Sri Lanka vs England, 2nd Test at Galle, SL v ENG, Jan 22 2021 - Match News

RESULT

2nd Test, Galle, January 22 - 25, 2021, England tour of Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka

381 & 126

England

(T:164) 344 & 164/4

England won by 6 wickets

Player Of The Match

Joe Root

, ENG

186 & 2/0

Player Of The Series

Joe Root

, ENG

426 runs • 2 wkts

Summary

Scorecard

Report

Commentary

Stats

Table

News

Photos

Day 5

Karachi nights and Mumbai magic: six of England's best Test wins in Asia this century

10-Feb-2021•Alan Gardner

Day 4

England's 2-0 victory over Sri Lanka is a terrific achievement

25-Jan-2021•George Dobell

Mickey Arthur bemoans poor batting after second Test goes 'horribly wrong' for Sri Lanka

25-Jan-2021•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Joe Root - England 'couldn't be in better place' for India challenge

25-Jan-2021•George Dobell

Stats - England's winning streak in SL, and Root second only to Hammond

25-Jan-2021•S Rajesh

Dom Sibley's courage overcomes 'stinker' to seal series with matchwinning fifty

25-Jan-2021•Andrew Miller

Sri Lanka's batsmen, and the voice of unreason

25-Jan-2021•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Dom Sibley breaks out of slump to help see England home

25-Jan-2021•Valkerie Baynes

Day 3

Lasith Embuldeniya's unsexy virtues put him on the right path

24-Jan-2021•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Determined, dominant Joe Root defies conditions to make batting look easy

24-Jan-2021•George Dobell

Jos Buttler: Whole team can learn from Joe Root's 'masterclass'

24-Jan-2021•Andrew Miller

Joe Root stars with 186 as Lasith Embuldeniya takes seven in tightly-fought contest

24-Jan-2021•Valkerie Baynes

Day 2

Niroshan Dickwella's dance of destruction. Or creation. Or whatever it is

23-Jan-2021•Andrew Fidel Fernando

James Anderson's enduring class masks England fears about spin support

23-Jan-2021•George Dobell

Joe Root leads response after Sri Lanka lay foundation in face of James Anderson six-for

23-Jan-2021•Valkerie Baynes

Day 1

Joe Root passes Geoff Boycott as fluent batting form sets England agenda

23-Jan-2021•Andrew Miller

James Anderson delivers another performance to treasure on day of England toil

22-Jan-2021•George Dobell

Mark Wood finds relief in rare breakthrough as hard graft earns overdue reward

22-Jan-2021•Andrew Miller

Grant Flower pleased with Sri Lanka application despite 'giving them three wickets'

22-Jan-2021•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Angelo Mathews edges day for Sri Lanka after arm-wrestle with James Anderson

22-Jan-2021•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Others

What's the most wicketless overs bowled by spinners in a Test innings in Sri Lanka?

26-Jan-2021•Steven Lynch

Ed Smith defends 'pragmatic' England selection as Jonny Bairstow faces return to Test sidelines

21-Jan-2021•Andrew Miller

Reliability of Sri Lanka's batting under scrutiny as England target 2-0 sweep

21-Jan-2021•Andrew Fidel Fernando

England mull changes to pace attack with Olly Stone in contention for recall

19-Jan-2021•George Dobell

Olly Stone admits previous career doubts as he hopes for recall

20-Jan-2021•George Dobell