Saturday, June 21, 2014

2014 England Vs Sri Lanka Second Investec Test at Headingley,Leeds June 20-24,2014

England won the toss and decided to field

Ian Bell was presented with his silver cap for his 100th Test, England v Sri Lanka, 2nd Investec Test, Headingley, 1st day, June 20, 2014

Squads

England

Alastair Cook (C)
Sam Robson
Gary Ballance
Ian Bell
Joe Root
Moeen Ali
Matt Prior (W)
Chris Jordan
Stuart Broad
Liam Plunkett
James Anderson

Sri Lanka

Kaushal Silva

Dimuth Karunaratne

Kumar Sangakkara

Mahela Jayawardene

Lahiru Thirimanne

Angelo Mathews (C)

Dinesh Chandimal (W)

Dhammika Prasad

Rangana Herath

Nuwan Pradeep

Shaminda Eranga

Stuart Broad took a hat-trick and Liam Plunkett claimed Test-best figures as England bowled Sri Lanka out for 257 on the first day of the second Test against Sri Lanka at Headingley.

Liam Plunkett 5/64 - maiden 5-wicket haul

Stuart Broad 3/46

Stuart Broad became the first England bowler to take two Test hat-tricks and just the fourth in all

Stuart Broad who`d previously performed the feat against India at Trent Bridge in 2011, struck with the final ball of his 12th over to have Kumar Sangakkara well caught for 79 by Ian Bell in the gully. And the first two balls of his next over saw Broad have Dinesh Chadimal caught at first slip by England captain Alastair Cook for 45. Next ball saw Shaminda Eranga caught behind by wicketkeeper Matt Prior to leave Sri Lanka struggling at 229 for nine. Players to take two Test hat-tricks
Stuart Broad (England)	2011 v India & 2014 v Sri Lanka
Wasim Akram (Pakistan)	1999 v Sri Lanka & 1999 v Sri Lanka
Jimmy Matthews (Australia)	1912 v South Africa (in the same match)
Hugh Trumble (Australia)	1902 v England & 1904 v England

Vindicating Alastair Cook's decision to field first on winning the toss, England's bowlers swung the ball prodigiously, even in the sunshine.
The hosts could have bowled Sri Lanka out even more cheaply had they taken their chances, with top-order batsman Kumar Sangakkara escaping four times on his way to a score of 79.
At close of play,England were 36/0 with Alastair Cook 14*and opening partner Sam Robson 21* at the stumps

Scorecard at the close of play on Day 1

Sri Lanka 1st Innings Score - 257 all out (69.5 overs)

			Runs	Minutes	Balls	4s	6s
Karunaratne		b Plunkett	28	90	65	4	0
K Silva	c Prior	b Anderson	13	62	38	2	0
Sangakkara	c Bell	b Broad	79	213	147	13	0
M Jayawardene	c Jordan	b Plunkett	22	67	47	3	0
Thirimanne	c Robson	b Plunkett	0		1	0	0
Mathews	c Ballance	b Anderson	26	48	28	2	1
Chandimal	c Cook	b Broad	45	70	55	6	0
Prasad	c Prior	b Plunkett	0	2	2	0	0
Herath	not out		14	30	16	1	0
Eranga	c Prior	b Broad	0		1	0	0
Pradeep	c Prior	b Plunkett	13	24	19	1	0
Extras	0nb 2w 8b 7lb		17
Total	all out (69.5 ovs)		257

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Anderson	19.0	5	49	2
Broad	15.0	3	46	3
Jordan	16.0	4	58	0
Plunkett	15.5	2	64	5
Moeen	3.0	0	16	0
Root	1.0	0	9	0

England 1st Innings Score - 49 for 1 (18.5 overs)

			Runs	Minutes	Balls	4s	6s
Cook	c Sangakkara	b Prasad	17	78	59	2	0
Robson	not out		31	82	51	4	0
Ballance	not out		0	2	4	0	0
Extras	1nb 0w 0b 0lb		1
Total	for 1 (18.5 ovs)		49

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Pradeep	5.0	1	16	0
Eranga	8.0	4	12	0
Herath	3.0	1	7	0
Prasad	2.5	0	14	1

Day Two

Sam Robson hit his first Test century on his second appearance for England

Sam Robson born in New South Wales to an Australian father and an English mother from Nottinghamshire, the 24-year-old plays for Middlesex.
Australia batsman Chris Rogers took Robson ‘for a few pints’ in a bid to persuade him to play for the Aussies rather than England.
Played at Under-19 level for Australia before becoming eligible to play for England in 2013.
In 2009, he hit a maiden first-class century in his debut season against Essex at Lord’s.
In 2012, he became the first batsman in history to score a first-class hundred in England in the month of March with a ton against Durham MCC University.
Was the leading run-scorer in the 2013 County Championship (933 runs at an average of 62.06).
Made his England Test debut against Sri Lanka on June 12, scoring 1 and 19.

Sam Robson’s 127 in an England reply of 320 for six to Sri Lanka’s 257, a lead of 63 after two days, was greeted with rich, appreciative applause.

Garry Ballance was out for 74, while Ian Bell in his 100th Test hit 64

England lost three wickets for two runs, with Bell, Joe Root and Mooen Ali falling late in the day

Captain Alastair Cook made just 17 with his poor run of form continuing

Scorecard at the close of play on Day 2

England's 1st Innings - 320 for 6 (104.0 overs)

			Runs	Minutes	Balls	4s	6s
Cook	c Sangakkara	b Prasad	17	78	59	2	0
Robson		b Pradeep	127	373	253	15	1
Ballance	c Chandimal	b Mathews	74	208	157	8	0
Bell	c Chandimal	b Eranga	64	129	90	8	0
Root	c Chandimal	b Mathews	13	47	32	2	0
Moeen	c Chandimal	b Eranga	2	16	11	0	0
Prior	not out		3	31	26	0	0
Jordan	not out		4	18	7	0	0
Extras	11nb 3w 0b 2lb		16
Total	for 6 (104.0 ovs)		320

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Pradeep	22.0	3	90	1
Eranga	27.0	10	63	2
Herath	25.0	3	61	0
Prasad	20.0	3	75	1
Mathews	10.0	3	29	2

Fall of Wicket
49	Cook
191	Ballance
278	Robson
311	Bell
311	Root
313	Moeen

Day Three

England were all out for 365 on morning of day three at Headingley
The hosts lost 4 wickets for 45 runs and left Matt Prior stranded on 27no
Sri Lanka lead by 106 runs and are 213-4 in their second innings

Kumar Sangakkara scored a record-equalling seventh half-century in a row

Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara became only the 4th batsman in history to make scores of 50 or More Runs in 7 successive Test innings when he reached the landmark against England in the 2nd Test Match at Headingley,Leeds on Sunday June 22,2014

A flick off his pads for four through square leg saw Kumar Sangakkara join West Indies greats Everton Weekes and Shivnarine Chanderpaul, together with Zimbabwe's Andy Flower, as the only batsmen to have completed the feat.

Finally,Kumar Sangakkara got out for 55 Runs

Batsmen to have scored seven consecutive Test fifties (score, opposition, venue, date):
Everton Weekes (West Indies)
141 v England, Kingston Mar 1948
128 v India, Delhi Nov 1948
194 v India, Mumbai (BS) Dec 1948
162 v India, Kolkata Dec 1948
101 v India, Kolkata Dec 1948
90 v India, Chennai Jan 1949
56 v India, Mumbai (BS) Feb 1949
Andy Flower (Zimbabwe)
65 v New Zealand, Harare Sep 2000
183 no v India, Delhi Nov 2000
70 v India, Delhi Nov 2000
55 v India, Nagpur Nov 2000
232 no v India, Nagpur Nov 2000
79 v New Zealand, Wellington Dec 2000
73 v Bangladesh, Bulawayo Apr 2001
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies)
69 v Pakistan, Karachi Nov 2006
74 v England, Lord's May 2007
50 v England, Manchester Jun 2007
116 no v England, Manchester Jun 2007
136 no v England, Chester-le-Street Jun 2007
70 v England, Chester-le-Street Jun 2007
104 v South Africa, Port Elizabeth Dec 2007
Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
75 v Bangladesh, Dhaka Jan 2014
319 v Bangladesh, Chittagong Feb 2014
105 v Bangladesh, Chittagong Feb 2014
147 v England, Lord's Jun 2014
61 v England, Lord's Jun 2014
79 v England, Leeds Jun 2014
55 v England, Leeds Jun 2014

Mahela Jayawardene is 55 not out at stumps on day three

Moeen claimed wickets of Sangakkara and Lahiru Thirimanne in three balls

Day Four

Sri Lanka started day four on 215-4 with a lead of 106

Captain Angelo Mathews scored 160 to help set winning target of 350

England lost captain Alastair Cook, Gary Ballance, Sam Robson and Ian Bell in evening

session

England finished day on 57-5 and require a further 298 runs to win

First Test drawn at Lord's

A two-Test home series against Sri Lanka was meant to provide a gentle start to the new era, a chance for England to regroup and for Cook to prove that he can mould a team in his image and lead England forward positively.
Instead, barring a miracle even beyond 1981 on this ground, it will turn into Sri Lanka’s historic first Test series win in England to complete a clean sweep after their victories in the Twenty20 international and the one-day series.

Captain Alastair Cook failed again as he was bowled for 16 in the second innings

Gary Balance was trapped LBW without scoring

Ian Bell was quickly sent back to the pavilion

Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews celebrates passing 100 on the way to scoring 160

Sri Lanka's Rangana Herath shared an eighth-wicket stand of 149 with Mathews

Herath's excellent knock ended when he was run out for 48

Day Five

Sri Lanka Record Sensational Last-Over Win vs England to Clinch Series

One wicket to take and two balls left on the final day, Sri Lanka sealed the game in the penultimate ball to win by 100 runs

Shaminda Eranga finally ended Jimmy Anderson's stubborn resistance in the last over Tuesday as Sri Lanka won the second test by 100 runs to clinch its first ever test series victory in England.
Anderson faced 55 balls without scoring in a desperate last-wicket stand with Moeen Ali (108 not out) before he fended an Eranga bouncer to Rangana Herath at leg gully, giving Sri Lanka victory with one delivery to spare.
Ali posted a maiden test century and batted all day for England, including a 20-over partnership with No. 11 Anderson.
Sri Lanka needed five wickets on day five but didn't get any during the rain-shortened morning session. The momentum changed in the second session when Nuwan Pradeep removed Joe Root (31) and Dhammika Prasad dismissed Matt Prior (0)

James Anderson leans on his bat as Sri Lanka go into raptures after his wicket wins them the series