Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Best performances - Batsmen

MM Ali
MM Ali
155(207) 17x4 - 2x6
Control %86%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 38 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
1 14 15 7 43 18 13 44
LD Chandimal
LD Chandimal
126(207) 13x4 - 1x6
Control %85%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 27 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
8 18 14 6 36 6 6 31

Best performances - Bowlers

JM Anderson
JM Anderson
O27
M9
R58
W5
Eco2.14
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W1W
SCJ Broad
SCJ Broad
O13
M2
R40
W4
Eco3.07
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Partnerships

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

England - 1st - Innings

39
AN Cook15 (42)
AD Hales24 (42)
25
NRD Compton9 (34)
AD Hales14 (39)
96
AD Hales45 (64)
JE Root51 (72)
59
JM Vince30 (49)
JE Root29 (47)
8
JM Vince5 (10)
JM Bairstow3 (7)
70
MM Ali23 (62)
JM Bairstow45 (50)
92
MM Ali53 (60)
CR Woakes39 (76)
11
MM Ali4 (5)
SCJ Broad7 (9)
72
MM Ali57 (48)
ST Finn10 (37)
26*
JM Anderson8 (7)
MM Ali18 (32)

Sri Lanka - 1st - Innings

10
JK Silva1 (2)
FDM Karunaratne9 (14)
34
JK Silva12 (20)
BKG Mendis22 (36)
9
LD Chandimal4 (11)
BKG Mendis5 (7)
5
AD Mathews3 (8)
BKG Mendis1 (10)
9
HDRL Thirimanne2 (10)
BKG Mendis7 (9)
0
TAM Siriwardana0 (5)
HDRL Thirimanne0 (0)
21
HMRKB Herath12 (46)
HDRL Thirimanne9 (52)
2
RMS Eranga2 (3)
HDRL Thirimanne0 (0)
3
RAS Lakmal0 (5)
HDRL Thirimanne2 (6)
8
HDRL Thirimanne6 (12)
N Pradeep2 (6)

Sri Lanka - 2nd - Innings

38
JK Silva11 (44)
FDM Karunaratne26 (55)
41
JK Silva15 (11)
BKG Mendis26 (22)
21
JK Silva8 (25)
HDRL Thirimanne13 (27)
82
JK Silva26 (65)
AD Mathews52 (64)
40
AD Mathews28 (41)
LD Chandimal11 (30)
92
TAM Siriwardana35 (72)
LD Chandimal47 (83)
116
HMRKB Herath61 (99)
LD Chandimal53 (71)
12
RMS Eranga1 (18)
LD Chandimal11 (10)
11
RAS Lakmal6 (11)
LD Chandimal4 (13)
22
RAS Lakmal5 (4)
N Pradeep13 (11)

England - 2nd - Innings

35
AN Cook24 (29)
AD Hales11 (37)
45*
NRD Compton22 (38)
AN Cook23 (36)

Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland 2016 News

Two in two

2002

Last time England won two matches in a Test series against Sri Lanka, before this. They played 6 series in between these two series.

Youngest

0

No. of batsmen who reached 10,000 Test runs at a younger age than Cook who got there at 31 years, 157 days. Tendulkar was the youngest at 31y, 326d.

Half-A-Dozen club

6

No. of bowlers who have taken 450 or more Test wkts, including Anderson who joined with his wicket of Herath. He's the 3rd fast bowler to do so.

Special ton

8

No. of wicketkeepers who have scored a century while following-on in Tests, including Chandimal. Andy Flower is the only keeper to do it twice.

Three in one

311

Runs scored by SL in their first three inns of this series - 91, 119 and 101. They have scored more than those 3 inns combined in the 2nd inns of this Test.

Angelo in follow-ons

3

Number of fifty-plus scores by Angelo Mathews while following on in Tests - the most by a Sri Lanka batsman.

SL's Longest of the series

0

Number of partnerships for Sri Lanka that had faced 100 balls in this series before the one between Silva and Mathews. Silva and Karunaratne's stand had lasted 99 balls.

Kaushal Back on Track?

15.6

Kaushal Silva's batting average from his last ten Test innings. Had got out for four single-digit scores, including two ducks.

Some start

10

Ave 1st-wkt stand for SL in this series, in their previous three inns. They lost their 1st wkt exactly at the score of 10 in each of their innings. Not in this 2nd inns but.

Only the second time

1994

Last and the only time Sri Lanka were asked to follow-on twice in a Test series, before this - by India in 1993-94.

Follow-on twice

2010

Last time England enforced follow-on twice in a Test series, before this, was against Bangladesh in 2010. Last by any team was NZ v WI, 2013-14.

Second-lowest

1

No. of lower innings totals at Chester-le-Street in Tests than Sri Lanka's 101 in this match. Zimbabwe were all out for 94 in 2003.

Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland 2016

TeamMWLPT
ENG96020
SL9064