Men's Test · England tour of Sri Lanka · Match 3

England v Sri Lanka

23 Nov 2018 to 26 Nov 2018 · Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo

Data: Cricsheet (CC BY 4.0), matches up to 2 Nov 2026.

Result

England won by 42 runs

Toss: England won the toss and chose to bat.
Player of the match: JM Bairstow

Innings totals
Innings	Score	Overs
England (1)	336	92.5
Sri Lanka (2)	240	65.5
England (3)	230	69.5
Sri Lanka (4)	284	86.4

Replay ball by ball

Scorecard

Sri Lanka284 all out (86.4 ov)

Sri Lanka batting, innings 4
Batter	How out	R	B	4s	6s	SR
MD Gunathilakacaught b MM Ali	caught b MM Ali	6	20	0	0	30.0
FDM Karunaratneb MM Ali	b MM Ali	23	36	3	0	63.9
DM de Silvalbw b MJ Leach	lbw b MJ Leach	0	7	0	0	0.0
BKG Mendisrun out	run out	86	129	8	1	66.7
AD Mathewscaught b BA Stokes	caught b BA Stokes	5	9	0	0	55.6
PADLR Sandakancaught b MJ Leach	caught b MJ Leach	7	41	1	0	17.1
ARS Silvalbw b MM Ali	lbw b MM Ali	65	161	4	0	40.4
N Dickwellacaught b MJ Leach	caught b MJ Leach	19	19	2	0	100.0
MDK Pereracaught b MM Ali	caught b MM Ali	5	22	1	0	22.7
RAS Lakmallbw b MJ Leach	lbw b MJ Leach	11	38	1	0	28.9
PM Pushpakumara*not out	not out	42	40	6	1	105.0
Extras	15 (b 8, w 5, nb 2)
Total	284 all out (86.4 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-15 (MD Gunathilaka, 5.5 ov), 2-24 (DM de Silva, 8.3 ov), 3-34 (FDM Karunaratne, 11.6 ov), 4-52 (AD Mathews, 16.1 ov), 5-82 (PADLR Sandakan, 26.6 ov), 6-184 (BKG Mendis, 57.4 ov), 7-214 (N Dickwella, 65.2 ov), 8-225 (MDK Perera, 72.3 ov), 9-226 (ARS Silva, 74.1 ov), 10-284 (RAS Lakmal, 86.4 ov)

England bowling, innings 4
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
SCJ Broad	5	0	14	0	2.80	3	0
MM Ali	26	3	92	4	3.54	0	0
MJ Leach	28.4	4	72	4	2.51	0	0
BA Stokes	8	1	25	1	3.13	2	1
AU Rashid	19	1	73	0	3.84	0	1

Replays carry no fielders, so catches name only the bowler.

Win probability

Win probability is modelled only for ODIs and T20Is. Tests can be drawn, so a two-outcome model does not fit them.