LONDON : Scoreboard Monday at stumps on day five of the first test between England and Sri Lanka at Lord's. Sri Lanka survived by one wicket to draw the first test against England on Monday after finishing on 201-9 at Lord's.
England declared overnight and set Sri Lanka an improbable 390 runs to win.For most of the day, the match looked set for a draw but England started to glimpse victory through an inspired spell from James Anderson who ended with 4-25.
England 1st Innings 575-9 declared=
Sri Lanka 1st Innings 453=
England 2nd Innings 267-8 declared (overnight)=
Sri Lanka 2nd Innings=
Dimuth Karunaratne c Robson b Broad 16
Kaushal Silva c Prior b Jordan 57
Kumar Sangakkara b Anderson 61
Mahela Jayewardene c Prior b Anderson 18
Lahiru Thirimanne c Jordan b Anderson 2
Angelo Mathews c Cook b Anderson 18
Prasanna Jayawardene lbw b Jordan 8
Nuwan Kulasekara lbw b Broad 1
Rangana Herath c Prior b Broad 1
Shaminda Eranga not out 0
Nuwan Pradeep not out 0
Extras: (1nb, 11b, 7lb) 19
TOTAL: (for 9 wickets) 201
Overs: 90
Fall of wickets: 1-25, 2-123, 3-159, 4-169, 5-170, 6-194, 7-199, 8-201, 9-201
Bowling: James Anderson 19-10-25-4, Stuart Broad 21-9-43-3, Chris Jordan 18-10-34-2, Liam Plunkett 16-5-39-0, Moeen Ali 12-2-35-0, Joe Root 4-3-7-0.
Toss: Sri Lanka
Result: Draw.
Umpires: Billy Bowden, New Zealand, and Paul Reiffel, Australia.
TV umpire: Steve Davis, Australia. Match referee: Andy Pycroft, Zimbabwe.
