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Sri Lanka vs England Scorecard, 2nd Test, England vs Sri Lanka 2024
Result · Aug 29 2024, Thu - 03:30 PM (IST)
ENGLAND427, 251
SRI LANKA196, 292
England won by 190 runs
CRR:3.37
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | Sri Lanka in England 2024 |
| Date: | Aug 29 2024, Thu - 03:30 PM (IST) |
| Country: | England |
| City: | London |
| Venue: | Lord's |
| Toss: | Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| England Playing XI: | Dan Lawrence, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope (c), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Matthew Potts, Olly Stone, Shoaib Bashir |
| Sri Lanka Playing XI: | Dimuth Karunaratne, Nishan Madushka (wk), Pathum Nissanka, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Dhananjaya de Silva (c), Kamindu Mendis, Prabath Jayasuriya, Asitha Fernando, Lahiru Kumara, Milan Rathnayake |
- England have won their last six men's Tests against Sri Lanka including each of their last three matches after losing the toss and bowling first; this is their longest winning run against Sri Lanka in the history of the format.
- England are undefeated in their last seven men's Tests at home (W6 D1); the last time they recorded a longer unbeaten run at home in the format was an eight-match span from May 2013 to June 2014 (W5 D3).
- Sri Lanka have lost three of their last five men's Tests away from home (W2), as many defeats as they logged across their six away fixtures prior in the format (W1 D3 L2).
- England have won two of their last three men's Tests at Lord’s (L1), including an innings and 114-run victory against West Indies earlier this year (July 2024); they will be aiming for back-to-back wins at the venue in the format for the first time since July 2019.
- England (68.2) and Sri Lanka (61.7) have the best batting strike rates of any teams in men's Tests since the beginning of 2024.
- Sri Lanka have a collective batting average of 37 in men's Tests since the beginning of 2024, the best of any team this year.
- Ben Duckett (England) has made a strong connection on 14.5% of his 626 balls faced in men's Tests in 2024, the best rate of any player this year (min. 40 balls faced).
- Lahiru Kumara (Sri Lanka) has a bowling average of 12.6 in men's Tests in 2024, the best of any player this year; his bowling strike rate in 2024 (26.9) is the third best of any player (min. 2 innings) in the format this year behind teammate Kamindu Mendis (24) and Pakistan's Aamir Jamal (25.5).
- Shoaib Bashir (England) has taken 29 wickets in men's Tests in 2024, the most of any spin bowler and the joint-most of any player overall (also Josh Hazlewood – 29 for Australia); he's bowled 1,150 dot balls in the format this year, one of only two players to have logged 1,000+ so far (Tom Hartley – 1,078 for England).
- Dimuth Karunaratne (6928) is 72 away from becoming the fourth player to score 7,000 runs for Sri Lanka in men's Tests (Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Angelo Mathews); he scored 50 and 37* in his most recent Test match at Lord's (June 2016 v England).