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 23.1 RAS Lakmal bowls a good length delivery to Moeen Ali, no run, comes on to the front foot and defends it towards mid-off watchfully.

Over 23.2 RAS Lakmal bowls a good length delivery to Moeen Ali, no run, stays on the front foot and pushes it to cover with soft hands.

Over 23.3 RAS Lakmal bowls a good length delivery to Moeen Ali, no run, gets reaches out and pushes it towards cover point.

Over 23.4 RAS Lakmal bowls a good length delivery to Moeen Ali, no run, gets back in the crease and punches it towards mid-off.

Over 23.5 RAS Lakmal bowls it short of length to Moeen Ali,1 run, swivels on his heel and gets a tap on the head off the splice away towards the fine leg boundary for a single.

Over 24.1 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Moeen Ali,1 run, gets on the back foot and tucks it in front of square leg for a quick single.

Over 25.1 HMRKB Herath tossed up delivery to Moeen Ali,1 run, gets forward and driven along the ground to long on for one.

Over 25.4 HMRKB Herath tossed up delivery to Moeen Ali, no run, stretches forward and defends it back down the wicket

Over 25.5 HMRKB Herath tossed up delivery to Moeen Ali, no run, stretches forward and defends with a straight bat.

Over 25.6 HMRKB Herath tossed up delivery to Moeen Ali, no run, gets forward and plays for the turn but ends up defends it back down the wicket off the outside half.

Over 26.3 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Moeen Ali, out Caught by Herath!!  Ali wanted to hoick it down the ground but the bat face turns in his hands at the point of impact which made him skew it towards mid-on. Herath for a second misjudged but does really well to hold on.