f62307	England Lions v Sri Lankans
	Sri Lanka in England 2024
Venue	Visit Worcestershire New Road, Worcester on 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th August 2024 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England Lions won the toss and decided to field
Result	England Lions won by 7 wickets
Umpires	RJ Bailey, GD Lloyd
Referee	DA Cosker
Scorers	KG Tallack, MJ Wiltshire
Close of play day 1	England Lions (1) 145/4 (Shaikh 21*, Ahmed 3*; 34 overs)
Close of play day 2	England Lions (1) 324 all out
Close of play day 3	England Lions (2) 47/2 (Yates 17*, Shaikh 8*; 7 overs)
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2

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Sri Lankans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
KNM Fernando	c and b Akhter	11	36	62	-	-	29
FDM Karunaratne	c Aldridge b Akhter	26	38	55	3	-	25
BKG Mendis	c Rew b Akhter	12	16	23	3	-	13
AD Mathews	c Rew b Hull	11	31	42	1	-	26
+LD Chandimal	b Hull	12	38	44	-	-	28
*DM de Silva	c Shaikh b Hull	2	5	11	-	-	3
WSR Samarawickrama	c Yates b Aldridge	8	10	23	-	-	5
NGRP Jayasuriya	c and b Dale	20	45	58	4	-	38
RMMP Rathnayake	c Rew b Akhter	17	19	27	4	-	14
CAK Rajitha	not out	8	23	27	-	-	16
CBRLS Kumara	c Ahmed b Akhter	1	5	12	-	-	4
Extras	(8 lb, 3 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 43.5 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-36 (Karunaratne, 11.6 ov), 2-45 (Fernando, 13.1 ov), 3-55 (Mendis, 17.1 ov), 4-73 (Mathews, 23.1 ov), 5-80 (de Silva, 25.4 ov), 6-81 (Chandimal, 27.1 ov), 7-95 (Samarawickrama, 30.5 ov), 8-122 (Rathnayake, 37.2 ov), 9-134 (Jayasuriya, 40.6 ov), 10-139 (Kumara, 43.5 ov)

England Lions bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Dale	11	2	29	1	-	-	48	2	-
Hull	10	1	30	3	-	1	45	3	-
Akhter	11.5	3	32	5	-	-	57	5	-
James	5	1	20	0	-	2	24	3	-
Aldridge	6	1	20	1	-	-	25	2	-

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England Lions first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
RM Yates	c Chandimal b Rathnayake	25	39	73	3	-	25
BS McKinney	c and b Jayasuriya	46	40	57	7	1	23
OJ Price	c Rathnayake b Jayasuriya	22	44	43	3	-	32
H Shaikh	c and b Rajitha	91	204	268	7	-	148
+JEK Rew	b Jayasuriya	22	31	38	2	1	20
F Ahmed	c Chandimal b Rajitha	13	47	69	1	-	40
*LW James	lbw b Jayasuriya	8	18	21	1	-	14
KL Aldridge	c de Silva b Jayasuriya	78	96	158	7	2	54
Z Akhter	run out (de Silva->Kumara)	0	6	11	-	-	6
AS Dale	c Karunaratne b Kumara	1	6	5	-	-	5
JO Hull	not out	3	11	30	-	-	10
Extras	(8 lb, 7 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 89.2 overs)	324
Fall of wickets:
1-72 (McKinney, 11.2 ov), 2-84 (Yates, 14.6 ov), 3-105 (Price, 21.5 ov), 4-141 (Rew, 31.5 ov), 5-175 (Ahmed, 48.1 ov), 6-190 (James, 53.5 ov), 7-294 (Shaikh, 80.4 ov), 8-301 (Akhter, 81.6 ov), 9-302 (Dale, 83.1 ov), 10-324 (Aldridge, 89.2 ov)

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Rajitha	19	4	51	2	-	4	93	5	1
Kumara	18	0	92	1	-	3	67	10	1
de Silva	2	0	6	0	-	-	6	-	-
Rathnayake	19	3	65	1	-	-	80	8	-
Jayasuriya	31.2	3	102	5	-	-	125	8	2

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Sri Lankans second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
KNM Fernando	c Hull b Ahmed	77	88	140	8	2	51
FDM Karunaratne	lbw b James	43	73	97	5	-	49
BKG Mendis	c Rew b James	3	18	17	-	-	15
AD Mathews	c sub (F Gunston) b Ahmed	51	112	140	6	-	83
+LD Chandimal	run out (Price->McKinney->Akhter)	0	1	3	-	-	1
*DM de Silva	b Akhter	66	147	189	6	1	108
WSR Samarawickrama	b Ahmed	25	42	59	3	-	30
NGRP Jayasuriya	b Hull	7	26	50	-	-	19
RMMP Rathnayake	c Yates b Akhter	10	7	10	2	-	4
CAK Rajitha	b Hull	2	6	5	-	-	5
CBRLS Kumara	not out	4	11	16	1	-	10
Extras	(9 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(all out, 87.1 overs)	306
Fall of wickets:
1-105 (Karunaratne, 22.6 ov), 2-113 (Mendis, 26.6 ov), 3-141 (Fernando, 33.6 ov), 4-146 (Chandimal, 34.3 ov), 5-215 (Mathews, 61.2 ov), 6-266 (Samarawickrama, 77.1 ov), 7-278 (de Silva, 80.5 ov), 8-294 (Rathnayake, 82.4 ov), 9-298 (Rajitha, 83.4 ov), 10-306 (Jayasuriya, 87.1 ov)

England Lions bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Hull	10.1	0	44	2	-	2	41	6	-
Akhter	15	1	59	2	1	-	64	8	1
Aldridge	12	1	47	0	-	-	42	3	-
James	12	2	34	2	-	4	52	3	-
Ahmed	29	6	87	3	-	2	129	7	2
Dale	6	1	19	0	-	-	26	3	-
Yates	3	1	7	0	-	-	15	1	-

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England Lions second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
RM Yates	not out	57	75	104	5	-	39
BS McKinney	b de Silva	20	9	12	3	1	3
OJ Price	c Mendis b de Silva	0	1	1	-	-	1
H Shaikh	lbw b Rathnayake	16	37	38	1	-	27
+JEK Rew	not out	23	41	48	-	1	26
*LW James	did not bat
KL Aldridge	did not bat
Z Akhter	did not bat
F Ahmed	did not bat
AS Dale	did not bat
JO Hull	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(3 wickets, 26.5 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-33 (McKinney, 2.4 ov), 2-33 (Price, 2.5 ov), 3-69 (Shaikh, 12.6 ov)

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Rajitha	1	0	14	0	-	-	1	3	-
Rathnayake	7	0	24	1	-	2	31	1	1
de Silva	8.5	0	37	2	-	-	26	1	1
Jayasuriya	8	0	34	0	-	-	29	3	-
Kumara	2	0	9	0	-	-	8	1	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Tea: Sri Lankans (1) 122/7 (Jayasuriya 12*, Rathnayake 17*; 37 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: England Lions (1) 216/6 (Shaikh 54*, Aldridge 18*; 61 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: England Lions (1) 324 all out
--> Day 3 Lunch: Sri Lankans (2) 113/2 (Fernando 63*; 27 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Sri Lankans (2) 206/4 (Mathews 48*, de Silva 27*; 55 overs)
--> Sri Lankans first innings: 50 in 15.3 overs, 71 minutes
--> Sri Lankans first innings: 100 in 31.4 overs, 146 minutes
--> England Lions first innings: 50 in 9 overs, 45 minutes
--> England Lions first innings: 100 in 20.1 overs, 93 minutes
--> England Lions first innings: 150 in 36.2 overs, 162 minutes
--> England Lions first innings: 200 in 56 overs, 249 minutes
--> England Lions first innings: 250 in 67.1 overs, 296 minutes
--> England Lions first innings: 300 in 81.5 overs, 365 minutes
--> Sri Lankans second innings: 50 in 10.4 overs, 44 minutes
--> Sri Lankans second innings: 100 in 20.4 overs, 92 minutes
--> Sri Lankans second innings: 150 in 38.1 overs, 161 minutes
--> Sri Lankans second innings: 200 in 51.3 overs, 224 minutes
--> Sri Lankans second innings: 250 in 71.4 overs, 303 minutes
--> Sri Lankans second innings: 300 in 85.2 overs, 370 minutes
--> England Lions second innings: 50 in 8.4 overs, 34 minutes
--> England Lions second innings: 100 in 23.2 overs, 98 minutes
--> H Shaikh made his debut in First-Class matches
--> F Ahmed made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WSR Samarawickrama made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CAK Rajitha made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> BKG Mendis (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> H Shaikh (1) 50 in 119 balls, 178 minutes with 4 fours
--> KL Aldridge (1) 50 in 40 balls, 71 minutes with 4 fours and 2 sixes
--> KNM Fernando (2) 50 in 47 balls, 69 minutes with 6 fours and 1 six
--> AD Mathews (2) 50 in 107 balls, 131 minutes with 6 fours
--> DM de Silva (2) 50 in 119 balls, 159 minutes with 5 fours
--> RM Yates (2) 50 in 68 balls, 103 minutes with 5 fours
--> WSR Samarawickrama made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> CBRLS Kumara made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> RMMP Rathnayake made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> Z Akhter achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Sri Lankans first innings (previous best was 5-89)
--> JO Hull achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Sri Lankans first innings (previous best was 3-68)
--> CBRLS Kumara reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed AS Dale, his 1st wicket in the England Lions first innings
--> DM de Silva reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed OJ Price, his 2nd wicket in the England Lions second innings

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