Match Details
Toss
Sri Lanka Board XI , elected to bat first
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10am start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days
15,16,17 March 2012 (3-day match)
15/03Result
Tour Match, England tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Mar 15-17 2012
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![Sri Lanka Board XI]( "Sri Lanka Board XI")
169 & 119 (56.4 ov) -
![England XI]( "England XI")
15/03Result
Tour Match, England tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Mar 15-17 2012
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![Sri Lanka Board XI]( "Sri Lanka Board XI")
169 & 119 (56.4 ov) -
![England XI]( "England XI")
Match Centre
Scorecard Summary
SRI LANKA BOARD XI 169 (73.3 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Sachithra Serasinghe31 (66)
- Ashen Silva66 (179)
- James Anderson4/19 (11)
- Monty Panesar5/37 (23.3)
ENGLAND XI 303/8d (100 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Alastair Cook*163 (293)
- Andrew Strauss40 (106)
- Malinga Bandara3/58 (24)
- Sachithra Serasinghe2/24 (13)
SRI LANKA BOARD XI 119 (56.4 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Malinga Bandara*28 (70)
- Dimuth Karunaratne31 (71)
- James Anderson3/21 (11.4)
- Steven Finn3/24 (13)
56.4
W
Anderson to Premaratne, OUT,
WGHN Premaratne lbw b Anderson 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
56.3
1
Anderson to Bandara, 1 run,
56.2
0
Anderson to Bandara, no run,
56.1
0
Anderson to Bandara, no run,
END OF OVER:56 | (wicket maiden) | SLCXI: 118/9
- Malinga Bandara27 (67b)
- Monty Panesar18-8-32-1
- James Anderson11-5-20-2
55.6
W
Panesar to Gamage, OUT,
TP Gamage lbw b Panesar 19 (38b 4x4 0x6) SR: 50
55.5
0
Panesar to Gamage, no run,
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