12/06Result
1st Investec Test, Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland at London, Jun 12-16 2014
Match drawn
Player of the Match
Joe Root
Joe RootEngland
12/06Result
1st Investec Test, Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland at London, Jun 12-16 2014
Match drawn
Player of the Match
Joe Root
Joe RootEngland

Best performances - Batsmen

JE Root
JE Root
200(298) 16x4 - 0x6
Control %84%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 72 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
5 26 38 18 28 6 25 54
KC Sangakkara
KC Sangakkara
147(258) 16x4 - 0x6
Control %91%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 32 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
5 4 13 28 20 16 13 48

Best performances - Bowlers

JM Anderson
JM Anderson
O19
M10
R25
W4
Eco1.31
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
2W
HMRKB Herath
HMRKB Herath
O23
M2
R95
W4
Eco4.13
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W

Partnerships

  • ENG - 1st
  • SL - 1st
  • ENG - 2nd
  • SL - 2nd

England - 1st - Innings

14
AN Cook10 (17)
SD Robson1 (7)
8
AN Cook7 (9)
GS Ballance1 (4)
52
IR Bell24 (41)
GS Ballance22 (36)
46
IR Bell32 (34)
JE Root12 (24)
89
MM Ali48 (98)
JE Root40 (83)
171
MJ Prior86 (131)
JE Root76 (109)
22
CJ Jordan19 (19)
JE Root3 (5)
64
SCJ Broad47 (38)
JE Root16 (19)
81
LE Plunkett39 (42)
JE Root34 (43)
28*
JM Anderson9 (15)
JE Root19 (15)

Sri Lanka - 1st - Innings

54
JK Silva16 (37)
FDM Karunaratne38 (38)
97
KC Sangakkara42 (92)
JK Silva47 (123)
126
DPMD Jayawardene55 (105)
KC Sangakkara64 (97)
12
KC Sangakkara9 (15)
HDRL Thirimanne2 (17)
96
KC Sangakkara32 (54)
AD Mathews64 (84)
15
HAPW Jayawardene6 (16)
AD Mathews9 (21)
13
KMDN Kulasekara9 (23)
AD Mathews4 (12)
17
HMRKB Herath2 (17)
AD Mathews15 (36)
12
AD Mathews10 (19)
RMS Eranga2 (10)
11
RMS Eranga3 (12)
N Pradeep4 (6)

England - 2nd - Innings

46
AN Cook28 (40)
SD Robson15 (41)
5
GS Ballance1 (6)
SD Robson4 (9)
18
IR Bell9 (17)
GS Ballance8 (6)
29
GS Ballance14 (26)
JE Root15 (18)
4
MM Ali4 (2)
GS Ballance0 (6)
19
MJ Prior16 (26)
GS Ballance3 (28)
78
GS Ballance37 (83)
CJ Jordan35 (50)
57
SCJ Broad24 (18)
GS Ballance32 (26)
11*
LE Plunkett2 (7)
GS Ballance9 (7)

Sri Lanka - 2nd - Innings

25
JK Silva5 (19)
FDM Karunaratne16 (24)
98
KC Sangakkara43 (124)
JK Silva52 (86)
36
DPMD Jayawardene18 (45)
KC Sangakkara11 (30)
10
KC Sangakkara7 (14)
HDRL Thirimanne2 (8)
1
AD Mathews1 (1)
HDRL Thirimanne0 (3)
24
HAPW Jayawardene8 (62)
AD Mathews12 (59)
5
KMDN Kulasekara1 (11)
AD Mathews4 (15)
2
HMRKB Herath1 (7)
AD Mathews1 (15)
0
HMRKB Herath0 (7)
RMS Eranga0 (6)
0*
RMS Eranga0 (0)
N Pradeep0 (5)

Match Coverage

All Match News

First in class

1

Kaushal Silva is the first Sri Lanka opener to post a fifty in both innings at Lords

Lord's last dig

3

Number of times Kumar Sangakkara has now batted in the fourth innings at Lords, with a previous top score of 12. He has never batted last at any other English venue

Doubling up at Lord's

1

Number of overseas batsmen who have scored a century in both innings at Lord's - George Headley in 1939.

Fourth-innings tons

3

Number of centuries scored by SL batsmen in the 4th innings of away Tests - zero in wins. Sangakkara scored 192 while chasing 507 in Hobart

Anderson v Thirimanne

9

James Anderson has now dismissed Lahiru Thirimanne nine times in international cricket

Top of the pile

12401

Total runs scored in partnership by Mahela Jaywardene and Kumar Sangakkara when their stand reached 97 at Lord's, a new record in all international cricket