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 8.6 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Rory Burns, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and sweeps it along the ground to deep square leg fence for four.

Over 13.5 Akila Dananjaya tossed up delivery to Rory Burns, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and driven along the ground to sweeper cover fence for four.

Over 17.2 Akila Dananjaya tossed up delivery to Rory Burns, Boundary! Goes down on his knee and plays a slog sweep over mid-wicket and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 19.5 Akila Dananjaya slips in a full toss to Joe Root, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and pulls it hard through mid-wicket and the ball beats the man in the deep and went to the fence.

Over 21.4 Malinda Pushpakumara tossed up delivery to Joe Root, Boundary! Goes down on his knee and swipes it along the ground through the unmanned mid-wicket region.

Over 22.3 Akila Dananjaya tossed up delivery to Rory Burns, Boundary! Goes down on his knee and sweeps it along the ground to deep square leg fence for four.

Over 25.4 Malinda Pushpakumara bowls it short of length to Rory Burns, Boundary! Backs away in the crease and slaps it through extra cover and the fielder from deep point has no chance of getting there.

Over 26.5 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to JC Buttler, Boundary! Comes down the track and smashes it down to long on fence for four.

Over 27.4 Malinda Pushpakumara tossed up delivery to Joe Root, Boundary! Goes down on his knee and sweeps it hard through mid-wicket and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 33.5Malinda Pushpakumara to Joe Root Boundary! ...

Over 36.6Dilruwan Perera bowls short of length delivery to JC Buttler, goes back and across to play a square cut past backward point.Boundary!

Over 39.4Malinda Pushpakumara bowls short of length delivery to Joe Root, goes back and across to play a square cut past backward point.Boundary!

Over 41.4Malinda Pushpakumara bowls flighted delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and drives it straight down the groundBoundary!

Over 44.2Akila Dananjaya bowls good length delivery to Joe Root, flicks it off his pads towards the fine leg region.Boundary!

Over 48.4Akila Dananjaya bowls pitched up delivery to Ben Foakes, flicks it off his pads towards the fine leg region.Boundary!

Over 59.2 RAS Lakmal bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root, Boundary! Gets behind the line on the back foot and guides it away past gully with an open face bat and bring up Century with a boundary.

Over 61.6 RAS Lakmal bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to Ben Foakes, Boundary! Moves across in the crease and flicks it down to fine leg fence for four.

Over 63.2 Akila Dananjaya bowls it short of length to Joe Root, Boundary! Rocks back in the crease and pulls it hard through mid-wicket and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 69.1 Akila Dananjaya tossed up delivery to Joe Root, Boundary! Came down the track and smashes it along the ground to long on for four.

Over 73.4 Akila Dananjaya bowls it short of length to Ben Foakes, Boundary! Rocks back in the crease and pulls it down to deep mid-wicket fence for four.

Over 76.4Akila Dananjaya bowls flighted delivery to JM Anderson, plays a sweep shot through fine leg.Boundary!

Over 78.6Akila Dananjaya bowls quicker and flatter in the air to JM Anderson, plays a sweep shot through fine leg.Boundary!

Over 79.6Malinda Pushpakumara bowls quicker and flatter in the air to Ben Foakes, gets onto the frontfoot and drives it straight to point.Boundary!