England vs Sri Lanka 1st Test Scorecard, Live Score, England tour of Sri Lanka 2012 1st Test Highlights, England vs Sri Lanka 2012 Result

England in Sri Lanka Test Series - 1st Test
Sri Lanka v England
Result: Sri Lanka won by 75 runs

•  2011/12 season
• Played at Galle International Stadium
• 26,27,28,29 March 2012 (5-day match)

Sri Lanka Ist innings Total: 318 / 10 in 96.3 overs (Run Rate: 3.30)
Batsman			Runs	Balls	Fours	Sixes	SR	FoW
Lahiru Thirimanne	c G Swann	b Anderson	3	12	0	0	25.00	1-11 ( 2.2 ov. )
Tillakaratne Dilshan	c A Strauss	b Broad	11	8	2	0	137.50	3-15 ( 3.5 ov. )
K Sangakkara	c M Prior	b Anderson	0	1	0	0	0.00	2-11 ( 2.3 ov. )
M Jayawardene (c)	c M Prior	b Anderson	180	315	22	3	57.14	10-318 ( 96.3 ov. )
Thilan Samaraweera	run out (J Anderson)		20	82	3	0	24.39	4-67 ( 32.4 ov. )
Dinesh Chandimal	c I Bell	b Patel	27	48	2	2	56.25	5-128 ( 49.6 ov. )
P Jayawardene (wk)	lbw	b Anderson	23	40	3	0	57.50	6-170 ( 61.5 ov. )
Suraj Randiv	run out (A Strauss)		12	15	1	0	80.00	7-191 ( 65.6 ov. )
Rangana Herath	lbw	b Patel	5	30	0	0	16.67	8-253 ( 80.2 ov. )
Chanaka Welegedara		b Anderson	19	26	4	0	73.08	9-307 ( 92.6 ov. )
Suranga Lakmal	not out		0	6	0	0	0.00
Extras: ( 0 wd, 14 lb, 0 b, 4 nb, 0 p)			Total: 318 / 10 in 96.3 overs (Run Rate: 3.30)

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	NoBall	Wide	Eco
James Anderson	20.3	5	72	5	0	0	3.51
Stuart Broad	21.0	3	71	1	4	0	3.38
Monty Panesar	23.0	11	42	0	0	0	1.83
Graeme Swann	23.0	3	92	0	0	0	4.00
Samit Patel	9.0	1	27	2	0	0	3.00

England Ist innings Total: 193 / 10 in 46.4 overs (Run Rate: 4.14)
Batsman			Runs	Balls	Fours	Sixes	SR	FoW
Andrew Strauss (c)	lbw	b Herath	26	40	2	0	65.00	3-43 ( 12.4 ov. )
Alastair Cook	lbw	b Lakmal	0	5	0	0	0.00	1-0 ( 1.5 ov. )
Jonathan Trott	st P Jayawardene	b Herath	12	24	3	0	50.00	2-40 ( 10.3 ov. )
Kevin Pietersen		b Welegedara	3	18	0	0	16.67	4-65 ( 17.1 ov. )
Ian Bell		b Herath	52	87	8	1	59.77	9-157 ( 40.5 ov. )
Matt Prior (wk)	lbw	b Herath	7	7	1	0	100.00	5-72 ( 18.6 ov. )
Samit Patel	lbw	b Herath	2	21	0	0	9.52	6-92 ( 26.1 ov. )
Stuart Broad	lbw	b Herath	28	15	5	1	186.67	7-122 ( 32.1 ov. )
Graeme Swann	c T Dilshan	b Randiv	24	26	6	0	92.31	8-157 ( 39.4 ov. )
James Anderson	not out		23	26	4	0	88.46
Monty Panesar	lbw	b Randiv	13	11	2	0	118.18	10-193 ( 46.4 ov. )
Extras: ( 1 wd, 2 lb, 0 b, 0 nb, 0 p)			Total: 193 / 10 in 46.4 overs (Run Rate: 4.14)

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	NoBall	Wide	Eco
Chanaka Welegedara	11.0	2	46	1	0	0	4.18
Suranga Lakmal	9.0	2	45	1	0	1	5.00
Rangana Herath	19.0	5	74	6	0	0	3.89
Suraj Randiv	7.4	0	26	2	0	0	3.39

Sri Lanka IInd innings Total: 214 / 10 in 84.3 overs (Run Rate: 2.53)
Batsman			Runs	Balls	Fours	Sixes	SR	FoW
Lahiru Thirimanne		b Swann	6	23	0	0	26.09	2-8 ( 6.2 ov. )
Tillakaratne Dilshan		b Broad	0	2	0	0	0.00	1-4 ( 1.3 ov. )
K Sangakkara	c I Bell	b Swann	14	44	1	0	31.82	4-41 ( 18.6 ov. )
M Jayawardene (c)	c J Anderson	b Swann	5	7	1	0	71.43	3-14 ( 8.1 ov. )
Thilan Samaraweera	st M Prior	b Swann	36	74	5	0	48.65	5-72 ( 30.1 ov. )
Dinesh Chandimal	c K Pietersen	b Panesar	31	83	5	0	37.35	6-114 ( 47.2 ov. )
Suraj Randiv	lbw	b Swann	18	63	2	0	28.57	7-115 ( 50.5 ov. )
P Jayawardene (wk)	not out		61	123	3	3	49.59
Rangana Herath		b Swann	7	10	1	0	70.00	8-127 ( 54.1 ov. )
Chanaka Welegedara	c A Strauss	b Panesar	13	53	2	0	24.53	9-167 ( 70.5 ov. )
Suranga Lakmal	run out (K Pietersen/ J Anderson)		13	29	3	0	44.83	10-214 ( 84.3 ov. )
Extras: ( 1 wd, 4 lb, 1 b, 4 nb, 0 p)			Total: 214 / 10 in 84.3 overs (Run Rate: 2.53)

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	NoBall	Wide	Eco
James Anderson	10.3	2	26	0	0	0	2.48
Stuart Broad	11.0	2	33	1	4	1	3.00
Graeme Swann	30.0	5	82	6	0	0	2.73
Monty Panesar	24.0	6	59	2	0	0	2.46
Samit Patel	9.0	4	9	0	0	0	1.00

England IInd innings Total: 264 / 10 in 99.0 overs (Run Rate: 2.67)
Batsman			Runs	Balls	Fours	Sixes	SR	FoW
Andrew Strauss (c)	c T Dilshan	b Herath	27	60	2	0	45.00	2-48 ( 18.3 ov. )
Alastair Cook	c P Jayawardene	b Herath	14	25	3	0	56.00	1-31 ( 8.5 ov. )
Jonathan Trott	c T Dilshan	b Randiv	112	266	10	0	42.11	7-256 ( 94.6 ov. )
Kevin Pietersen	c M Jayawardene	b Randiv	30	68	4	0	44.12	3-118 ( 42.5 ov. )
Ian Bell	lbw	b Herath	13	34	1	0	38.24	4-152 ( 58.1 ov. )
Matt Prior (wk)	c L Thirimanne	b Herath	41	88	3	0	46.59	5-233 ( 85.6 ov. )
Samit Patel	c T Dilshan	b Herath	9	25	0	0	36.00	6-252 ( 93.5 ov. )
Stuart Broad	not out		5	12	0	0	41.67
Graeme Swann	lbw	b Herath	1	9	0	0	11.11	8-259 ( 97.5 ov. )
James Anderson	c P Jayawardene	b Randiv	5	6	1	0	83.33	9-264 ( 98.5 ov. )
Monty Panesar	c T Dilshan	b Randiv	0	1	0	0	0.00	10-264 ( 98.6 ov. )
Extras: ( 1 wd, 6 lb, 0 b, 0 nb, 0 p)			Total: 264 / 10 in 99.0 overs (Run Rate: 2.67)

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	NoBall	Wide	Eco
Chanaka Welegedara	13.0	2	40	0	0	0	3.08
Suranga Lakmal	10.0	5	22	0	0	0	2.20
Rangana Herath	38.0	9	97	6	0	0	2.55
Tillakaratne Dilshan	12.0	1	25	0	0	0	2.08
Suraj Randiv	26.0	2	74	4	0	1	2.85

Match details

Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat Series Sri Lanka led the 2-match series 1-0

Test debut SR Patel (England) Player of the match HMRKB Herath (Sri Lanka)

Umpires Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and RJ Tucker (Australia) TV umpire BNJ Oxenford (Australia) Match referee J Srinath (India) Reserve umpire EAR de Silva

Close of play Mon, 26 Mar - day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 289/8 (DPMD Jayawardene 168*, UWMBCA Welegedara 10*, 90 ov) Tue, 27 Mar - day 2 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 84/5 (LD Chandimal 17*, S Randiv 2*, 34 ov) Wed, 28 Mar - day 3 - England 2nd innings 111/2 (IJL Trott 40*, KP Pietersen 29*, 40 ov) Thu, 29 Mar - day 4 - England 2nd innings 264 (99 ov) - end of match