England vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: Sri Lanka tour of England, 2024 Venue: Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester Date & Time: Aug 21-Aug 24, 11:00 AM LOCAL
Angelo Mathews 65(145)
50.4
Woakes to Mathews, out Caught by Matthew Potts!! Mathews' resilience comes to an end. On a length around off, the ball nips a bit and squares up the set batsman. He looks to defend it, ends up getting a leading edge that has been taken by the fielder at backward point. Sharp catch by Potts and the 78-run partnership has been broken. Sri Lanka lead by 51 runs but with the wicket of Mathews they can think of getting a few more wickets before stumps. Mathews c Matthew Potts b Woakes 65(145) [4s-2 6s-1]
50.3
Woakes to Mathews, no run, on a length outside off, shaping away from the batter as Mathews gets beaten on his defence'
50.2
Woakes to Mathews, no run, short of a length around off, knocked to cover by Mathews
50.1
Woakes to Mathews, no run, pitched up by the bowler on off, Mathews defends it down the pitch
48.6
Woakes to Mathews, no run, Woakes is pulling his hairs out. It's that close. Gets the I0$ length delivery to shape away late with extra bounce, Mathews fishes and almost edges it. Almost.
48.5
Woakes to Mathews, no run, good length on and around off at I0$, defended to mid-on
48.4
Woakes to Mathews, no run, late shape away with extra bounce on this I0$ back of a length delivery, Mathews feels for it and gets beaten all ends up on the outside edge
48.3
Woakes to Mathews, no run, short and swinging down leg at I0$, Mathews flicks and misses
46.6
Gus Atkinson to Mathews, no run, I0$ swings away late in the channel outside off, Mathews looks to push into the off-side and gets beaten on the outside edge
46.5
Gus Atkinson to Mathews, no run, I0$ back of a length on off, pushed away into the covers
46.4
Gus Atkinson to Mathews, no run, full and shapes in late outside off at I0$, Mathews seeks to drive and gets beaten on the inside edge
46.3
Gus Atkinson to Mathews, no run, full and swinging away outside off, left alone to the keeper
45.6
Matthew Potts to Mathews, no run, past the outside edge. This one wobbles in straightens off the seam to beat the poking blade of Mathews in the fifth stump channel
45.5
Matthew Potts to Mathews, no run, dropped! That will hurt Potts and England. A rank short ball outside off, Mathews goes chasing with a slash and the thick outside edge flies to the left of lone slip where Root makes a hash of it. He was perhaps a touch late to react and couldn't quite gather it cleanly
45.4
Matthew Potts to Mathews, no run, goes wide of the crease and bowls it at I0$ around off, Mathews hops and drops it off the splice into the off-side
45.3
Matthew Potts to Mathews, no run, short of length just outside off at I0$, Mathews opens the bat face and pushes it to the left of mid-off
45.2
Matthew Potts to Mathews, no run, I0$ full in the slot outside off, Mathews drives but can't beat the fielder at cover
45.1
Matthew Potts to Mathews, no run, short of length outside off, blocked off the back foot
43.6
Matthew Potts to Mathews, no run, short of length outside off, defended to the right of short mid-wicket
43.5
Matthew Potts to Mathews, no run, I0$ angled in from a length around off, safely dropped into the leg-side
43.4
Matthew Potts to Mathews, no run, I0$ back of a length outside off, solid block into the covers
43.3
Matthew Potts to Mathews, no run, back of a length on middle and leg. played with soft hands
43.2
Matthew Potts to Mathews, no run, good length on off, Mathews gets behind the line and blocks
43.1
Matthew Potts to Mathews, no run, short of length angling down leg, Mathews flicks and misses
42.6
Gus Atkinson to Mathews, 1 run, short at the hip, pulled away to the right of fine leg
42.5
Gus Atkinson to Mathews, no run, I0$ good length outside off, punched away into the off-side
42.4
Gus Atkinson to Mathews, FOUR, bumper at I0$ down leg, Mathews plays the one-legged pull and manages to help it away to the fine leg fence with lovely timing
42.3
Gus Atkinson to Mathews, no run, I0$ curls in from a length around off, Mathews's bat face turns on impact as he negates it towards square leg
42.2
Gus Atkinson to Mathews, no run, I0$ short of length outside off, Mathews jumps on the back foot and drops it off the splice into the leg-side
42.1
Gus Atkinson to Mathews, no run, I0$ back of a length just outside off, solid block back to the bowler
41.4
Shoaib Bashir to Mathews, 1 run, slower and fuller on the stumps, driven neatly to the left of Duckett at deep mid-on
40.6
Gus Atkinson to Mathews, no run, I0$ back of a length on the stumps, punched to the left of Wood at mid-on. A slight fumble, but they don't risk the single
40.5
Gus Atkinson to Mathews, no run, bangs it short at I0$ outside off, Mathews jumps on the back foot and fends it off the shoulder of the bat
40.4
Gus Atkinson to Mathews, no run, short of length at I0$ around off, Mathews hops and tucks to the left of Brook at square leg
40.3
Gus Atkinson to Mathews, no run, I0$ back of a length outside off, punched to short cover
40.2
Gus Atkinson to Mathews, no run, I0$ full and drifting down leg, Mathews looks to flick and misses
40.1
Gus Atkinson to Mathews, no run, I0$ nips back from a length outside off, Mathews looks to block and gets a thick inside edge onto front pad
39.1
Shoaib Bashir to Mathews, 1 run, offbreak on the stumps, turned away to square leg
38.4
Gus Atkinson to Mathews, 1 run, short of length outside off at I0$, Mathews jumps across and clips it to the right of backward square leg
38.2
Gus Atkinson to Mathews, 1 run, I0$ short of length on leg stump, glanced away to fine leg
37.2
Shoaib Bashir to Mathews, 1 run, full on off, pushed down to long-on
36.6
Mark Wood to Mathews, no run, this one reverses from a length towards off, Mathews blocks it off the inside half into the leg-side
36.1
Mark Wood to Mathews, 1 run, back of a length on the stumps, clipped away to the right of square leg
34.6
Mark Wood to Mathews, no run, down leg at 144ks, Mathews flicks and misses
34.5
Mark Wood to Mathews, no run, 144ks short and down leg, Mathews shoulders arms
34.4
Mark Wood to Mathews, no run, 87mph short ball down leg, nothing doing from Mathews
34.3
Mark Wood to Mathews, no run, third one in a row, Mathews lets it pass
34.2
Mark Wood to Mathews, no run, short once again and Mathews ignores it to the keeper
34.1
Mark Wood to Mathews, no run, 146ks bumper, Mathews sits under it
33.1
Shoaib Bashir to Mathews, 1 run, goes on the back foot and tucks the quicker delivery through mid-wicket
32.3
Mark Wood to Mathews, 1 run, 145ks bumper outside off, Mathews was hurried by the pace but manages to help the pull to the right of deep mid-wicket
31.6
Shoaib Bashir to Mathews, no run, full on the stumps, Mathews smothers it into the leg-side
31.5
Shoaib Bashir to Mathews, no run, straighter delivery, blocked from the crease
31.4
Shoaib Bashir to Mathews, no run, dropped? Mathews tried to drill a full delivery off the front foot and there was a noise as the ball went past the bat. One thing was certain that Mathews' bat hit the ground, but was there an edge on that? Need more replays and perhaps UltraEdge to confirm the same...
31.3
Shoaib Bashir to Mathews, no run, fuller on middle and leg, negated off the front foot
31.1
Shoaib Bashir to Mathews, 1 run, floated up outside off. Mathews opens the bat face and pushes the drive square on the off-side
30.4
Mark Wood to Mathews, 1 run, too full and veering in towards middle and leg, Mathews clips it off the cue end to the right of mid-wicket
30.3
Mark Wood to Mathews, no run, goes wide of the crease and bowls it a touch fuller around off at 143ks, Mathews negates it into the leg-side with soft hands
30.2
Mark Wood to Mathews, no run, 142ks length ball drifting down leg, Mathews looks to glance and misses
30.1
Mark Wood to Mathews, 2 runs, starts off with a back of a length delivery on the pads and Mathews helps himself to his 42nd fifty in Test cricket with a flick behind square on the leg-side
29.2
Matthew Potts to Mathews, 3 runs, on a length outside off, Mathews goes for a drive, gets an outside edge through backward point for three runs. That was in the air for a while, but luckily for Mathews there wasn't a fielder there
29.1
Matthew Potts to Mathews, no run, pitched up by the bowler on middle and leg, pushed to mid-on by Mathews
28.2
Shoaib Bashir to Mathews, 1 run, pushed down the ground to long-on for a single
28.1
Shoaib Bashir to Mathews, no run, loopy delivery on off, Mathews drives it to mid-off
27.2
Matthew Potts to Mathews, 1 run, on a length around off, Mathews plays it towards the off-side for a single
27.1
Matthew Potts to Mathews, no run, pitched up by the bowler on middle and leg, worked towards mid-wicket by Mathews
26.2
Shoaib Bashir to Mathews, 1 run, tad short on leg, nudged towards fine leg for one
26.1
Shoaib Bashir to Mathews, no run, floated on middle and leg, nudged to the leg-side
24.6
Shoaib Bashir to Mathews, no run, on his front foot to block this comfortably
24.5
Shoaib Bashir to Mathews, no run, fired on the pads, nudged to mid-wicket by Mathews
24.4
Shoaib Bashir to Mathews, no run, full and straight on off, Mathews defends it down the pitch
24.1
Shoaib Bashir to Mathews, 1 run, tossed up delivery on middle and leg, worked towards the on-side by Mathews for a single
23.5
Matthew Potts to Mathews, 1 run, pulled through mid-wicket as the bowler goes short
23.4
Matthew Potts to Mathews, no run, Matthew Potts goes full and Mathews pushes it towards mid-off
23.3
Matthew Potts to Mathews, no run, pats the length delivery into the off-side
23.2
Matthew Potts to Mathews, no run, clipped off an inside edge towards mid-wicket
23.1
Matthew Potts to Mathews, no run, back of a length on leg, nudged towards the on-side by Mathews
22.2
Shoaib Bashir to Mathews, 1 run, played through the leg-side for a single
22.1
Shoaib Bashir to Mathews, no run, on a length around middle and leg, nudged towards the leg-side
21.2
Matthew Potts to Mathews, 1 run, back of a length on middle and leg, worked through square leg by Mathews for a single
21.1
Matthew Potts to Mathews, no run, pitched up by the bowler on off, pushed into the off-side by Mathews
20.3
Shoaib Bashir to Mathews, 1 run, a slight mix-up between the two batters but they take a single eventually. A tossed up delivery on middle and the batter drives it towards mid-on
20.2
Shoaib Bashir to Mathews, no run, tad short on off, Mathews defends it in front of cover-point
20.1
Shoaib Bashir to Mathews, no run, floated on middle and leg, nudged to short leg by Mathews with a closed bat face
19.5
Mark Wood to Mathews, 1 run, 147kph, on the shorter side, Mathews works it through square leg for a single
19.4
Mark Wood to Mathews, no run, 148kph, short and quick down the leg-side, Mathews goes for a pull but misses
19.3
Mark Wood to Mathews, no run, 147kph, back of a length around off, Mathews knocks it into the off-side
19.2
Mark Wood to Mathews, no run, 144kph, back of a length around middle and leg, Mathews goes deep in his crease and nudges it towards mid-wicket
19.1
Mark Wood to Mathews, no run, 148kph, short of a length around off, Mathews knocks it down the pitch
18.4
Woakes to Mathews, 3 runs, goes for the drive but doesn't get it off the middle off the bat, gets it past Woakes as Bashir keeps them down to three
18.3
Woakes to Mathews, no run, pats the back of a length delivery back to Woakes
18.2
Woakes to Mathews, no run, pitched up on off, Mathews knocks it down the pitch
16.6
Woakes to Mathews, no run, 131kph, a length delivery that keeps low, Mathews clips it to mid-wicket
16.5
Woakes to Mathews, no run, short of a length around off, knocked down the pitch by Mathews
16.4
Woakes to Mathews, no run, pitched up by the bowler on off, Mathews knocks it towards mid-off
16.3
Woakes to Mathews, no run, on a length around middle and leg, clipped to mid-wicket by Mathews as the ball keeps low
16.1
Woakes to Mathews, 1 run, pitched up by the bowler on off, Mathews drives it towards mid-off where the fielder gets his hands to it
15.5
Mark Wood to Mathews, 3 runs, 151kph, full and quick on off, the ball tails back in and Mathews plays it pretty well. Squeezes it through mid-off and takes three runs
15.4
Mark Wood to Mathews, no run, drifting on the pads, nudged to short fine leg by Mathews
15.3
Mark Wood to Mathews, no run, back of a length on middle and leg, knocked to mid-on by Mathews
15.2
Mark Wood to Mathews, no run, on a length around off, keeps a touch low as Mathews defends it into the off-side
14.3
Shoaib Bashir to Mathews, 1 run, tad short on leg, worked towards fine leg for a single
14.2
Shoaib Bashir to Mathews, SIX, advances down the wicket and launches it over long-on for a clean six does Mathews
13.4
Mark Wood to Mathews, 1 run, drifting down the leg-side, glanced to fine leg by Mathews for a single
13.3
Mark Wood to Mathews, no run, fired down the leg-side, Mathews lets it through to the keeper
12.6
Shoaib Bashir to Mathews, no run, floated on off, Mathews pushes it back to the bowler
12.4
Shoaib Bashir to Mathews, 1 run, fraction short on leg, nudged towards the leg-side by Mathews
12.3
Shoaib Bashir to Mathews, no run, on the batter's pads as Mathews nudges it to square leg
12.2
Shoaib Bashir to Mathews, no run, loopy delivery on off, Mathews defends it into the off-side
12.1
Shoaib Bashir to Mathews, no run, off the pads towards the leg-side
11.5
Gus Atkinson to Mathews, 1 run, on the pads again as Mathews works it through square leg for a single. 50 up for Sri Lanka and the trail is down to 72
11.4
Gus Atkinson to Mathews, no run, on a length around middle and leg, nudged to mid-wicket by Mathews
11.2
Gus Atkinson to Mathews, 1 run, short ball on leg, Mathews pulls it to fine leg for a single
10.6
Woakes to Mathews, leg byes, FOUR, shortish on leg, flicks the batter's thigh pad and beats the fielder at short fine leg, those are four leg byes
10.4
Woakes to Mathews, 3 runs, short of a length outside off, Mathews cuts it through backward point for three runs
10.3
Woakes to Mathews, no run, short and quick outside off, Mathews sways away
10.2
Woakes to Mathews, no run, pitched up by the bowler outside off, shapes away from the batsman who gets beaten as he tries to poke at it
10.1
Woakes to Mathews, no run, back of a length around off, knocked to cover by Mathews
9.6
Gus Atkinson to Mathews, 1 run, short and quick on off, Mathews rides the bounce and taps it into the off-side
9.5
Gus Atkinson to Mathews, no run, on a length around middle and leg, knocked to mid-on
9.4
Gus Atkinson to Mathews, no run, back of a length around off, Mathews gets squared up and hit on the thigh pad
9.3
Gus Atkinson to Mathews, no run, on a length around off, eased to mid-off by Mathews
9.2
Gus Atkinson to Mathews, no run, back of a length around off, punched back to the bowler
9.1
Gus Atkinson to Mathews, no run, on the fuller side, Mathews drives it to mid-on
8.3
Woakes to Mathews, 1 run, short of a length on middle and leg, clipped towards square leg for a single
8.2
Woakes to Mathews, no run, back of a length on middle and leg, that kept low and struck Mathews on the pads
8.1
Woakes to Mathews, FOUR, in the air but safe! There was a leg slip in place, but Mathews just manages to elude him. Was on the pads and Mathews flicked it uppishly. The fielder at leg slip flies to his left, but can't get his hands to it
6.6
Woakes to Mathews, no run, back of a length around off, Mathews defends it from within the crease
6.5
Woakes to Mathews, no run, on a length outside off, shaping away from the batter who shoulders arms
6.4
Woakes to Mathews, no run, back of a length around off, that kept low as Mathews blocked it towards cover
6.3
Woakes to Mathews, no run, pitched up by the bowler on off, Mathews knocks it down the pitch
6.2
Woakes to Mathews, no run, short of a length outside off, shaping away slightly, Mathews pats it towards point
6.1
Woakes to Mathews, no run, clipped to square leg by Mathews
5.5
Gus Atkinson to Mathews, 1 run, drifting on the pads, glanced to fine leg by Mathews for a single
5.4
Gus Atkinson to Mathews, no run, back of a length outside off, knocked into the off-side by Mathews, plays it off his back foot
5.3
Gus Atkinson to Mathews, no run, tad fuller on off, Mathews presents the full face of his bat, knocks it down the pitch
5.2
Gus Atkinson to Mathews, no run, pitched up by the bowler outside off, Mathews pushes it into the off-side
5.1
Gus Atkinson to Mathews, no run, on the pads, clipped to mid-wicket by Mathews
4.1
Woakes to Mathews, 1 run, on a length around off, knocked to point by Mathews for a single
3.4
Shoaib Bashir to Mathews, 1 run, driven to mid-on by Mathews as he scampers across to the other end
3.3
Shoaib Bashir to Mathews, no run, spinning into the batter around middle and off, Mathews blocks it comfortably
2.3
Woakes to Mathews, 1 run, I0$ full on the stumps, Mathews ambles forward and pins the drive in the gap between mid-on and mid-off. Thinks of a second but decides against it
2.2
Woakes to Mathews, 2 runs, Mathews is standing a long way outside his crease and flicks this inswinging length delivery off the pads to the right of deep square
2.1
Woakes to Mathews, no run, back of a length on and around off at I0$, Mathews stays outside the crease and defends with soft hands
1.5
Gus Atkinson to Mathews, 3 runs, width on offer and Mathews makes full use by forcing the punch drive past the fielder at mid-off to his left. Quite a long chase that for the fielder and Mathews is off the mark with a three
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