f49396 t1803	England v Sri Lanka
	Sri Lanka in England 2006 (2nd Test)
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th May 2006 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by 6 wickets
Umpires	Aleem Dar (Pakistan), DB Hair (Australia)
TV umpire	IJ Gould
Referee	AG Hurst (Australia)
Reserve Umpire	AA Jones
Close of play day 1	England (1) 138/3 (Pietersen 30*, Hoggard 2*; 34 overs)
Close of play day 2	Sri Lanka (2) 86/4 (Vandort 30*, Dilshan 21*; 40 overs)
Close of play day 3	Sri Lanka (2) 194/5 (Vandort 89*, Maharoof 0*; 74 overs)
Player of the Match	KP Pietersen
Articles	Plunkett and Pietersen set up England victory
	Vandort stymies England victory bid
	Bowlers back up Pietersen as England eye victory
	Plunkett haul inspires England
Picture galleries	2nd Test, Sri Lanka v England, 28 May 2006 - pictures
	2nd Test, Sri Lanka v England, 27 May 2006 - pictures
	2nd Test, Sri Lanka v England, 26 May 2006 - pictures
	2nd Test, Sri Lanka v England, 25 May 2006 - pictures
Pictures	Flintoff celebrates with Cook after their victory
	Flintoff hits the winning shot
	Tharanga & Sangakkara doing a successful lbw appeal against Pietersen
	Jayawardene is taking the catch of Strauss in first slip
	List of all pictures

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Sri Lanka first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MG Vandort	c Collingwood b Plunkett	9	19	32	1	-
WU Tharanga	b Hoggard	0	2	2	-	-
+KC Sangakkara	c Jones b Plunkett	25	61	87	4	-
*DPMD Jayawardene	c Jones b Plunkett	0	3	3	-	-
TT Samaraweera	c Collingwood b Hoggard	3	16	22	-	-
TM Dilshan	c Trescothick b Flintoff	27	48	80	4	-
MF Maharoof	c Jones b Mahmood	5	21	29	-	-
WPUJC Vaas	not out	30	78	117	3	-
KMDN Kulasekara	c Trescothick b Mahmood	3	8	7	-	-
SL Malinga	lbw b Panesar	26	54	78	4	-
M Muralitharan	c Plunkett b Flintoff	1	4	11	-	-
Extras	(6 lb, 6 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 237 minutes, 51.2 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Tharanga, 0.5 ov), 2-16 (Vandort, 7.3 ov), 3-16 (Jayawardene, 7.6 ov), 4-25 (Samaraweera, 12.5 ov), 5-46 (Sangakkara, 19.3 ov), 6-65 (Maharoof, 25.3 ov), 7-79 (Dilshan, 30.1 ov), 8-82 (Kulasekara, 31.3 ov), 9-132 (Malinga, 48.5 ov), 10-141 (Muralitharan, 51.2 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hoggard	15	4	32	2	-	-
Flintoff	13.2	4	28	2	-	3
Plunkett	12	1	43	3	-	3
Mahmood	9	1	25	2	-	-
Panesar	2	0	7	1	-	-

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ME Trescothick	c Sangakkara b Muralitharan	27	51	75	5	-
AJ Strauss	run out (Samaraweera)	30	65	95	5	-
AN Cook	lbw b Muralitharan	23	55	63	3	-
KP Pietersen	lbw b Muralitharan	142	157	225	20	3
MJ Hoggard	b Vaas	3	36	49	-	-
PD Collingwood	c Tharanga b Muralitharan	19	47	70	2	-
*A Flintoff	b Malinga	9	48	64	1	-
+GO Jones	c Samaraweera b Muralitharan	4	12	17	-	-
LE Plunkett	c Vandort b Muralitharan	0	6	6	-	-
SI Mahmood	not out	0	1	13	-	-
MS Panesar	lbw b Malinga	0	7	7	-	-
Extras	(6 b, 13 lb, 14 nb, 5 pen)	38
Total	(all out, 347 minutes, 78.3 overs)	295
Fall of wickets:
1-56 (Trescothick, 16.3 ov), 2-69 (Strauss, 20.3 ov), 3-125 (Cook, 30.5 ov), 4-169 (Hoggard, 42.6 ov), 5-238 (Collingwood, 59.3 ov), 6-290 (Pietersen, 73.5 ov), 7-290 (Flintoff, 74.2 ov), 8-293 (Plunkett, 75.6 ov), 9-294 (Jones, 77.1 ov), 10-295 (Panesar, 78.3 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Vaas	16	6	30	1	-	-
Malinga	13.3	2	68	2	-	5
Maharoof	11	3	42	0	-	4
Muralitharan	25	2	86	6	-	4
Kulasekara	13	2	45	0	-	1

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Sri Lanka second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MG Vandort	c Jones b Plunkett	105	303	396	9	-
WU Tharanga	c Jones b Hoggard	0	1	3	-	-
+KC Sangakkara	c Collingwood b Panesar	18	40	61	3	-
*DPMD Jayawardene	lbw b Hoggard	5	18	27	1	-
TT Samaraweera	st Jones b Panesar	8	22	25	1	-
TM Dilshan	lbw b Hoggard	59	113	178	8	-
MF Maharoof	c and b Flintoff	13	55	68	2	-
WPUJC Vaas	c Collingwood b Plunkett	1	10	13	-	-
KMDN Kulasekara	c Collingwood b Plunkett	0	1	1	-	-
SL Malinga	c Strauss b Flintoff	2	6	7	-	-
M Muralitharan	not out	0	1	3	-	-
Extras	(8 lb, 11 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(all out, 396 minutes, 93.2 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Tharanga, 0.4 ov), 2-38 (Sangakkara, 14.4 ov), 3-43 (Jayawardene, 21.2 ov), 4-56 (Samaraweera, 26.5 ov), 5-181 (Dilshan, 70.4 ov), 6-219 (Maharoof, 88.2 ov), 7-223 (Vaas, 91.1 ov), 8-223 (Kulasekara, 91.2 ov), 9-231 (Malinga, 92.5 ov), 10-231 (Vandort, 93.2 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hoggard	22	8	64	3	-	5
Flintoff	19	3	50	2	1	4
Plunkett	13.2	6	17	3	-	1
Panesar	28	6	73	2	-	-
Mahmood	9	2	19	0	-	1
Collingwood	2	2	0	0	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ME Trescothick	lbw b Muralitharan	0	10	13	-	-
AJ Strauss	c Jayawardene b Muralitharan	16	36	49	2	-
AN Cook	not out	34	85	114	4	-
KP Pietersen	lbw b Muralitharan	13	25	31	2	-
PD Collingwood	c Sangakkara b Muralitharan	3	11	24	-	-
*A Flintoff	not out	4	4	7	1	-
+GO Jones	did not bat
MS Panesar	did not bat
LE Plunkett	did not bat
MJ Hoggard	did not bat
SI Mahmood	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 9 nb)	11
Total	(4 wickets, 114 minutes, 27.2 overs)	81
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Trescothick, 3.4 ov), 2-35 (Strauss, 13.1 ov), 3-63 (Pietersen, 19.5 ov), 4-73 (Collingwood, 25.4 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Vaas	7	2	12	0	-	2
Malinga	7	1	29	0	-	3
Muralitharan	12.2	3	29	4	-	2
Dilshan	1	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> Day 1 Lunch: Sri Lanka (1) 65/6 (Dilshan 16*; 25.3 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Sri Lanka (1) 141 all out
--> Day 2 Lunch: England (1) 193/4 (Pietersen 65*, Collingwood 10*; 51 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: England (1) 295 all out
--> Day 3 Lunch: Sri Lanka (2) 86/4 (Vandort 30*, Dilshan 21*; 40 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: England (2) 21/1 (Strauss 11*, Cook 10*; 7 overs)
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 50 in 20.3 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 100 in 39.3 overs
--> England first innings: 50 in 14.5 overs
--> England first innings: 100 in 25.3 overs
--> England first innings: 150 in 38.1 overs
--> England first innings: 200 in 53.1 overs
--> England first innings: 250 in 64.1 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 50 in 24.1 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 100 in 44.5 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 150 in 58.5 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 200 in 78.6 overs
--> England second innings: 50 in 16.5 overs
--> SL Malinga (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Test matches
--> AJ Strauss (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> KP Pietersen (1) 50 in 53 balls with 7 fours and 1 six
--> KP Pietersen (1) 100 in 115 balls, 161 minutes with 16 fours and 1 six
--> MG Vandort (2) 50 in 162 balls with 5 fours
--> MG Vandort (2) 100 in 294 balls with 8 fours
--> TM Dilshan (2) 50 in 86 balls with 7 fours
--> MG Vandort made his debut in England in Test matches
--> SL Malinga made his debut in England in Test matches
--> LE Plunkett achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed KC Sangakkara in the Sri Lanka first innings (previous best was 2-125)
--> LE Plunkett achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the Sri Lanka second innings (previous best was 3-43)

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WPUJC Vaas (20) and SL Malinga (26) added 50 in 106 balls for the Sri Lanka 9th wicket in the first innings
ME Trescothick (23) and AJ Strauss (22) added 50 in 91 balls for the England 1st wicket in the first innings
AN Cook (17) and KP Pietersen (27) added 50 in 57 balls for the England 3rd wicket in the first innings
KP Pietersen (31) and PD Collingwood (14) added 50 in 84 balls for the England 5th wicket in the first innings
KP Pietersen (42) and A Flintoff (9) added 50 in 85 balls for the England 6th wicket in the first innings
MG Vandort (19) and TM Dilshan (26) added 50 in 117 balls for the Sri Lanka 5th wicket in the second innings
MG Vandort (43) and TM Dilshan (49) added 100 in 208 balls for the Sri Lanka 5th wicket in the second innings
Penalty: 21.3 - Ball striking Fielding Team helmet Day 2
England Innings: 51st over - 5 balls; (SL Malinga)