Sri Lanka vs England 1st Test at Galle, 06 Nov, 2018

Toss: England, who chose to bat
England 342/10 (97)  &  322/6 (93)
Sri Lanka 203/10 (68)  &  250/10 (85.1)
England won by 211 runs
Man of the Match: Ben Foakes
  • Suranga Lakmal 14 * (25)

Over 3.4Sam Curran bowls good length delivery to Kusal Mendis, goes back and cuts it away straight to backward point.No runs

Over 3.5Sam Curran bowls good length delivery to Kusal Mendis, gets onto the frontfoot and drives it straight to point.No runs

Over 3.6Sam Curran bowls short and wide to Kusal Mendis, pulls it away through mid wicketBoundary!

Over 4.3JM Anderson bowls good length delivery to Kusal Mendis, gets forward and guides it away towards thirdman.No runs

Over 4.4JM Anderson bowls good length delivery to Kusal Mendis, gets forward and guides it away towards thirdman.No runs

Over 4.5JM Anderson bowls good length delivery to Kusal Mendis, gets onto the frontfoot and drives it straight to point.No runs

Over 4.6JM Anderson bowls on the shorter side to Kusal Mendis, goes back and cuts it away straight to backward point.Boundary!

Over 5.2Sam Curran bowls dragged way too short, that's a long hop to Kusal Mendis, gets forward and guides it away towards thirdman.No runs

Over 5.3Sam Curran bowls good length delivery to Kusal Mendis, goes back and across and punches it straight to pointNo runs

Over 5.4Sam Curran bowls good length delivery to Kusal Mendis, gets forward and guides it away towards thirdman.No runs

Over 5.5Sam Curran bowls good length delivery to Kusal Mendis, goes back and cuts it away straight to backward point.Boundary!

Over 5.6Sam Curran bowls short and wide to Kusal Mendis, gets forward and drives it straight to mid off.Boundary!

Over 7.1Jack Leach bowls good length delivery to Kusal Mendis, goes back and across and punches it straight to pointNo runs

Over 7.2Jack Leach bowls short and wide to Kusal Mendis, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 7.3Jack Leach bowls dragged way too short, that's a long hop to Kusal Mendis, goes back and cuts it away straight to backward point.Single

Over 8.1JM Anderson bowls good length delivery to Kusal Mendis, gets forward and leaves it outside off to the wicket keeper.No runs

Over 8.2JM Anderson bowls good length delivery to Kusal Mendis, gets onto the frontfoot and drives it straight to point.No runs

Over 8.3JM Anderson bowls short and wide to Kusal Mendis, goes back and cuts it away straight to backward point.Single

Over 9.1Jack Leach bowls short of length delivery to Kusal Mendis, gets forward and guides it away towards thirdman.No runs

Over 9.2Jack Leach bowls good length delivery to Kusal Mendis, gets onto the frontfoot and drives it straight to point.No runs

Over 9.3Jack Leach bowls flighted delivery to Kusal Mendis, gets onto the frontfoot and drives it straight to point.No runs

Over 9.4Jack Leach bowls flighted delivery to Kusal Mendis, gets onto the frontfoot and drives it straight to point.No runs

Over 9.5Jack Leach bowls flighted delivery to Kusal Mendis, gets onto the frontfoot and drives it straight to point.No runs

Over 9.6Jack Leach bowls good length delivery to Kusal Mendis, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 10.6Sam Curran bowls good length delivery to Kusal Mendis, gets onto the frontfoot and drives it straight to point.No runs

Over 12.1Sam Curran bowls flighted delivery to Kusal Mendis, goes back and cuts it away straight to backward point.No runs

Over 12.2Sam Curran bowls good length delivery to Kusal Mendis, goes back and cuts it away straight to backward point.No runs

Over 12.3Sam Curran bowls good length delivery to Kusal Mendis, gets onto the frontfoot and drives it straight to point.No runs

Over 12.4Sam Curran bowls good length delivery to Kusal Mendis, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 12.5Sam Curran bowls full toss to Kusal Mendis, goes back and cuts it away straight to backward point.Single

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