The English test squad started their Lankan tour today in Katunayake with a 3-day warm-up against the Sri Lanka Cricket XI. The strong English batting line-up were all out by the end of day 1 as they posted 316 for their 1st innings after batting for 85.3 overs.
The local team, consisting several domestic stars, was led by national Cap Ashan Priyanjan. The Lankan seam attack kept picking wickets after a solid 50-run opening stand between Zak Crawley and Dom Sibley. However, English skipper Joe Root stood firm for the tourists amidst the fall of wickets with a half-century.
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Following failures from star all-rounder Ben Stokes and youngster Ollie Pope, the English lower middle order scored valuable runs to take them past 300. The aggressive Jos Buttle played a proper Test innings scoring 79 in 159 deliveries to guide the latter order batsmen.
The Lankan bowling effort can be considered quite valiant, since the English batting line-up consisted of 9 recognized batsmen and 2 bowling all-rounders. The bowling attack, which had 7 bowlers, bowled almost an equal amount of overs.
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The pick of the bowlers for Sri Lanka was Badureliya CC seamer Lahiru Samarakoon. He picked up 3 wickets despite giving 63 runs in 11.3 overs. Colts CC seamers Nisala Tharaka and Kavishka Anjula also chipped in with 2 wickets apiece.
The Lankans’ first batting essay of the game will kick-start day 2 tomorrow.
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Result
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zak Crawley | b Lahiru Samarakoon | 43 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 95.56 |
| Dominic Sibley | lbw b Kaveesha Anjula | 14 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 34.15 |
| Joe Denly | c Manoj Sarathchandra b Nisala Tharaka | 32 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 59.26 |
| Joe Root | lbw b Kaveesha Anjula | 78 | 93 | 9 | 0 | 83.87 |
| Ben Stokes | c & b Nisala Tharaka | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 |
| Ollie Pope | c Lahiru Milantha b Chamika Karunaratne | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 57.14 |
| Jos Buttler | lbw b Lahiru Samarakoon | 79 | 159 | 5 | 1 | 49.69 |
| Keaton Jennings | lbw b Tharindu Kaushal | 19 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 40.43 |
| Ben Foakes | not out | 27 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 57.45 |
| Sam Curran | lbw b Malinda Pushpakumara | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 |
| Chris Woakes | c Manoj Sarathchandra b Lahiru Samarakoon | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | 10 (b 4 , lb 4 , nb 1, w 1, pen 0) |
| Total | 316/10 (85.3 Overs, RR: 3.7) |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-52 (13.1) Dominic Sibley, 2-69 (16.1) Zak Crawley, 3-124 (28.5) Joe Denly, 4-128 (30.1) Ben Stokes, 5-142 (34.1) Ollie Pope, 6-197 (50.6) Joe Root, 7-258 (68.4) Keaton Jennings, 8-312 (83.3) Jos Buttler, 9-315 (84.2) Sam Curran, 10-316 (85.3) Chris Woakes, |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nisala Tharaka | 11 | 1 | 41 | 2 | 3.73 | |
| Chamika Karunaratne | 9 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 2.56 | |
| Malinda Pushpakumara | 15 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 3.00 | |
| Lahiru Samarakoon | 11.3 | 1 | 63 | 3 | 5.58 | |
| Kaveesha Anjula | 11 | 3 | 43 | 2 | 3.91 | |
| Duvindu Tillakarathne | 18 | 1 | 51 | 0 | 2.83 | |
| Tharindu Kaushal | 10 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 4.20 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sangeeth Cooray | c & b Dominic Bess | 19 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 52.78 |
| Lahiru Udara | c Stuart Broad b Chris Woakes | 15 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 40.54 |
| Lahiru Milantha | c Saqib Mahmood b Matthew Parkinson | 31 | 53 | 4 | 1 | 58.49 |
| Ashan Priyanjan | c Sam Curran b Saqib Mahmood | 77 | 126 | 11 | 0 | 61.11 |
| Milinda Siriwardane | c Saqib Mahmood b Matthew Parkinson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Priyamal Perera | c Zak Crawley b Chris Woakes | 29 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 44.62 |
| Promod Maduwantha | c Sam Curran b Matthew Parkinson | 14 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 15.73 |
| Manoj Sarathchandra | c Joe Root b Dominic Bess | 35 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 64.81 |
| Chamika Karunaratne | c Ben Foakes b Matthew Parkinson | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Lahiru Samarakoon | c Ben Foakes b Dominic Bess | 17 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 113.33 |
| Nisala Tharaka | not out | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | 4 (b 0 , lb 1 , nb 3, w 0, pen 0) |
| Total | 245/10 (80 Overs, RR: 3.06) |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-34 (11.4) Lahiru Udara, 2-34 (12.3) Sangeeth Cooray, 3-83 (27.4) Lahiru Milantha, 4-83 (27.5) Milinda Siriwardane, 5-143 (45.4) Priyamal Perera, 6-184 (60.2) Ashan Priyanjan, 7-219 (74.5) Promod Maduwantha, 8-223 (76.3) Chamika Karunaratne, 9-231 (77.4) Manoj Sarathchandra, 10-245 (79.6) Lahiru Samarakoon, |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Broad | 6 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 2.17 | |
| Sam Curran | 7 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 2.29 | |
| Dominic Bess | 18 | 5 | 54 | 3 | 3.00 | |
| Chris Woakes | 7 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 3.00 | |
| Matthew Parkinson | 17 | 2 | 64 | 4 | 3.76 | |
| Saqib Mahmood | 8 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1.62 | |
| Joe Root | 7 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 3.71 | |
| Joe Denly | 10 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 3.30 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zak Crawley | c Priyamal Perera b Duvindu Tillakarathne | 91 | 99 | 17 | 0 | 91.92 |
| Dominic Sibley | c Lahiru Udara b Kaveesha Anjula | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Joe Denly | c Priyamal Perera b Chamika Karunaratne | 27 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 55.10 |
| Ben Stokes | c Sangeeth Cooray b Duvindu Tillakarathne | 43 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 102.38 |
| Ollie Pope | lbw b Kaveesha Anjula | 77 | 115 | 6 | 0 | 66.96 |
| Keaton Jennings | lbw b Sangeeth Cooray | 23 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 36.51 |
| Ben Foakes | not out | 24 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 33.80 |
| Sam Curran | c Chamika Karunaratne b Tharindu Kaushal | 26 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 66.67 |
| Extras | 9 (b 0 , lb 4 , nb 5, w 0, pen 0) |
| Total | 320/7 (79.1 Overs, RR: 4.04) |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-9 (1.2) Dominic Sibley, 2-76 (16.5) Joe Denly, 3-168 (30.5) Ben Stokes, 4-170 (32.1) Zak Crawley, 5-233 (53.5) Keaton Jennings, 6-283 (68.3) Ollie Pope, 7-320 (79.1) Sam Curran, |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nisala Tharaka | 10 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 4.90 | |
| Kaveesha Anjula | 10 | 1 | 45 | 2 | 4.50 | |
| Malinda Pushpakumara | 20 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 2.50 | |
| Chamika Karunaratne | 5 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2.40 | |
| Lahiru Samarakoon | 8.1 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 4.81 | |
| Tharindu Kaushal | 8 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 4.88 | |
| Duvindu Tillakarathne | 12 | 1 | 62 | 2 | 5.17 | |
| Sangeeth Cooray | 6 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 3.00 | |
