Sri Lanka vs England Scorecard, 1st Test, England tour of Sri Lanka 2007

1st Test · England tour of Sri Lanka 2007 · Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy · 1 Dec 2007 to 5 Dec 2007

Sri Lanka 188 & 442/8d

England 281 & 261

Sri Lanka won by 88 runs

Player of the match: KC Sangakkara

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Match summary

Sri Lanka played England in the 1st Test, England tour of Sri Lanka 2007 at Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, from 1 Dec 2007 to 5 Dec 2007. Sri Lanka won by 88 runs.

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat first. Sri Lanka made 188 in 59.3 overs, England made 281 in 93.1 overs, Sri Lanka made 442/8 declared in 130 overs, England made 261 in 94 overs.

Kumar Sangakkara top-scored with 244 runs in the match; Muttiah Muralitharan took 9/140 in the match; Kumar Sangakkara was named player of the match.

Sri Lanka Innings

188/10 (59.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MG Vandort c MP Vaughan b MJ Hoggard	c MP Vaughan b MJ Hoggard	8	22	1	0	36.36
ST Jayasuriya c KP Pietersen b RJ Sidebottom	c KP Pietersen b RJ Sidebottom	10	12	2	0	83.33
KC Sangakkara c PD Collingwood b JM Anderson	c PD Collingwood b JM Anderson	92	159	13	0	57.86
DPMD Jayawardene c MJ Prior b MJ Hoggard	c MJ Prior b MJ Hoggard	1	12	0	0	8.33
LPC Silva c MJ Prior b MJ Hoggard	c MJ Prior b MJ Hoggard	2	6	0	0	33.33
J Mubarak c MJ Prior b MJ Hoggard	c MJ Prior b MJ Hoggard	0	5	0	0	0.00
HAPW Jayawardene c AN Cook b MS Panesar	c AN Cook b MS Panesar	51	102	9	0	50.00
WPUJC Vaas b MS Panesar	b MS Panesar	12	22	2	0	54.55
CRD Fernando c MP Vaughan b MS Panesar	c MP Vaughan b MS Panesar	0	11	0	0	0.00
SL Malinga not out	not out	1	7	0	0	14.29
M Muralitharan run out	run out	1	1	0	0	100.00
Extras	(b 0, lb 8, w 0, nb 2)	10
Total	59.3 Ov (RR: 3.16)	188/10

Fall of wickets: 1-11 (ST Jayasuriya, 2.5 ov), 2-29 (MG Vandort, 9.1 ov), 3-40 (DPMD Jayawardene, 13.1 ov), 4-42 (LPC Silva, 15.1 ov), 5-42 (J Mubarak, 15.6 ov), 6-148 (HAPW Jayawardene, 46.1 ov), 7-180 (WPUJC Vaas, 52.3 ov), 8-182 (CRD Fernando, 56.6 ov), 9-186 (KC Sangakkara, 59.2 ov), 10-188 (M Muralitharan, 59.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	NB
RJ Sidebottom	15	1	58	1	3.87	69	12	0
MJ Hoggard	14	3	29	4	2.07	66	2	1
JM Anderson	15.4	3	39	1	2.49	74	5	0
RS Bopara	1	0	8	0	8.00	3	1	1
MS Panesar	13.5	4	46	3	3.33	62	7	0

England Innings

281/10 (93.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Cook lbw b WPUJC Vaas	lbw b WPUJC Vaas	0	3	0	0	0.00
MP Vaughan c LPC Silva b M Muralitharan	c LPC Silva b M Muralitharan	37	108	5	0	34.26
IR Bell c LPC Silva b M Muralitharan	c LPC Silva b M Muralitharan	83	125	12	0	66.40
KP Pietersen lbw b M Muralitharan	lbw b M Muralitharan	31	57	6	0	54.39
PD Collingwood b M Muralitharan	b M Muralitharan	45	121	3	0	37.19
RS Bopara c HAPW Jayawardene b M Muralitharan	c HAPW Jayawardene b M Muralitharan	8	22	0	0	36.36
MJ Prior c J Mubarak b CRD Fernando	c J Mubarak b CRD Fernando	0	6	0	0	0.00
RJ Sidebottom c HAPW Jayawardene b SL Malinga	c HAPW Jayawardene b SL Malinga	31	81	3	0	38.27
MJ Hoggard st HAPW Jayawardene b M Muralitharan	st HAPW Jayawardene b M Muralitharan	15	23	2	0	65.22
JM Anderson lbw b WPUJC Vaas	lbw b WPUJC Vaas	9	17	0	0	52.94
MS Panesar not out	not out	2	6	0	0	33.33
Extras	(b 6, lb 1, w 2, nb 11)	20
Total	93.1 Ov (RR: 3.02)	281/10

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (AN Cook, 0.3 ov), 2-107 (MP Vaughan, 34.1 ov), 3-132 (IR Bell, 42.6 ov), 4-170 (KP Pietersen, 52.3 ov), 5-182 (RS Bopara, 58.4 ov), 6-185 (MJ Prior, 61.1 ov), 7-242 (RJ Sidebottom, 83.2 ov), 8-266 (PD Collingwood, 88.4 ov), 9-272 (MJ Hoggard, 90.1 ov), 10-281 (JM Anderson, 93.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	WD	NB
WPUJC Vaas	18.1	3	76	2	4.18	77	10	0	2
SL Malinga	20	2	86	1	4.30	89	11	2	8
M Muralitharan	35	14	55	6	1.57	175	4	0	0
ST Jayasuriya	2	0	9	0	4.50	6	0	0	0
CRD Fernando	18	2	48	1	2.67	81	6	0	0

Sri Lanka Innings

442/8d (130 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MG Vandort c IR Bell b JM Anderson	c IR Bell b JM Anderson	49	143	3	0	34.27
ST Jayasuriya lbw b MJ Hoggard	lbw b MJ Hoggard	78	106	10	1	73.58
KC Sangakkara c MP Vaughan b PD Collingwood	c MP Vaughan b PD Collingwood	152	269	19	0	56.51
DPMD Jayawardene c MJ Prior b MJ Hoggard	c MJ Prior b MJ Hoggard	65	108	9	0	60.19
LPC Silva lbw b MS Panesar	lbw b MS Panesar	37	48	7	0	77.08
J Mubarak c GP Swann b MS Panesar	c GP Swann b MS Panesar	9	32	2	0	28.13
HAPW Jayawardene b PD Collingwood	b PD Collingwood	20	46	2	0	43.48
WPUJC Vaas not out	not out	6	17	0	0	35.29
SL Malinga b MS Panesar	b MS Panesar	2	2	0	0	100.00
CRD Fernando not out	not out	9	9	0	0	100.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 10, w 0, nb 0)	15
Total	130 Ov (RR: 3.40)	442/8

Did not bat: M Muralitharan

Fall of wickets: 1-113 (ST Jayasuriya, 32.6 ov), 2-166 (MG Vandort, 50.6 ov), 3-288 (DPMD Jayawardene, 86.1 ov), 4-359 (LPC Silva, 101.5 ov), 5-387 (J Mubarak, 111.6 ov), 6-423 (HAPW Jayawardene, 124.5 ov), 7-426 (KC Sangakkara, 126.5 ov), 8-429 (SL Malinga, 127.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
MJ Hoggard	18	5	55	2	3.06	80	6	1
RJ Sidebottom	25	5	65	0	2.60	118	9	0
MS Panesar	45	5	132	3	2.93	186	12	0
JM Anderson	23	4	128	1	5.57	87	22	0
RS Bopara	8	3	16	0	2.00	39	2	0
MP Vaughan	3	0	6	0	2.00	12	0	0
PD Collingwood	8	0	25	2	3.13	27	1	0

England Innings

261/10 (94 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Cook c LPC Silva b WPUJC Vaas	c LPC Silva b WPUJC Vaas	4	4	1	0	100.00
MP Vaughan c HAPW Jayawardene b WPUJC Vaas	c HAPW Jayawardene b WPUJC Vaas	5	25	1	0	20.00
JM Anderson b WPUJC Vaas	b WPUJC Vaas	11	36	1	0	30.56
IR Bell b M Muralitharan	b M Muralitharan	74	209	6	0	35.41
KP Pietersen b CRD Fernando	b CRD Fernando	18	33	4	0	54.55
PD Collingwood c KC Sangakkara b CRD Fernando	c KC Sangakkara b CRD Fernando	16	27	1	0	59.26
RS Bopara lbw b ST Jayasuriya	lbw b ST Jayasuriya	34	42	7	0	80.95
MJ Prior b M Muralitharan	b M Muralitharan	63	147	8	0	42.86
RJ Sidebottom lbw b M Muralitharan	lbw b M Muralitharan	1	15	0	0	6.67
MJ Hoggard b SL Malinga	b SL Malinga	8	28	1	0	28.57
MS Panesar not out	not out	2	9	0	0	22.22
Extras	(b 5, lb 9, w 0, nb 11)	25
Total	94 Ov (RR: 2.78)	261/10

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (AN Cook, 0.4 ov), 2-22 (MP Vaughan, 8.6 ov), 3-27 (JM Anderson, 10.3 ov), 4-55 (KP Pietersen, 17.2 ov), 5-90 (PD Collingwood, 25.5 ov), 6-139 (RS Bopara, 40.4 ov), 7-248 (MJ Prior, 84.6 ov), 8-249 (IR Bell, 86.2 ov), 9-253 (RJ Sidebottom, 90.2 ov), 10-261 (MJ Hoggard, 93.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	NB
WPUJC Vaas	17	3	56	3	3.29	85	10	5
SL Malinga	15	3	39	1	2.60	71	4	4
M Muralitharan	36	12	85	3	2.36	163	7	1
ST Jayasuriya	14	6	28	1	2.00	71	4	0
CRD Fernando	12	1	39	2	3.25	51	5	1

Frequently asked questions

Who won the Sri Lanka vs England match on 1 Dec 2007?

Sri Lanka won by 88 runs.

Who was player of the match in Sri Lanka vs England?

Kumar Sangakkara.

Who scored the most runs in Sri Lanka vs England?

Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) with 244 runs across 2 innings.

Who took the most wickets in Sri Lanka vs England?

Muttiah Muralitharan, with 9/140.

Who won the toss in Sri Lanka vs England?

Sri Lanka, who chose to bat first.

Where was Sri Lanka vs England played?

At Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy.