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 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Keaton Jennings, no run, gets forward and looks to play indie the line, the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.

Over 1.2 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Keaton Jennings,1 run, goes down on his knee and swept to short fine leg and picks up a single.

Over 1.3 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Rory Burns, no run, comes on to the front foot and driven well but straight to the man at cover.

Over 1.4 Dilruwan Perera bowls a quicker arm ball to Rory Burns, no run, camps back and square cuts it to point, good carry in that ball again.

Over 1.5 Dilruwan Perera bowls it short of length to Rory Burns, no run, goes on to the back foot and punches it straight to the man at point.

Over 1.6 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Rory Burns, no run, gets forward and looks to play with the turn, the ball goes past the outside edge of the bat

Over 3.1 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Rory Burns, no run, goes on to the back foot and misses the flick down the leg side.

Over 3.2 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Rory Burns, no run, goes on to the back foot and punches it straight to the man at cover.

Over 3.3 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Rory Burns, no run, gets his front foot to play this towards the man at short leg, came off the inside edge that.

Over 3.4 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Rory Burns, no run,  Plays down the wrong line and gets pinned on the pads. Though the impact was right in front of middle, the bounce was taking it over the stumps.

Over 3.5 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Rory Burns, no run, gets forward and defends it down the pitch back to the bowler.

Over 3.6 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Rory Burns, no run, comes on to the front foot and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 5.1 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Rory Burns, 2 runs, gets back in the crease and cuts it through point and picks up a couple of runs.

Over 5.2 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Rory Burns, no run, gets forward and guides it towards backward point.

Over 5.3 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Rory Burns, Boundary! Goes down on his knee and sweeps the floated delivery through the gap at square leg.

Over 5.4 Dilruwan Perera bowls it flat in the air to Rory Burns, no run, presses forward and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 5.5 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Rory Burns, no run, comes on to the front foot and blocks it back to the bowler.

Over 5.6 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Rory Burns, no run, gets forward and pushes it straight to the man at mid-off.

Over 7.1Dilruwan Perera to Ben Stokes Single ...

Over 7.2Dilruwan Perera to Rory Burns Boundary! ...

Over 7.3Dilruwan Perera to Rory Burns No runs ...

Over 7.4Dilruwan Perera to Rory Burns No runs ...

Over 7.5Dilruwan Perera to Rory Burns No runs ...

Over 7.6Dilruwan Perera to Rory Burns No runs ...

Over 9.1 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Ben Stokes, no run, goes deep in the crease and punches it straight to the man at cover.

Over 9.2 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Ben Stokes, no run, gets forward and nudges it down the leg side with soft hands.

Over 9.3 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Ben Stokes, no run, gets forward and pushes it down the pitch back to the bowler.

Over 9.4 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Ben Stokes, no run, gets forward and drives it to mid-on with soft hands.

Over 9.5 Dilruwan Perera bowls a quicker arm ball to Ben Stokes, no run, goes deep in the crease and misses the defense and the ball struck on the pads but its too high.

Over 9.6 Dilruwan Perera bowls it flat in the air to Ben Stokes, no run, gets a big stride forward and defends it back to the bowler.

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