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Test No. 2038

England Tour of Sri Lanka 2012
2011-12 season
Sri Lanka vs England - 1st Test
26-29 March, 2012 (5-day match)

Sri Lanka led the 2-match series 1-0

Venue : Galle International Stadium
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Sri Lanka won by 75 runs


Sri Lanka 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Lahiru Thirimanne c Swann b Anderson
3 
12 
0 
0
25.00 
»
 Tillakaratne Dilshan c Strauss b Broad
11 
8 
2 
0
137.50 
»
 Kumar Sangakkara c Prior b Anderson
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Mahela Jayawardene c Prior b Anderson
180 
315 
22 
3
57.14 
»
 Thilan Samaraweera run out
20 
82 
3 
0
24.39 
»
 Dinesh Chandimal c Bell b Patel
27 
48 
2 
0
56.25 
»
 Prasanna Jayawardene lbw b Anderson
23 
40 
3 
0
57.50 
»
 Suraj Randiv run out
12 
15 
1 
0
80.00 
»
 Rangana Herath lbw b Patel
5 
30 
0 
0
16.67 
»
 Chanaka Welegedara b Anderson
19 
26 
4 
0
73.08 
»
 Suranga Lakmal Not Out
0 
6 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras LB 14, N 4
18
Total : (all out in 96.3 overs)
318
 RR : 3.30

Fall of wickets : 1-11 (Thirimanne, 2.2 ov), 2-11 (Sangakkara, 2.3 ov), 3-15 (Dilshan, 3.5 ov), 4-67 (Samaraweera, 32.4 ov), 5-128 (Chandimal, 49.6 ov), 6-170 (HAPW Jayawardene, 61.5 ov), 7-191 (Randiv, 65.6 ov), 8-253 (Herath, 80.2 ov), 9-307 (Welegedara, 92.6 ov), 10-318 (DPMD Jayawardene, 96.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 James Anderson
20
 .3
5 
72 
5
3.51
0
0
»
 Stuart Broad
21
3 
71 
1
3.38
4
0
»
 Monty Panesar
23
11 
42 
0
1.83
0
0
»
 Graeme Swann
23
3 
92 
0
4.00
0
0
»
 Samit Patel
9
1 
27 
2
3.00
0
0

England 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Andrew Strauss lbw b Herath
26 
40 
2 
0
65.00 
»
 Alastair Cook lbw b Lakmal
0 
5 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Jonathan Trott st Jayawardene b Herath
12 
24 
3 
0
50.00 
»
 Kevin Pietersen b Welegedara
3 
18 
0 
0
16.67 
»
 Ian Bell b Herath
52 
87 
8 
1
59.77 
»
 Matt Prior lbw b Herath
7 
7 
1 
0
100.00 
»
 Samit Patel lbw b Herath
2 
21 
0 
0
9.52 
»
 Stuart Broad lbw b Herath
28 
15 
5 
1
186.67 
»
 Graeme Swann c Dilshan b Randiv
24 
26 
6 
0
92.31 
»
 James Anderson Not Out
23 
26 
4 
0
88.46 
»
 Monty Panesar lbw b Randiv
13 
11 
2 
0
118.18 
Extras LB 2, W 1
3
Total : (all out in 46.4 overs)
193
 RR : 4.14

Fall of wickets : 1-0 (Cook, 1.5 ov), 2-40 (Trott, 10.3 ov), 3-43 (Strauss, 12.4 ov), 4-65 (Pietersen, 17.1 ov), 5-72 (Prior, 18.6 ov), 6-92 (Patel, 26.1 ov), 7-122 (Broad, 32.1 ov), 8-157 (Swann, 39.4 ov), 9-157 (Bell, 40.5 ov), 10-193 (Panesar, 46.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Chanaka Welegedara
11
2 
46 
1
4.18
0
0
»
 Suranga Lakmal
9
2 
45 
1
5.00
0
1
»
 Rangana Herath
19
5 
74 
6
3.89
0
0
»
 Suraj Randiv
7
 .4
0 
26 
2
3.39
0
0

Sri Lanka 2nd innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Lahiru Thirimanne b Swann
6 
23 
0 
0
26.09 
»
 Tillakaratne Dilshan b Broad
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Kumar Sangakkara c Bell b Swann
14 
44 
1 
0
31.82 
»
 Mahela Jayawardene c Anderson b Swann
5 
7 
1 
0
71.43 
»
 Thilan Samaraweera st Prior b Swann
36 
74 
5 
0
48.65 
»
 Dinesh Chandimal c Pietersen b Panesar
31 
83 
5 
0
37.35 
»
 Suraj Randiv lbw b Swann
18 
63 
2 
0
28.57 
»
 Prasanna Jayawardene Not Out
61 
123 
3 
3
49.59 
»
 Rangana Herath b Swann
7 
10 
1 
0
70.00 
»
 Chanaka Welegedara c Strauss b Panesar
13 
53 
2 
0
24.53 
»
 Suranga Lakmal run out
13 
29 
3 
0
44.83 
Extras B 1, LB 4, W 1, N 4
10
Total : (all out in 84.3 overs)
214
 RR : 2.53

Fall of wickets : 1-4 (Dilshan, 1.3 ov), 2-8 (Thirimanne, 6.2 ov), 3-14 (DPMD Jayawardene, 8.1 ov), 4-41 (Sangakkara, 18.6 ov), 5-72 (Samaraweera, 30.1 ov), 6-114 (Chandimal, 47.2 ov), 7-115 (Randiv, 50.5 ov), 8-127 (Herath, 54.1 ov), 9-167 (Welegedara, 70.5 ov), 10-214 (Lakmal, 84.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 James Anderson
10
 .3
2 
26 
0
2.48
0
0
»
 Stuart Broad
11
2 
33 
1
3.00
4
1
»
 Graeme Swann
30
5 
82 
6
2.73
0
0
»
 Monty Panesar
24
6 
59 
2
2.46
0
0
»
 Samit Patel
9
4 
9 
0
1.00
0
0

England 2nd innings
(Target: 340 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Andrew Strauss c Dilshan b Herath
27 
60 
2 
0
45.00 
»
 Alastair Cook c Jayawardene b Herath
14 
25 
3 
0
56.00 
»
 Jonathan Trott c Dilshan b Randiv
112 
266 
10 
0
42.11 
»
 Kevin Pietersen c Jayawardene b Randiv
30 
68 
4 
0
44.12 
»
 Ian Bell lbw b Herath
13 
34 
1 
0
38.24 
»
 Matt Prior c Thirimanne b Herath
41 
88 
3 
0
46.59 
»
 Samit Patel c Dilshan b Herath
9 
25 
0 
0
36.00 
»
 Stuart Broad Not Out
5 
12 
0 
0
41.67 
»
 Graeme Swann lbw b Herath
1 
9 
0 
0
11.11 
»
 James Anderson c Jayawardene b Randiv
5 
6 
1 
0
83.33 
»
 Monty Panesar c Dilshan b Randiv
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras LB 6, W 1
7
Total : (all out in 99.0 overs)
264
 RR : 2.67

Fall of wickets : 1-31 (Cook, 8.5 ov), 2-48 (Strauss, 18.3 ov), 3-118 (Pietersen, 42.5 ov), 4-152 (Bell, 58.1 ov), 5-233 (Prior, 85.6 ov), 6-252 (Patel, 93.5 ov), 7-256 (Trott, 94.6 ov), 8-259 (Swann, 97.5 ov), 9-264 (Anderson, 98.5 ov), 10-264 (Panesar, 98.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Chanaka Welegedara
13
2 
40 
0
3.08
0
0
»
 Suranga Lakmal
10
5 
22 
0
2.20
0
0
»
 Rangana Herath
38
9 
97 
6
2.55
0
0
»
 Tillakaratne Dilshan
12
1 
25 
0
2.08
0
0
»
 Suraj Randiv
26
2 
74 
4
2.85
0
1

Match details
Debuts: SR Patel (England)
Man of the Match: HMRKB Herath (Sri Lanka)
Umpires : Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and RJ Tucker (Australia)
Third Umpire: BNJ Oxenford (Australia)
Referee : J Srinath (India)
Reserve Umpire: EAR de Silva (Sri Lanka)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Sri Lanka 1st innings - 289/8 (DPMD Jayawardene 168*, UWMBCA Welegedara 10*, 90 ov)
Day 2 : Sri Lanka 2nd innings - 84/5 (LD Chandimal 17*, S Randiv 2*, 34 ov)
Day 3 : England 2nd innings - 111/2 (IJL Trott 40*, KP Pietersen 29*, 40 ov)
Day 4 : England 2nd innings - 264 (SCJ Broad 5*, 99 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Sri Lanka Chanaka Welegedara, Dinesh Chandimal, Kumar Sangakkara, Lahiru Thirimanne, Mahela Jayawardene (Capt.), Prasanna Jayawardene (wk), Rangana Herath, Suraj Randiv, Suranga Lakmal, Thilan Samaraweera, Tillakaratne Dilshan
England Alastair Cook, Andrew Strauss (Capt.), Graeme Swann, Ian Bell, James Anderson, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior (wk), Monty Panesar, Samit Patel, Stuart Broad
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