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 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 4.3JM Anderson to Kaushal Silva Boundary! ...

Over 15.4Jack Leach bowls flighted delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, flicks it off his pads towards the fine leg region.Boundary!

Over 19.6Jack Leach bowls short of length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, goes back and cuts it away towards the thirdman region.Boundary!

Over 20.1Moeen Ali bowls flighted delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva, strides forward and drives it elegantly past covers for a boundary.Boundary!

Over 22.4Moeen Ali bowls flighted delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva, gets forward and drives it straight down the groundBoundary!

Over 26.2Adil Rashid bowls short of length delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva, pulls it away through mid wicketBoundary!

Over 28.5Adil Rashid bowls flighted delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, plays a reverse sweep through thirdman.Boundary!

Over 36.2JM Anderson bowls pitched up delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, gets forward and drives it straight down the groundBoundary!

Over 38.4JM Anderson bowls good length delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva, gets forward and guides it away towards thirdman.Boundary!

Over 40.3Ben Stokes bowls pitched up delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva, flicks it across towards the backward squareleg regionBoundary!

Over 40.6Ben Stokes bowls short of length delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva, pulls it through mid onBoundary!

Over 47.2Jack Leach bowls flighted delivery to AD Mathews, gets forward and drives it past extra covers.Boundary!

Over 54.4Adil Rashid bowls flighted delivery to DPDN Dickwella, flicks it off his pads towards the fine leg region.Boundary!

Over 55.3Jack Leach bowls flighted delivery to DPDN Dickwella, plays a sweep shot through fine leg.Boundary!

Over 57.5Moeen Ali bowls short and wide to DPDN Dickwella, gets onto the frontfoot and drives it straight to point.Boundary!

Over 58.4Adil Rashid bowls flatter trajectory delivery to Roshen Silva, goes back and across and punches it straight to pointBoundary!

Over 71.6 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Roshen Silva, Boundary! Gets to the pitch of the ball and lofts it right over the bowler's head. Can he bring that trail down with a few more boundaries?

Over 74.1 Adil Rashid tossed up delivery to Roshen Silva, Boundary! Came down the track and chips the tossed up delivery over mid-off, connects it nicely and finds the fence.

Over 74.6 Adil Rashid bowls it short of length to Dilruwan Perera, Boundary! Rocks back and hammers it over mid-on. Over the fence on a couple of bounces and Lanka's trail is now down to 46.

Over 78.6 Joe Root tossed up delivery to Dilruwan Perera, Boundary! Makes room and thumps it square past cover, no need to run for those.

Over 80.2 Moeen Ali tossed up delivery to Roshen Silva, Boundary! Goes down on his knee and plays a reverse sweep through short third man and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

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 94.5 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to RAS Lakmal, Boundary!  Gets forward and takes his eyes off the ball and swings at it. End result is a top edge that flies over the cordon and finds the third man fence

Over 99.3 Moeen Ali tossed up delivery to RAS Lakmal, Boundary! Goes down on his knee and sweeps it along the ground to fine leg fence for four.