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Test No. 2405

England tour of Sri Lanka 2021

2020-21 season
Sri Lanka vs England - 2nd Test
22-25 January, 2021 (5-day match)

England won the 2-match series 2-0

Venue : Galle International Stadium
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : England won by 6 wickets


Sri Lanka 1st Innings
4s 
6s
SR 
»
Lahiru Thirimanne c Buttler b Anderson
43 
95 
0
45.26 
»
Kusal Perera c Root b Anderson
14 
0
42.86 
»
Oshada Fernando b Anderson
0
0.00 
»
Angelo Mathews c Buttler b Anderson
110 
238 
11 
0
46.22 
»
Dinesh Chandimal lbw b Wood
52 
121 
1
42.98 
»
Niroshan Dickwella c Leach b Anderson
92 
144 
10 
0
63.89 
»
Ramesh Mendis c Buttler b Wood
0
0.00 
»
Dilruwan Perera c Leach b Curran
67 
170 
1
39.41 
»
Suranga Lakmal c Crawley b Anderson
0
0.00 
»
Lasith Embuldeniya c Root b Wood
33 
0
21.21 
»
Asitha Fernando Not Out
10 
0
0.00 
Extras LB 2, W 1, N 1
4
Total : (all out in 139.3 overs)
381
RR : 2.73

Fall of wickets : 1-7 (Kusal Perera, 4.1 ov), 2-7 (Oshada Fernando, 4.5 ov), 3-76 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 26.2 ov), 4-193 (Dinesh Chandimal, 68.6 ov), 5-232 (Angelo Mathews, 88.6 ov), 6-243 (Ramesh Mendis, 91.6 ov), 7-332 (Niroshan Dickwella, 120.4 ov), 8-332 (Suranga Lakmal, 120.6 ov), 9-364 (Lasith Embuldeniya, 132.6 ov), 10-381 (Dilruwan Perera, 139.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
 
»
James Anderson
29
13 
40 
6
1.38
0
0
»
Sam Curran
18
.3
60 
1
3.24
0
0
»
Jack Leach
38
119 
0
3.13
0
0
»
Mark Wood
28
84 
3
3.00
1
1
»
Dom Bess
26
76 
0
2.92
0
0

England 1st Innings
4s 
6s
SR 
»
Zak Crawley c Thirimanne b Embuldeniya
24 
0
20.83 
»
Dom Sibley lbw b Embuldeniya
14 
0
0.00 
»
Jonny Bairstow c BOP Fernando b Embuldeniya
28 
73 
0
38.36 
»
Joe Root run out
186 
309 
18 
0
60.19 
»
Dan Lawrence c Thirimanne b Embuldeniya
21 
0
14.29 
»
Jos Buttler c BOP Fernando b Mendis
55 
95 
0
57.89 
»
Sam Curran c Thirimanne b Embuldeniya
13 
43 
1
30.23 
»
Dom Bess c Thirimanne b Embuldeniya
32 
95 
0
33.68 
»
Mark Wood c Thirimanne b Embuldeniya
0
16.67 
»
Jack Leach lbw b MDK Perera
17 
0
5.88 
»
James Anderson Not Out
0
80.00 
Extras B 8, LB 3, N 5
16
Total : (all out in 116.1 overs)
344
RR : 2.96

Fall of wickets : 1-4 (Dom Sibley, 5.2 ov), 2-5 (Zak Crawley, 7.1 ov), 3-116 (Jonny Bairstow, 35.5 ov), 4-132 (Dan Lawrence, 41.2 ov), 5-229 (Jos Buttler, 70.5 ov), 6-252 (Sam Curran, 81.2 ov), 7-333 (Dom Bess, 109.5 ov), 8-337 (Mark Wood, 111.2 ov), 9-339 (Joe Root, 114.2 ov), 10-344 (Jack Leach, 116.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
 
»
Suranga Lakmal
16
31 
0
1.94
0
0
»
Lasith Embuldeniya
42
137 
7
3.26
4
0
»
Asitha Fernando
10
31 
0
3.10
0
0
»
Dilruwan Perera
32
.1
86 
1
2.67
1
0
»
Ramesh Mendis
16
48 
1
3.00
0
0

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings
4s 
6s
SR 
»
Kusal Perera lbw b Leach
14 
25 
0
56.00 
»
Lahiru Thirimanne c Crawley b Leach
13 
33 
0
39.39 
»
Oshada Fernando c Crawley b Bess
19 
0
15.79 
»
Angelo Mathews b Bess
11 
0
45.45 
»
Dinesh Chandimal c Anderson b Leach
0
150.00 
»
Niroshan Dickwella c Lawrence b Bess
14 
0
50.00 
»
Ramesh Mendis c Buttler b Leach
16 
20 
0
80.00 
»
Dilruwan Perera c Crawley b Bess
13 
0
30.77 
»
Suranga Lakmal Not Out
11 
32 
0
34.38 
»
Lasith Embuldeniya c Bairstow b Root
40 
42 
1
95.24 
»
Asitha Fernando b Root
0
0.00 
Extras B 3, N 1
4
Total : (all out in 35.5 overs)
126
RR : 3.52

Fall of wickets : 1-19 (Kusal Perera, 5.2 ov), 2-29 (Oshada Fernando, 10.4 ov), 3-37 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 13.5 ov), 4-37 (Angelo Mathews, 14.4 ov), 5-47 (Dinesh Chandimal, 15.6 ov), 6-66 (Niroshan Dickwella, 20.1 ov), 7-70 (Dilruwan Perera, 22.3 ov), 8-78 (Ramesh Mendis, 25.1 ov), 9-126 (Lasith Embuldeniya, 35.4 ov), 10-126 (Asitha Fernando, 35.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
 
»
James Anderson
2
0
3.00
0
0
»
Sam Curran
2
0
4.50
0
0
»
Dom Bess
16
49 
4
3.06
0
0
»
Jack Leach
14
59 
4
4.21
1
0
»
Joe Root
1
.5
2
0.00
0
0

England 2nd Innings
(Target: 164 runs)
4s 
6s
SR 
»
Zak Crawley c BOP Fernando b Embuldeniya
13 
19 
0
68.42 
»
Dom Sibley Not Out
56 
144 
0
38.89 
»
Jonny Bairstow lbw b Embuldeniya
29 
28 
1
103.57 
»
Joe Root b Mendis
11 
16 
0
68.75 
»
Dan Lawrence c Dickwella b Embuldeniya
0
22.22 
»
Jos Buttler Not Out
46 
48 
0
95.83 
Extras LB 4, N 3
7
Total : (4 wickets in 43.3 overs)
164
RR : 3.77

did not bat: Dom Bess, James Anderson, Mark Wood, Sam Curran, Jack Leach

Fall of wickets : 1-17 (Zak Crawley, 4.5 ov), 2-62 (Jonny Bairstow, 14.5 ov), 3-84 (Joe Root, 21.5 ov), 4-89 (Dan Lawrence, 24.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
 
»
Lasith Embuldeniya
20
73 
3
3.65
2
0
»
Dilruwan Perera
13
.3
39 
0
2.89
1
0
»
Ramesh Mendis
10
48 
1
4.80
0
0

Match details
Points: England 60, Sri Lanka 0
Debuts: Ramesh Mendis (Sri Lanka)
Man of the Match: Joe Root (England)
Man of the Series : Joe Root (England)
Umpires : Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and Ruchira Palliyaguruge (Sri Lanka)
Third Umpire: Lyndon Hannibal (Sri Lanka)
Referee : Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire: Raveendra Wimalasiri (Sri Lanka)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Fri 22 Jan - Sri Lanka 1st innings 229/4 (Angelo Mathews 107*, Niroshan Dickwella 19*, 87 ov)
Day 2 : Sat 23 Jan - England 1st innings 98/2 (Jonny Bairstow 24*, Joe Root 67*, 30 ov)
Day 3 : Sun 24 Jan - England 1st innings 339/9 (Jack Leach 0*, 114.2 ov)
Day 4 : Mon 25 Jan - England 2nd innings 164/4 (Dom Sibley 56*, Jos Buttler 46*, 43.3 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Sri Lanka Angelo Mathews, Asitha Fernando, Dilruwan Perera, Dinesh Chandimal (Capt.), Kusal Perera, Lahiru Thirimanne, Lasith Embuldeniya, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Oshada Fernando, Ramesh Mendis, Suranga Lakmal
England Dan Lawrence, Dom Bess, Dom Sibley, James Anderson, Joe Root (Capt.), Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler (wk), Mark Wood, Sam Curran, Zak Crawley, Jack Leach
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