The English spinners had a good outing today (8 th March) in the 1 st warm-up game in Katunayake. They restricted the Sri Lanka Cricket XI for 245, 71 runs behind their 1 st innings score. The tourists were on 39/1 by the end of day 2.
After dismissing the touring team on day 1, Sri Lanka started their 1 st innings on day 2 and were 2 wickets down for 34 early on the day. It was then Ashan Priyanjan who came in at number 4 anchored the innings for the home team.
Even exchanges occur in Katunayake; seamers star for SLC XI
He rebuilt the innings along with Lahiru Milantha before a middle-order collapse. Milinda Siriwardane scored a golden duck. After Priyanjan’s dismissal, Priyamal Perera and wicket-keeper Manoj Sarathchandra chipped in with 29 and 35 before they were all-out for 245 in 80 overs.
Photos: Sri Lanka vs England – 1st Warm-Up Match | Day 02
In bowling for England, leg-spinner Mat Parkinson and off-spinner Dom Bess picked up 4 and 3 wickets respectively. The remaining wickets were taken by pacers Chris Woakes and Saqib Mahmood. However, a total of 8 Englishmen rotated their arms taking good advantage of the warm-up game.
Kavishka Anjula dismissed Dom Sibley cheaply before the close of play.
Sri Lanka v England 2020
Sri Lanka Board President's XI
245/10 (80)
316/10 (85.3) & 320/7 (79.1)
Batsmen
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Zak Crawley
b Lahiru Samarakoon
43
45
9
0
95.56
Dominic Sibley
lbw b Kaveesha Anjula
14
41
2
0
34.15
Joe Denly
c Manoj Sarathchandra b Nisala Tharaka
32
54
6
0
59.26
Joe Root
lbw b Kaveesha Anjula
78
93
9
0
83.87
Ben Stokes
c & b Nisala Tharaka
3
5
0
0
60.00
Ollie Pope
c Lahiru Milantha b Chamika Karunaratne
8
14
2
0
57.14
Jos Buttler
lbw b Lahiru Samarakoon
79
159
5
1
49.69
Keaton Jennings
lbw b Tharindu Kaushal
19
47
2
0
40.43
Ben Foakes
not out
27
47
2
0
57.45
Sam Curran
lbw b Malinda Pushpakumara
3
4
0
0
75.00
Chris Woakes
c Manoj Sarathchandra b Lahiru Samarakoon
0
5
0
0
0.00
Extras
10 (b 4 , lb 4 , nb 1, w 1, pen 0)
Total
316/10 (85.3 Overs, RR: 3.7)
Fall of Wickets
1-52 (13.1) Dominic Sibley, 2-69 (16.1) Zak Crawley, 3-124 (28.5) Joe Denly, 4-128 (30.1) Ben Stokes, 5-142 (34.1) Ollie Pope, 6-197 (50.6) Joe Root, 7-258 (68.4) Keaton Jennings, 8-312 (83.3) Jos Buttler, 9-315 (84.2) Sam Curran, 10-316 (85.3) Chris Woakes,
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
Nisala Tharaka
11
1
41
2
3.73
Chamika Karunaratne
9
3
23
1
2.56
Malinda Pushpakumara
15
2
45
1
3.00
Lahiru Samarakoon
11.3
1
63
3
5.58
Kaveesha Anjula
11
3
43
2
3.91
Duvindu Tillakarathne
18
1
51
0
2.83
Tharindu Kaushal
10
0
42
1
4.20
Batsmen
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Sangeeth Cooray
c & b Dominic Bess
19
36
2
0
52.78
Lahiru Udara
c Stuart Broad b Chris Woakes
15
37
1
0
40.54
Lahiru Milantha
c Saqib Mahmood b Matthew Parkinson
31
53
4
1
58.49
Ashan Priyanjan
c Sam Curran b Saqib Mahmood
77
126
11
0
61.11
Milinda Siriwardane
c Saqib Mahmood b Matthew Parkinson
0
1
0
0
0.00
Priyamal Perera
c Zak Crawley b Chris Woakes
29
65
3
0
44.62
Promod Maduwantha
c Sam Curran b Matthew Parkinson
14
89
0
0
15.73
Manoj Sarathchandra
c Joe Root b Dominic Bess
35
54
6
0
64.81
Chamika Karunaratne
c Ben Foakes b Matthew Parkinson
4
4
1
0
100.00
Lahiru Samarakoon
c Ben Foakes b Dominic Bess
17
15
4
0
113.33
Nisala Tharaka
not out
0
3
0
0
0.00
Extras
4 (b 0 , lb 1 , nb 3, w 0, pen 0)
Total
245/10 (80 Overs, RR: 3.06)
Fall of Wickets
1-34 (11.4) Lahiru Udara, 2-34 (12.3) Sangeeth Cooray, 3-83 (27.4) Lahiru Milantha, 4-83 (27.5) Milinda Siriwardane, 5-143 (45.4) Priyamal Perera, 6-184 (60.2) Ashan Priyanjan, 7-219 (74.5) Promod Maduwantha, 8-223 (76.3) Chamika Karunaratne, 9-231 (77.4) Manoj Sarathchandra, 10-245 (79.6) Lahiru Samarakoon,
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
Stuart Broad
6
2
13
0
2.17
Sam Curran
7
3
16
0
2.29
Dominic Bess
18
5
54
3
3.00
Chris Woakes
7
2
21
2
3.00
Matthew Parkinson
17
2
64
4
3.76
Saqib Mahmood
8
3
13
1
1.62
Joe Root
7
1
26
0
3.71
Joe Denly
10
0
33
0
3.30
Batsmen
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Zak Crawley
c Priyamal Perera b Duvindu Tillakarathne
91
99
17
0
91.92
Dominic Sibley
c Lahiru Udara b Kaveesha Anjula
0
2
0
0
0.00
Joe Denly
c Priyamal Perera b Chamika Karunaratne
27
49
5
0
55.10
Ben Stokes
c Sangeeth Cooray b Duvindu Tillakarathne
43
42
8
0
102.38
Ollie Pope
lbw b Kaveesha Anjula
77
115
6
0
66.96
Keaton Jennings
lbw b Sangeeth Cooray
23
63
1
0
36.51
Ben Foakes
not out
24
71
0
0
33.80
Sam Curran
c Chamika Karunaratne b Tharindu Kaushal
26
39
2
1
66.67
Extras
9 (b 0 , lb 4 , nb 5, w 0, pen 0)
Total
320/7 (79.1 Overs, RR: 4.04)
Fall of Wickets
1-9 (1.2) Dominic Sibley, 2-76 (16.5) Joe Denly, 3-168 (30.5) Ben Stokes, 4-170 (32.1) Zak Crawley, 5-233 (53.5) Keaton Jennings, 6-283 (68.3) Ollie Pope, 7-320 (79.1) Sam Curran,
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
Nisala Tharaka
10
1
49
0
4.90
Kaveesha Anjula
10
1
45
2
4.50
Malinda Pushpakumara
20
2
50
0
2.50
Chamika Karunaratne
5
1
12
1
2.40
Lahiru Samarakoon
8.1
2
39
1
4.81
Tharindu Kaushal
8
2
39
0
4.88
Duvindu Tillakarathne
12
1
62
2
5.17
Sangeeth Cooray
6
0
18
1
3.00
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