The English spinners had a good outing today (8th March) in the 1st warm-up game in Katunayake. They restricted the Sri Lanka Cricket XI for 245, 71 runs behind their 1st innings score. The tourists were on 39/1 by the end of day 2.
After dismissing the touring team on day 1, Sri Lanka started their 1st innings on day 2 and were 2 wickets down for 34 early on the day. It was then Ashan Priyanjan who came in at number 4 anchored the innings for the home team.
Even exchanges occur in Katunayake; seamers star for SLC XI
He rebuilt the innings along with Lahiru Milantha before a middle-order collapse. Milinda Siriwardane scored a golden duck. After Priyanjan’s dismissal, Priyamal Perera and wicket-keeper Manoj Sarathchandra chipped in with 29 and 35 before they were all-out for 245 in 80 overs.
Photos: Sri Lanka vs England – 1st Warm-Up Match | Day 02
In bowling for England, leg-spinner Mat Parkinson and off-spinner Dom Bess picked up 4 and 3 wickets respectively. The remaining wickets were taken by pacers Chris Woakes and Saqib Mahmood. However, a total of 8 Englishmen rotated their arms taking good advantage of the warm-up game.
Kavishka Anjula dismissed Dom Sibley cheaply before the close of play.
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 | |
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