Sri Lanka vs England 1st Test at Galle, 06 Nov, 2018

Toss: England, who chose to bat
England 342/10 (97)  &  322/6 (93)
Sri Lanka 203/10 (68)  &  250/10 (85.1)
England won by 211 runs
Man of the Match: Ben Foakes
  • Suranga Lakmal 14 * (25)

Over 83.2 HMRKB Herath tossed up delivery to Ben Foakes, no run, gets forward and driven straight to the man at extra cover. 

Over 83.3 HMRKB Herath bowls it flat in the air to Ben Foakes, no run, gets forward and defends it to silly-point.

Over 83.4 HMRKB Herath bowls it flat in the air to Ben Foakes, no run, goes deep in the crease and blocks it down the pitch.

Over 83.5 HMRKB Herath tossed up delivery to Ben Foakes, no run, comes on to the front foot and driven well but finds the fielder at cover.

Over 83.6 HMRKB Herath tossed up delivery to Ben Foakes, no run, comes on to the front foot and blocks it down the pitch watchfully. 

Over 84.4 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Ben Foakes,1 run, shimmies out and clips it to deep mid-on.

Over 84.6 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Ben Foakes, no run, gets forward and defends it to silly-point with an open face bat.

Over 85.3 HMRKB Herath bowls a quicker arm ball to Ben Foakes, no run, gets forward and defends it to cover with inside half of the bat.

Over 85.4HMRKB Herath to Ben Foakes No runs ...

Over 85.5 HMRKB Herath bowls a quicker arm ball to Ben Foakes, no run, gets forward and blocks it down the pitch watchfully.

Over 85.6 HMRKB Herath tossed up delivery to Ben Foakes, no run, comes on to the front foot and driven straight to the man at cover.

Over 86.2 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Ben Foakes, Boundary! Stays deep inside the crease and slashes it hard through backward point and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 86.3 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Ben Foakes, Six!! Chips down the track, gets to the pitch and hoicks it beautifully over cow corner for a maximum.

Over 86.4 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Ben Foakes, no run, gets across the line on the back foot and clips it straight to the man at mid-wicket.

Over 86.5 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Ben Foakes,1 run, gets forward and lofts it down to long on for a single.

Over 87.1 HMRKB Herath tossed up delivery to Ben Foakes, no run, comes on to the front foot and works it towards mid-on.

Over 87.2 HMRKB Herath bowls a quicker arm ball to Ben Foakes, no run, gets back in the crease and steers it towards point.

Over 87.3 HMRKB Herath tossed up delivery to Ben Foakes,1 run, gets forward and push-driven to the left of extra cover.

Over 87.6 HMRKB Herath tossed up delivery to Ben Foakes, no run, gets forward and delays in bringing his bat down and gets hit on the pad.

Over 88.2 Akila Dananjaya tossed up delivery to Ben Foakes,Six!! Sits back and smokes it into the grass banks at deep mid-wicket for a maximum.

Over 88.3 Akila Dananjaya tossed up delivery to Ben Foakes,Six!! Came down the track and heaves it with the spin and sends it a mile over cow corner and gets another maximum.

Over 88.4 Akila Dananjaya tossed up delivery to Ben Foakes,1 run, gets forward and pushes it wide of mid-on and picks up a quick single.

Over 89.4 HMRKB Herath tossed up delivery to Ben Foakes, no run, gets forward and pushes it down the pitch back to the bowler.

Over 89.5 HMRKB Herath bowls a slower one to Ben Foakes, no run, gets half-forward, turns it off the inner half to mid-wicket.

Over 89.6 HMRKB Herath tossed up delivery to Ben Foakes, 2 runs, gets forward and  flicked to the right of long-on and they will come back for the second

Over 90.2 Dhananjaya de Silva tossed up delivery to Ben Foakes,1 run, opens his bat face and steers it square on the off-side.

Over 90.4 Dhananjaya de Silva tossed up delivery to Ben Foakes,1 run, gets forward and driven along the ground to sweeper cover and picks up one more.

Over 91.3 HMRKB Herath tossed up delivery to Ben Foakes,1 run, goes on to the back foot and works it down to fine leg for a single.

Over 91.5 HMRKB Herath tossed up delivery to Ben Foakes,1 run, gets forward and driven along the ground to long-off for one.

Over 92.1 Akila Dananjaya bowls it short of length to Ben Foakes,1 run, rocks back in the crease and cuts it through point and picks up a single.

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