Men's Test · Sri Lanka in England Test Series · Match 1

England v Sri Lanka

26 May 2011 to 30 May 2011 · Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

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

Result

England won by an innings and 14 runs

Toss: Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat.
Player of the match: IJL Trott

Innings totals
Innings	Score	Overs
Sri Lanka (1)	400	118.4
England (2)	496/5d	155.0
Sri Lanka (3)	82	24.4

Replay ball by ball

Scorecard

Sri Lanka82 all out (24.4 ov)

Sri Lanka batting, innings 3
Batter	How out	R	B	4s	6s	SR
NT Paranavitanacaught b CT Tremlett	caught b CT Tremlett	0	10	0	0	0.0
TM Dilshanc & b CT Tremlett	c & b CT Tremlett	10	10	2	0	100.0
KC Sangakkaracaught b GP Swann	caught b GP Swann	14	38	1	0	36.8
DPMD Jayawardenecaught b CT Tremlett	caught b CT Tremlett	15	32	2	0	46.9
TT Samaraweerab GP Swann	b GP Swann	0	9	0	0	0.0
HAPW Jayawardenecaught b CT Tremlett	caught b CT Tremlett	3	6	0	0	50.0
MF Maharoofcaught b GP Swann	caught b GP Swann	0	3	0	0	0.0
NLTC Pereracaught b SCJ Broad	caught b SCJ Broad	20	17	4	0	117.6
HMRKB Herathlbw b GP Swann	lbw b GP Swann	3	3	0	0	100.0
BAW Mendis*not out	not out	12	18	2	0	66.7
RAS Lakmalcaught b SCJ Broad	caught b SCJ Broad	0	2	0	0	0.0
Extras	5 (b 5)
Total	82 all out (24.4 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (NT Paranavitana, 1.6 ov), 2-10 (TM Dilshan, 3.2 ov), 3-33 (DPMD Jayawardene, 12.5 ov), 4-36 (TT Samaraweera, 15.4 ov), 5-43 (KC Sangakkara, 17.2 ov), 6-43 (MF Maharoof, 17.5 ov), 7-43 (HAPW Jayawardene, 18.1 ov), 8-52 (HMRKB Herath, 19.1 ov), 9-82 (NLTC Perera, 24.2 ov), 10-82 (RAS Lakmal, 24.4 ov)

England bowling, innings 3
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
SCJ Broad	7.4	1	21	2	2.74
CT Tremlett	10	2	40	4	4.00
GP Swann	7	1	16	4	2.29

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.