- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras9 (b 4, nb 5)TOTAL360/8 (100 Overs, RR: 3.6)Did not bat: TW ParsonsFall of wickets: 1-58 (Sam Robson, 18.1 ov), 2-272 (Andrew Strauss, 69.4 ov), 3-283 (Dan Housego, 74.6 ov), 4-287 (Adam Rossington, 76.4 ov), 5-307 (Jamie Dalrymple, 84.3 ov), 6-339 (Dawid Malan, 95.6 ov), 7-341 (Tom Smith, 97.3 ov), 8-350 (Anthony Ireland, 98.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB UWMBCA Welegedara 22 3 92 2 4.18 0 2 RAS Lakmal 15 3 49 1 3.26 0 3 MF Maharoof 15 1 52 1 3.46 0 0 BAW Mendis 20 2 83 2 4.15 0 0 HMRKB Herath 22 2 67 2 3.04 0 0 TM Dilshan 6 1 13 0 2.16 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras13 (lb 9, w 4)TOTAL309/2d (69 Overs, RR: 4.47)Fall of wickets: 1-209 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 40.6 ov), 2-250 (Tharanga Paranavitana, 51.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB AJ Ireland 15 1 57 0 3.80 0 0 TW Parsons 15 0 62 0 4.13 1 0 GS Sandhu 8 0 46 0 5.75 0 0 TMJ Smith 15 1 81 0 5.40 3 0 JWM Dalrymple 14 1 49 0 3.50 0 0 DJ Malan 2 0 5 0 2.50 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras5 (lb 1, nb 4)TOTAL161 all out (48.5 Overs, RR: 3.29)Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Sam Robson, 3.2 ov), 2-38 (Dan Housego, 13.3 ov), 3-43 (Andrew Strauss, 14.5 ov), 4-59 (Adam Rossington, 18.4 ov), 5-86 (Dawid Malan, 26.1 ov), 6-90 (Jamie Dalrymple, 27.5 ov), 7-122 (Tom Smith, 37.3 ov), 8-124 (John Simpson, 40.2 ov), 9-144 (Gurjit Sandhu, 46.2 ov), 10-161 (Anthony Ireland, 48.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB UWMBCA Welegedara 14 5 39 3 2.78 0 1 RAS Lakmal 9 0 40 2 4.44 0 3 MF Maharoof 8 2 23 1 2.87 0 0 BAW Mendis 9.5 3 28 3 2.84 0 0 HMRKB Herath 8 1 30 1 3.75 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras12 (b 8, lb 4)TOTAL216/6 (44 Overs, RR: 4.9)Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Prasanna Jayawardene, 3.3 ov), 2-60 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 15.2 ov), 3-105 (Thilan Samaraweera, 23.6 ov), 4-137 (Dinesh Chandimal, 30.5 ov), 5-181 (Tharanga Paranavitana, 37.5 ov), 6-181 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 38.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB AJ Ireland 13 1 57 1 4.38 0 0 TW Parsons 6 1 21 0 3.50 0 0 GS Sandhu 5 0 23 0 4.60 0 0 JWM Dalrymple 12 1 58 2 4.83 0 0 TMJ Smith 8 0 45 2 5.62 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Season
Hours of play (local time)
Match days
First-class debut
Umpires
Close of Play
- Sat, 14 May - day 1 - Middlesex 1st innings 321/5 (DJ Malan 19*, JA Simpson 8*, 93 ov)
- Sun, 15 May - day 2 - Middlesex 2nd innings 26/1 (AJ Strauss 19*, DM Housego 5*, 10 ov)
- Mon, 16 May - day 3 - Sri Lankans 2nd innings 216/6 (44 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Lunch: 122/7 off 37.3 overs
- Tea: 60/2 off 15.2 overs
- TM Dilshan 50 off 48 balls, 58 mins, 8x4, 0x6
- Lunch: 116/0 off 20 overs
- NT Paranavitana 50 off 70 balls, 111 mins, 8x4, 0x6
- TM Dilshan 100 off 108 balls, 122 mins, 13x4, 1x6
- NT Paranavitana 100 off 145 balls, 201 mins, 15x4, 0x6
- Tea: 250/1 off 52 overs
- LD Chandimal kept wicket in the Middlesex 2nd innings
- Close of play: 26/1 off 10 overs
- AJ Strauss 50 off 81 balls, 107 mins, 11x4, 0x6
- Lunch: 113/1 off 32 overs
- DM Housego 50 off 75 balls, 78 mins, 8x4, 0x6
- AJ Strauss 100 off 161 balls, 211 mins, 18x4, 0x6
- Tea: 237/1 off 63 overs
- AJ Strauss 150 off 217 balls, 265 mins, 25x4, 0x6
- DM Housego 100 off 148 balls, 189 mins, 12x4, 0x6
- Close of play: 321/5 off 93 overs
Match Coverage
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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