Sri Lanka vs England, 1st Test at Galle, SL v ENG, Jan 14 2021 - Cricket Photos

RESULT

1st Test, Galle, January 14 - 18, 2021, England tour of Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka

135 & 359

England

(T:74) 421 & 76/3

England won by 7 wickets

Player Of The Match

Joe Root

, ENG

228 & 5 catches

Dan Lawrence and Jonny Bairstow celebrate the moment of victory•Jan 18, 2021•SLC

Jonny Bairstow and Dan Lawrence resume on the final morning•Jan 18, 2021•SLC

Jack Leach celebrates after taking his fifth wicket•Jan 17, 2021•SLC

England celebrate Jack Leach's breakthrough•Jan 17, 2021•SLC

Stuart Broad returned remarkably tight figures•Jan 17, 2021•SLC

England celebrate after Dom Bess dismissed Dinesh Chandimal•Jan 17, 2021•SLC

Angelo Mathews was happy to accumulate steadily•Jan 17, 2021•SLC

Lahiru Thirimanne celebrates his second Test hundred•Jan 17, 2021•SLC

Jack Leach had to toil on the third day•Jan 16, 2021•SLC

Sam Curran celebrates his breakthrough with Dom Bess•Jan 16, 2021•SLC

Dan Lawrence and Jonny Bairstow completed the job for England•Jan 18, 2021•SLC

Lasith Embuldeniya took two early wickets in the fourth innings•Jan 17, 2021•SLC

Jack Leach twirls away•Jan 17, 2021•SLC

Angelo Mathews' half-century dragged Sri Lanka into the lead•Jan 17, 2021•SLC

Niroshan Dickwella brings out the slog-sweep•Jan 17, 2021•SLC

Sam Curran extracted Lahiru Thirimanne with the new ball•Jan 17, 2021•SLC

Dom Bess claimed the wicket of Sri Lanka's nightwatchman•Jan 17, 2021•SLC

Lahiru Thirimanne drives down the ground•Jan 17, 2021•SLC

Kusal Mendis ended a horror run of ducks•Jan 16, 2021•SLC

Lahiru Thirimanne celebrates reaching fifty•Jan 16, 2021•SLC

Match Coverage

All Match News

Angelo Mathews: 'Felt like I was playing against Stuart Broad in England'

"The wicket was not offering anything for the fast bowlers but he was still moving the ball."

Rishabh Pant moves up to 13th in Test rankings; Joe Root back in top five

Marnus Labuschagne, meanwhile, moved past Virat Kohli to take the third spot

Scenarios: What India, Australia and England still need to do to make the WTC final

What the Gabba and Galle results mean for each of the three teams, and New Zealand

Made in Somerset: pride as Dom Bess, Jack Leach share 14 wickets in Galle win

Club see spinners' success in Sri Lanka as vindication of decision to prepare helpful home pitches

With Joe Root at the helm, have England fans ever had it so good?

Root's side look increasingly accomplished, bringing much-needed cheer for supporters locked down at home

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England Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
Z Crawley	caught	8	21
DP Sibley	bowled	2	5
JM Bairstow	not out	35	65
JE Root	run out	1	3
DW Lawrence	not out	21	52
Extras	(b 4, lb 5)
Total	76(3 wkts; 24.2 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
L Embuldeniya	12	3	29	2	2.41
MDK Perera	11.2	2	34	0	3
PW Hasaranga	1	0	4	0	4

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	3	Dom Sibley	Zak Crawley
2nd	9	Jonny Bairstow	Zak Crawley
3rd	2	Jonny Bairstow	Joe Root
4th	62	Jonny Bairstow	Dan Lawrence

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ICC World Test Championship

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT	RPWR
IND	17	12	4	1	520	1.577
ENG	21	11	7	3	442	1.12
NZ	11	7	4	0	420	1.281
AUS	14	8	4	2	332	1.392
PAK	12	4	5	3	286	0.822
SA	13	5	8	0	264	0.787
SL	12	2	6	4	200	0.729
WI	13	3	8	2	194	0.661
BAN	7	0	6	1	20	0.601

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