Sat, 01 Dec - Wed, 05 Dec 2007 - 00:00 – 1st Test • Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy
Sri Lanka won by 88 runs
Sri LankaSri Lanka
610/6 (24.50) & 442/8 (130)
EnglandEngland
577/3 (20.00) & 261/10 (94)
Stat #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
Most 50s 2 Ian Bell 2 Matt Prior 2 Sanath Jayasuriya 2 Mahela Jayawardene 2 Prasanna Jayawardene
Best Average 12.5 Paul Collingwood 14 Matthew Hoggard 15.56 Muttiah Muralitharan 26.4 Chaminda Vaas 29 Dilhara Fernando
Best Bowling Fig 6 Muttiah Muralitharan 4 Matthew Hoggard 3 Chaminda Vaas 3 Monty Panesar 2 Dilhara Fernando
Most Wickets 9 Muttiah Muralitharan 6 Matthew Hoggard 6 Monty Panesar 5 Chaminda Vaas 3 Dilhara Fernando
Best Economy 1.97 Muttiah Muralitharan 2 Michael Vaughan 2.31 Sanath Jayasuriya 2.62 Matthew Hoggard 2.67 Ravi Bopara
Highest Score 152 Kumar Sangakkara 83 Ian Bell 78 Sanath Jayasuriya 65 Mahela Jayawardene 63 Matt Prior
Most Fours 32 Kumar Sangakkara 18 Ian Bell 12 Sanath Jayasuriya
Best Strike Rate 1 Muttiah Muralitharan 0.75 Sanath Jayasuriya 0.72 Chamara Silva
Most Fours 11 Prasanna Jayawardene 10 Kevin Pietersen 9 Mahela Jayawardene
Best Strike Rate 0.66 Ravi Bopara 0.57 Alastair Cook 0.57 Kumar Sangakkara
Best Averages 122 Kumar Sangakkara 78.5 Ian Bell 44 Sanath Jayasuriya 35.5 Prasanna Jayawardene 33 Mahela Jayawardene
Most Runs Conceed 178 Monty Panesar 167 James Anderson 140 Muttiah Muralitharan 132 Chaminda Vaas 125 Lasith Malinga
Most Runs 244 Kumar Sangakkara 157 Ian Bell 88 Sanath Jayasuriya 71 Prasanna Jayawardene 66 Mahela Jayawardene
Best Bowling Fig 1 Sanath Jayasuriya
Most Not Outs 2 Monty Panesar 2 Chaminda Vaas
Most Wickets 1 Sanath Jayasuriya
Most Not Outs 2 Dilhara Fernando 2 Lasith Malinga
Most Runs Conceed 87 Dilhara Fernando
Best Economy 3.02 Monty Panesar
Best Strike Rate 24 Paul Collingwood 32 Matthew Hoggard 42.12 Chaminda Vaas 47.33 Muttiah Muralitharan 59 Monty Panesar
Best Strike Rate 0.55 Mahela Jayawardene
Best Average 37 Sanath Jayasuriya
Most Dots 1 Matthew Hoggard
Best Strike Rate 60 Dilhara Fernando 96 Sanath Jayasuriya
Most Runs 61 Paul Collingwood
Most Ducks 2 Alastair Cook 2 Matt Prior
Best Averages 30.5 Paul Collingwood
Most 100s 2 Kumar Sangakkara
Worst Bowling Fig 132 Monty Panesar 128 James Anderson 86 Lasith Malinga 85 Muttiah Muralitharan 76 Chaminda Vaas
Most Ducks 2 Dilhara Fernando 2 Jehan Mubarak
Most Fours 8 Matt Prior
Most Balls Faced 428 Kumar Sangakkara 334 Ian Bell 165 Michael Vandort 153 Matt Prior 148 Prasanna Jayawardene
Highest Score 49 Michael Vandort
Mahela Jayawardene vs James Anderson
Dismissals 12
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 65.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Kumar Sangakkara vs James Anderson
Dismissals 10
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 64.6
✔ Batsman advantage
Paul Collingwood vs Susil Fernando
Dismissals 9
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 31.9
✔ Batsman advantage
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Matthew Hoggard
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 62.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Alastair Cook vs Susil Fernando
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 94.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Alastair Cook vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 10.6
âš  Bowler dominance
Michael Vaughan vs Susil Fernando
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 41.4
✔ Batsman advantage
Mahela Jayawardene vs Paul Collingwood
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 51.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Arnie Sidebottom
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 18.2
Balanced matchup
Chaminda Vaas vs Matthew Hoggard
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 50.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Lasith Malinga vs Monty Panesar
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 23.8
Balanced matchup
Michael Vaughan vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 41.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Paul Collingwood vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 104.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Alastair Cook vs Lasith Malinga
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 74.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Sanath Jayasuriya vs James Anderson
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 24.0
Balanced matchup
Kevin Pietersen vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 40.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Kevin Pietersen vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 78.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Kevin Pietersen vs Lasith Malinga
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 13.3
âš  Bowler dominance
Paul Collingwood vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 46.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Ian Bell vs Susil Fernando
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 20.3
Balanced matchup
Ian Bell vs Lasith Malinga
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 25.0
Balanced matchup
James Anderson vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 21.7
Balanced matchup
James Anderson vs Lasith Malinga
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 5.3
âš  Bowler dominance
Jehan Mubarak vs Matthew Hoggard
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 8.7
âš  Bowler dominance
Mahela Jayawardene vs Matthew Hoggard
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 46.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Kumar Sangakkara vs Matthew Hoggard
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 45.7
✔ Batsman advantage
Ravi Bopara vs Lasith Malinga
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 6.5
âš  Bowler dominance
Dilhara Fernando vs James Anderson
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 4.5
âš  Bowler dominance
Jehan Mubarak vs Monty Panesar
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 23.5
Balanced matchup
Kumar Sangakkara vs Paul Collingwood
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 141.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Kumar Sangakkara vs Monty Panesar
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 98.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Michael Vandort vs Arnie Sidebottom
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 146.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Michael Vandort vs Matthew Hoggard
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 13.5
âš  Bowler dominance
Matthew Hoggard vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 36.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Kevin Pietersen vs Susil Fernando
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 37.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Ravi Bopara vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 32.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Monty Panesar vs Lasith Malinga
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 10.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Matt Prior vs Susil Fernando
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 6.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Matt Prior vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 6.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Ravi Bopara vs Susil Fernando
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 53.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Monty Panesar vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 28.0
Balanced matchup
Ravi Bopara vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 7.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Paul Collingwood
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 30.0
Balanced matchup
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Monty Panesar
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 5.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Muttiah Muralitharan vs Monty Panesar
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 4.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Chaminda Vaas vs Arnie Sidebottom
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 5.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Ian Bell vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 16.0
Balanced matchup
Paul Collingwood vs Lasith Malinga
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 51.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Matthew Hoggard vs Lasith Malinga
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 28.0
Balanced matchup
Ryan Sidebottom vs Susil Fernando
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 2.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Ryan Sidebottom vs Lasith Malinga
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 81.0
✔ Batsman advantage
James Anderson vs Susil Fernando
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 8.0
âš  Bowler dominance
James Anderson vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 1.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Matthew Hoggard vs Susil Fernando
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 25.0
Balanced matchup
Michael Vandort vs James Anderson
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 143.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Jehan Mubarak vs Arnie Sidebottom
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 19.0
Balanced matchup
Lasith Malinga vs Paul Collingwood
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 16.0
Balanced matchup
Jehan Mubarak vs James Anderson
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 15.0
Balanced matchup
Chamara Silva vs Matthew Hoggard
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 6.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Chamara Silva vs Paul Collingwood
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 36.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Chamara Silva vs Monty Panesar
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 48.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Dilhara Fernando vs Monty Panesar
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 11.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Prasanna Jayawardene vs James Anderson
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 40.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Prasanna Jayawardene vs Paul Collingwood
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 46.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Prasanna Jayawardene vs Monty Panesar
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 102.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Kumar Sangakkara vs Arnie Sidebottom
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 10.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Chaminda Vaas vs Paul Collingwood
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 5.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Chaminda Vaas vs Monty Panesar
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 22.0
Balanced matchup
Mahela Jayawardene vs Arnie Sidebottom
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 3.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Mahela Jayawardene vs Monty Panesar
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 422.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Dilhara Fernando vs Arnie Sidebottom
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 18.0
Balanced matchup