Sri Lanka v England, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 1st Test, England tour of Sri Lanka, 2007
England tour of Sri Lanka 1st Test: Sri Lanka v England at Kandy, December 01, 2007

Sri Lanka
SL
188/10 (59.4) & 442/8d (130)

England
ENG
281/10 (93.1) & 261/10 (94)
Finished
SL won by 88 runs
Sri Lanka inningSL inn.188/10 (59.4 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Vandort | c MP Vaughan b MJ Hoggard | 8 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 36.36 |
c MP Vaughan b MJ Hoggard | ||||||
| Sanath Jayasuriya | c KP Pietersen b RJ Sidebottom | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 83.33 |
c KP Pietersen b RJ Sidebottom | ||||||
| Kumar Sangakkara | c PD Collingwood b J Anderson | 92 | 159 | 13 | 0 | 57.86 |
c PD Collingwood b J Anderson | ||||||
| Mahela Jayawardene(C) | c M Prior b MJ Hoggard | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8.33 |
c M Prior b MJ Hoggard | ||||||
| Chamara Silva | c M Prior b MJ Hoggard | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
c M Prior b MJ Hoggard | ||||||
| Jehan Mubarak | c M Prior b MJ Hoggard | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
c M Prior b MJ Hoggard | ||||||
| Prasanna Jayawardene(WK) | c AN Cook b MS Panesar | 51 | 102 | 9 | 0 | 50.00 |
c AN Cook b MS Panesar | ||||||
| Chaminda Vaas | b MS Panesar | 12 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 54.54 |
b MS Panesar | ||||||
| Dilhara Fernando | c MP Vaughan b MS Panesar | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
c MP Vaughan b MS Panesar | ||||||
| Lasith Malinga | Not out | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 |
Not out | ||||||
| Muttiah Muralitharan | runout (J Anderson / R Bopara) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
runout (J Anderson / R Bopara) | ||||||
| Extra | 10 (b 0, w 0, nb 2, lb 8) | |||||
| Total | 188/10 (59.4) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Sidebottom | 15 | 1 | 58 | 1 | 3.86 |
| Matthew Hoggard | 14 | 3 | 29 | 4 | 2.07 |
| James Anderson | 15.4 | 3 | 39 | 1 | 2.48 |
| Ravi Bopara | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8.00 |
| Monty Panesar | 14 | 4 | 46 | 3 | 3.28 |
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (ST Jayasuriya - 2.5 ov), 2-29 (MG Vandort - 9.1 ov), 3-40 (M Jayawardene - 13.1 ov), 4-42 (C Silva - 15.1 ov), 5-42 (J Mubarak - 15.6 ov), 6-148 (HAPW Jayawardene - 46.1 ov), 7-180 (WPUJC Vaas - 52.3 ov), 8-182 (CRD Fernando - 56.6 ov), 9-186 (K Sangakkara - 59.2 ov), 10-188 (M Muralitharan - 59.4 ov)
England inningENG inn.281/10 (93.1 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alastair Cook | lbw b WPUJC Vaas | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
lbw b WPUJC Vaas | ||||||
| Michael Vaughan(C) | c C Silva b M Muralitharan | 37 | 108 | 5 | 0 | 34.25 |
c C Silva b M Muralitharan | ||||||
| Ian Bell | c C Silva b M Muralitharan | 83 | 125 | 12 | 0 | 66.40 |
c C Silva b M Muralitharan | ||||||
| Kevin Pietersen | lbw b M Muralitharan | 31 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 54.38 |
lbw b M Muralitharan | ||||||
| Paul Collingwood | b M Muralitharan | 45 | 121 | 3 | 0 | 37.19 |
b M Muralitharan | ||||||
| Ravi Bopara | c HAPW Jayawardene b M Muralitharan | 8 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 |
c HAPW Jayawardene b M Muralitharan | ||||||
| Matt Prior(WK) | c J Mubarak b CRD Fernando | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
c J Mubarak b CRD Fernando | ||||||
| Ryan Sidebottom | c HAPW Jayawardene b L Malinga | 31 | 81 | 3 | 0 | 38.27 |
c HAPW Jayawardene b L Malinga | ||||||
| Matthew Hoggard | st HAPW Jayawardene b M Muralitharan | 15 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 65.21 |
st HAPW Jayawardene b M Muralitharan | ||||||
| James Anderson | lbw b WPUJC Vaas | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 52.94 |
lbw b WPUJC Vaas | ||||||
| Monty Panesar | Not out | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
Not out | ||||||
| Extra | 20 (b 6, w 2, nb 11, lb 1) | |||||
| Total | 281/10 (93.1) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaminda Vaas | 18.1 | 3 | 76 | 2 | 4.18 |
| Lasith Malinga | 20 | 2 | 86 | 1 | 4.30 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 35 | 14 | 55 | 6 | 1.57 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Dilhara Fernando | 18 | 2 | 48 | 1 | 2.66 |
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (AN Cook - 0.3 ov), 2-107 (MP Vaughan - 34.1 ov), 3-132 (I Bell - 42.6 ov), 4-170 (KP Pietersen - 52.3 ov), 5-182 (R Bopara - 58.4 ov), 6-185 (M Prior - 61.1 ov), 7-242 (RJ Sidebottom - 83.2 ov), 8-266 (PD Collingwood - 88.4 ov), 9-272 (MJ Hoggard - 90.1 ov), 10-281 (J Anderson - 93.1 ov)
Sri Lanka inningSL inn.442/8 (130 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Vandort | c I Bell b J Anderson | 49 | 143 | 3 | 0 | 34.26 |
c I Bell b J Anderson | ||||||
| Sanath Jayasuriya | lbw b MJ Hoggard | 78 | 106 | 10 | 1 | 73.58 |
lbw b MJ Hoggard | ||||||
| Kumar Sangakkara | c MP Vaughan b PD Collingwood | 152 | 269 | 19 | 0 | 56.50 |
c MP Vaughan b PD Collingwood | ||||||
| Mahela Jayawardene(C) | c M Prior b MJ Hoggard | 65 | 108 | 9 | 0 | 60.18 |
c M Prior b MJ Hoggard | ||||||
| Chamara Silva | lbw b MS Panesar | 37 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 77.08 |
lbw b MS Panesar | ||||||
| Jehan Mubarak | c empty & b MS Panesar | 9 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 28.12 |
c empty & b MS Panesar | ||||||
| Prasanna Jayawardene(WK) | b PD Collingwood | 20 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 43.47 |
b PD Collingwood | ||||||
| Chaminda Vaas | Not out | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 35.29 |
Not out | ||||||
| Lasith Malinga | b MS Panesar | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
b MS Panesar | ||||||
| Dilhara Fernando | Not out | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
Not out | ||||||
| Extra | 15 (b 5, w 0, nb 0, lb 10) | |||||
| Total | 442/8 (130) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Hoggard | 18 | 5 | 55 | 2 | 3.05 |
| Ryan Sidebottom | 25 | 5 | 65 | 0 | 2.60 |
| Monty Panesar | 45 | 5 | 132 | 3 | 2.93 |
| James Anderson | 23 | 4 | 128 | 1 | 5.56 |
| Ravi Bopara | 8 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Michael Vaughan | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Paul Collingwood | 8 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 3.12 |
Fall of wickets: 1-113 (ST Jayasuriya - 32.6 ov), 2-166 (MG Vandort - 50.6 ov), 3-288 (M Jayawardene - 86.1 ov), 4-359 (C Silva - 101.5 ov), 5-387 (J Mubarak - 111.6 ov), 6-423 (HAPW Jayawardene - 124.5 ov), 7-426 (K Sangakkara - 126.5 ov), 8-429 (L Malinga - 127.2 ov)
England inningENG inn.261/10 (94 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alastair Cook | c C Silva b WPUJC Vaas | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
c C Silva b WPUJC Vaas | ||||||
| Michael Vaughan(C) | c HAPW Jayawardene b WPUJC Vaas | 5 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 20.00 |
c HAPW Jayawardene b WPUJC Vaas | ||||||
| James Anderson | b WPUJC Vaas | 11 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 30.55 |
b WPUJC Vaas | ||||||
| Ian Bell | b M Muralitharan | 74 | 209 | 6 | 0 | 35.40 |
b M Muralitharan | ||||||
| Kevin Pietersen | b CRD Fernando | 18 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 54.54 |
b CRD Fernando | ||||||
| Paul Collingwood | c K Sangakkara b CRD Fernando | 16 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 59.25 |
c K Sangakkara b CRD Fernando | ||||||
| Ravi Bopara | lbw b ST Jayasuriya | 34 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 80.95 |
lbw b ST Jayasuriya | ||||||
| Matt Prior(WK) | b M Muralitharan | 63 | 147 | 8 | 0 | 42.85 |
b M Muralitharan | ||||||
| Ryan Sidebottom | lbw b M Muralitharan | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6.66 |
lbw b M Muralitharan | ||||||
| Matthew Hoggard | b L Malinga | 8 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 28.57 |
b L Malinga | ||||||
| Monty Panesar | Not out | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 |
Not out | ||||||
| Extra | 25 (b 5, w 0, nb 11, lb 9) | |||||
| Total | 261/10 (94) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaminda Vaas | 17 | 3 | 56 | 3 | 3.29 |
| Lasith Malinga | 15 | 3 | 39 | 1 | 2.60 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 36 | 12 | 85 | 3 | 2.36 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 14 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 2.00 |
| Dilhara Fernando | 12 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 3.25 |
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (AN Cook - 0.4 ov), 2-22 (MP Vaughan - 8.6 ov), 3-27 (J Anderson - 10.3 ov), 4-55 (KP Pietersen - 17.2 ov), 5-90 (PD Collingwood - 25.5 ov), 6-139 (R Bopara - 40.4 ov), 7-248 (M Prior - 84.6 ov), 8-249 (I Bell - 86.2 ov), 9-253 (RJ Sidebottom - 90.2 ov), 10-261 (MJ Hoggard - 93.6 ov)
Man of the Match
Date
2007-12-01 10:00 AM
Venue
Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy
Toss
Sri Lanka elected to bat
Umpires
- Aleem Dar
- Asad Rauf
Tv Umpires
- Tyron Wijewardene
Match Referee
- Jeff Crowe
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