SRI LANKA VS. ENGLAND FIRST TEST HIGHLIGHTS, GALLE

SRI LANKA VS. ENGLAND FIRST TEST HIGHLIGHTS, GALLE

Sri Lanka's 135 is their second-lowest total at Galle, behind only 105 against Australia in 2011. It is also the lowest, first innings of a Test total on the ground, the previous lowest being their 181 against Pakistan in 1999-2000. The difference of 224 runs between the second and first Sri Lankan innings is their fifth-highest in Tests played in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's record in such circumstances is 263 against Pakistan at Colombo (SSC) in 2005-06. Dom Bess's 5 for 30 is England's fifth-best innings analysis in Sri Lanka and second best at Galle. John Emburey's 6 for 33 at Colombo (PSS) in 1981-82 and Graeme Swann's 6 for 82 at Galle in 2011-12 are the respective best. Bess's match analysis of 8 for 130 is England's best at Galle bettering Ashley Giles's 8 for 132 in 2003-04. England's first innings lead of 286 is the fifth highest at Galle. Pakistan's lead of 419 in 1999-2000 remains the best, slightly ahead of Sri Lanka's 418 over England in 2007-08. Joe Root's 228 is the highest score by a captain at Galle surpassing Mahela Jayawardene's unbeaten 213 against England in 2007-08. Root's eighteenth Test hundred is also his second highest and seventh (and highest) as captain. Root's innings is also the longest (in time) by an England player in Sri Lanka beating the previous best of 448, jointly held by Michael Vaughan at Kandy in 2003-04 and Robin Smith at Colombo (SSC) in 1992-93. In his 98th Test, Root became the seventh England player and thirty-first in total to score 8000 Test runs. Kusal Mendis became the thirtieth player, and third Sri Lankan, to register four consecutive ducks. The record stands at five, a fate Mendis avoided by scoring 15 in the second innings. Angelo Mathews became the fifth Sri Lankan player to score 6000 Test runs. Dan Lawrence became the 77th England player to score a fifty in a Test debut innings. His 73 places him at joint 26th with Joe Root who made the same score against India at Nagpur in 2012-13. The partnership of 173 between Root and Lawrence is also England's best for any wicket in Sri Lanka. For the second consecutive Test between the two countries, both wicket-keepers were caught by their opposite number.