Sri Lanka vs England 2nd Test at Pallekele, 14 Nov, 2018

Toss: England, who chose to bat
England 285/10 (75.4)  &  346/10 (80.4)
Sri Lanka 336/10 (103)  &  243/10 (74)
England won by 57 runs
Man of the Match: Joe Root
  • Akila Dananjaya 8 * (27)

Over 1.1 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, no run, goes back in the crease and blocks it towards mid-wicket.

Over 1.2 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, no run, prods forward to defend, the ball then curls away to miss the off-stump.

Over 1.3 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, no run, walks towards the bowler to cut down the swing and wrists it to mid-on.

Over 1.4 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne,1 run, goes on to the back foot and works it behind square on the onside and gets a single.

Over 1.5 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Kaushal Silva, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 1.6 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Kaushal Silva, no run, gets cover the off stump line and shoulders arms to let it go through to the keeper.

Over 3.1 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, no run, stays on the front foot and knocks it to mid-on.

Over 3.2 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, no run, gets on top of the bounce and stabs it tentatively into the off-side

Over 3.3 Sam Curran bowls a pitched up delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, Boundary! Gets forward and presents a straight bat as he punches it past his partner. Mid-on was square and he had no chance of chasing that.

Over 3.4 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, no run, gets forward and play it with a straight bat to mid-on. He could so easily have closed the bat face and attempted the flick

Over 3.5 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, no run, shuffles across on the back foot and misses the glance down the leg side.

Over 3.6 Sam Curran bowls it short of length to Dimuth Karunaratne, no run, goes deep in the crease and punches it straight to the man at mid-off.

Over 87.1 Sam Curran bowls a pitched up delivery to Akila Dananjaya, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and driven beautifully along the ground through cover and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 87.2 Sam Curran bowls it short of length to Akila Dananjaya, Boundary! Shuffles across on the back foot and flicks it down to fine leg fence for four.

Over 87.3 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Akila Dananjaya, no run, gets right behind the line on the front foot and defends it to point.

Over 87.4 Sam Curran bowls a pitched up delivery to Akila Dananjaya, 2 runs, comes across and whips it down to deep mid-wicket and picks up a couple of runs.

Over 87.5 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Akila Dananjaya, no run, gets forward and defended with a straight bat and back at the bowler.

Over 87.6 Sam Curran bowls a pitched up delivery to Akila Dananjaya, no run, gets forward and defends it down the pitch back to the bowler.

Over 89.1 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Akila Dananjaya, no run, gets forward and defends it to point with an open face bat.

Over 89.2 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Akila Dananjaya,1 run, gets forward and looks to play across the line, the ball takes the leading edge and goes over cover fielder.

Over 89.3 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Roshen Silva,1 run, moves across in the crease and works it away through square leg and picks up a single.

Over 89.4 Sam Curran bowls a back of length delivery to Akila Dananjaya, 2 runs, goes deep in the crease and helps it down to the fine leg and picks up a couple of runs.

Over 89.5 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Akila Dananjaya, no run,  gets behind the line and blocks it to the off-side.

Over 89.6 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Akila Dananjaya, no run, gets forward and defends it down the pitch back to the bowler.