Tag Eng-SL-2012

Match : England v Sri Lanka, 1st of two test match series on England's tour of Sri Lanka 2012.
Venue/Date : Galle international stadium, 26,27,28,29 & 30 March 2012.
Debut : Samit Patel.
Toss : Sri Lanka, elected to bat.
Result : Sri Lanka won by 75 runs.
Man of the match : Rangana Herath.
Umpires : Asad Rauf (Pakistan) + Rod Tucker (Australia) with Bruce Oxenford (Australia, 3rd umpire).

Head to head

25th England v Sri Lanka test match it was. Now, Sri Lanka have won 7 but England still lead with 9 wins besides 9 draws. In Sri Lanka, two teams clashed for the 12th time and home team leads 5 to 3 with 4 draws. At the venue, this was the 4th meeting and Lankans now have two wins besides two draws.

End of day 1 : SL 1st inn = 289/8 in 90 ovs (M J'dene168* + W'dara 10*)
It was a good toss to win for home team on a pitch that promises to break up but their first three batsmen batted like they had other commitments to attend to. Thankfully, captain Mahela Jayawardene was upto the task and how? he collected any run he could with each batter coming in, completed his 30th test century and stayed unbeaten to continue the fight next day. It was one of most fluent innings from Jayawardene today, keeping English at bay.

End of day 2 : SL 2nd inn = 84/5 in 34 ovs (Chandimal 17* + Randiv 2*)
17 wickets for 302 runs, test match went at a rapid pace today and although both teams have a chance, Sri Lankans look marginally ahead with runs on board. First up, Lankan last pair collected 29 important runs and then Rangana Herath bamboozled visitors but Graeme Swann lead the comeback in the last session. Hosts are 208 runs in lead with 5 wickets in hand.

End of day 3 : Eng 2nd inn = 111/2 in 40 ovs (Trott 40* + Pietersen 29*)
Another fluctuating day that has now set up this game nicely. Lankans started the day at a healthy position but first three wickets didn't fetch too many runs but Prasanna Jayawardene added more than hundred runs with last two batsmen to frustrate Englishmen, stretching lead well past 300 runs mark. England made promising start to their chase but both openers got out quickly before Kevin Pietersen and Jonathan Trott batted the way out, brining the match back at balance, almost..

End of day 4 : end of the match
Jonathan Trott kept English hopes alive for a long time but ultimately, Lankan target was way too long to overhaul. Rangana Herath completed 12 wickets in the match while Suraj Randiv got four important wickets. Good win for Lankans but sad that England's effort didn't yield them any result.

Sri Lanka 1st innings (elected to bat)
Batsman		R	B	4s	6s
Lahiru Thirimanne	c Swann b Anderson	3	12	0	0
Tillakaratne Dilshan	c Strauss b Broad	11	8	2	0
Kumar Sangakkara	c Prior b Anderson	0	1	0	0
Mahela Jayawardene	c Prior b Anderson	180	315	22	3
Thilan Samaraweera	run out (Anderson)	20	82	3	0
Dinesh Chandimal	c Bell b Patel	27	48	2	2
Prasanna Jayawardene	lbw b Anderson	23	40	3	0
Suraj Randiv	run out (Strauss)	12	15	1	0
Rangana Herath	lbw b Patel	5	30	0	0
Chanaka Welegedara	b Anderson	19	26	4	0
Suranga Lakmal	not out	0	6	0	0
Extra :	18 (lbyes=14, noballs=4)
Total :	318 runs in 96.3 overs for 10 wicket. RR = ( 3.30 ).
Fall of wickets : 1-11 (Thirimanne, 2.2ov), 2-11 (Sangakkara, 2.3ov), 3-15 (Dilshan, 3.5ov), 4-67 (Samaraweera, 32.4ov), 5-128 (Chandimal, 49.6ov), 6-170 (P Jayawardene, 61.5ov), 7-191 (Randiv, 65.6ov), 8-253 (Herath, 80.2ov), 9-307 (Welegedara, 92.6ov), 10-318 (M Jayawardene, 96.3ov)

Bowler	Overs	Maiden	Runs	W	Extra
James Anderson	20.3	5	72	5
Stuart Broad	21	3	71	1	4 no balls
Monty Panesar	23	11	42	0
Graeme Swann	23	3	92	0
Samit Patel	9	1	27	2

England 1st innings
Batsman		R	B	4s	6s
Andrew Strauss	lbw b Herath	26	40	2	0
Alastair Cook	lbw b Lakmal	0	5	0	0
Jonathan Trott	st P Jayawardene b Herath	12	24	3	0
Kevin Pietersen	b Welegedara	3	18	0	0
Ian Bell	b Herath	52	87	18	1
Matt Prior	lbw b Herath	7	7	1	0
Samit Patel	lbw b Herath	2	21	0	0
Stuart Broad	lbw b Herath	28	15	5	1
Graeme Swann	c Dilshan b Randiv	24	26	6	0
James Anderson	not out	23	26	4	0
Monty Panesar	lbw b Randiv	13	11	2	0
Extra :	3 (lbyes=2, wide=1)
Total :	193 runs in 46.4 overs for 10 wicket. RR = ( 4.13 ).
Fall of wickets : 1-0 (Cook, 1.5ov), 2-40 (Trott, 10.3ov), 3-43 (Strauss, 12.4ov), 4-65 (Pietersen, 17.1ov), 5-72 (Prior, 18.6ov), 6-92 (Patel, 26.1ov), 7-122 (Broad, 32.1ov), 8-157 (Swann, 39.4ov), 9-157 (Bell, 40.5ov), 10-193 (Panesar, 46.4ov)

Bowler	Overs	Maiden	Runs	W	Extra
Chanaka Welegedara	11	2	46	1
Suranga Lakmal	9	2	45	1	1 wide
Rangana Herath	19	5	74	6
Suraj Randiv	7.4	0	26	2

Sri Lanka 2nd innings (+125 runs lead)
Batsman		R	B	4s	6s
Lahiru Thirimanne	b Swann	6	23	0	0
Tillakaratne Dilshan	b Broad	0	2	0	0
Kumar Sangakkara	c Bell b Swann	14	44	1	0
Mahela Jayawardene	c Anderson b Swann	5	7	1	0
Thilan Samaraweera	st Prior b Swann	36	74	5	0
Dinesh Chandimal	c Pietersen b Panesar	31	83	5	0
Suraj Randiv	lbw b Swann	18	63	2	0
Prasanna Jayawardene	not out	61	123	3	3
Rangana Herath	b Swann	7	10	1	0
Chanaka Welegedara	c Strauss b Panesar	13	53	2	0
Suranga Lakmal	run out (Pietersen + Anderson)	13	29	3	0
Extra :	10 (bye=1, lbyes=4, wide=1, noballs=4)
Total :	214 runs in 84.3 overs for 10 wicket. RR = ( 2.53 ).
Fall of wickets : 1-4 (Dilshan, 1.3 ov), 2-8 (Thirimanne, 6.2 ov), 3-14 (M Jayawardene, 8.1 ov), 4-41 (Sangakkara, 18.6 ov), 5-72 (Samaraweera, 30.1 ov), 6-114 (Chandimal, 47.2 ov), 7-115 (Randiv, 50.5 ov), 8-127 (Herath, 54.1 ov), 9-167 (Welegedara, 70.5ov), 10-214 (Lakmal, 84.3ov)

Bowler	Overs	Maiden	Runs	W	Extra
James Anderson	10.3	2	26	0
Stuart Broad	11	2	33	1	4nb, 1wd
Graeme Swann	30	5	82	6
Monty Panesar	24	6	59	2
Samit Patel	9	4	9	0

England 2nd innings (target = 340 runs)
Batsman		R	B	4s	6s
Andrew Strauss	c Dilshan b Herath	27	60	2	0
Alastair Cook	c P Jayawardene b Herath	14	25	3	0
Jonathan Trott	c Dilshan b Randiv	112	266	10	0
Kevin Pietersen	c M Jayawardene b Randiv	30	68	4	0
Ian Bell	lbw b Herath	13	34	1	0
Matt Prior	c Thirimanne b Herath	41	88	3	0
Samit Patel	c Dilshan b Herath	9	25	0	0
Stuart Broad	not out	5	12	0	0
Graeme Swann	lbw b Herath	1	9	0	0
James Anderson	c P Jayawardene b Randiv	5	6	1	0
Monty Panesar	c Dilshan b Randiv	0	1	0	0
Extra :	7 (lbye=6, wide=1)
Total :	264 runs in 99 overs for 10 wicket. RR = ( 2.67 ).
Fall of wickets : 1-31 (Cook, 8.5 ov), 2-48 (Strauss, 18.3 ov), 3-118 (Pietersen, 42.5 ov), 4-152 (Bell, 58.1 ov), 5-233 (Prior, 85.6 ov), 6-252 (Patel, 93.5 ov), 7-256 (Trott, 94.6 ov), 8-259 (Swann, 97.5 ov), 9-264 (Anderson, 98.5 ov), 10-264 (Panesar, 98.6 ov)

Bowler	Overs	Maiden	Runs	W	Extra
Chanaka Welegedara	13	2	40	0
Suranga Lakmal	10	5	22	0
Rangana Herath	38	9	97	6
Tillakaratne Dilshan	12	1	25	0
Suraj Randiv	26	2	74	4	1 wide