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

Sri Lanka v England

26 Mar 2012 to 29 Mar 2012 · Galle International Stadium

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

Result

Sri Lanka won by 75 runs

Toss: Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat.
Player of the match: HMRKB Herath

Innings totals
Innings	Score	Overs
Sri Lanka (1)	318	96.3
England (2)	193	46.4
Sri Lanka (3)	214	84.3
England (4)	264	99.0

Replay ball by ball

Scorecard

England264 all out (99 ov)

England batting, innings 4
Batter	How out	R	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strausscaught b HMRKB Herath	caught b HMRKB Herath	27	60	2	0	45.0
AN Cookcaught b HMRKB Herath	caught b HMRKB Herath	14	25	3	0	56.0
IJL Trottcaught b S Randiv	caught b S Randiv	112	266	10	0	42.1
KP Pietersencaught b S Randiv	caught b S Randiv	30	68	4	0	44.1
IR Belllbw b HMRKB Herath	lbw b HMRKB Herath	13	34	1	0	38.2
MJ Priorcaught b HMRKB Herath	caught b HMRKB Herath	41	88	3	0	46.6
SR Patelcaught b HMRKB Herath	caught b HMRKB Herath	9	25	0	0	36.0
SCJ Broad*not out	not out	5	12	0	0	41.7
GP Swannlbw b HMRKB Herath	lbw b HMRKB Herath	1	9	0	0	11.1
JM Andersoncaught b S Randiv	caught b S Randiv	5	6	1	0	83.3
MS Panesarcaught b S Randiv	caught b S Randiv	0	1	0	0	0.0
Extras	7 (lb 6, w 1)
Total	264 all out (99 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-31 (AN Cook, 8.5 ov), 2-48 (AJ Strauss, 18.3 ov), 3-118 (KP Pietersen, 42.5 ov), 4-152 (IR Bell, 58.1 ov), 5-233 (MJ Prior, 85.6 ov), 6-252 (SR Patel, 93.5 ov), 7-256 (IJL Trott, 94.6 ov), 8-259 (GP Swann, 97.5 ov), 9-264 (JM Anderson, 98.5 ov), 10-264 (MS Panesar, 98.6 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling, innings 4
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd
UWMBCA Welegedara	13	2	40	0	3.08	0
RAS Lakmal	10	5	22	0	2.20	0
HMRKB Herath	38	9	97	6	2.55	0
TM Dilshan	12	1	25	0	2.08	0
S Randiv	26	2	74	4	2.85	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.