Sri Lanka vs England, 3rd Test Commentary, Live Updates
SL vs ENG, 2018 - Test Live Commentary
Sri Lanka vs England Scorecard
England beat Sri Lanka by 42 runs
Player of the Match
Jonny Bairstow
Player of the Series
Ben Foakes
Match Info
- Venue Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo
- Weather Overcast
- Toss Englandwon the toss and elected to bat
- Result England beat Sri Lanka by 42 runs
- Player of the Match Jonny Bairstow
- Player of the Series Ben Foakes
- Umpire S Ravi (IND), Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Marais Erasmus (SA)
- Referee Andy Pycroft (ZIM)
Match Notes
- Stumps : England 312/7 in 88.1 overs
- Bad Light: England 312/7 in 88.1 overs
- Referral 4 (88.1 ovs): M ali against SL (LBW) Successful (SL: 0, ENG: 2)
- England 300/7 85.1overs
- Referral 3 (82.6 ovs): M ali against SL (LBW) Successful (SL: 0, ENG: 2)
- M Ali dropped on 17 by D Karunaratne in 82.2 overs
- New ball taken: England 280/6 80.1 overs
- Drinks: England 262/5 73.0 overs
- M Ali dropped on 2 by N Dickwella in 72.4 overs
- England 250/4 68.2 overs
- J Bairstow 6th Test Hundred: 100 runs in 165 balls (8x4) (1x6)
- B Stokes 16th Test fifty: 50 runs in 78 balls (2x4) (2x6)
- England 200/3 in 56.2 overs
- Tea: England 197/3 in 55.0 overs
- 4th wkt Partnership: 50 off 81 balls between J Bairstow (21) and B Stokes (29)
- England 153/3 in 43.3 overs
- Drinks: England 140/3 in 40.0 overs
- 3rd wkt Partnership: 100 off 160 balls between J Bairstow (50) and J Root (46)
- J Bairstow 20th Test fifty: 50 runs in 76 balls (5x4) (1x6)
- Lunch: England 102/2 26.0 overs
- England 100/2 25.4 overs
- 3rd wkt Partnership: 50 off 74 balls between J Bairstow (26) and J Root (20)
- Referral 2 (21.3 ovs): SL against J Root (LBW) Unsuccessful (SL: 0, ENG: 2)
- England 50/2 15.1 overs
- Referral 1 (14.5 ovs): SL against J Root (LBW) Unsuccessful (SL: 1, ENG: 2)
- Drinks: England 38/2 in 12.0 overs
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka 240/10 65.5 overs
- Sri Lanka 240/10: M Pushpakumara lbw b Adil Rashid 13(14)
- Referral 2 (65.5 ovs): M Pushpakumara against Eng (LBW) Unsuccessful (SL: 1, ENG: 2)
- Referral 1 (64.3 ovs): M Pushpakumara against Eng (LBW) Successful (SL: 2, ENG: 2)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka 222/8 in 62.1 overs
- Sri Lanka 200/3 in 53.5 overs
- Tea: Sri Lanka 183/2 in 51.0 overs
- Sri Lanka 150/1 in 42.0 overs
- Drinks: Sri Lanka 137/1 in 37.0 overs
- 2rd wkt Partnership: 103 off 139 balls between D Karunaratne (45) and D de Silva (54)
- D de Silva 5th Test fifty: 50 runs in 77 balls (6x4) (0x6)
- D Karunaratne 20th Test fifty: 50 runs in 76 balls (6x4) (0x6)
- Sri Lanka 100/1 in 27.2 overs
- D de Silva dropped on 42 by J Root in 26.1 overs
- 2rd wkt Partnership: 52 off 69 balls between D Karunaratne (19) and D de Silva (33)
- Lunch: Sri Lanka 74/1 in 22.0 overs
- Sri Lanka 51/1 in 17.5 overs
- Drinks: Sri Lanka 26/0 in 10.0 overs
- D Karunaratne dropped on 2 by J Root in 4.2 overs
- Innings Break: England 336/10 92.5 overs
- L Sandakan 2nd Test 5-wicket haul: 5/92 (91.2)
- Stumps: Sri Lanka 53/4 17.0 overs
- Referral 2 (8.2 ovs): D Karunaratne against ENG (LBW) Successful (SL: 2, ENG: 2)
- Sri Lanka 24/2 : D de Silva lbw J Leach 0 (7)
- Referral 1 (8.2 ovs): ENG against D de Silva (LBW) Successful (SL: 2, ENG: 2)
- Innings Break: England 230/10 69.5 overs
- D Perera 8th Test 5-wicket haul: 5/88 (69.5)
- Referral 5 (67.1 ovs): B Foakes against SL (LBW) Successful (SL: 2, ENG: 2)
- Referral 4 (64.1 ovs): J Leach against SL (LBW) Successful (SL: 2, ENG: 2)
- Referral 3 (63.6 ovs): SL against B Foakes (LBW) Unsuccessful (SL: 2, ENG: 2) (Retained)
- Sri Lanka 215/8 : A Rashid c N Dickwella b M Pushpakumara 24 (48)
- Referral 2 (60.6 ovs): SL against A Rashid (Caught) Successful (SL: 2, ENG: 2)
- Tea: England 210/5 in 59.0 overs
- England 200/5 in 56.1 overs
- Drinks: England 168/5 in 43.0 overs
- England 150/5 in 37.1 overs
- J Buttler 12th Test Hundred: 51 runs in 59 balls (3x4) (0x6)
- J Buttler dropped on 38 by N Dickwella in 28.2 overs
- Lunch: England 110/4 in 28.0 overs
- England 101/4 in 25.3 overs
- 5th wkt Partnership: 50 off 56 balls between B Stokes (19) and J Buttler (29)
- Referral 1 (22.2 ovs): J Buttler against SL (LBW) Successful (SL: 2, ENG: 2)
- England 51/4 in 18.0 overs
- Drinks: England 42/4 in 15.0 overs
- Sri Lanka 284/10: S Lakmal lbw b J Leach 11(38)
- Referral 5 (86.2): S Lakmal against (LBW) ENG successful (SL: 2, ENG: 0)
- Tea: Sri Lanka: 284/9 runs in 86.0 overs
- 10th wkt Partnership: 50 off 61 balls between L Sandakan (10) and M Pushpakumara (36)
- New ball taken: Sri Lanka: 275/9runs in 84.2 overs
- Referral 4 (74.6): S Lakmal against (Caught) ENG successful (SL: 2, ENG: 0)
- Sri Lanka: 250/9 runs in 78.1 overs
- Referral 3 (74.6): ENG against (LBW) M Pushpakumara Unsuccessful (SL: 2, ENG: 0)
- Sri Lanka 226/9: R Silva lbw b M Ali 65(161)
- Referral 2 (74.1): ENG against (LBW) R Silva Successful (SL: 2, ENG: 1)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka: 203/6 runs in 64.0 overs
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 63.3 overs
- R Silva 5th Test fifty: 50 runs in 107 balls (4x4) (0x6)
- 6th wkt Partnership: 101 off 185 balls between K Mendis (48) and R Silva (47)
- Referral 1 (52.2): ENG against (Caught) K Mendis Unsuccessful (SL: 2, ENG: 1)
- Lunch: Sri Lanka 164/5 runs in 48.0 overs
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 44.5 overs
- 6th wkt Partnership: 50 off 79 balls between K Mendis (26) and R Silva (24)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka 111/5 in 34.0 overs
- Sri Lanka 100/5 in 30.4 overs
- K Mendis 7th Test fifty: 50 runs in 55 balls (5x4) (1x6)
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