02)Fall of wickets: 1-108 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 30.6 ov), 2-162 (Kusal Mendis, 50.1 ov), 3-166 (Kaushal Silva, 53.1 ov), 4-169 (Angelo Mathews, 56.3 ov), 5-202 (Dinesh Chandimal, 70.1 ov), 6-205 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 72.6 ov), 7-276 (Rangana Herath, 89.2 ov), 8-288 (Kusal Perera, 92.4 ov), 9-288 (Suranga Lakmal, 94.3 ov), 10-288 (Shaminda Eranga, 95.1 ov)Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB JM Anderson 23 6 61 2 2.65 0 0 SCJ Broad 23 7 79 2 3.43 0 0 ST Finn 18 1 59 3 3.27 1 0 CR Woakes 17.1 5 31 3 1.80 0 0 MM Ali 14 2 38 0 2.71 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR12.2 edged, and gone! Oh Compo! He was looking the part, but finally one was just too close to that edge, and back he goes, a feather through to the keeper. It's a lonely trudge back to the pavilion and up to the dressing room. He surely knows that is the end of that. He had his moments, particularly in 2013, but I fear he's been found out 45/163.2 no! Hales is pinned on the front pad, and though he's reviewing it doesn't look good ... a fraction back of a length and zipping through quickly, he was simply late on the shot... sliding down, maybe, a few have so far this Test ... it's his only hope... but nope, clipping leg, and off he goes. 202/613.4 bowled him! Keeps low and out goes the off peg! Root shakes his head ruefully but there's not a lot he could have done about that. Not a full-blown shooter, a la Jack Russell in Barbados 1989-90, but shin height. Still, on the plus side, he'll be able to tell Bayliss to leave him be at 4! 50/213.5 wow! On your bike son! This one nips off the seam, down the hill, Vince plays no stroke, and out goes his off pole as well! Immaculate line from Pradeep, but having seen Root's demise, Vince might have been better advised putting any old bat on ball, really ... 50/335.1 bowled him, Pradeep does it again! Just as England's fourth-wicket pair seemed to be cruising for the close, Bairstow swishes across the line without much footwork and Pradeep hits the top of middle... Maybe an inside edge, coming down the slope, YJB is KIA 101/442.2 this time he's gone! Finn was a walking lbw today, this is a full delivery which slams into his front pad as he again shuffles right in front and S Ravi raises the finger. They check for the no-ball, it's very tight but just okay 120/570.2 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 224/7Extras19 (b 6, lb 4, nb 8, w 1)TOTAL233/7d (71 Overs, RR: 3.28)Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Nick Compton, 12.2 ov), 2-50 (Joe Root, 13.4 ov), 3-50 (James Vince, 13.5 ov), 4-101 (Jonny Bairstow, 35.1 ov), 5-120 (Steven Finn, 42.2 ov), 6-202 (Alex Hales, 63.2 ov), 7-224 (Moeen Ali, 70.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB RAS Lakmal 13 2 45 0 3.46 0 0 RMS Eranga 14 1 58 3 4.14 1 3 N Pradeep 15 5 37 3 2.46 0 3 HMRKB Herath 20 2 63 0 3.15 0 0 AD Mathews 9 3 20 1 2.22 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR15.4 booming inswinger! Traps him lbw offering no shot. Silva calls for the review. He went to leave this and it thunder into his pads, but has it done too much? Hits him behind the knee role. That came back a lot, lovely skilful bowling and it's smashing leg stump 45/1Extras8 (b 1, lb 6, nb 1)TOTAL78/1 (24.2 Overs, RR: 3.2)Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Kaushal Silva, 15.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB SCJ Broad 11 4 27 0 2.45 0 1 JM Anderson 9 2 27 1 3.00 0 0 CR Woakes 2 1 7 0 3.50 0 0 MM Ali 2 1 4 0 2.00 0 0 JE Root 0.2 0 6 0 18.00 0 0
Match Details
Toss
England , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
England won the 3-match series 2-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days
9,10,11,12,13 June 2016 (5-day match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Thu, 9 Jun - day 1 - England 1st innings 279/6 (JM Bairstow 107*, CR Woakes 23*, 90 ov)
- Fri, 10 Jun - day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 162/1 (JK Silva 79*, BKG Mendis 25*, 49 ov)
- Sat, 11 Jun - day 3 - England 2nd innings 109/4 (AD Hales 41*, ST Finn 6*, 38 ov)
- Sun, 12 Jun - day 4 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 32/0 (FDM Karunaratne 19*, JK Silva 12*, 12 ov)
- Mon, 13 Jun - day 5 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 78/1 (24.2 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Wet Ground: Sri Lanka - 32/0 in 12.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 19, JK Silva 12)
- Rain: Sri Lanka - 32/0 in 12.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 19, JK Silva 12)
- Wet Ground: Sri Lanka - 32/0 in 12.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 19, JK Silva 12)
- Rain: Sri Lanka - 32/0 in 12.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 19, JK Silva 12)
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 32/0 in 12.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 19, JK Silva 12)
- Rain: Sri Lanka - 45/1 in 15.4 overs (FDM Karunaratne 27)
- Tea: Sri Lanka - 45/1 in 15.4 overs (FDM Karunaratne 27)
- Over 15.4: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - S Ravi, Batsman - JK Silva (Struck down)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 17.1 overs (104 balls), Extras 3
- Over 22.5: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batsman - BKG Mendis (Struck down)
- Rain: Sri Lanka - 78/1 in 24.2 overs (FDM Karunaratne 37, BKG Mendis 17)
- Rain: England - 109/4 in 38.0 overs (AD Hales 41, ST Finn 6)
- Lunch: England - 109/4 in 38.0 overs (AD Hales 41, ST Finn 6)
- Rain: England - 109/4 in 38.0 overs (AD Hales 41, ST Finn 6)
- Over 38.3: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - S Ravi, Batsman - AD Hales (Struck down)
- AD Hales: 50 off 116 balls (6 x 4)
- Over 46.3: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - S Ravi, Batsman - AN Cook (Upheld)
- Drinks: England - 148/5 in 50.0 overs (AD Hales 63, AN Cook 11)
- England: 150 runs in 50.3 overs (309 balls), Extras 12
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 74 balls (AD Hales 30, AN Cook 16, Ex 5)
- England: 200 runs in 62.3 overs (381 balls), Extras 18
- Over 63.2: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batsman - AD Hales (Struck down)
- Tea: England - 206/6 in 65.0 overs (AN Cook 32, MM Ali 0)
- Rain: England - 206/6 in 65.0 overs (AN Cook 32, MM Ali 0)
- Rain: England - 206/6 in 65.3 overs (AN Cook 32, MM Ali 0)
- Rain: England - 210/6 in 67.2 overs (AN Cook 35, MM Ali 1)
- Innings Break: England - 233/7 in 71.0 overs (AN Cook 49, CR Woakes 0)
- Sri Lanka 2nd innings
- End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 32/0 in 12.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 19, JK Silva 12)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 182/4 in 62.0 overs (HDRL Thirimanne 6, LD Chandimal 11)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 69.5 overs (419 balls), Extras 9
- Over 70.1: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - S Ravi, Batsman - LD Chandimal (Struck down)
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 218/6 in 75.0 overs (MDKJ Perera 12, HMRKB Herath 2)
- Over 79.5: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batsman - MDKJ Perera (Struck down)
- New Ball taken at 80.1 overs
- Reviews used before 80th over: Sri Lanka 1 (0 successful, 1 unsuccessful); England 0 (0 successful, 2 unsuccessful)
- Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 83.5 overs (503 balls), Extras 12
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 70 balls (MDKJ Perera 31, HMRKB Herath 18, Ex 1)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 272/6 in 88.0 overs (MDKJ Perera 32, HMRKB Herath 31)
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 288/10 in 95.1 overs (N Pradeep 0)
- Tea: Sri Lanka - 288/10 in 95.1 overs (N Pradeep 0)
- England 2nd innings
- England: 50 runs in 13.3 overs (84 balls), Extras 3
- England: 100 runs in 34.5 overs (213 balls), Extras 7
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 127 balls (AD Hales 15, JM Bairstow 32, Ex 4)
- End Of Day: England - 109/4 in 38.0 overs (AD Hales 41, ST Finn 6)
- England: 300 runs in 96.3 overs (579 balls), Extras 11
- Drinks: England - 323/6 in 101.0 overs (JM Bairstow 124, CR Woakes 46)
- CR Woakes: 50 off 102 balls (7 x 4)
- 7th Wicket: 100 runs in 172 balls (JM Bairstow 46, CR Woakes 51, Ex 4)
- England: 350 runs in 108.3 overs (651 balls), Extras 13
- JM Bairstow: 150 off 221 balls (17 x 4)
- Lunch: England - 384/7 in 119.0 overs (JM Bairstow 156, SCJ Broad 5)
- Over 123.5: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - S Ravi, Batsman - ST Finn (Upheld)
- England: 400 runs in 125.3 overs (753 balls), Extras 16
- Innings Break: England - 416/10 in 128.4 overs (JM Bairstow 167)
- Sri Lanka 1st innings
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 11.5 overs (71 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 71 balls (FDM Karunaratne 30, JK Silva 20, Ex 1)
- Tea: Sri Lanka - 62/0 in 15.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 30, JK Silva 31)
- Over 17.2: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batsman - FDM Karunaratne (Struck down)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 27.6 overs (168 balls), Extras 7
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 168 balls (FDM Karunaratne 46, JK Silva 47, Ex 7)
- FDM Karunaratne: 50 off 95 balls (7 x 4)
- JK Silva: 50 off 84 balls (7 x 4)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 43.6 overs (264 balls), Extras 8
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 98 balls (JK Silva 27, BKG Mendis 22, Ex 1)
- End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 162/1 in 49.0 overs (JK Silva 79, BKG Mendis 25)
- England 1st innings
- England: 50 runs in 12.2 overs (74 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 74 balls (AN Cook 31, AD Hales 18, Ex 1)
- Drinks: England - 51/0 in 14.0 overs (AN Cook 32, AD Hales 18)
- Over 26.1: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batsman - JE Root (Upheld)
- Lunch: England - 74/3 in 28.0 overs (AN Cook 48, JM Vince 3)
- AN Cook: 50 off 89 balls (6 x 4)
- England: 100 runs in 34.4 overs (208 balls), Extras 3
- Drinks: England - 121/4 in 43.0 overs (AN Cook 63, JM Bairstow 23)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 85 balls (AN Cook 17, JM Bairstow 32, Ex 2)
- England: 150 runs in 52.6 overs (318 balls), Extras 3
- Tea: England - 165/5 in 58.0 overs (JM Bairstow 44, MM Ali 1)
- JM Bairstow: 50 off 82 balls (7 x 4)
- Over 61.3: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - S Ravi, Batsman - JM Bairstow (Struck down)
- England: 200 runs in 64.2 overs (386 balls), Extras 7
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 74 balls (JM Bairstow 31, MM Ali 17, Ex 4)
- Drinks: England - 224/5 in 72.0 overs (JM Bairstow 76, MM Ali 24)
- Over 78.5: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batsman - CR Woakes (Struck down)
- New ball was taken after 80 overs
- Reviews used before 80th over: England 2 (0 successful, 0 unsuccessful); Sri Lanka 0 (1 successful, 2 unsuccessful)
- England: 250 runs in 82.1 overs (493 balls), Extras 7
- JM Bairstow: 100 off 160 balls (13 x 4)
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 95 balls (JM Bairstow 29, CR Woakes 23, Ex 0)
- End Of Day: England - 279/6 in 90.0 overs (JM Bairstow 107, CR Woakes 23)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsThe anti-surpassing record, and the Cookie Monster
In an unsatisfying England-Sri Lanka series, some unsatisfying numbers were achieved. At least England's captain got to go berserk at the end
Facts conspire against Sri Lanka
Some may believe they were victims of misfortune but the truth is Sri Lanka's defeat was at least partly self-inflicted, not the result of a conspiracy.
Anderson strikes but rain rules
Kaushal Silva was the first Sri Lanka wicket to fall as a mere 3.4 overs were possible up to tea on a rain-wrecked final day at Lord's
A not-quite-perfect special-sort-of day
Amid the rainfall and the disappointment of seeing Alex Hales miss out on a maiden Test hundred, there was still a bit of the Lord's magic