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England vs Sri Lanka Scorecard, 2nd Test, Sri Lanka vs England 2021
Result · Jan 22 2021, Fri - 10:00 AM (IST)
SRI LANKA381, 126
ENGLAND344, 164/4
England won by 6 wickets
CRR:3.77
Match Info
| Series: | England in Sri Lanka 2021 |
| Date: | Jan 22 2021, Fri - 10:00 AM (IST) |
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| City: | Galle |
| Venue: | Galle International Stadium |
| Toss: | Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. |
| Sri Lanka Playing XI: | Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Perera, Oshada Fernando, Dinesh Chandimal (c), Angelo Mathews, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Ramesh Mendis, Dilruwan Perera, Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Embuldeniya, Asitha Fernando |
| England Playing XI: | Zak Crawley, Dominic Sibley, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root (c), Dan Lawrence, Jos Buttler (wk), Sam Curran, Dom Bess, Jack Leach, Mark Wood, James Anderson |
- England will be looking to record a third successive men's Test series win against Sri Lanka for the first time, following their seven-wicket victory in the series opener at this very venue in Galle.
- Sri Lanka have lost their last three men's Tests in succession; the last time they compiled a longer losing run was a four-game span from December 2015 to May 2016.
- England will be looking to win a fourth consecutive men's Test series (currently leading 1-0 in this iteration); the last time they enjoyed a longer winning run was a stretch of six series victories between 2010 and 2011.
- England's men have the chance to win five successive overseas Test matches for the first time since 1914 (seven in a row between 1911 and 1914).
- England have lost only one of their 10 men's Tests since the start of 2020 (W7, D2) and are undefeated in their last six of that stretch (W4, D2) - the last time they went on a longer unbeaten run was a 13-Test span (W7, D6) from November 2012 to August 2013.
- Jack Leach (24) requires just two scalps in this match to become England's all-time leading Test wicket-taker in Sri Lanka (Ashley Giles, 25); he currently has the best average (29.1) of any spinner to bowl for England during the 21st Century (min. 5+ total career wickets).
- Joe Root (England) comes into this game having posted a knock worth 228 last time out against Sri Lanka, his maiden Test double-century in Asia; he recorded 74 runs from conventional sweep shots in the series opener, almost twice the number of his previous high in a Test match (41 at Pallekele, v Sri Lanka in November 2018).
- Lahiru Thirimanne (Sri Lanka) has scored 50+ in two of his last three Test innings at Galle International Stadium, after doing so only once in his 12 innings prior.
- Jos Buttler (England) held on to all five catching opportunities in the series opener (100% catching success rate); only once before in his Test career has he managed to claim more catches without dropping one (July 2014 v India - 6/6).
- Stuart Broad (England) easily had the highest dot ball percentage (89.1%) of any bowler in the first Test; he needs just three wickets to go ahead of Courtney Walsh (519) as the sixth-most prolific wicket-taker in men's Test history.