Sri Lanka vs England 1st Test at Galle, 06 Nov, 2018

Toss: England, who chose to bat
England 342/10 (97)  &  322/6 (93)
Sri Lanka 203/10 (68)  &  250/10 (85.1)
England won by 211 runs
Man of the Match: Ben Foakes
  • Suranga Lakmal 14 * (25)

Over 26.4 Dilruwan Perera bowls a quicker arm ball to Joe Root, no run, goes deep in the crease and tucks it down the leg side.

Over 26.5 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Joe Root, no run, presses forward and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 26.6 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Joe Root, no run, sits down to sweep and misses. Gets hit around the tummy area, but the ball clipped the front pad first and however, seemed like the impact was outside off.

Over 27.3 HMRKB Herath tossed up delivery to Joe Root, no run, gets his bat forward and commits forward into a textbook defense.

Over 27.4HMRKB Herath bowls flighted delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and defends it towards silly point.No runs

Over 27.5 HMRKB Herath tossed up delivery to Joe Root, no run, comes on to the front foot and punches it straight back to the bowler.

Over 27.6 HMRKB Herath tossed up delivery to Joe Root, no run, gets forward and pushes it down the pitch back to the bowler.

Over 28.2 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Joe Root, no run, goes on to the back foot and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 28.3 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Joe Root,1 run, skips back to turn it softly through square leg.

Over 29.1 HMRKB Herath tossed up delivery to Joe Root, no run, gets forward and driven straight to the man at cover.

Over 29.2 HMRKB Herath tossed up delivery to Joe Root, no run, gets a confident stride forward, dead-batted compactly

Over 29.3 HMRKB Herath tossed up delivery to Joe Root, no run, comes on to the front foot and defends it to FSL.

Over 29.4 HMRKB Herath tossed up delivery to Joe Root, no run, stays on the front foot and punches it straight back to the bowler.

Over 29.5 HMRKB Herath tossed up delivery to Joe Root, no run, gets across the line on the back foot and clips it to mid-wicket.

Over 29.6 HMRKB Herath tossed up delivery to Joe Root,1 run, opened his bat face intentionally and laced it airly in the gap at cover.

Over 30.1Dilruwan Perera bowls quicker and flatter in the air to Joe Root, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 30.2Dilruwan Perera bowls flighted delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 30.3Dilruwan Perera bowls flighted delivery to Joe Root, goes back and cuts it away straight to backward point.Single

Over 31.3HMRKB Herath bowls flighted delivery to Joe Root, gets an outside edge which is caught by the Keeper.He is Caught