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 61.3 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Jack Leach, 2 runs, gets back in the crease and plays it late down to the third man and picks up a couple of runs.

Over 61.4 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Jack Leach, no run, presses forward and defends it to short-cover.

Over 61.5 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Jack Leach, no run, gets forward and defends it to silly-point with soft hands.

Over 61.6 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Jack Leach, no run, gets forward and blocks it down the pitch back to the bowler.

Over 62.4 Akila Dananjaya tossed up delivery to Jack Leach, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 62.5 Akila Dananjaya bowls it short of length to Jack Leach, Boundary! Rocks back in the crease and pulls it down to deep mid-wicket fence for four.

Over 62.6 Akila Dananjaya tossed up delivery to Jack Leach, no run,  lunges forward and smothers the turn.

Over 63.5 Dilruwan Perera bowls it flat in the air to Jack Leach, no run,  lunging forward in defense, the ball dropped in front of him and spun past the outside edge.

Over 63.6 Dilruwan Perera tossed up delivery to Jack Leach,1 run, gets half-forward and nudges it wide of cover for a single.

Over 64.1 Akila Dananjaya tossed up delivery to Jack Leach, no run, gets forward and defends it on the off-side with soft hands.

Over 64.2 Akila Dananjaya tossed up delivery to Jack Leach, no run,  presses well forward and blocks.

Over 64.3 Akila Dananjaya tossed up delivery to Jack Leach, no run, gets inside the line and plays from the crease and pushes it back at the bowler.

Over 64.4 Akila Dananjaya bowls a quicker arm ball to Jack Leach, out Bowled!!  Leach was caught in his crease, neither committed forward nor went back fully, caught in a half-cock stance, the ball found its way past the bat and rattled into the off-stump