wtc167 f62311 t2545	England v Sri Lanka
	ICC World Test Championship 2023 to 2025 Sri Lanka in England 2024 (1st Test)
Venue	Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester on 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th August 2024 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by 5 wickets
Points	England 12; Sri Lanka 0
Umpires	CB Gaffaney (New Zealand), PR Reiffel (Australia)
TV umpire	JS Wilson (West Indies)
Referee	DC Boon (Australia)
Scorers	GL Morgan, C Rimmer
Reserve Umpire	M Burns
Close of play day 1	England (1) 22/0 (Duckett 13*, Lawrence 9*; 4 overs)
Close of play day 2	England (1) 259/6 (Smith 72*, Atkinson 4*; 61 overs)
Close of play day 3	Sri Lanka (2) 204/6 (PHKD Mendis 56*, Chandimal 20*; 60 overs)
Player of the Match	JL Smith
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2, Innings 3, Innings 4

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Sri Lanka first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
KNM Fernando	c Root b Woakes	4	16	27	-	-	12
FDM Karunaratne	c Smith b Atkinson	2	18	23	-	-	17
BKG Mendis	c Brook b Wood	24	34	46	4	-	25
AD Mathews	lbw b Woakes	0	5	4	-	-	5
+LD Chandimal	lbw b Bashir	17	40	73	2	-	30
*DM de Silva	c Lawrence b Bashir	74	84	155	8	-	43
PHKD Mendis	c Smith b Woakes	12	25	25	1	-	20
NGRP Jayasuriya	c Smith b Atkinson	10	20	24	1	-	15
RMMP Rathnayake	c Woakes b Bashir	72	135	144	6	2	103
MVT Fernando	run out (Pope->Smith)	13	62	88	2	-	56
AM Fernando	not out	0	6	10	-	-	6
Extras	(4 b, 1 nb, 3 w)	8
Total	(all out, 74 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Karunaratne, 5.3 ov), 2-6 (KNM Fernando, 6.1 ov), 3-6 (Mathews, 6.6 ov), 4-40 (BKG Mendis, 15.1 ov), 5-72 (Chandimal, 22.3 ov), 6-92 (PHKD Mendis, 28.6 ov), 7-113 (Jayasuriya, 33.6 ov), 8-176 (de Silva, 50.2 ov), 9-226 (Rathnayake, 70.4 ov), 10-236 (MVT Fernando, 73.6 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Woakes	11	3	32	3	-	-	48	3	-
Atkinson	16	3	48	2	3	1	73	4	-
Potts	9	0	48	0	-	-	36	8	-
Wood	8	0	31	1	-	-	29	2	-
Bashir	23	4	55	3	-	-	109	5	1
Root	7	2	18	0	-	-	36	2	1

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
BM Duckett	lbw b AM Fernando	18	20	29	2	-	11
DW Lawrence	c Chandimal b MVT Fernando	30	39	71	3	-	20
*OJD Pope	b AM Fernando	6	8	10	1	-	5
JE Root	c Chandimal b AM Fernando	42	57	84	4	-	31
HC Brook	b Jayasuriya	56	73	114	4	-	40
+JL Smith	c Chandimal b Jayasuriya	111	148	225	8	1	86
CR Woakes	b Jayasuriya	25	65	70	3	-	52
AAP Atkinson	c Chandimal b Rathnayake	20	65	81	1	-	53
MJ Potts	c PHKD Mendis b MVT Fernando	17	23	42	2	-	14
MA Wood	b AM Fernando	22	13	15	3	1	5
S Bashir	not out	3	5	12	-	-	4
Extras	(4 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 85.3 overs)	358
Fall of wickets:
1-30 (Duckett, 6.3 ov), 2-40 (Pope, 8.4 ov), 3-67 (Lawrence, 14.3 ov), 4-125 (Root, 25.3 ov), 5-187 (Brook, 39.1 ov), 6-239 (Woakes, 57.3 ov), 7-305 (Atkinson, 76.5 ov), 8-315 (Smith, 79.4 ov), 9-348 (Wood, 82.6 ov), 10-358 (Potts, 85.3 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
de Silva	2	0	14	0	-	-	6	2	-
Jayasuriya	31	5	85	3	-	-	129	4	1
AM Fernando	18	0	103	4	1	-	58	11	1
MVT Fernando	19.3	1	73	2	-	-	75	7	-
Rathnayake	13	0	66	1	-	3	46	6	-
PHKD Mendis	2	0	13	0	-	-	4	1	-

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Sri Lanka second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
KNM Fernando	b Woakes	0	3	2	-	-	3
FDM Karunaratne	c Brook b Wood	27	32	64	4	-	20
BKG Mendis	c Smith b Atkinson	0	4	5	-	-	4
AD Mathews	c Potts b Woakes	65	145	232	2	1	103
+LD Chandimal	c sub (HPN Singh) b Potts	79	119	358	7	-	77
*DM de Silva	lbw b Potts	11	25	36	1	-	19
PHKD Mendis	c Root b Atkinson	113	183	275	15	1	137
RMMP Rathnayake	c Duckett b Root	10	15	27	1	-	10
NGRP Jayasuriya	c Brook b Potts	5	10	11	-	-	8
MVT Fernando	lbw b Woakes	0	2	4	-	-	2
AM Fernando	not out	0	0	2	-	-	0
Extras	(9 lb, 1 nb, 6 w)	16
Total	(all out, 89.3 overs)	326
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (KNM Fernando, 0.3 ov), 2-1 (BKG Mendis, 1.4 ov), 3-52 (Karunaratne, 13.1 ov), 4-95 (de Silva, 25.3 ov), 5-173 (Mathews, 50.4 ov), 6-190 (Rathnayake, 55.4 ov), 7-307 (PHKD Mendis, 85.2 ov), 8-321 (Jayasuriya, 87.6 ov), 9-322 (MVT Fernando, 88.6 ov), 10-326 (Chandimal, 89.3 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Woakes	22	6	58	3	-	-	103	5	-
Atkinson	17	2	89	2	-	-	65	12	-
Bashir	20	0	77	0	-	1	80	7	1
Wood	10.2	1	36	1	-	-	44	2	1
Potts	17.3	4	47	3	2	-	83	4	-
Root	1.4	0	5	1	-	-	5	-	-
Lawrence	1	0	5	0	-	-	2	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
BM Duckett	c +BKG Mendis b AM Fernando	11	14	26	1	-	7
DW Lawrence	lbw b Rathnayake	34	54	68	2	1	35
*OJD Pope	c de Silva b Jayasuriya	6	17	29	-	-	14
JE Root	not out	62	128	183	2	-	81
HC Brook	c and b Jayasuriya	32	68	76	3	-	50
+JL Smith	b AM Fernando	39	48	63	4	1	30
CR Woakes	not out	8	18	28	1	-	13
AAP Atkinson	did not bat
MJ Potts	did not bat
MA Wood	did not bat
S Bashir	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 3 nb, 5 w)	13
Total	(5 wickets, 57.2 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-34 (Duckett, 5.4 ov), 2-56 (Pope, 12.5 ov), 3-70 (Lawrence, 15.3 ov), 4-119 (Brook, 34.6 ov), 5-183 (Smith, 50.4 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
MVT Fernando	8	0	46	0	1	-	25	5	-
AM Fernando	12	1	25	2	-	-	55	2	-
Jayasuriya	25.2	4	98	2	-	-	97	6	2
Rathnayake	12	0	31	1	-	3	50	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> Day 1 Lunch: Sri Lanka (1) 80/5 (de Silva 28*, PHKD Mendis 5*; 25 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Sri Lanka (1) 178/8 (Rathnayake 32*, MVT Fernando 0*; 52 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: England (1) 176/4 (Brook 53*, Smith 22*; 37 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Sri Lanka (2) 10/2 (Karunaratne 4*, Mathews 6*; 3 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Sri Lanka (2) 107/4 (Mathews 48*, PHKD Mendis 6*; 30 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Sri Lanka (2) 291/6 (PHKD Mendis 101*, Chandimal 62*; 82 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: England (2) 82/3 (Root 13*, Brook 6*; 22 overs)
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 50 in 17.2 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 100 in 30.3 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 150 in 41.4 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 200 in 58.6 overs
--> England first innings: 50 in 10.6 overs
--> England first innings: 100 in 18.6 overs
--> England first innings: 150 in 31.1 overs
--> England first innings: 200 in 43.2 overs
--> England first innings: 250 in 59.4 overs
--> England first innings: 300 in 76.2 overs
--> England first innings: 350 in 83.5 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 50 in 11.5 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 100 in 28.2 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 150 in 42.4 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 200 in 59.2 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 250 in 70.1 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 300 in 83.6 overs
--> England second innings: 50 in 11 overs
--> England second innings: 100 in 28.2 overs
--> England second innings: 150 in 45.5 overs
--> England second innings: 200 in 56.1 overs
--> RMMP Rathnayake made his debut in Test matches
--> MA Wood made his last appearance in Test matches
--> MA Wood made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> DM de Silva (1) 50 in 56 balls with 5 fours
--> RMMP Rathnayake (1) 50 in 96 balls with 5 fours and 1 six
--> RMMP Rathnayake (1) passed his previous highest score of 59 in First-Class matches
--> HC Brook (1) 50 in 59 balls with 4 fours
--> JL Smith (1) 50 in 81 balls with 3 fours and 1 six
--> JL Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 95 in Test matches
--> JL Smith (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> JL Smith (1) 100 in 136 balls with 7 fours and 1 six
--> AAP Atkinson (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> AD Mathews (2) 50 in 86 balls with 1 four and 1 six
--> LD Chandimal (2) 50 in 73 balls with 4 fours
--> LD Chandimal (2) passed 5500 runs in Test matches when he reached 4
--> PHKD Mendis (2) 50 in 95 balls with 5 fours and 1 six
--> PHKD Mendis (2) 100 in 167 balls with 12 fours and 1 six
--> PHKD Mendis (2) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 60
--> DW Lawrence (2) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> JE Root (2) 50 in 108 balls with 1 four
--> JL Smith (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 5
--> PHKD Mendis made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> PHKD Mendis made his debut in England in Test matches
--> AM Fernando made his debut in England in Test matches
--> KNM Fernando made his debut in England in Test matches
--> NGRP Jayasuriya made his debut in England in Test matches
--> DM de Silva made his debut in England in Test matches
--> MVT Fernando made his debut in England in Test matches
--> AM Fernando reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed BM Duckett, his 1st wicket in the England second innings
--> LD Chandimal retired hurt in the Sri Lanka second innings having scored 10 (team score 74/3) - he returned when the score was 190/6 (retired after 17.2 overs)

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Sri Lanka 1st innings
Over 6.6: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batter - AD Mathews (decision upheld)
Over 22.3: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batter - LD Chandimal (decision upheld)
Over 50.4: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batter - MVT Fernando (decision upheld)
Over 61.4: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batter - MVT Fernando (decision upheld)
England 1st innings
Over 6.1: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batter - DW Lawrence (decision overturned)
Over 6.3: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batter - BM Duckett (decision overturned)
Sri Lanka 2nd innings
Over 4.2: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batter - FDM Karunaratne (decision upheld)
Over 25.3: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batter - DM de Silva (decision upheld)
Over 35.3: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batter - PHKD Mendis (decision upheld - umpires call)
Over 50.6: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batter - RMMP Rathnayake (decision overturned)
Over 52.2: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batter - PHKD Mendis (decision overturned)
Over 88.6: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batter - MVT Fernando (decision upheld)
England 2nd innings
BKG Mendis kept wicket in the England 2nd innings
Over 15.3: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batter - DW Lawrence (decision upheld - umpires call)
Over 18.4: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batter - JE Root (decision upheld)
Over 23.4: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batter - HC Brook (decision upheld)
Over 47.3: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batter - JE Root (decision upheld - umpires call)
Over 54.6: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batter - CR Woakes (decision upheld)