Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Best performances - Batsmen

AD Mathews
AD Mathews
160(249) 25x4 - 1x6
Control %82%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 32 runs
  • 3x4 - 1x6
8 16 13 27 26 10 25 35
SD Robson
SD Robson
127(253) 15x4 - 1x6
Control %92%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 23 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
26 16 8 6 25 20 8 18

Best performances - Bowlers

KTGD Prasad
KTGD Prasad
O22
M5
R50
W5
Eco2.27
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
LE Plunkett
LE Plunkett
O15.5
M2
R64
W5
Eco4.04
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W

Partnerships

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

Sri Lanka - 1st - Innings

37
JK Silva13 (38)
FDM Karunaratne20 (50)
19
KC Sangakkara6 (19)
FDM Karunaratne8 (15)
52
DPMD Jayawardene22 (47)
KC Sangakkara24 (55)
0
KC Sangakkara0 (0)
HDRL Thirimanne0 (1)
53
KC Sangakkara26 (38)
AD Mathews26 (28)
67
KC Sangakkara23 (35)
LD Chandimal44 (52)
1
KTGD Prasad0 (2)
LD Chandimal1 (2)
0
HMRKB Herath0 (2)
LD Chandimal0 (1)
0
HMRKB Herath0 (0)
RMS Eranga0 (1)
28
HMRKB Herath14 (14)
N Pradeep13 (19)

England - 1st - Innings

49
AN Cook17 (59)
SD Robson31 (51)
142
GS Ballance74 (157)
SD Robson56 (148)
87
IR Bell45 (60)
SD Robson40 (54)
33
IR Bell19 (30)
JE Root13 (28)
0
MM Ali0 (0)
JE Root0 (4)
2
MJ Prior0 (8)
MM Ali2 (11)
25
MJ Prior7 (29)
CJ Jordan17 (30)
6
MJ Prior1 (1)
SCJ Broad4 (6)
6
MJ Prior4 (3)
LE Plunkett2 (11)
15
JM Anderson0 (6)
MJ Prior15 (12)

Sri Lanka - 2nd - Innings

40
JK Silva13 (54)
FDM Karunaratne26 (69)
53
KC Sangakkara24 (44)
FDM Karunaratne19 (42)
79
DPMD Jayawardene39 (82)
KC Sangakkara31 (59)
4
DPMD Jayawardene4 (6)
HDRL Thirimanne0 (2)
92
DPMD Jayawardene36 (80)
AD Mathews52 (88)
9
AD Mathews2 (3)
LD Chandimal7 (12)
0
KTGD Prasad0 (1)
AD Mathews0 (0)
149
HMRKB Herath48 (82)
AD Mathews95 (137)
11
AD Mathews11 (21)
RMS Eranga0 (9)
20
RMS Eranga20 (10)
N Pradeep0 (1)

England - 2nd - Innings

39
AN Cook16 (39)
SD Robson21 (55)
0
GS Ballance0 (1)
SD Robson0 (0)
11
IR Bell8 (20)
SD Robson3 (6)
2
IR Bell0 (10)
JE Root1 (9)
5
LE Plunkett0 (12)
JE Root5 (7)
67
MM Ali32 (94)
JE Root25 (92)
36
MJ Prior10 (37)
MM Ali20 (56)
52
MM Ali20 (39)
CJ Jordan21 (62)
16
MM Ali16 (26)
SCJ Broad0 (24)
21
JM Anderson0 (55)
MM Ali20 (66)

Still rising

5th

Alastair Cook has moved past Geoffrey Boycott on England's list of Test run-scorers. He is closing in on Kevin Pietersen

Leading by example

3/4

Angelo Mathews has scored three of his four Test centuries as captain

Exclusive club

4

Kumar Sangakkara becomes just the fourth player to score seven half-centuries (or more) in a row in Tests after Weekes, Flower and Chanderpaul

Sanga breaks new ground

300+

When he reached 13 in his second innings, Kumar Sangakkara became the first Sri Lanka batsman to score 300 runs in a Test series in England