19/05Result
1st Investec Test, Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland at Leeds, May 19-21 2016
England won by an inns & 88 runs
Player of the Match
Jonny Bairstow
Jonny BairstowEngland
19/05Result
1st Investec Test, Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland at Leeds, May 19-21 2016
England won by an inns & 88 runs
Player of the Match
Jonny Bairstow
Jonny BairstowEngland

2.34pm So, that's the end of that. England all out for 298, after a two-and-a-half man show. Bairstow 140, Hales 86, Finn 17. The rest? Not so much...

Hypocaust: "After months of T20 it seems rather odd seeing standard non-zing bails in the replays of Finn's stumping." It does a bit. Won't be long though ... mark my words. So many day/night Tests in the pipeline, and so many gripes about the pink ball. But I digress ...

Ronnit: "England out for 298.. Herath picks up his 299th test wicket.. Oooh test cricket.. Just love the way numbers line up so coincidentally.." Damn right, we are all on the spectrum here, Ronnit.

Fidlerrr: "Hello Andrew... Talking of zing bails, don't forget that the T20 Blast starts tonight..." How could I? The world's favourite mediocre T20 tournament is all set to fizzle into action this evening. Right, on that note, here's Alan Gardner.

90.3
W
Herath to Finn, OUT, an ambitious mow, and that will be the end of that. Herath spears this one a touch wider, Finn misses with a roundhouse swipe, and Chandimal whips off the bails long before his bat is back in the frame

ST Finn st †Chandimal b Herath 17 (72m 46b 3x4 0x6) SR: 36.95

Rishabh : "Finally someone has reached a landmark. Congrats to Steven Finn on scoring 200 runs...:P" And what a way to get there

90.2
0
Herath to Finn, no run, fully forward, watchful defence

Andy: "I believe the father-and-son pairing to have scored the most Test runs is Sachin Tendulkar and his son Arjun. Although the younger Tendulkar hasn't yet made his Test debut, his dad's runs are enough to hold the record on his own." Valid.

90.1
1
Herath to Anderson, 1 run, poked into the covers and Jimmy's off the mark

END OF OVER:
90 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | ENG: 297/9

  • Steven Finn17 (44b)
  • James Anderson0 (0b)
  • Dushmantha Chameera17-0-64-3
  • Shaminda Eranga19-4-68-1
89.6
4
Chameera to Finn, FOUR, get some of that! Short, and Finn has another mow - timed with aplomb through the leg side!
89.5
4
Chameera to Finn, FOUR, that's superbly timed! Finn was halfway back to the pavilion at one stage in that stroke, as the ball zeroed in on his front pad. But down comes the bat and flicks another sweet four through midwicket
89.4
0
Chameera to Finn, no run, outside off, through to the keeper

Sid: "My word you're condescending Andrew. You English are the worst haha". You could do with a comma or two, Sid, but otherwise excellent spelling and grammar ...

89.3
W
Chameera to Bairstow, OUT, walloped high and not so handsomely, into the stratosphere, and Bairstow instantly knows he's in trouble. The catch plops into the hands of mid-on and that's the end of an exceptional rescue act

JM Bairstow c Pradeep b Chameera 140 (264m 183b 13x4 1x6) SR: 76.50

89.2
1
Chameera to Finn, 1 run, smeared down to fine leg. The shots are flowing now. Sort of
89.1
0
Chameera to Finn, no run, back onto the stumps to defend Chameera's wide line from round the wicket

END OF OVER:
89 | 2 Runs | ENG: 288/8

  • Jonny Bairstow140 (182b)
  • Steven Finn8 (39b)
  • Shaminda Eranga19-4-68-1
  • Dushmantha Chameera16-0-55-2
88.6
0
Eranga to Bairstow, no run, another blocked out

Faraz Chugtai: "Stats Chase for you Andrew ! Which Father And Son Hold the Records for Most Test Runs ?" Well, that's easy. It's "Me-and-dad", innit!

88.5
1
Eranga to Finn, 1 run, back of a length, Finn loiters in his crease, meets the curling delivery on the back foot and jogs another single
88.4
0
Eranga to Finn, no run, back of a length, climbs into Finn's gloves and away along the ground to gully
88.3
1
Eranga to Bairstow, 1 run, another one to Jonny's tally. He's into the 140s

David : ""Insouciantly"......had to google that to discover the meaning....it also revealed you had spelt it wrong!!! That will teach you for trying to blind us with your vocabulary!" No, it will teach you ... for you now know a new word! (But I have also corrected it, ta!)

88.2
0
Eranga to Bairstow, no run, full and straight, blocked on the line of off stump
88.1
0
Eranga to Bairstow, no run, too wide, can't connect

END OF OVER:
88 | 3 Runs | ENG: 286/8

  • Steven Finn7 (37b)
  • Jonny Bairstow139 (178b)
  • Dushmantha Chameera16-0-55-2
  • Shaminda Eranga18-4-66-1
87.6
0
Chameera to Finn, no run, good follow-up, a full and fast yorker, raps Finn on the pads and they've gone for the review! The hope for Sri Lanka is that that struck him full on the boot, as it will otherwise have pitched outside leg. Unluckily for them, it's inches short
87.5
0
Chameera to Finn, no run, round the wicket again and banged in short. A definite tactic but an admission that Finn is proving too obdurate to shift by normal means
87.4
0
Chameera to Finn, no run, round the wicket and down the leg side. A whole lot of nothing there
87.3
1
Chameera to Bairstow, 1 run, clipped to deep square leg, Almost timed it too well though, as it got there before they could contemplate a second run
87.2
2
Chameera to Bairstow, 2 runs, width, and tapped insouciantly out to deep cover

BlackJack: "Samit Patel did the other day when he scored 124 out of his sides 170 odd." What a knock that was. In vain though ...

87.1
0
Chameera to Bairstow, no run, short, tight to the body, Bairstow lines up a cut but can't connect

END OF OVER:
87 | 5 Runs | ENG: 283/8

  • Steven Finn7 (34b)
  • Jonny Bairstow136 (175b)
  • Shaminda Eranga18-4-66-1
  • Dushmantha Chameera15-0-52-2
86.6
0
Eranga to Finn, no run, edged, fast and low to gully, and it is dropped by Kaushal Silva! A tough sprawling chance, but it was in for a split-second ...
86.5
0
Eranga to Finn, no run, into line to defend
86.4
1
Eranga to Bairstow, 1 run, punched out to point, the 50 partnership comes up, well batted. Only the sixth time England's ninth-pair have added 50 at Headingley, but the second time in consecutive seasons. Gnasher is to blame for that stat ...
86.3
2
Eranga to Bairstow, 2 runs, driven out to deep cover

Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland 2016 News

Leeds again

9/176

Best match figures by an England pacer in Tests against Sri Lanka before this - by Liam Plunkett at the same venue in 2014. Anderson's figures are currently the best.

SL Blooding 'em young

15

Number of first-class matches Kusal Mendis had played before making his Test debut against West Indies last year. He has hit his maiden Test fifty in this match.

Struggling Silva

13.30

Kaushal Silva's average in his last 13 Test innings, including the 2 inns of this match. He has scored 173 runs in these inns with only one fifty.

Follow-on stat

2013

The last time before this England enforced follow-on, which was against New Zealand in Wellington. That Test ended in a draw.

Anderson's Best at Leeds

3/91

James Anderson's previous best at Leeds, which was against Sri Lanka in 2014. He has taken four wickets in this innings.

Worse than this

1983

The only time Sri Lanka's top four batsmen scored fewer than 26 runs that they managed in this innings in an away Test - against New Zealand in Wellington.

Chameera, Shanaka, Herath

2

No. of times bowlers bowling at position 4 or later picked more wkts vs Eng in Eng than 8 by SL in this - 9 by WI, Nottingham 1950 and Manchester 2007.

Bairstow at home

4

No. of hundreds by Bairstow in 12 first-class innings in 2016. Three of them have come at Leeds. Had made 246, 5, 198 in previous 3 inns at this venue.

Alex crawls

7

Runs scored by Alex Hales from 27 balls in the first hour's play on the second day. Jonny Bairstow overtook him making 30 from 58 deliveries.

century stand

6

No. of century stands for England's sixth wicket at Leeds before this one. This is the first one at this venue since Pietersen and Prior added 160 against WI in 2007.

Bairstow at Headingley

449

Runs scored by Bairstow in 3 first-class inns at Headingley in this season - scores of 246, 5 and 198. He has scored another half-century in this inns.

Hales holding one end

40

Runs scored by Hales in his last 5 Test innings, in South Africa; scores of 5, 1, 18, 15, 1. He has completed a half-century holding one end in this inns.

Headingley again

4

Last 4 instances of Eng's No. 3, 4 & 5 aggregating <10 runs in a home Test, including this, have all come at Headingley - vs NZ, 2015 and vs Aus 2009 (both inns).

Home ground?

1

Run scored by Root in his last 3 Test innings at Headingley, his home ground, including the duck in this match. He was out for 1 and 0 against NZ last year.

Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland 2016

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