Sri Lanka vs England 2nd Test at Pallekele, 14 Nov, 2018

Toss: England, who chose to bat
England 285/10 (75.4)  &  346/10 (80.4)
Sri Lanka 336/10 (103)  &  243/10 (74)
England won by 57 runs
Man of the Match: Joe Root
  • Akila Dananjaya 8 * (27)

Over 0.1 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, no run, gets inside the line and happy to let it go through to the keeper.

Over 0.2 JM Anderson bowls a pitched up delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, no run, comes across and leaves it down the leg side through to the keeper.

Over 0.3 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, no run, gets forward and attempts a leg glance as it was closer to him, but can't make contact.

Over 0.4 JM Anderson bowls it short of length to Dimuth Karunaratne,1 run, hang back and dab it through the point region, fielder already on the fence.

Over 0.5 JM Anderson bowls a pitched up delivery to Kaushal Silva,1 run, comes across and flicks it along the ground to fine leg and picks up a single.

Over 0.6 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne,1 run, gets forward and defends it to point with an open face bat and picks up a single.

Over 2.1 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, no run, comes on to the front foot and looks to play inside the line, the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.

Over 2.2 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, no run, gets forward and misses the flick, the ball struck on the pads down the leg side.

Over 2.3 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, no run, comes on to the front foot and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 2.4 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne,1 run, prods forward to defend and the outside edge rolls away to deep point

Over 2.5 JM Anderson bowls a pitched up delivery to Kaushal Silva, no run, gets forward and  fully forward but the head is right on top of the full ball to block it to cover

Over 2.6 JM Anderson bowls a pitched up delivery to Kaushal Silva, no run, comes on to the front foot and keep it down the pitch.

Over 4.1JM Anderson to Kaushal Silva No runs ...

Over 4.2JM Anderson to Kaushal Silva No runs ...

Over 4.3JM Anderson to Kaushal Silva Boundary! ...

Over 4.4JM Anderson to Kaushal Silva No runs ...

Over 4.5JM Anderson to Kaushal Silva No runs ...

Over 4.6JM Anderson to Kaushal Silva No runs ...

Over 32.1JM Anderson bowls pitched up delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, gets forward and drives it straight to mid off.No runs

Over 32.2JM Anderson bowls pitched up delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, flicks it off his pads towards long onTwo runs

Over 32.3JM Anderson bowls good length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, gets back and shoulders arms to that outside off.No runs

Over 32.4JM Anderson bowls pitched up delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, gets onto the frontfoot and drives it straight to covers.No runs

Over 32.5JM Anderson bowls good length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, gets forward and defends it towards mid on.No runs

Over 32.6JM Anderson bowls good length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, opens up on the backfoot to defend that infront of middle.No runs

Over 34.1JM Anderson bowls good length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 34.2JM Anderson bowls good length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, gets forward and defends it towards covers.No runs

Over 34.3JM Anderson bowls good length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, gets forward and leaves it outside off to the wicket keeper.No runs

Over 34.4JM Anderson bowls pitched up delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, flicks it off his pads towards the deep mid wicket regionTwo runs

Over 34.5JM Anderson bowls good length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, flicks it off his pads towards the mid wicket regionNo runs

Over 34.6JM Anderson bowls good length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, gets forward and leaves it outside off to the wicket keeper.No runs

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