England’s James Anderson (left) celebrates the wicket of Sri Lanka’s Kaushal Silva with teammate Moeen Ali on Day 3 of the first Test at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday. (Photo: AP)
England’s James Anderson (left) celebrates the wicket of Sri Lanka’s Kaushal Silva with teammate Moeen Ali on Day 3 of the first Test at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday. (Photo: AP)
England routed Sri Lanka by an innings and 88 runs on the third day of the first Test at Headingley on Saturday with fast bowler James Anderson taking 10 wickets in the match.
Sri Lanka, following on, were dismissed for 119 in their second innings as England went 1-0 up in the three-match series. Anderson finished with match figures of 10/45.
England, who lost the toss, made 298 in a first innings featuring Jonathan Bairstow’s 140 on his Yorkshire home ground and a Test-best 86 from opener Alex Hales.
Sri Lanka in reply were shot out for 91, with Anderson taking five for 16 and Stuart Broad four for 21 in an innings that was wrapped up inside 37 overs.
England captain Alastair Cook enforced the follow-on and Sri Lanka promptly collapsed again, with only Kusal Mendis (53) offering much resistance.
Sri Lanka, 116/7 at tea on Saturday, lost their last three wickets in nine balls after the break, with Anderson ending the match when be bowled last man Nuwan Pradeep.
The series continues with the second Test at Chester-le-Street starting on Friday.
Earlier, Kusal Mendis was missed three times as Sri Lanka batted a second time on Saturday, resuming on oner without loss.
At lunch, they were 77/2, still 130 runs behind, when rain forced an early lunch. Mendis was 47 not out and Dinesh Chandimal seven not out.
The overcast conditions that greeted Sri Lanka were similar to those in which they had been skittled out for just 91 in their first innings on Friday, when Anderson took 5/16 and Stuart Broad, the world’s number one-ranked Test bowler, 4/21.
That innings also saw wicket-keeper Jonathan Bairstow, whose 140 on his Yorkshire home ground was the centrepiece of England’s 298, hold five catches.
Saturday saw Dimuth Karunaratne avoid a pair.
But it was not long before Anderson had Karunaratne caught head-high by Bairstow for seven after the left-hander got an outside edge to a near-unplayable delivery that bounced and cut away off the seam.
The same combination then accounted for Kaushal Silva (14).
It was Anderson’s seventh wicket of the match and Bairstow’s seventh catch. Either side of the wickets, Mendis, who like Karunaratne made a first-innings duck, drove both Anderson and fast bowler Steven Finn for well-struck fours.
Scorecard (at tea) England (1st innings): 298 in 90.3 Sri Lanka (1st innings): 91 in 36.4 overs. Sri Lanka (2nd Innings, overnight 1/0): D. Karunaratne c Bairstow b Anderson 7, K. Silva c Bairstow b Anderson 14, K. Mendis b Anderson 53, D. Chandimal b Ali 8, A. Mathews c Bairstow b Broad 5, L. Thirimanne c Root b Finn 16 , D. Shanaka c Bairstow b Anderson 4, R. Herath c Broad b Finn 4, D. Chameera (c Compton b Finn 0, S. Eranga not out 2, N. Pradeep b Anderson 0. Extras: (lb5, nb1) 6. Total: (in 35.3 overs) 119 FoW: 1-10, 2-35, 3-79, 4-93, 5-93, 6-101, 7-111, 8-117, 9-118, 10-119 Bowling: Anderson 13.3-5-29-5; Broad 13-0-57-1; Finn 8-0-26-3 (1nb); Ali 1-0-2-1
