1st Test: England v Sri Lanka at Cardiff - May 26-30, 2011

England won by an innings and 14 runs

• Test no. 1994 | 2011 season
• Played at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
• 26,27,28,29,30, May 2011 (5-day match) 

Sri Lanka 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	NT Paranavitana	b Tremlett	66	275	191	6	0	34.55
	TM Dilshan*	b Swann	50	145	94	7	0	53.19
	KC Sangakkara	c †Prior b Anderson	11	26	16	2	0	68.75
	DPMD Jayawardene	c Strauss b Anderson	4	46	35	0	0	11.42
	TT Samaraweera	c Swann b Anderson	58	131	84	9	0	69.04
	HAPW Jayawardene†	c †Prior b Broad	112	252	168	12	0	66.66
	MF Maharoof	run out (Trott)	16	62	42	1	0	38.09
	NLTC Perera	c Tremlett b Broad	25	53	40	4	0	62.50
	HMRKB Herath	c Trott b Swann	25	48	35	3	0	71.42
	BAW Mendis	not out	1	8	2	0	0	50.00
	RAS Lakmal	c Broad b Swann	2	3	5	0	0	40.00
	Extras	(b 9, lb 21)	30
	Total	(all out; 118.4 overs; 528 mins)	400	(3.37 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-93 (Dilshan, 32.4 ov), 2-114 (Sangakkara, 39.6 ov), 3-133 (DPMD Jayawardene, 50.5 ov),4-159 (Paranavitana, 61.1 ov), 5-243 (Samaraweera, 80.6 ov), 6-278 (Maharoof, 92.2 ov), 7-346 (Perera, 105.5 ov),8-397 (Herath, 116.6 ov), 9-397 (HAPW Jayawardene, 117.3 ov), 10-400 (Lakmal, 118.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	JM Anderson	28	8	66	3	2.35
	SCJ Broad	33	4	113	2	3.42
	CT Tremlett	26	9	81	1	3.11
	GP Swann	24.4	2	78	3	3.16
	IJL Trott	6	0	29	0	4.83
	KP Pietersen	1	0	3	0	3.00

	England 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	AJ Strauss*	c DPMD Jayawardene b Lakmal	20	79	47	2	0	42.55
	AN Cook	c †HAPW Jayawardene b Maharoof	133	399	274	10	0	48.54
	JM Anderson	c DPMD Jayawardene b Mendis	1	13	16	0	0	6.25
	IJL Trott	b Dilshan	203	517	409	17	0	49.63
	KP Pietersen	lbw b Herath	3	22	11	0	0	27.27
	IR Bell	not out	103	219	159	11	1	64.77
	EJG Morgan	not out	14	23	19	2	0	73.68
	Extras	(b 10, lb 4, nb 5)	19
	Total	(5 wickets dec; 155 overs; 637 mins)	496	(3.20 runs per over)

Did not bat MJ Prior†, SCJ Broad, GP Swann, CT Tremlett

Fall of wickets1-46 (Strauss, 19.1 ov), 2-47 (Anderson, 22.5 ov), 3-298 (Cook, 96.3 ov), 4-305 (Pietersen, 101.3 ov),5-465 (Trott, 148.5 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	RAS Lakmal	22	4	68	1	3.09	(1nb)
	NLTC Perera	24	5	81	0	3.37
	TM Dilshan	16	1	60	1	3.75
	MF Maharoof	28	3	92	1	3.28	(3nb)
	BAW Mendis	21	4	66	1	3.14	(1nb)
	HMRKB Herath	44	7	115	1	2.61

	Sri Lanka 2nd innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	NT Paranavitana	c Strauss b Tremlett	0	9	10	0	0	0.00
	TM Dilshan*	c & b Tremlett	10	17	10	2	0	100.00
	KC Sangakkara	c Strauss b Swann	14	63	38	1	0	36.84
	DPMD Jayawardene	c Strauss b Tremlett	15	36	32	2	0	46.87
	TT Samaraweera	b Swann	0	9	9	0	0	0.00
	HAPW Jayawardene†	c †Prior b Tremlett	3	12	6	0	0	50.00
	MF Maharoof	c †Prior b Swann	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
	NLTC Perera	c Bell b Broad	20	32	17	4	0	117.64
	HMRKB Herath	lbw b Swann	3	6	3	0	0	100.00
	BAW Mendis	not out	12	24	18	2	0	66.66
	RAS Lakmal	c Cook b Broad	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 5)	5
	Total	(all out; 24.4 overs; 117 mins)	82	(3.32 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-1 (Paranavitana, 1.6 ov), 2-10 (Dilshan, 3.2 ov), 3-33 (DPMD Jayawardene, 12.5 ov),4-36 (Samaraweera, 15.4 ov), 5-43 (Sangakkara, 17.2 ov), 6-43 (Maharoof, 17.5 ov), 7-43 (HAPW Jayawardene, 18.1 ov),8-52 (Herath, 19.1 ov), 9-82 (Perera, 24.2 ov), 10-82 (Lakmal, 24.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	SCJ Broad	7.4	1	21	2	2.73
	CT Tremlett	10	2	40	4	4.00
	GP Swann	7	1	16	4	2.28

Match details

Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat Series England led the 3-match series 1-0

Test debut NLTC Perera (Sri Lanka) Player of the match IJL Trott (England)

Umpires Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and BR Doctrove (West Indies) TV umpire RJ Tucker (Australia) Match referee J Srinath (India) Reserve umpire DJ Millns

Close of play 26 May day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 133/2 (NT Paranavitana 58*, DPMD Jayawardene 4*, 48 ov) 27 May day 2 - England 1st innings 47/1 (AN Cook 24*, JM Anderson 1*, 20 ov) 28 May day 3 - England 1st innings 287/2 (AN Cook 129*, IJL Trott 125*, 90 ov) 29 May day 4 - England 1st innings 491/5 (IR Bell 98*, EJG Morgan 14*, 153 ov) 30 May day 5 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 82 (24.4 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Rain: England - 491/5 in 153.0 overs (IR Bell 98, EJG Morgan 14) Lunch: England - 491/5 in 153.0 overs (IR Bell 98, EJG Morgan 14) Rain: England - 491/5 in 153.0 overs (IR Bell 98, EJG Morgan 14) Innings Break: England - 496/5 in 155.0 overs (IR Bell 103, EJG Morgan 14) IR Bell: 100 off 159 balls, 219 mins (11 x 4, 1 x 6) Sri Lanka 2nd innings Over 3.2: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batsman - TM Dilshan (Struck down) Tea: Sri Lanka - 33/2 in 12.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 7, DPMD Jayawardene 15) Over 17.5: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batsman - MF Maharoof (Struck down) Over 18.1: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - BR Doctrove, Batsman - HAPW Jayawardene (Upheld) Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 18.5 overs, 92 mins (113 balls), Extras 1

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