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Test No. 2039

England Tour of Sri Lanka 2012
2011-12 season
Sri Lanka vs England - 2nd Test
03-07 April, 2012 (5-day match)

2-match series drawn 1-1

Venue : P Sara Oval, Colombo
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : England won by 8 wickets


Sri Lanka 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Lahiru Thirimanne lbw b Anderson
8 
26 
1 
0
30.77 
»
 Tillakaratne Dilshan c Prior b Anderson
14 
16 
3 
0
87.50 
»
 Kumar Sangakkara c Strauss b Anderson
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Mahela Jayawardene lbw b Swann
105 
216 
11 
1
48.61 
»
 Thilan Samaraweera lbw b Bresnan
54 
129 
5 
0
41.86 
»
 Angelo Mathews c Strauss b Swann
57 
157 
6 
0
36.31 
»
 Prasanna Jayawardene c Prior b Finn
7 
19 
1 
0
36.84 
»
 Suraj Randiv c Pietersen b Swann
12 
52 
1 
0
23.08 
»
 Dhammika Prasad Not Out
12 
30 
2 
0
40.00 
»
 Rangana Herath c Prior b Bresnan
2 
19 
0 
0
10.53 
»
 Suranga Lakmal b Swann
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 4
4
Total : (all out in 111.1 overs)
275
 RR : 2.47

Fall of wickets : 1-21 (Dilshan, 4.5 ov), 2-21 (Sangakkara, 4.6 ov), 3-30 (Thirimanne, 8.6 ov), 4-154 (Samaraweera, 52.5 ov), 5-216 (DPMD Jayawardene, 79.3 ov), 6-227 (HAPW Jayawardene, 84.2 ov), 7-258 (Randiv, 101.4 ov), 8-261 (Mathews, 103.2 ov), 9-270 (Herath, 108.6 ov), 10-275 (Lakmal, 111.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 James Anderson
22
5 
62 
3
2.82
0
0
»
 Steven Finn
22
4 
51 
1
2.32
0
0
»
 Tim Bresnan
21
3 
47 
2
2.24
0
0
»
 Samit Patel
16
3 
32 
0
2.00
0
0
»
 Graeme Swann
28
 .1
4 
75 
4
2.66
0
0
»
 Kevin Pietersen
2
0 
4 
0
2.00
0
0

England 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Andrew Strauss c Jayawardene b Dilshan
61 
126 
4 
0
48.41 
»
 Alastair Cook c Jayawardene b Dilshan
94 
278 
9 
0
33.81 
»
 Jonathan Trott c Jayawardene b Herath
64 
137 
7 
0
46.72 
»
 Kevin Pietersen lbw b Herath
151 
165 
16 
6
91.52 
»
 Ian Bell c Randiv b Prasad
18 
53 
1 
0
33.96 
»
 Matt Prior c Prasad b Herath
11 
26 
2 
0
42.31 
»
 Samit Patel c Prasad b Randiv
29 
72 
1 
0
40.28 
»
 Tim Bresnan b Herath
5 
17 
0 
0
29.41 
»
 Graeme Swann c Dilshan b Herath
17 
33 
1 
1
51.52 
»
 James Anderson lbw b Herath
2 
6 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 Steven Finn Not Out
2 
4 
0 
0
50.00 
Extras B 1, LB 2, W 1, N 2
6
Total : (all out in 152.3 overs)
460
 RR : 3.02

Fall of wickets : 1-122 (Strauss, 51.3 ov), 2-213 (Cook, 84.1 ov), 3-253 (Trott, 97.5 ov), 4-347 (Bell, 117.3 ov), 5-380 (Prior, 126.2 ov), 6-411 (Pietersen, 134.5 ov), 7-419 (Bresnan, 138.5 ov), 8-454 (Swann, 149.4 ov), 9-458 (Anderson, 151.2 ov), 10-460 (Patel, 152.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Suranga Lakmal
22
4 
81 
0
3.68
2
0
»
 Dhammika Prasad
23
8 
63 
1
2.74
0
1
»
 Rangana Herath
53
9 
133 
6
2.51
0
0
»
 Tillakaratne Dilshan
20
7 
73 
2
3.65
0
0
»
 Suraj Randiv
34
 .3
4 
107 
1
3.10
0
0

Sri Lanka 2nd innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Dhammika Prasad c Bresnan b Finn
34 
59 
5 
0
57.63 
»
 Lahiru Thirimanne c Strauss b Anderson
11 
28 
1 
0
39.29 
»
 Tillakaratne Dilshan c Anderson b Swann
35 
66 
0 
0
53.03 
»
 Kumar Sangakkara c Prior b Swann
21 
86 
2 
0
24.42 
»
 Mahela Jayawardene c Cook b Swann
64 
191 
4 
0
33.51 
»
 Thilan Samaraweera b Swann
47 
139 
4 
0
33.81 
»
 Suraj Randiv b Swann
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Angelo Mathews c Strauss b Finn
46 
98 
6 
0
46.94 
»
 Prasanna Jayawardene b Swann
2 
6 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 Rangana Herath c Anderson b Patel
2 
21 
0 
0
9.52 
»
 Suranga Lakmal Not Out
4 
17 
1 
0
23.53 
Extras B 4, LB 6, W 2
12
Total : (all out in 118.5 overs)
278
 RR : 2.34

Fall of wickets : 1-23 (Thirimanne, 8.2 ov), 2-64 (Prasad, 18.2 ov), 3-104 (Dilshan, 35.1 ov), 4-125 (Sangakkara, 45.4 ov), 5-215 (Samaraweera, 89.1 ov), 6-215 (Randiv, 89.3 ov), 7-238 (DPMD Jayawardene, 101.5 ov), 8-242 (HAPW Jayawardene, 103.5 ov), 9-251 (Herath, 108.2 ov), 10-278 (Mathews, 118.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 James Anderson
20
6 
36 
1
1.80
0
0
»
 Steven Finn
15
 .5
1 
30 
2
1.89
0
1
»
 Graeme Swann
40
1 
106 
6
2.65
0
0
»
 Tim Bresnan
14
5 
24 
0
1.71
0
1
»
 Samit Patel
25
7 
54 
1
2.16
0
0
»
 Kevin Pietersen
4
0 
18 
0
4.50
0
0

England 2nd innings
(Target: 94 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Andrew Strauss b Dilshan
0 
6 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Alastair Cook Not Out
49 
69 
6 
0
71.01 
»
 Jonathan Trott lbw b Herath
5 
15 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 Kevin Pietersen Not Out
42 
28 
4 
2
150.00 
Extras LB 1
1
Total : (2 wickets in 19.4 overs)
97
 RR : 4.93

did not bat: Graeme Swann, Ian Bell, James Anderson, Matt Prior, Samit Patel, Steven Finn, Tim Bresnan

Fall of wickets : 1-0 (Strauss, 0.6 ov), 2-31 (Trott, 9.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Tillakaratne Dilshan
7
 .4
1 
43 
1
5.61
0
0
»
 Rangana Herath
9
0 
37 
1
4.11
0
0
»
 Suraj Randiv
3
0 
16 
0
5.33
0
0

Match details
Man of the Match: KP Pietersen (England)
Man of the Series : DPMD Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)
Umpires : Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and BNJ Oxenford (Australia)
Third Umpire: RJ Tucker (Australia)
Referee : J Srinath (India)
Reserve Umpire: REJ Martinesz (Sri Lanka)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Sri Lanka 1st innings - 238/6 (AD Mathews 41*, S Randiv 5*, 90 ov)
Day 2 : England 1st innings - 154/1 (AN Cook 77*, IJL Trott 15*, 66 ov)
Day 3 : Sri Lanka 2nd innings - 4/0 (KTGD Prasad 0*, HDRL Thirimanne 0*, 1 ov)
Day 4 : Sri Lanka 2nd innings - 218/6 (DPMD Jayawardene 55*, AD Mathews 3*, 91 ov)
Day 5 : England 2nd innings - 97/2 (AN Cook 49*, KP Pietersen 42*, 19.4 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Sri Lanka Angelo Mathews, Dhammika Prasad, 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), Samit Patel, Steven Finn, Tim Bresnan
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