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MIDDLESEX 360/8 (100 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Andrew Strauss151 (223)
- Dan Housego104 (172)
- Rangana Herath2/67 (22)
- Ajantha Mendis2/83 (20)
SRI LANKANS 309/2d (69 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Tillakaratne Dilshan123 (134)
- Tharanga Paranavitana103 (146)
- Jamie Dalrymple0/49 (14)
- Dawid Malan0/5 (2)
MIDDLESEX 161 (48.5 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Andrew Strauss25 (37)
- Dawid Malan34 (41)
- Chanaka Welegedara3/39 (14)
- Ajantha Mendis3/28 (9.5)
SRI LANKANS 216/6 (44 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Thilan Samaraweera49 (63)
- Dinesh Chandimal39 (52)
- Jamie Dalrymple2/58 (12)
- Tom Smith2/45 (8)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsLaw lays down England challenge
Stuart Law, Sri Lanka's interim coach, has labelled England the "best Test team in the world" but promises his team won't take a backward step during the upcoming series
Welegedara sets up Sri Lanka win
Sri Lanka made slightly hard work of chasing 213 at Uxbridge but opened their tour with a four-wicket victory as they reached the target with five overs to spare having bowled Middlesex out for 161
Dilshan thrills amid the chills
The weather wasn't too hot, nor was the bowling, but the Sri Lankan batsmen gave the fans something to shout about
Dilshan and Paranavitana hit hundreds
On the first day at Uxbridge it was the England captain reacquainting himself with first-class cricket and on the second it was the turn of Sri Lanka's
Strauss shows form on return to action
Andrew Strauss's last innings was the World Cup quarter-final against Sri Lanka and seven weeks on from that poor display in Colombo he returned to the middle with a breezy 151