Sri Lanka vs England 2nd Test at Pallekele, 14 Nov, 2018

Toss: England, who chose to bat
England 285/10 (75.4)  &  346/10 (80.4)
Sri Lanka 336/10 (103)  &  243/10 (74)
England won by 57 runs
Man of the Match: Joe Root
  • Akila Dananjaya 8 * (27)

Over 62.4Moeen Ali bowls flighted delivery to Dilruwan Perera, gets onto the frontfoot and drives it back to the bowler.No runs

Over 62.5Moeen Ali bowls quicker and flatter in the air to Dilruwan Perera, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 62.6Moeen Ali bowls flighted delivery to Dilruwan Perera, gets forward and defends it towards silly point.No runs

Over 63.2Jack Leach bowls flighted delivery to Dilruwan Perera, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 63.3Jack Leach bowls flighted delivery to Dilruwan Perera, gets onto the frontfoot and drives it past covers.Single

Over 64.1Moeen Ali bowls flighted delivery to Dilruwan Perera, gets forward and defends it towards silly point.No runs

Over 64.2Moeen Ali bowls flighted delivery to Dilruwan Perera, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 64.3Moeen Ali bowls flatter trajectory delivery to Dilruwan Perera, gets forward and defends it towards forward shortleg.No runs

Over 64.4Moeen Ali bowls flighted delivery to Dilruwan Perera, gets back into the crease and punches it back to the bowlerNo runs

Over 64.5Moeen Ali bowls quicker and flatter in the air to Dilruwan Perera, gets forward and guides it away towards thirdman.Single

Over 65.1Jack Leach bowls flighted delivery to Dilruwan Perera, gets onto the frontfoot and drives it straight to point.No runs

Over 65.2 Joe Root bowls a quicker arm ball to Dilruwan Perera,  out Lbw!!  Dilruwan was looking to drive it towards cover, couldn't get his boot out of the way and it struck flush on it. Think it would have been going with the angle and crashing into the leg-stump. 

Rain stops play - Sri Lanka need 75 runs to win with 3 wickets in hand