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 38.1 Akila Dananjaya bowls a quicker arm ball to Ben Stokes, no run, gets forward and looks to play with the turn, the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.

Over 38.2 Akila Dananjaya tossed up delivery to Ben Stokes,1 run, gets forward and pushes it down to long-off for a single.

Over 38.3 Akila Dananjaya bowls it flat in the air to Keaton Jennings, no run, prods forward and blocks it back to the bowler.

Over 38.4 Akila Dananjaya tossed up delivery to Keaton Jennings,1 run, goes down on his knee and sweeps it down to fine leg and picks up a single.

Over 38.5 Akila Dananjaya bowls a quicker arm ball to Ben Stokes, no run, stays inside the crease and manages to block it with a straight bat

Over 38.6 Akila Dananjaya tossed up delivery to Ben Stokes, no run, goes deep in the crease and cuts it hard but straight to the man at backward point.

Over 40.1 Akila Dananjaya tossed up delivery to Keaton Jennings, no run, gets behind the line on the front foot and defends it watchfully on the off-side.

Over 40.2 Akila Dananjaya tossed up delivery to Keaton Jennings, no run, gets forward and blocks it softly towards cover.

Over 40.3 Akila Dananjaya tossed up delivery to Keaton Jennings,1 run, gets forward and drives it past extra cover and picks up an easy single.

Over 40.4 Akila Dananjaya bowls it flat in the air to Ben Stokes,1 run, gets across the line on the back foot and clips it down to fine leg and picks up one more.

Over 40.5 Akila Dananjaya tossed up delivery to Keaton Jennings, no run, props forward to defend, the ball spins away and takes the outer half to trickle away past the lone-slip.

Over 40.6 Akila Dananjaya tossed up delivery to Ben Stokes,1 run, gets inside the line and stabbed off the front foot to long-off.

Over 42.4 Dhananjaya de Silva bowls it short of length to Ben Stokes, no run, rocks back in the crease and cuts it straight to the man at cover-point.

Over 42.5 Dhananjaya de Silva tossed up delivery to Ben Stokes, no run, comes on to the front foot and defends it on the off-side.

Over 42.6 Dhananjaya de Silva bowls a quicker arm ball to Ben Stokes, no run, goes deep in the crease and blocks it on the offside.

Over 44.1 Dhananjaya de Silva tossed up delivery to Keaton Jennings, no run, gets forward and driven straight to the man at mid-off.

Over 44.2 Dhananjaya de Silva tossed up delivery to Keaton Jennings, no run, gets to the pitch of the ball and driven hard but straight to the man at cover.

Over 44.3 Dhananjaya de Silva tossed up delivery to Keaton Jennings, no run, stays on the front foot and blocks it down the pitch watchfully.

Over 44.4 Dhananjaya de Silva tossed up delivery to Keaton Jennings, no run, gets forward and drives it on the offside towards cover.

Over 44.5 Dhananjaya de Silva tossed up delivery to Keaton Jennings, no run, gets forward and plays it straight to the man at mid-off.

Over 44.6 Dhananjaya de Silva tossed up delivery to Keaton Jennings, no run, gets forward and defended back to the bowler.

Over 46.1 Dhananjaya de Silva tossed up delivery to Keaton Jennings,1 run, goes on to the back foot and punches it through cover and picks up a single.

Over 46.2 Dhananjaya de Silva tossed up delivery to Ben Stokes, no run, gets forward and defended straight back to the bowler.

Over 46.3 Dhananjaya de Silva tossed up delivery to Ben Stokes, no run, comes forward and driven straight to the man at cover.

Over 46.4 Dhananjaya de Silva tossed up delivery to Ben Stokes, no run, presses forward and defends it down the pitch back to the bowler.

Over 46.5 Dhananjaya de Silva bowls it short of length to Ben Stokes, no run, rocks back in the crease and cuts it straight to the man at cover.

Over 46.6 Dhananjaya de Silva tossed up delivery to Ben Stokes, no run, comes on to the front foot and blocks it back to the bowler.

Over 48.1 Dhananjaya de Silva tossed up delivery to Ben Foakes,1 run, gets back in the crease and punches it past mid-on for a single

Over 48.2 Dhananjaya de Silva tossed up delivery to Keaton Jennings, no run, gets forward and driven straight to the man at cover.

Over 48.3 Dhananjaya de Silva tossed up delivery to Keaton Jennings, no run, presses forward and defends it with inside half of the bat.

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