2nd Test, Sri Lanka tour of South Africa, 2020-21
ENGLAND BEAT SRI LANKA BY 6 WICKETS
MATCH ENDED
Sri Lanka
381/10 (139.3) & 126/10 (35.5)

VS
England
344/10 (116.1) & 164/4 (43.3)
 Match Information Desktop Scorecard
Toss: Sri Lanka elected to bat
Match Status: England beat Sri Lanka by 6 wickets
Match Ended
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL), Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) and Lyndon Hannibal (SL)
Man of the Match: Joe Root
  Sri Lanka (381/10 in 139.3 ovs)
 Batting R B 4s 6s SR
Lahiru Thirimanne
c Jos Buttler b James Anderson 		43 95 5 0 45
Kusal Perera
c Joe Root b James Anderson 		6 14 1 0 43
Oshada Fernando
b James Anderson 		0 4 0 0 0
Angelo Mathews
c Jos Buttler b James Anderson 		110 238 11 0 46
Dinesh Chandimal
lbw b Mark Wood 		52 121 4 1 43
Niroshan Dickwella
c Jack Leach b James Anderson 		92 144 10 0 64
Ramesh Mendis
c Jos Buttler b Mark Wood 		0 7 0 0 0
Dilruwan Perera
c Jack Leach b Sam Curran 		67 170 8 1 39
Suranga Lakmal
c Zak Crawley b James Anderson 		0 2 0 0 0
Lasith Embuldeniya
c Joe Root b Mark Wood 		7 33 0 1 21
Asitha Fernando
not out 		0 10 0 0 0
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 1, nb 1) 4
Total (Wicket 10, Overs 139.3) 381
(2.73 runs per over)
 Bowling O M R W Econ
James Anderson 29 13 40 6 1.37
Sam Curran 18.3 3 60 1 3.24
Jack Leach 38 5 119 0 3.13
Mark Wood 28 4 84 3 3
Dom Bess 26 2 76 0 2.92
  England (344/10 in 116.1 ovs)
 Batting R B 4s 6s SR
Zak Crawley
c Lahiru Thirimanne b Lasith Embuldeniya 		5 24 1 0 21
Dom Sibley
lbw b Lasith Embuldeniya 		0 14 0 0 0
Jonny Bairstow
c Oshada Fernando b Lasith Embuldeniya 		28 73 5 0 38
Joe Root
run out (Oshada Fernando) 		186 309 18 0 60
Dan Lawrence
c Lahiru Thirimanne b Lasith Embuldeniya 		3 21 0 0 14
Jos Buttler
c Oshada Fernando b Ramesh Mendis 		55 95 7 0 58
Sam Curran
c Lahiru Thirimanne b Lasith Embuldeniya 		13 43 0 1 30
Dom Bess
c Lahiru Thirimanne b Lasith Embuldeniya 		32 95 4 0 34
Mark Wood
c Lahiru Thirimanne b Lasith Embuldeniya 		1 6 0 0 17
Jack Leach
lbw b Dilruwan Perera 		1 17 0 0 6
James Anderson
not out 		4 5 1 0 80
Extras (b 8, lb 3, w 0, nb 5) 16
Total (Wicket 10, Overs 116.1) 344
(2.96 runs per over)
 Bowling O M R W Econ
Suranga Lakmal 16 7 31 0 1.93
Lasith Embuldeniya 42 6 137 7 3.26
Asitha Fernando 10 2 31 0 3.10
Dilruwan Perera 32.1 4 86 1 2.67
Ramesh Mendis 16 1 48 1 3
  Sri Lanka (126/10 in 35.5 ovs)
 Batting R B 4s 6s SR
Kusal Perera
lbw b Jack Leach 		14 25 2 0 56
Lahiru Thirimanne
c Zak Crawley b Jack Leach 		13 33 0 0 39
Oshada Fernando
c Zak Crawley b Dom Bess 		3 19 0 0 16
Angelo Mathews
b Dom Bess 		5 11 0 0 45
Dinesh Chandimal
c James Anderson b Jack Leach 		9 6 2 0 150
Niroshan Dickwella
c Dan Lawrence b Dom Bess 		7 14 1 0 50
Ramesh Mendis
c Jos Buttler b Jack Leach 		16 20 3 0 80
Dilruwan Perera
c Zak Crawley b Dom Bess 		4 13 0 0 31
Suranga Lakmal
not out 		11 32 1 0 34
Lasith Embuldeniya
c Jonny Bairstow b Joe Root 		40 42 6 1 95
Asitha Fernando
b Joe Root 		0 1 0 0 0
Extras (b 3, lb 0, w 0, nb 1) 4
Total (Wicket 10, Overs 35.5) 126
(3.51 runs per over)
 Bowling O M R W Econ
James Anderson 2 0 6 0 3
Sam Curran 2 0 9 0 4.50
Dom Bess 16 1 49 4 3.06
Jack Leach 14 1 59 4 4.21
Joe Root 1.5 1 0 2 0
  England (164/4 in 43.3 ovs)
 Batting R B 4s 6s SR
Zak Crawley
c Oshada Fernando b Lasith Embuldeniya 		13 19 1 0 68
Dom Sibley
not out 		56 144 2 0 39
Jonny Bairstow
lbw b Lasith Embuldeniya 		29 28 3 1 104
Joe Root
b Ramesh Mendis 		11 16 1 0 69
Dan Lawrence
c Niroshan Dickwella b Lasith Embuldeniya 		2 9 0 0 22
Jos Buttler
not out 		46 48 5 0 96
Extras (b 0, lb 4, w 0, nb 3) 7
Total (Wicket 4, Overs 43.3) 164
(3.77 runs per over)
 Bowling O M R W Econ
Lasith Embuldeniya 20 3 73 3 3.65
Dilruwan Perera 13.3 1 39 0 2.88
Ramesh Mendis 10 0 48 1 4.80
 Team Sqaud

Sri
Kusal Perera, Lahiru Thirimanne, Oshada Fernando, Dinesh Chandimal (c), Angelo Mathews, Niroshan Dickwella (w), Ramesh Mendis, Dilruwan Perera, Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Embuldeniya, Asitha Fernando

England
Dom Sibley, Zak Crawley, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root (c), Dan Lawrence, Jos Buttler (w), Sam Curran, Dom Bess, Jack Leach, Mark Wood, James Anderson